RIA Executive Director, Prof Alison Gillwald, provides the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services with reasons why, in a mobile prepaid environment, OTT applications and zero-rated social networking platforms should be embraced on the basis of their positive consumer welfare outcomes, not regulated or banned. She provides examples of where zero-rated services are competition enhancing in MVNO markets and argues against the narrow application of net neutrality in relation to pricing discrimination.
Prof. Gillwald’s presentation to Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services may be viewed here.
