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Inputs for NTP 2011: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 02, 2012 — filed under: Telecom, Accessibility
The Centre for Internet and Society wishes to commend the DoT on the draft of the New Telecom Policy and offers its suggestions to improve the draft with specific changes.
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Accessibility in the New Telecom Policy 2011: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 24, 2011 — last modified Jan 02, 2012 05:12 AM — filed under: Telecom, Accessibility
Responding to the call for comments on NTP 2011, 27 organisations sent a joint letter requesting that accessibility for persons with disabilities be included specifically within the goals and objectives of the policy. The submission is available here. It deals exclusively with the issue of accessibility in telecommunications for persons with disabilities, which has been left out of NTP 2011. We outline below in some detail the rationale for including accessibility in the NTP.
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Healing self-inflicted wounds: by Shyam Ponappa — published Dec 05, 2011 — last modified Dec 05, 2011 09:10 AM — filed under: Telecom
A spate of dysfunctional actions and retrograde developments has led to an unimaginable mess for India. Can the damage to growth prospects be undone? Does it need to be? If so, how? Three areas are discussed below.
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Telecom Path-Breaker?: by Shyam Ponappa — published Nov 18, 2011 — last modified Nov 18, 2011 05:42 AM — filed under: Telecom
Does the draft National Telecom Policy-2011 reflect true brilliance or smoke-and-mirrors? It will be a game-changer if a shared network is implemented effectively, writes Shyam Ponappa in this article published in the Business Standard on November 3, 2011.
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Facing up to Moral Hazard: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 26, 2011 — filed under: Telecom
Systems upholding the law and standards help navigate the grey areas of moral hazard and adverse selection writes Shyam Ponappa in this article published in the Business Standard on October 6, 2011.
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September 2011 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 26, 2011 — last modified Jul 30, 2012 06:34 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and news and media coverage that happened in the month of September 2011.
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Reviving Growth: by Shyam Ponappa — published Sep 21, 2011 — last modified Oct 20, 2011 01:36 PM — filed under: Telecom
The government needs to reduce interest rates and undertake specific reforms to revive growth. The focus needs to be on communications, specifically broadband, it would yield results. Mobile communications have grown phenomenally but the meteoric rise got stalled. However, if the government initiates reforms in spectrum policies with incentives for broadband delivery, prospects could revive and communications could go through another meteoric rise, becoming the growth engine for the economy.
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Open Spectrum for Development in the Context of the Digital Migration: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 19, 2011 — last modified Oct 13, 2011 01:14 AM — filed under: Telecom
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Sagie Chetty- Report: by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:30 AM — filed under: Telecom, Publications
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TRAI response: by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:32 AM — filed under: Telecom, Publications
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