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What the list discusses

A. What is the status of telecom in India? How does it compare with that of other countries?

B. What is the importance of telecom in India’s development? What are we losing on account of the poor state of telecom in the country?

C. Regulatory issues pertaining to pricing, monopolies, privitisation, structuring, etc.

D. Changes needed in Indian legislation such as the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885 to cater to today’s needs and those of the immediate future

E. Indian legislation vis-a-vis rights to privacy, freedom of expression, etc. in cyberspace

F. Implications of new technologies for Indian telecom, specifically:

G. Implications of DOT policies and guidelines, such as:

H. Implications of the coming together of telecom and entertainment technologies

I. Matters pertaining to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

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A picture that nicely illustrates the mess in Indian telecom is shown below. On this pole, you see the electrical wires on top, the telephone wires below them, and yes, they are stretched by the shortest possible path to the subscriber. New is the box at the bottom, which belongs to the cable TV operator, who supplies me an Internet connection from this box. The blue car behind is mine (Arun Mehta).

The issue bothering us most at the moment is the ISP VSNL's censorship of IP-phone sites. Not to mention their banning of Internet telephony itself. Click here to find out the Status of VSNL censorship of IP-phone sites

And here for NOTE ON INTERNET TELEPHONY POLICY in India 

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Background Note on Internet telephony in India

This list is moderated by Arun Mehta

amehta@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in B-69, Lajpat Nagar-I New Delhi 110024 India

Useful links for those interested in Indian telecom

ISP India Info - guide to the Indian ISPs

Directory of Important Indian Telecom Bodies

India-related web sites

National Taskforce on IT & Software Development

Documents of the Group on Telecommunications including the new draft telecom policy

Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of India web site

Some Indian newspapers' and magazines' email addresses (compiled by ">Frederick Noronha)

Arun Mehta's home page
Some articles of interest
Members Pages
We asked india-gii's members, if they would like us to point to their pages...
india-gii archives
Postings to india-gii since mid-97
"FREE" Archive
The Forum for Rights to Electronic Expression -- which worked to get rid of the licence fee on electronic bulletin boards (BBS) in 1994. There wasn't a TRAI then, so such decisions were a lot harder to overturn.
 http://www.pulver.com/ provides useful links, particularly relating to IP telephony.
The Phone Booth
offers various files and links on telecom subjects, especially materialsdealing with numbering plan issues, (area codes, country codes, phone number formats)

Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 -- the basis for the government monopoly of long-distance and international telecom, ban on uplinking to a satellite from India, and a lot else that is wrong in Indian telecom.

Excerpts from the TRAI Act, 1997

ANTHONY'S COMMENTS ON INFORMATION TEHNOLOGY BILL 1999

 

Petition to lift ban on Internet telephony in India
Filed by Arun Mehta on Feb. 3, 1998 -- no word yet from TRAI.
DOMAIN REGISTERING IN INDIA FAQ
Information for people wishing to set up a .in domain
FORM FOR REGISTERING A DOMAIN IN INDIA
Like it says...
TRAI Consultation Paper On Internet Pricing
A proposal for cutting Internet access rates

Telecom pricing Consultation paper on concepts, Principles and methodologies

Executive Summary

Annex To The Executive Summary

introduction

objectives

METHODOLOGIES FOR DETERMINING TELECOM TARIFFS

TELECOM TARIFFS IN INDIA

INTERCONNECTION CHARGES

Annex 1

Annex 2

Annex 3

Tables

Charts

Comments from VOICE on above paper

     Andy Banerjee's comments on above
Issues Arising From the Comments on TRAI Pricing Paper -- TRAI background paper.

TRAI MTNL/Internet Policy Order

An organisation called the Society for Telecom Empowerment has been set up to make specific policy recommendations to the government of India . It currently discusses on a mailing list, which well-wishers of India from any country or nationality can join.
 
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