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International ‘code-athon' in Bangalore
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 25, 2012
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last modified
Apr 27, 2012 10:48 AM
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Telecom
The Centre for Internet & Society hosted this event in Bangalore. The Hindu covered the event.
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News & Media
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Convergence India 2012
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by
Yelena Gyulkhandanyan
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published
Mar 30, 2012
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last modified
Mar 30, 2012 05:46 AM
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Telecom
The 20th Convergence India conference, deemed South Asia’s largest international ICT event, took place in the country’s capital from March 21-23, 2012. Featuring a grand exhibition of innovative products and industry players from over 25 countries as well as an assembly of prominent speakers, the three day event highlighted the importance of ICT growth and equitable distribution for the socio-economic future of India.
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Telecom
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An Interview with PK Garg
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by
Yelena Gyulkhandanyan
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published
Mar 14, 2012
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Telecom
Former Wireless Advisor to the Government of India, Ministry of Communications & IT, and current ITU regulatory board member, PK Garg, discusses some of the telecom policy interventions in an interview with Yelena Gyulkhandanyan.
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Telecom
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The 2G Supreme Court Judgment
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by
Shyam Ponappa
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published
Mar 06, 2012
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last modified
Mar 13, 2012 08:21 AM
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Telecom
The Business Standard published Shyam Ponappa's two-part article deconstructing the assumptions in the Supreme Court's 2G judgment, and suggesting possible ways forward. The first one was published on March 1, 2012, and the second on March 4, 2012.
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Telecom
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An Interview with Stephen Song
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by
Yelena Gyulkhandanyan
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published
Feb 29, 2012
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Interview,
Telecom
Stephen Song, the founder of Village Telco, an initiative to bring practical and inexpensive communication network infrastructure to rural and remote areas, speaks about factors that catalyzed the initiative, the benefits of the network, some challenges, and the Mesh Potato.
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Telecom
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Content Developers/Trainers
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 29, 2012
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last modified
Feb 29, 2012 01:42 PM
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Telecom
The Centre for Internet and Society is hiring for the full-time position of a content developer/trainer to work on an upcoming project Building Knowledge and Capacity around Telecommunication Policies in India.
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News & Media
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Govt set to gain ‘back-door’ access to corporate email
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 14, 2012
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filed under:
Telecom
The government is just a step away from gaining access to RIM’s widely used BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service, writes Shauvik Ghosh in an article published in LiveMint on 14 February 2012.
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News & Media
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Reversing India's Downward Trajectory
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by
Shyam Ponappa
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published
Jan 09, 2012
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last modified
Mar 01, 2012 05:30 AM
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Telecom
The country can regain growth momentum with rate cuts and telecom reforms, writes Shyam Ponappa in this column published in the Business Standard on 5 January 2012.
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Telecom
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Inputs for NTP 2011
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 02, 2012
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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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Telecom
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Accessibility in the New Telecom Policy 2011
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 24, 2011
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last modified
Jan 02, 2012 05:12 AM
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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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Accessibility