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Whose Technology is it Anyway? An exploratory essay on the political economy of India's digital revolution: by Abhineet Nayyar — published Apr 11, 2025 — filed under: Telecom, Researchers at Work
The story of India's digital journey has become an oft-cited tale of economic success across the globe, inspiring similar experiments in other nations in the Global Majority world - most prominently across sub-Saharan Africa. At home, however, this tale has been used to rapidly normalise the deployment of digital technologies. In this process, these innovations have not just bolstered the state's control over individuals and their actions, but have also enabled the tech elite to extract more value from workers, small businesses, and even consumers.
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Digital Rights and ISP Accountability in India: An Analysis of Policies and Practices: by Anubha Sinha, Yesha Tshering Paul, and Sherina Poyyail — published Nov 04, 2024 — last modified Jan 23, 2025 10:04 AM — filed under: Telecom, internet governance, Internet Governance
This report presents a comprehensive evaluation of India's four largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs)—Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone-Idea (Vi), and BSNL—examining their commitment to digital rights and transparency.
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Comments to the Draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024: by Abhineet Nayyar, Isha Suri, and Pallavi Bedi (in alphabetical order) — published May 16, 2024 — last modified Jun 11, 2024 10:13 AM — filed under: Telecom, Digital Media, Digital Technologies, Internet Governance
This submission is a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society India (CIS) to the draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024, published by the Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL), Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), (hereafter “draft DCB” or “draft Bill”).
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How the Telecom Act undermines personal liberties: by Rajat Kathuria and Isha Suri — published Feb 20, 2024 — filed under: Telecom
In this article, Prof. Rajat Kathuria and Isha Suri analyse whether the law has enough safeguards and an independent regulatory architecture to protect the rights of citizens. The authors posit that the current version leaves the door open for an overenthusiastic enforcement machinery to suppress fundamental rights without any meaningful checks and balances.
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Comments to the Telecommunications Bill, 2023: by Isha Suri, Nishant Shankar, Shweta Mohandas, and Vipul Kharbanda — published Dec 22, 2023 — last modified Jan 06, 2024 01:21 AM — filed under: Telecom
The Parliament has passed the Telecommunications Bill, 2023 which seeks to replace the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submits its comments to the bill.
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CIS’ Comments to the (Draft) Indian Telecommunication Bill 2022: by Abhishek Raj, Divyank Katira, Isha Suri, Shweta Mohandas, and Vipul Kharbanda — published Nov 22, 2022 — filed under: Telecom
The Department of Telecommunications, Government of India invited comments on the Draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022. The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted its comments.
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Comments to the (Draft) Indian Telecommunication Bill: by Abhishek Raj, Divyank Katira, Isha Suri, Shweta Mohandas, and Vipul Kharbanda — published Nov 11, 2022 — filed under: Telecom
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Why spectrum needs a change in approach: by Rajat Kathuria and Isha Suri — published Oct 29, 2022 — last modified Jan 18, 2023 11:35 PM — filed under: Telecom
Rajat Kathuria and Isha Suri write: It must be recognised that spectrum needs to be combined with other infrastructure to enable service delivery.
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An Overview of Telecommunications Policy and Regulation Framework in India: by Abhishek Raj — published Mar 25, 2022 — filed under: Telecom
Abhishek Raj, a researcher at the Centre for Internet Society (CIS), has authored a document that provides an overview of the policy and regulatory environment surrounding telecommunications in India.
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Opinion: Delicensing 6 GHz, 60 GHz bands is crucial to improve Wi-Fi scenario in India: by Abhishek Raj — published Jan 03, 2022 — filed under: Telecom, Wi-Fi, Spectrum
Recently, there has been growing demand from industry bodies and associations to delicense 6 GHz and 60 GHz bands in India.
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