Following Flipkart’s pullout from Airtel Zero, many companies are following suit.
The latest company to back the cause of Net Neutrality in India is Cleartrip.
Cleartrip who was a partner with Mark Zuckerberg’s pet project internet.org has backed out of the deal.
In their blog they clarified their stand on Net Neutrality and have strongly favored for it.
Cleartrip also clarified on why they chose to participate in the Indian launch of Internet.org. They wrote on their blog.
A few weeks back, Facebook reached out and asked us to participate in the Internet.org initiative with the intention of helping us deliver one of our most affordable products to the more underserved parts of the country. There was no revenue arrangement between us and Internet.org or any of its participants — we were neither paid anything, nor did we pay anything to participate. Additionally we don’t make any money out of that product. Since there was absolutely zero money changing hands, we genuinely believed we were contributing to a social cause.
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