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Countries censoring internet to stifle reforms: Report
Sep 25, 2012
WASHINGTON: Government restrictions on the internet have risen over the past year around the world as regimes use violence against bloggers and turn to censorship and arrest to squelch
Ajit Balakrishnan: Nation-states vs the Web - Part 2
Sep 20, 2012
Kids mostly watch porn on internet: Kapil Sibal
Sep 11, 2012
Government won’t impose restrictions on use of internet: Telecom minister Kapil Siballl
Oct 05, 2012
NEW DELHI: Telecom minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said that India was not in favour of governing the internet or curbing right to free speech but called for
8 ‘worst’ Indian government websiteso
Jun 20, 2012
An assault on freedomi
Jun 13, 2012
If you were a tad worried about the government`s intentions to censor free speech by controlling the internet and monitoring your access to the Web through a vague and
Haryana government to form special teams to investigate cyber crimes
Jun 02, 2013
CHANDIGARH: Haryana government has decided to constitute special teams comprising of members possessing professional skills to detect and investigate cyber crime cases like tampering, intrusion, hacking and
UIDAI targets 600M m-banking users in India
Jan 18, 2013
Summary: The Unique Identification Authority of India has signed up 250 million Aadhaar users currently, and it hopes as more people come onboard, there will be a "ripple
‘Internet aids civilisations’
Feb 22, 2013
Corporates have benefited from digital revolution and Internet has brought down collaboration costs. India is probably one of the key beneficiaries as people called it outsourcing. — DON
Will government's plan to connect 2.58 lakh villages be a success?
Feb 21, 2013
The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) says that only around 121 million of 1.2 billion Indians are logged on to the internet and, of these, only 2%, or
Budget 2010: IAMAI’s wishlist includes growth package for digital; industry nods in agreement
Feb 18, 2010
The digital industry, represented primarily by Internet and mobile value added services companies, have suggested a long-term growth package for the development of digital content and services industry in India
IAMAI calls for preferential corporate tax treatment for internet & MVAS sectors
Feb 18, 2010
The Internet and Mobile Association of India [IAMAI] has suggested a long-term growth package for the development of digital content and services industry in India in the forthcoming Union Budget.
Soon, Bharat to get access to job, matrimonial portals
Dec 28, 2012
Govt draws blueprint to take online services to villages on optical fibre network
NEW DELHI, DEC 28:
Consumers in rural areas could get access to online
Tell users about service termination from January 18: TRAI
Dec 18, 2012
NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai on Monday directed mobile phone companies with cancelled licences to inform their customers that they would be suspending cellular services from January 18.
Guidelines for govt. departments using networking sites soon.com
Apr 05, 2012
At a time when the Prime Minister, chief ministers and even the Chief Election Commissioner are trying to connect to people through social networking sites, Government is set to come
More efforts to increase broadband penetration.
Oct 05, 2008
In another populist scheme by the Government, the DoT is planning a major
scheme to subsidise the broadband infrastructure in rural India, for which bids
would be invited from both
Mobile number portability bidding gets underway
Nov 27, 2008
After a long lull the government has finally decided to go ahead with the bidding process for mobile number portability (MNP), the service that would enable a mobile phone user
Indian mobile growth may be too fast for its own goodst
Nov 19, 2008
Ben Verwaayen, the chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent, the French telecommunications company has warned that the lightning-paced growth of India's mobile telephony market is likely to have a huge socio-economic impact
Change of policy may provide relief to new telcoms
Nov 10, 2008
New telecom entrants such as Swan, Unitech, Datacom and Shyam, among others, may be allowed a breather by the Department of Telecommunications if it allows the telcoms to roll out
Recent telecom deals under cloud
Nov 07, 2008
The recent deals between Swan Telecom - Etisalat and Unitech-Telenor have come under cloud. In the case of Swan the public opinion believes that the government has allowed a private
Finance ministry in favour of 3G auction for all the zonesht.com
Nov 07, 2008
The finance ministry has issued a directive to DoT to conduct auction for 3G spectrum even in zones where the radio frequencies are as yet unavailable. As per DoT’s previous
Netting rural Indiaa
Jan 29, 2009
There is growing awareness about the internet in rural India, going by the findings of a latest study. There were 3.3 million active Internet users in
Time for Internet to go rural in a big way in Indiao
Jan 27, 2009
3.3 million is not a small figure by any means. This is the number of Internet users in rural India as on March 2008, according to the I-Cube 2008 report
45 Million Internet Users in Indiaoan
Jan 27, 2009
India had as on September 2008 45.3 million active internet users. This is according to the I-Cube [Internet in India] Study released today and conducted annually by IMRB International and
Current news in National brief
Jan 23, 2009
26 bureaucrats issued notices on Mumbai attacks
Mumbai : About twenty six bureaucrats were on Thursday issued notices by the Pradhan Committee probing the Mumbai terror assault. The 26 IPS and
LG, Hero Honda, Nicholas Piramal to focus on rural marketsht.com
Jan 17, 2009
Spread across 650,000 villages, with an average population of 1,100 rural villagers were long regarded by city dwellers as backward and impoverished and irrelevant, something to drive past on the
There are 3.3 million active Internet users in rural India: I-Cube ...
Jan 17, 2009
The I-Cube 2008 report, jointly undertaken by the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International, has pegged rural India’s active Internet users at 3.3 million as on
IAMAI-IMRB Study Pegs Rural Internet Users At 3.3 Million In Indiaa
Jan 16, 2009
Rural India has 3.3 million active internet users, a new report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) states. Since rural India was mapped for the first time,
IAMAI-IMRB study pegs rural Internet users at 3.3 mn in Indiaa href
Jan 15, 2009
According to I-Cube 2008, a study jointly undertaken by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International, there were 3.3 million active Internet users in rural India
3.3 million active internet users in rural India.com
Jan 15, 2009
Rural India has 3.3 million active internet users, a new report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) states. Since rural India was mapped for the first time,
3.3 Million Active Internet Users in Rural India.com
Jan 14, 2009
There were 3.3 million active internet users in rural India as on March 2008 according to the ongoing I-Cube 2008 jointly undertaken by IMRB International and Internet and Mobile Association
DoT may allow 8 bidders per 3G circle
Jan 09, 2009
MUMBAI: In a bid to increase revenues from the impending 3G (third generation) spectrum auction, the Department of Telecom (DoT) is looking at increasing the number of slots available for
IAMAI asks for service tax cut to spur consumption
Jan 06, 2009
Mumbai, Jan 5 Demanding a moratorium on service tax for nascent industry segments in the IT sector, Internet and Mobile Association of India today made a strong case for slashing
Finmin wants 3G, Wimax base bid doubledcom st
Jan 02, 2009
NEW DELHI: In a move that could further delay auctions, the finance ministry has asked the telecom department to double the floor price for 3G and wireless broadband
NTT DoCoMo gets nod for TTSL stakeoan
Feb 24, 2009
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Monday approved the proposal of Japanese telecom major NTT DoCoMo to acquire 27.31% equity capital of Tata Teleservices for about
Google India launches mobile internet buscost
Feb 04, 2009
CHENNAI: As part of its initiatives to spread awareness about Internet, Google India on Tuesday announced the launch of mobile Internet bus to provide the experience of worldwide web to
Govt to kick off spectrum 3G auction on Jan 30
Dec 30, 2008
The Government has deferred 3G spectrum auction to January 30, delaying it by 15 days. Telecom Secretary in an internal letter said, "In view of the large number of
Blame it on Cabinet, 3G auctions likely to miss January date.com
Dec 26, 2008
NEW DELHI: The auctions for 3G spectrum, vital for next-generation telecoms services such as video-calling and broadband internet on mobile phones, are set to be delayed beyond its scheduled date
New law will let govt snoop on your PCcom dst
Dec 25, 2008
NEW DELHI: Your email or the personal contents of your computer could soon be under the government's scrutiny without your knowledge.
With Parliament on Tuesday passing a bill which stipulates
India upbeat on 3G auction, moves to hook foreign cosst
Dec 24, 2008
NEW DELHI: India is confident the global financial crisis will not derail its auction of 3G mobile services spectrum due in mid-January, hanging out the prize of a larger foothold