The NDA government, under attack for blocking porn sites, on Monday told the Supreme Court that it does not believe in a "totalitarian" state and cannot become moral police.
Reliance Industries, which holds pan-India 4G telecom spectrum for data services, has applied for a licence to offer mobile telephony.
India's Internet subscriber base stood at 35 lakh (3.5 million) on March 2003, up from 32.39 lakh (3,239 million) in the year-ago period.
Even after SC directions, the administration has not restored mobile internet services for Kashmir division. It said misuse of data services by anti-national elements has the potential to cause large-scale violence and disturb public order.
Google uses solar panel and wind to power electronic equipment in the balloon throughout the day.
Do you agree with RGV's view that watching porn is 'harmless fun' or do you think it should be banned?
In a breakthrough, scientists in the UK have achieved the "fastest ever" broadband speeds of 1.4 terabits per second - enough to transmit 44 high-definition movies at once.
A crown of thorns awaits the next telecom minister at Sanchar Bhawan as the new incumbent will have to address a host of tricky issues like industry infighting, tariffs and improving financial health of the Rs 2.3 lakh crore industry.
Pakistan blocked the website of Al-Jazeera on Tuesday after it leaked a controversial report about Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's decade-long stay in the country before he was killed by United States special forces at his Abbottabad hideout.
The banned Chinese apps, which include TikTok, Shareit and UC Browser, earn revenue mainly from online advertisements, subscriptions, and commissions for selling products. India is the biggest driver of these Chinese apps due to the population. The ban on the 59 Chinese apps will negatively affect the valuations of the companies, especially those going for IPO.
The government is also trying to curb child abuse and pornography and such platforms act as catalysts in these cases.
With a conviction rate of 0.5 per cent, the cyber crime cells in India paint a poor picture.
Given the fragmented nature of the domestic cable TV market and the need for last-mile connectivity, RIL, said sources, would have to do more to achieve its target of reaching 20 million homes and 15 million business establishments with its broadband services across 1,600 towns in the next few years.
The app, which has close to 1 million users per day, its lawyer, is losing close to Rs 4.5 crore in revenues every day.
Ending net neutrality will impact govt's Make in India.
Stand-up comedy group AIB has returned with an online video, "Save The Internet", three months after their show "AIB Knockout" had kicked up a controversy.
Manoj Sinha, earlier minister of state for railways, will be tasked to conduct the auction and deal with issues like net neutrality.
The ban will be in place for a month or till further orders, whichever is earlier, said an order issued by Principal Secretary Home R K Goyal.
The DoT has issued long-awaited migration guidelines which pave way for Internet service providers (ISP) like Reliance Jio Infocomm and Tikona, that have BWA spectrum, to offer mobile telephony service by paying an extra fee of Rs 1,658.57 crore (Rs 16.58 billion).
Facing flak over blocking of 857 websites, the government on Tuesday reviewed its order and decided to lift ban on those sites which did not contain pornographic material but had still faced action.
Data localisation, an overarching theme across recent government policy proposals, has been a thorny issue with industry
The critics say the move is against the interest of the consumers and favours big corporate companies.
MSM has sole rights for the event and the order has directed Internet Service Providers to block hundreds of webpages hosting videos and clips related to the FIFA 2014 World Cup.
AIF partners with NGOs to develop and test solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact.
The Sampark Foundation boasts of a $100 million outlay funded entirely by the Nayars and represents more than half of their wealth.
In order to check online child pornography, government has initiated steps to devise a mechanism to access Interpol's 'worst-of-list' through Central Bureau of Investigation and disable such content on internet.
Telcos propose licence regime for apps like WhatsApp, Skype.
There are more than 30,000 commercial Wi-Fi hotspots in India, and very few public hotspots.
Internet Service Providers on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is practically and technically impossible for them to block pornographic sites without orders from court and government and they cannot be made liable for the objectionable contents of the sites.
India is ranked below Bhutan and Sri Lanka in terms of broadband penetration, says TRAI.
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have communicated to the telecom department that they will not pay AGR dues of Rs 88,624 crore, the deadline for which ended on Thursday, and will wait for the outcome of modification petition listed for hearing before the Supreme Court next week, according to official sources. Reliance Jio on Thursday paid Rs 195 crore to the telecom department to clear all adjusted gross revenue dues accounted till January 31, 2020, according to an official source.
Facing flak over its order to block access to 857 pornographic and humour websites, the government on Tuesday lifted ban on all those websites that do not feature child pornographic content.
If the government thinks that they will be able to control it, then they're either fooling themselves or have no clue about the power of viral media.
Arson attacks continued on Wednesday and Muslim-owned businesses were targeted by the mobs.
He said action was akin to holding highway builders responsible for lane violations
The ministry of railways is set to invite bids for content on demand and rail radio services, to be provided for travellers in April, says Shine Jacob.Shine Jacob in New Delhi
World's most popular free email providers Gmail and Yahoo have made telephone number mandatory for creation of new email addresses in a bid to check spam.
Rahul Gandhi took a dig at PM Modi, saying his 'Digital India' scheme cannot become a "euphemism" for an Internet controlled by large remote corporations.
A DoT panel has backed net neutrality and made some recommendations to push the cause
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