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APC starts research into spectrum regulation in Brazil, India, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 01, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 11:56 AM — filed under: Telecom
Communication infrastructure is the foundation of the knowledge-based economy and while there has been a boom in the construction of undersea cables bringing potentially terabits of capacity to the African continent, the ability to deliver broadband to consumers is hampered by inefficient telecommunications markets and policies. Wireless connectivity offers tremendous potential to deliver affordable broadband to developing countries but inefficient spectrum policy and regulation means the opportunity to seize the advantages brought about by improvements in wireless broadband technologies are extremely limited.
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Who Minds the Maxwell's Demon (Revisiting Communication Networks through the Lens of the Intermediary): by Sharath Chandra Ram — published Feb 27, 2013 — last modified Mar 05, 2013 07:37 AM — filed under: Telecom
A holistic reflection on information networks and it’s regulatory framework is possible only when the medium-specific boundary that has often separated the Internet and Telecom networks begins to dissolve, to objectively reveal points of contention in the communication network where the dynamics of network security and privacy are at large – namely, within the historic role of the intermediary at data/signal switching and routing nodes.
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The Habit of Care: Technologies of Living and Laboring Cyborgs at World Social Science Forum 2013: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 28, 2013 — last modified Aug 28, 2013 09:19 AM — filed under: Habits of Living, Digital Humanities
The World Social Science Forum 2013 organized by International Social Science Council will take place in Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Canada from October 13 to 15, 2013. Dr. Nishant Shah is participating in the event as a panelist and will speak on "The Habit of Care: Technologies of Living and Laboring Cyborgs".
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Indian surveillance laws & practices far worse than US: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 13, 2013 — last modified Jul 12, 2013 11:09 AM — filed under: Surveillance, Internet Governance, Censorship, SAFEGUARDS
Explosive would be just the word to describe the revelations by National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
CIS_ODR Report_11/11/20: by Aman Nair — published Nov 11, 2020 — last modified Mar 22, 2021 05:22 AM
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WikiConference India 2016 Submission: We, Men, Women: Collective Learning in Bridging Indic Wikipedia Gender Gaps: by Elisachang — published Aug 17, 2016 — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
There is no denying that non-English Wikipedias are disproportionally underrepresented in scholarly focus despite the significant role of an open knowledge society can play in smaller linguistic groups – local collaboration and communication, knowledge dissemination, as well as preservation of local language resources.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Announcing the dates, theme and tentative tracks for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015: by Anubha Sinha — published Mar 19, 2015
We are pleased to announce that the Global Congress will be held from 15th-17 December 2015. The theme of the 2015 Global Congress is Three Decades of Openness; Two Decades of TRIPS. The four tentative tracks include Openness, User Rights, Access to Medicines, and Intellectual Property and Development.
Located in Access to Knowledge
Rethinking Data Exchange & Delivery Models pdf: by Pranav M B — published Apr 08, 2021
Located in Internet Governance
September 2012 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2012 — last modified Oct 09, 2012 06:48 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW, Openness
Welcome to the newsletter of September 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features a second analysis by Snehashish Ghosh on the latest list of sites blocked by the Indian government from August 18, 2012 to August 21, 2012, a research on the issues of internet governance by Smarika Kumar, publication of a report on Accessibility of Government websites in India by Nirmita Narasimhan, Mukesh Sharma and Dinesh Kaushal, the Access to Knowledge programme plan and updates from the Wikipedia community in India on Indic languages, updates from the Habits of Living workshop organised in Bengaluru, the events connected to the visits of international DNA experts, Helen Wallace and Jeremy Gruber in India, and introduce you to our Access to Knowledge team members.
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Youths come forward to augment Assamese Wikisource project: by NE NOW NEWS — published May 21, 2019 — filed under: Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Assamese Wikisource is a sister-project of Assamese Wikipedia, where Assamese books with expired copyrights are available.
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