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What's Needed Is User-Centric Design, Not Good Intentions: by Shyam Ponappa — published Jan 06, 2013 — last modified Jan 25, 2013 11:26 AM — filed under: Telecom
The inadequacy of essentials and conveniences around us results from a slack approach to both design and execution. We know we are deficient in execution, but we need to be more aware of deficiencies in approach and design. Good intentions, while important, cannot substitute for good systems design and execution.
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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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Tech Talk: Landscape of Wireless Communications & Electromagnetic Spectrum: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 24, 2014 — last modified May 07, 2014 08:12 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) welcomes you to a talk by A. Radha Krishna on April 28, 2014, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at its office in Bangalore.
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Ambiguity in the App Store: Understanding India’s emerging IT sector in light of IP: by Samantha Cassar — published Oct 24, 2013 — last modified Apr 15, 2014 08:24 AM — filed under: Telecom, Access to Knowledge
Mobile applications hold immense potential for India but are not fully understood by even their own developers in the context of India’s intellectual property (IP) regime. This is the first in a series of blog posts introducing CIS's new access to knowledge research initiative that seeks to understand how stakeholders encounter India’s IP law and what this means for the mobile app ecosystem, and in turn, the Indian mobile user. This research also aims to address problematic policy areas for innovation and protection for developers, as well as to comment on India’s regime with respect to the emerging mobile app sector.
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Unlicensed Spectrum Policy Brief for Government of India: by Satya N Gupta, Sunil Abraham and Yelena Gyulkhandanyan — published Jun 24, 2012 — last modified Sep 11, 2012 04:23 PM — filed under: Telecom, Publications
Centre for Internet & Society and the Ford Foundation are delighted to bring you the Unlicensed Spectrum Policy brief for Government of India. The policy brief authored by Satya N Gupta, Sunil Abraham and Yelena Gyulkhandanyan contains an Executive Summary and eight chapters. The research aims to recommend unlicensed spectrum policy to the Government of India based on recent developments in wireless technology, community needs and international best practices.
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October 2011 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 25, 2012 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness
Welcome to the Centre for Internet and Society newsletter! In this issue we bring you the updates of our research, events, media coverage and videos of some past events organized by us during October 2011.
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May 2011 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published May 29, 2011 — last modified Jul 30, 2012 10:23 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness
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.
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April 2011 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 29, 2011 — last modified Jul 30, 2012 10:45 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
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:
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Decision Analysis for Interest Rates: by Shyam Ponappa — published Jul 05, 2012 — last modified Aug 05, 2012 07:36 AM — filed under: Telecom
The discipline of systematic evaluation through applying process-flow and decision analysis — in this example, of financial logic — can help make reasoned, practical decisions, whether for interest rates, or for resolving issues in power supply, or in telecommunications, spectrum and broadband.
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November 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 24, 2010 — last modified Aug 07, 2012 11:46 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society!
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