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, the report departs from the norm for global studies. While global indicators go for breadth rather than depth by choosing the …
In a briefing paper on the growth of the telecom sector, Greenpeace said, “It grows at the cost of the climate, powered by an unsustainable and inefficient model of energy generation and usage.” The environmental NGO said that the mobile towers heavily rely on diesel gen-sets to power their network …
Power frequency electromagnetic fields (EMF) are generated in the production, transport, distribution and use of electricity. The frequency of alternating current and the resulting EMF is 50 hertz in Africa, most of Asia, Australia, Europe and part of South America and 60 hertz in the remainder of America, the Philippines, …
Greenpeace released a report “Dirty Talking – A case for telecom to shift from diesel to renewable” today exposing how the subsidy on diesel has been aggressively exploited by the telecom sector, resulting in an annual loss of around Rs 2600 crore to the state exchequer. The report builds on …
This report analyzes technology innovation models from the agriculture, health, and information and telecommunications sectors. Its case studies range from projects like Human Genome Project, to the rise of the mobile phone industry in developing-world markets, to what can be learned from the Global Fund and the Consultative Group on …
This first ever report on the energy choices made by IT companies like Akamai, Amazon.com , Apple, Facebook, Google, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo highlights the need for greater transparency from global IT brands on the energy and carbon footprint of their Internet infrastructure. "How dirty is your data?" …
Most of India's 2.8 million prostitutes own cellphones – making it easier to contact them about HIV tests. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028095.100-cellphones-get-help-to-indias-secret-sex-workers.html
There is as yet no conclusive evidence of an adverse effect of mobile phone use on people’s health. An inter-ministerial committee has, however, asked that mobile phone manufacturers prominently display certain health-related technical features. With telecom use exploding in India and with the haphazard growth of the telecom infrastructure (mobile …
Amid growing concerns over global warming, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has suggested that telecom operators should declare every six months carbon emissions from their network. As per the Trai recommendations on
Corruption in India is as old as corruption itself. Why then have successive stories on corruption in high places hogged the headlines in newspapers and magazines, determining the topics tackled by television anchors, paralyzing the parliament, and dominating discourse in political circles?
I suspect Indian scientists have retired hurt to the pavilion. They were exposed to nasty public scrutiny on a deal made by a premier science research establishment, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), with Devas, a private company, on the allocation of spectrum. The public’s verdict was that the arrangement was …
This report analyzes how the humanitarian community and the emerging volunteer and technical communities worked together in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and recommends ways to improve coordination between these two groups in future emergencies.
Ranchi, March 22: Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has turned its attention on illegal meat and fish sellers, mobile towers and water connections in the state capital as part of its ongoing anti-encroachment drive. The municipal corporation has asked roadside meat and fish vendors to wind up shop immediately or face …
As part of its diversification, state-run telecom player Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) plans to set up a wind power plant in Maharashtra. The company will soon appoint a consultant for carrying out a feasibility report over its proposed power plant. A senior official from MTNL confirmed the development and …
When the mobile phone was first launched about two decades ago, not many envisioned that such a bulky and expensive device would go on to become one of the world’s most indispensable modes of communication. But despite its omnipresence many people are still ignorant how it functions. Energy travels in …
Telecom tower companies are beginning to use green and efficient alternatives in renewable energy, especially in rural areas where electricity is scarce, opening up new business avenues worth over $1 billion for clean energy equipment makers. Indian telecom infrastructure companies, including Indus Towers, American Tower Company, GTL and Viom Networks …
Chhattisgarh’s tribal population is beginning to get a taste of free press. They have a news service that informs them about events that concern them but rarely find mention in the mainstream media because of the state’s Special Public Security Act of 2005. The law operates as a gag order …
On January 21, a special ship began laying an undersea fiber-optic cable between Venezuela and Cuba, a connection that will dramatically improve Cuba’s telephone and Internet services. Cuban officials estimate the project carried out by Alcatel-Lucent SA of Paris will cost about US $70 million. Cuba is the only nation …
KOLKATA, 14 FEB: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) receives several complaints against radiations from mobile network towers, but it is unable to act on them as it has not been delegated any power to deal with electro-pollution. The WBPCB officials said that harmful effects of non-ionizing radiation from …
DoT To Issue Orders After Consulting Handset Makers New Delhi: Mobile companies will now have to list out the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) levels of different handsets to the buyers. The department of telecommunications is going to issue orders, after due consultations with mobile handset manufacturers, to prominently display the …
