India, June 2 -- About a month after Airtel's Priority Postpaid stirred debate over net neutrality, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)'s preliminary assessment of the plan reportedly indicates that it might not be in violation of net neutrality guidelines.

Citing sources aware of the matter, PTI reported that the telecom regulator is seeking more information from Airtel about the plan and has asked the telecom major to furnish specific technical data and clarifications regarding quality of service.

TRAI is also said to be examining whether Airtel's proposal, which involves network slicing, unfairly degrades the service quality for standard 5G subscribers, particularly prepaid users.

As per the report, the regulator hasn't...