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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has reportedly asked Reliance Communications (RCom) to put Facebook's Free Basics service on hold until it reaches a conclusion to its  latest consultation paper  on differential pricing. Free Basics, formerly Internet.org, which bundles a specific set of Internet services including Facebook for free, was made available nationwide on Reliance Communications  last month , after it was  launched in six states  in February this year.  In a news report published  by ET on Wednesday, a  Trai  source told the newspaper that Reliance Communications has sent a compliance report confirming it has stopped the service. Gadgets 360 has written to Trai asking for a confirmation of the report, but we are yet to receive a response yet to receive a response confirming or denying the development. "We are committed to Free Basics and to working with Reliance and the relevant authorities to help people in In...