The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday released a consultation paper on ‘Regulatory Framework for Over-The-Top (OTT) Communication …
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Convergence: An idea whose time has come?
The recent news of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) being renamed the Digital Communications Regulatory Authority of India …
India’s stake in the global internet
It is taken as gospel that India has a significant stake in the open, borderless global internet that all of …
The Aadhaar judgment and tech policymaking
As the dust has settled on the Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar, people searching for certainty as opposed to fuel …
Intermediaries in India may be on the cusp of a brave new world
Intermediary liability – the legal concept which governs the responsibility of online platforms for user-generated content – is part of …
Public WiFi could finally be coming in from the cold
Public WiFi sucks in India. There are no two ways about it: whether it’s sign-in pages that don’t load, SMS …
India’s upcoming encryption wars
In the space of two decades, encryption has gone from being a heavily restricted technology falling under the arms-control regime, …
Censorship in the age of Netflix
The Indian state has an expansive legal toolkit when it comes to censorship of content, encompassing cinema, broadcast media, books, …
A Great Firewall with Indic characteristics
The last three weeks have seen a surfeit of policy announcements and leaks, all of which point in the direction …
What works and what hurts business in India’s new data protection bill
Last Friday, the Justice Srikrishna committee submitted its report and the draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018, to the government …
Data localisation and the danger of a ‘splinternet’
Data localisation – the requirement that data be stored and processed physically within the territory of India – is not …
The curious TRAI take on privacy as India awaits Justice Srikrishna committee recommendations
Several of TRAI’s consultations have shifted away in their subject matter from the domain of telecom to the internet.