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And India's fight against Facebook's walled garden, the Round 1 of which, it had won so admirably in 2016, now faces a setback. With this, and the crumbling of
by sn41 7y ago
And India's fight against Facebook's walled garden, the Round 1 of which, it had won so admirably in 2016, now faces a setback. With this, and the crumbling of BSNL, a good part of India's telecom infrastrucure is now controlled by foreign players. Anyone who remembers Marc Andreesen's execrable remark on colonialism should be concerned.
- mkbkn 7y agoAny link(s) to read?
- sn41 7y agoThis is an older Guardian long read on the 2016 developments https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/12/facebook-free-basics-india-zuckerberg https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/12/facebook-...
- sbmthakur 7y agoJio is building most of its 5G tech without involvement of foreign players.
- econcon 7y agoThat seems impossible or is 5g tech that easy? They are going to source all equipment from one or another European country at the end.