Most Indians in favour of Facebook's free Web access plan
Mumbai
A MAJORITY of Indians who submitted comments to the nation's telecommunications regulator said that they support Facebook Inc's Free Basics plan that would allow free Web access.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said that 1.35 million responses in support of the plan, or 56 per cent of all comments, came from @supportfreebasics.in, according to a report on the agency's review of different pricing for data services. It received 544,000 responses from @facebookmail.com, with most backing Facebook's plan, the regulator said.
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