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The Supreme Court Delivers: by Shyam Ponappa — published Oct 22, 2012 — last modified Dec 21, 2012 09:57 AM — filed under: Telecom, Featured
Now, the spectrum and licence issues need resolution. On September 27, 2012, the Supreme Court of India delivered the opinion of a bench comprising five Judges on the Presidential Reference regarding the auction of 2G spectrum.
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Payal Malik: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 12, 2012 05:50 AM — filed under: Telecom
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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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Cable Television: by Srividya Vaidyanathan — published Sep 18, 2012 — last modified Mar 15, 2013 08:33 AM — filed under: Telecom
Srividya Vaidyanathan brings you the history and evolution of cable television in India, how it works, cable television penetration in India, digitization rule and the end consumer in India.
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Television Standards: by Srividya Vaidyanathan — published Sep 17, 2012 — last modified Oct 03, 2012 10:16 AM — filed under: Telecom
There are a number of TV Standards worldwide. Not all television sets in the world are alike. Countries use one of the three main video standards – PAL, NTSC or SECAM. What this means is that a video from a PAL country will not play in a country that uses the NTSC standard.
Located in Telecom / Knowledge Repository on Internet Access
August 2012 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 07, 2012 — last modified Sep 11, 2012 02:53 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW, Openness
Welcome to the newsletter issue of August 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis of the latest list of sites blocked by the Indian government from August 18, 2012 to August 21, 2012, the India Report for Consumers International IP Watchlist 2012, and press coverage related to the recent North East exodus.
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Changing Our Game: by Shyam Ponappa — published Sep 06, 2012 — filed under: Telecom
Adopting 'co-ordination models' like the Stag Hunt could reduce contention and improve outcomes.
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Broadband Wireless Access – Standards: by Jürgen Kock — published Aug 21, 2012 — last modified Mar 15, 2013 09:21 AM — filed under: Telecom
In this unit, Jürgen Kock tells us about the broadband wireless access standards, why do we need technical standards, who defines BWA standards, WiMAX standards and long term evolution.
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Mesh Networks: by Ravikiran Annaswamy — published Aug 21, 2012 — last modified Mar 15, 2013 09:39 AM — filed under: Telecom
Ravikiran Annaswamy tells us the definition of Mesh Networks, its importance, applications and the things to explore in future.
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Frequently Asked Questions (Module 7.2.2): by Tina Mani — published Aug 21, 2012 — last modified Aug 21, 2012 05:27 AM — filed under: Telecom
In this unit, Tina Mani gives answers to some frequently asked questions relating to Internet Protocol Television (IP TV), Mobile TV, role of Set Top Box (STB) in an IP TV network, features provided with IP TV services, Time Shift Television, Digital Video Recording, the difference between an MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, etc.
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