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Government of India's Response to WGEC Questionnaire: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Jan 22, 2014
The Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation circulated a questionnaire to collect the views and positions of the stakeholders on the various aspects of enhanced cooperation. India's response to the questionnaire is documented below for archival purposes.
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Electoral Databases – Privacy and Security Concerns: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Jan 16, 2014 — last modified Jan 16, 2014 11:07 AM — filed under: Digital Governance, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Internet Governance, Safety, Information Technology, Cyber Security, Security, e-Governance, Transparency, Politics, E-Governance
In this blogpost, Snehashish Ghosh analyzes privacy and security concerns which have surfaced with the digitization, centralization and standardization of the electoral database and argues that even though the law provides the scope for protection of electoral databases, the State has not taken any steps to ensure its safety.
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Letter requesting public consultation on position of GoI at WGEC: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Jan 07, 2014 — last modified Jan 08, 2014 06:36 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Snehashish Ghosh on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society sent a letter to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, requesting for a public consultation on India's position at the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC).
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The State is Snooping: Can You Escape?: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Jun 27, 2013 — last modified Apr 29, 2019 03:09 PM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Blanket surveillance of the kind envisaged by India's Centralized Monitoring System achieves little, but blatantly violates the citizen's right to privacy; Snehashish Ghosh explores why it may be dangerous and looks at potential safeguards against such intrusion.
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Market Structure in the Telecom Industry: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Jan 04, 2013 — last modified Mar 15, 2013 07:17 AM — filed under: Telecom
In this unit Snehashish examines the market structure of telecom industry — which include the teledensity, wireless, wireline, and internet services.
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Licensing Framework for Telecom: A Historical Overview: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Dec 31, 2012 — last modified Mar 15, 2013 07:13 AM — filed under: Telecom
In this unit, Snehashish Ghosh tells us about licence, and lists out the major changes in the telecom licensing schemes since 1991.
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Spectrum Management: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Oct 31, 2012 — last modified Mar 15, 2013 07:07 AM — filed under: Telecom
Snehashish takes us through the entire process of spectrum management — auctioning and allocation process for all kinds of spectrum, the initial process of auctioning, how the bidders are selected, criterion for allocation, time taken to allocate, selection of band, interference issues, spectrum refarming, and spectrum reallocation.
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TRAI Telecommunication Tariff Orders: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Nov 13, 2012 — last modified Mar 15, 2013 07:04 AM — filed under: Telecom
This section will deal with the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999 which was issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, in order to put a cap on the call rates and other allied services.
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TRAI Regulations: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Nov 06, 2012 — last modified Mar 15, 2013 06:35 AM — filed under: Telecom
This section will deal with all regulations issued by TRAI in the course of its functions.
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Government Policy and Guidelines: by Snehashish Ghosh — published Nov 18, 2012 — last modified Mar 15, 2013 06:27 AM — filed under: Telecom
In this unit Snehashish dwells upon the four main policy guidelines that were formulated by the Government of India.
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