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DoT — Its Powers and Responsibilities
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Snehashish Ghosh
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Dec 06, 2012
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last modified
Mar 15, 2013 06:24 AM
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Telecom
The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) works under the aegis of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. DoT is headed a secretary, who is a senior member of the Indian Administrative Services. The secretary of the DoT reports to the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology.
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November 2012 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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last modified
Jan 06, 2013 01:59 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Openness,
Researchers at Work
Welcome to the newsletter of November 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis of Section 66A of the IT Act by Pranesh Prakash, comments on the draft Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, an introduction to 12 mobile devices that we are researching as part of the Pervasive Technologies project, submissions of civil society in relation to the revision of International Telecommunication Regulations that are to take place at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, updates from the Wikipedia community on Indic languages, and news and media coverage.
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Folly of Mandating Spectrum Auctions
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by
Jayna Kothari
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published
Nov 24, 2012
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last modified
Dec 03, 2012 09:47 AM
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Telecom
The recent failure of the 2G spectrum auctions has brought to the fore serious questions on auctions being the only mode for allocation of spectrum.
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Civil society & industry oppose India’s plans to modify ITRs
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 23, 2012
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last modified
Nov 30, 2012 09:42 AM
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Telecom,
Internet Governance,
ICT
Industry fears ITU control over Internet; excessive content control and surveillance an issue for civil society.
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Government Policy and Guidelines
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Nov 18, 2012
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last modified
Mar 15, 2013 06:27 AM
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Telecom
In this unit Snehashish dwells upon the four main policy guidelines that were formulated by the Government of India.
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TRAI Telecommunication Tariff Orders
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Nov 13, 2012
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last modified
Mar 15, 2013 07:04 AM
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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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Super WiFi & Shared Spectrum: A Time to Start Sharing
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by
Shyam Ponappa
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published
Nov 08, 2012
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filed under:
Telecom
Look into sharing spectrum and 'Super Wi-Fi', instead of auctions, refarming and exclusive allocation.
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TRAI Regulations
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Nov 06, 2012
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last modified
Mar 15, 2013 06:35 AM
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Telecom
This section will deal with all regulations issued by TRAI in the course of its functions.
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Spectrum Management
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Oct 31, 2012
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last modified
Mar 15, 2013 07:07 AM
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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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October 2012 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 31, 2012
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last modified
Nov 08, 2012 11:42 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Researchers at Work
Welcome to the newsletter of October 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis by Ujwala Uppaluri of the Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace, announcement of public call for comments for reports on “Banking and Accessibility in India” and “Making TV Accessible in India”, and updates on Indic languages.
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