State of India’s digital economy report 2023
The State of India’s Digital Economy (SIDE) Report measures and analyses India’s digital transformation using data, information and evidence that are specifically relevant to the Indian context. In this,
Telecommunication
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More rural homes with cellphones than drinking water: Housing Census
The Housing Census 2011 has revealed that, although Uttarakhand has achieved considerable progress in provision of basic amenities, the number of mobile phone users in rural households is higher than the
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No radiation hazard from mobile towers: Government
Trashing fears that radiations from mobile towers cause health hazards, the government on Friday said no such adverse impact has been established so far and the country follows the best of practices. "In 2010, WHO has stated that a large number of studies have been conducted over last two decades to assess whether mobile phone radiation from towers pose a potential risk. To date, no adverse health effect has been established," Minister of State for Communications Milind Deora said.
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Bharti Infratel, GSMA partner for green telecom towers
Global telecom body, GSM Association (GSMA), and Bharti Airtel’s tower arm Bharti Infratel said on Wednesday that they have partnered to develop and promote green technologies for telecom tower infrastructure
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Tower Companies Take a Green Stride
A 32% increase in the price of diesel in the past two years and large-scale theft of the fuel have made tower cos go green DEEPALI GUPTA & GULVEEN AULAKH MUMBAI | NEW DELHI On March 14, Indus Towers,
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More phones than toilets in city homes
MUMBAI: Call it a fitting paradox of life in the country's financial capital. Over 94% of Mumbai's homes own telephones, but merely 55% of suburban households have toilets. Nearly 85,000 of about 26 lakh
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Census 2011: More people have access to TVs, telephones than toilets
A latest data from the Census 2011 of Haryana, released by the Registrar General of India recently, presents a study in contrast. While about 83 per cent of the population has access to radio/TV and 79
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The census truth: More Indians have access to phones than to toilets
The first set of final data from census 2011 further establishes India’s story of contradictions: with 63.2 per cent households owning a telephone connection, up from a mere 9.1 per cent 10 years ago,
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Mobile phone radiation may reverse Alzheimer’s
Radiations emitted from cell phones may protect against and even reverse Alzheimer's disease, a new study has revealed. Researchers at the University of South Florida conducted a study that exposed 96
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HC notice to mobile companies on tower radiation
JAIPUR: A division bench of the high court issued a showcause notice to as many as 13 mobile companies besides central and state authorities on the issue of health hazards being caused by high frequency radiations emitted by mobile towers posing serious threat to public health and safety. The court order came on a PIL filed by a retired Judge of the Rajasthan High Court, Jusitce I S Israni and others. Counsel for Israni, Prateek Kasliwal told a division bench of Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice N K Jain (senior), "The mobile towers are having no fixed criterion of emission of radiations and there were nine major directions given by the inter-ministerial committee in recent past but the same are also not being followed.
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Rocket Lifts Off With 3G Military Communications Satellite
An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday carrying the first satellite in a new military network designed to give cellphone-like 3G communications to troops