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 …
New data released by ITU, the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs), show that 830 million young people are online, representing 80 per cent of the youth population in 104 countries. ITU's ICT Facts and Figures 2017 also shows a significant increase in broadband access and …
No Consensus On Extent Of Radiation That Can Cause Diseases Is the radiation emitted by a mobile phone tower a health hazard? Telecom operators have long denied the possibility , but the global scientific community now strongly thinks it is -though there is no consensus on the duration and distance …
First In Country To Be Closed On Individual's Plea A 42-year-old domestic help will go down in history as the man who persuaded the Supreme Court to shut down a mobile phone tower on the ground that its electromagnetic radiation afflicted him with cancer. Last year, Harish Chand Tiwari, who …
The main objective of this paper is to develop a three phase genetic algorithm to find the shortest path routing in solar poweredWireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), and thereby reducing the energy loss and the time consumed in the communication between various nodes (sensors) of the same. A three phase hybrid …
In 2017, companies can look forward to an improved global economic backdrop but must prepare for uncertainty following Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential elections and the UK's decision to leave the EU, finds the whitepaper Industries in 2017. This whitepaper provides a global overview for the year ahead …
Villagers of Rajasthan's Alwar district have started using internet being provided through solar-run telecom towers. People in remote villages of Rajasthan’s Alwar district are catching up on the ‘Digital India’ trail as many of them, including women, have started using internet being provided through unique solar-run telecom towers. Karenda, Phalsa …
Digital transformation is enabling rapid change in every industry and across every aspect of our lives. As a direct result of three fundamental ICT forces— mobility, broadband and the cloud—a new service economy is emerging. Value chains are being reshaped, business models are becoming digitalized, distance is being overcome and, …
Millimeter Waves (MMW) will be used in the next-generation of high-speed wireless technologies, especially in future Ultra-Broadband small cells in 5G cellular networks. Therefore, their biocompatibilities must be evaluated prior to their massive deployment. Using a microarray-based approach, we analyzed modifications to the whole genome of a human keratinocyte model …
China's space programme has accelerated lately - last month, workers recovered an experimental probe that was launched on a new generation rocket China has launched its first mobile telecommunications satellite. The Tiantong-01 satellite will establish a mobile network serving China, the Middle East, Africa and other areas, the state run …
China is scheduled to launch its first high-capacity broadband satellite by the end of 2018, and to begin satellite communications services by 2019, according to the satellite system's blueprint. The blueprint was revealed as part of a contract signed between the Shenzhen government and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation …
India, which has emerged as world's second largest mobile market, is also the fifth largest producer of e-waste , discarding roughly 18.5 lakh metric tonnes of electronic waste each year, a study says. The telecom equipment alone accounts for 12 per cent of the e-waste, a joint study by Assocham-KPMG …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Cellular Opeators Association of India & Others Vs Telecom Regulatory Authority of India & Others dated 11/05/2016 regarding call drop compensation by telecom service providers. Supreme Court upholds the contention of Cellular Operators' Association of India regarding the need …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Centre for Public Interest Litigation Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/04/2016 regarding decision of the Government of India, taken sometime in March 2013, allowing voice telephony to Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. on payment of Rs.1,658 crores entry …
Leading doctors and telecom expertsdiscussed scientific facts pertaining to electromagnetic radio frequency (EMF) here yesterday. They said there was no relation between mobile phone tower radiation and cancer or other health hazard. They categorically denied that there was any link between EMF emissions and human health. Dr N Eshwar Chandra, …
There is no exact co-relation between mobile tower radiations and health of wildlife even as there are indications that Electromagnetic Radiations (EMR) affect their biological system, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday. Environment Ministry had constituted an expert committee to study the possible impacts of communication towers on wildlife, …
11 sectors seen having credit exposure to environmental risks in next five years; Developing economies susceptible too Many sectors, other than power and coal, face environmental risks that could translate into credit risk, according to Moody’s Investor Service. These include automobiles, oil & gas, mining, steel, and commodity chemicals. Moody’s …
Government of Jharkhand is determined to promote the projects related to ICT & IT based communication system. In order to strengthen this core Information and Communication infrastructure, the State intends to further facilitate effective transformation of the socio-economic scenario through accelerated equitable and inclusive economic growth by encouraging provision of …
CHINA on Wednesday morning put a new communication satellite into orbit from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The "ChinaSat 2C" satellite was launched at 12:25 a.m. and carried by the Long March-3B carrier rocket. It will provide radio, TV transmission and broadband services for the country's radio stations, TV …
Declaring the 4G WiFi towers erected by Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio across the State as illegal, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to the company directing it to close or suspend the mobile tower operation within a fortnight. The show cause notice issued …
