[Advocacy Advisors] Wikipedia Zero specifically excepted from ban of zero-rating services in Chile

[Cristian Consonni]

(probably this can be commented by more qualified people than myself)

TL;DR
Chile's government (Subsecretaria de Telecomunicaciones, SUBTEL) has
issued a circular (i.e. an explanation of the law), called circular n.
40[1], earlier in April this year stating that zero-rating go against
the Chilean net neutrality law in force (spec. disposition n. 6 and 7.
of law n. 18.168)[*]. Today  SUBTEL has "confirmed to us [WMF and
Wikimedia Chile] that the new order was not intended to prevent
Wikipedia Zero and similar free knowledge initiatives"

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/22/chilean-regulator-welcomes-wikipedia-zero/#cite_ref-1

Well, in one word this is, for sure, "a thing".

Cristian

[1] http://www.subtel.gob.cl/transparencia/Perfiles/Transparencia20285/Normativas/Oficios/14oc_0040.pdf
[*] {{es}} (end of page 1) "La estructura de la oferta en comento,
importan a juicio de esta autoridad una contravención a las normas que
en la especie regulan y prohiben conductas discriminatorias de
contenidos, aplicaciones o servicios, que integran el principio de
Neutralidad de Red contenidas en la normativa sectorial, y en
particular al texto del articulo 24o H letra a) de la Ley [dispuesto
6o y 7o de la Ley no. 18,168]"
{{en}} "The structure of the offers under scrutiny, imply to the
judjement of this authority an infringement of the norms ... which
regulate and prohibit conduct of discrimination of contents,
applications or services which constitute the principle of Net
Neutrality contained in the sectorial norms, and in particular in the
text of the article 24th H letter a) of the [aforementioned] law"