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 …
Noting that the issue of public health and safety was more important than monetary considerations, the Delhi high court on Monday directed the Union government to constitute a panel of technical and medical experts to ascertain the health hazards, if any, from mobile phone towers and submit a report by …
Granting cellular operators relief till September 15 from paying the increased licence fee for mobile towers, the Delhi High Court on Monday called for the constitution of an expert committee to study the impact of these towers and antennae on human health. As an interim directive, the court has asked …
Divya Gandhi BANGALORE: Earlier this month, alarm bells sounded in the United States at a phenomenon considered as dire as climate change: the disappearing honeybee. If the trend continues, it may spell the doom for agriculture
Increase in the usage of electronic gadgets has led to electropollution of the environment. Honeybee behaviour and biology has been affected by electrosmog since these insects have magnetite in their bodies which helps them in navigation. There are reports of sudden disappearance of bee populations from honeybee colonies. The reason …
Increase in the usage of electronic gadgets has led to electropollution of the environment. Honeybee behaviour and biology has been affected by electrosmog since these insects have magnetite in their bodies which helps them in navigation. There are reports of sudden disappearance of bee populations from honeybee colonies. The reason …
Mumbai The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed radiation exposure limits for mobile phone towers but, according to crusaders against the alleged hazards from such towers, these would leave India
Ian Sample Publication of a landmark study into mobile phones and brain cancer was delayed for years because scientists failed to agree on its findings and whether to issue a warning about excessive use of the devices, the Guardian has learned. The World Health Organisation's Interphone report was due to …
Mobile phone (cell phone) use is increasing extraordinarily rapidly worldwide. There are now 4.6 billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide. In many low and middle-income countries use of cell phones has made communications possible in vast areas lacking cable connections. Increasingly, in high-income countries, cell phones have replaced
TALKING UP A STORM WHO Finds Using Mobiles For Over 30 Mins Daily Could Raise Tumour Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: Talking for too long on a mobile phone every day, half an hour or more, could increase the risk of brain cancer. However, a study on cellphone use …
The rapid increase in mobile telephone use has generated concern about possible health risks related to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from this technology. An interview-based case Original Source
When established telecom firms said it was not economical to provide fast broadband services to Lyddington, people raised £37,000 to set up their own network. The 200 homes in this eastern UK village now have a broadband that offers them speeds of up to 40mbps (megabits per second). Homes in …
Chennai: With the diesel gensets powering 3 lakh telecom towers guzzling Rs 6,400 crore fossil fuel every year, the time has come to think about solar power replacing diesel gensets, said Farooq Abdullah, minister of new and renewable energy (MNRE).
Mobile is a rapidly growing and potentially major element of the future Internet, and its environment cannot be sensibly considered in isolation from fixed networks. A note on terminology: Europe uses the term Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) while the United States uses ‘wireless’ Internet Service Providers (ISPs). ‘Wireless’ is somewhat …
PAWAN BAL Telecom has always hogged headlines albeit for different reasons. If once it was for the mindboggling money created by telecom companies, the other time it could be the cut-throat competition. This time, however, it is in news for an entirely different reason altogether: These companies are now being …
Orissa’s health officials are now part of a closed users group (cug) facility that allows them to communicate over cellular phones free of cost. Over 18,000 employees, including the health secretary, are linked through the BSNL phone facility launched in March. State health minister Prasanna Acharya said the facility would …
