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 …
Citing a possibility of severe disruption in cellular services in the state, telecom operators on Friday moved the Supreme Court against a Rajasthan High Court’s order on removal of all mobile phone towers, installed overhead or in the vicinity of schools, hospitals and playgrounds. The operators mentioned the matter before …
Special fiscal and incentive packages for industrial growth in North East “have so far failed to trigger major investment flow in the region in the manner it was conceived,” said Paban Singh Ghatowar, minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). He said in the absence of secondary sector, the …
New Delhi: Your fear about excessive use of mobile phones causing serious health problems was not ill-founded after all. Months after World Health Organization classified radiofrequency electromagnetic field (EMF) as ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’, another global report has redflagged the use of such technology, citing health risks, including growth of …
The statistical year book being published by the Central Statistics Office for past several years is one of the vital instruments designed to meet the ever growing diversified range information requirement. The publication provides data sets, not only on the various facets of the economy of the country, but also …
Prolonged exposure to radiation from cellphone towers, other wireless technologies can cause imbalance in immune system, metabolism, reproductive system warns this report by the BioInitiative Working Group 2012 based on 1,800 new scientific studies. Today, the BioInitiative 2012 report updates five years of science, public health, public policy and global …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the response of American Tower Corporation on a plea alleging that mobile phone towers across the country are being installed in violation of stipulated guidelines. A bench comprising acting chairperson Justice A S Naidu and expert member PC Mishra issued notice to the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the response of American Tower Corporation Ltd on a plea alleging that mobile phone towers across the country are being installed in violation of stipulated guidelines. A bench comprising acting Chairperson Justice A S Naidu and expert member P C Mishra issued notice …
Terraces that will have new cellphone towers will be out of bounds for residents of those buildings as well as for outsiders, say the new Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) draft policy. According to the draft policy, a warning board will be put up at the entry of the terrace, explaining …
Industry lobbies representing India’s tower operators and mobile phone companies offering services on both the GSM and CDMA technology platforms have told the government that the recent Rajasthan High Court verdict calling for the removal of mobile towers from schools, hospitals, jails and heritage buildings is “completely erroneous” as it …
Even as there is growing concern among Mumbaikars over electromagnetic (EM) radiation from cellphone towers, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has gone slow in giving clearance for new towers. An estimated 1,000 applications for new towers are pending with the BMC, while around 1,800 towers have been declared illegal. The …
With the state Legislative Assembly in session, the civic administration has suggested that a special ordinance be passed to lift the stay order on illegal mobile towers in the city. Proposing various guidelines in the draft policy for installation of mobile towers, the BMC said the HC orders directing status …
Telecom operators in the city have been issued notices for their cell towers emitting more than the prescribed radiation. "We have told them to lower radiation levels immediately or face closure of the towers and a fine of Rs 5 lakh for each," said a senior Department of Telecommunications (DoT) …
JAIPUR: In support of the telecom industry, Union minister for communication and information technology Kapil Sibal has told Rajasthan government about the negative impacts of removing cell phone towers in the state. In his communique to the chief minister Ashok Gehlot in the last week of November, Sibal expressed his …
Vodafone India has received the ‘Green Telecom Company of the Year 2012’ award in recognition of its initiatives to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The telecom operator had set up mechanisms to measure and report carbon emissions. This resulted in a 10 per cent reduction in diesel consumption, leading to a …
Looking at the agony of a man, who approached the Rajasthan high court seeking action against mobile companies alleging that the radiation from nearby towers caused brain tumor to his two younger brothers, out of which one had passed away, a division bench headed by the Chief Justice has admitted …
Expressing concern over health hazards posed by mobile towers, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to the Centre and seven telecom firms on a plea alleging they are being installed in violation of stipulated guidelines. A bench of the Tribunal comprising acting chairperson Justice A.S. Naidu and expert …
Sri Lanka would move to a new era on Thursday when the country’s first Communication satellite would be orbited from China. In a few hours, it would be positioned over Sri Lanka. The Supreme Group Sri Lanka along with China Great Wall Industry Corporation has funded and developed this satellite …
Civic Body’s Draft Proposal Lines Up Stringent Installation Rules Mumbai: Mobile operators may soon have to secure consent from 70% occupants of a housing society to install a cellphone tower. This stringent guideline is among several others that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has lined up in its draft policy …
The BMC will set up a special cell to look into cell tower radiation violations in the city, said Additional Municipal Commissioner Aseem Gupta at the civic general body meeting on Friday. Municipal councillors also demanded that a survey of all mobile towers in the city be undertaken to see …
North-Eastern Region of the country is primarily disadvantaged on account of lack of physical infrastructure, viz. road, rail and air connectivity. Even the telecom revolution that is changing the lives of people in the rest of the country has not adequately penetrated into the North Eastern states. The basic health …
