Blogs
For a Telecom Revival
- January 03, 2014
The government announced momentous decisions, subject to Cabinet approval, on telecom policy on December 3.
Read more →Predictability in Infrastructure
- November 18, 2013
Systematic planning and execution can reduce the need for crisis management in infrastructure and manufacturing.
Read more →Regrouping for Growth - Interest Rates - III
- October 03, 2013
Aside from muddling along, the choices are to try to grow and retain capital to staunch the gap temporarily, or to settle for low growth and capital flight.
Read more →TRAI Consultation Paper on Spectrum
- September 04, 2013
Shyam Ponappa and A.B.Beliappa worked on this submission to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on their spectrum consultation paper. The submission was made on August 21, 2013.
Read more →Breaking into the Closed Circle: Domestic High-Tech Manufacturing Needs Access To Markets
- September 03, 2013
The deferral of India's preferential market access (PMA) policy for locally manufactured high-tech products indicates some lack of clarity and/or confusion in the government.
Read more →Building Up vs Tearing Down
- August 02, 2013
We have to find ways to deal with corruption without subverting our developmental aims.
Read more →Law & Order through Traffic Systems
- July 03, 2013
A TV white space system for traffic management may induce us to observe discipline and law-abiding behaviour, writes Shyam Ponappa in an article published in the Business Standard on June 5, 2013.
Read more →Configuring a 'Non-Toothless' Regulator (TRAI)
- June 05, 2013
A proposal to give the telecom regulator the right to impose penalties marks a sea change in the government's approach to regulation.
Read more →Prioritizing Communications & Energy
- April 28, 2013
After curbing unproductive expenditure and imports, we must focus on developing communications and energy.
Read more →Are India's Glory Days Over?
- March 12, 2013
Unless major structural changes are effected, India will miss an economic take-off for many years, writes Shyam Ponappa.
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