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A Guide to Net Neutrality Cherry-Picking, Telecom Style

Public Knowledge Tech News and Comment
Over the last couple of weeks, a fierce little debate has started to rage about how the United States should treat high-speed Internet access. As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the whole ecosystem surrounding the big telecom carriers got together to warn the Federal Communications Commission about really [...]


Net Neutrality Faces Appeals Court

InformationWeek
“If this decision is upheld, it will mark a turning point in telecommunications law and bolster the agency’s current move to make its network neutrality …

Topics: network neutrality, telecommunications, security, regulation, telecom


Beware of low mobile call rates

Daily News & Analysis
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has announced an inquiry into the predatory pricing in mobile services last week. Its findings and decisions will …

Topics: telecom, telecommunications, regulation, Mumbai, India


Rating shows M’sia can beat S’pore, HK and other countries

Malaysia Star
And the Fitch report also does not mean that telecommunications regulation in Malaysia has no room for improvement. Indeed, when seen from the standpoint of …and more »

Topics: countries, telecom, telecommunications, regulation


Mobile Internet Explosion Likely in 2010

Korea Times
Last month, the National Assembly’s committee on broadcasting and communications voted to pass the bill on a revised telecommunications law, which included…

Topics: regulation, telecom, telecommunications


MNP to be delayed; DoT calls meeting tomorrow

Business Standard

… by about two to three months, as some of the operators are not ready, said a senior official of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). …

Topics: telecommunications, regulation, India, telecom


Sauce For The Canadian Goose And The Egyptian Gander In Mobile Communications

Gerson Lehrman Group
It is ironic that at least in this respect the current structure of telecommunications regulation in Canada may operate in a more obscure and sphinx-like …

Topics: telecom, telecommunications, Egypt, wireless, regulation, Canada


Why does the quality of telecom services remain poor?

VietNamNet Bridge
Reporter: The Telecommunications Law was adopted by the National Assembly in its recent session. How is the quality control of telecom services regulated by …

Topics: regulation, Vietnam, telecommunications, telecom


Oman shortlists firms for new telecom licence

ITP.net
Oman’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) said the seven have been selected from an initial group of ten “renowned national and international …

Topics: regulation, telecommunications, telecom


Oman shortlists firms for new telecom licence

ITP.net
Oman’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) said the seven have been selected from an initial group of ten “renowned national and international …

Topics: regulation, telecommunications, telecom


ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009: Alan Horne, Bahrain

ITU TelecomTV, Geneva, Switzerland
Interview with Alan Horne, General Director, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain, at ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009. ITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technology issues, and the global focal point for governments and the private sector in developing networks and services.


FIR Charges ‘Unknown’ DoT Officials With Criminal Conspiracy

The Hindu
The Central Bureau of Investigation’s first information report on the telecom licence and spectrum scandal has charged “unknown officials” of the Department of Telecommunications with carrying out a “criminal conspiracy” to award licences “for a heavy consideration” by “putting a “cap on the number of applicants against the recommendations of the TRAI” (Telecom Regulatory [...]


In one sense, I am the real spectrum king

Livemint
I am the first minister who investigated and coordinated how much spectrum is available, said Union telecom minister A. Raja New Delhi: In an interview

Topics: Delhi, telecom, telecommunications, India, regulation


Raja Rules out Resignation, Spectrum in Consultation with PM

Outlook
Telecom Minister A Raja tonight ruled out resignation in the wake of CBI searches in his ministry in connection with the controversial spectrum allotment issue.

Topics: licensing, regulation, 2G, telecommunications, telecom, India


Telecom King ICE Faces Record Fine for Charging Unauthorized Fees

Tico Times
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) faces a fine for unauthorized service fees charged to the telecommunications company Radiomensajes, the Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) said this week.

Topics: regulation, Costa Rica, telecom, telecommunications


Government Adds New Disclosures On Dropped Calls in India

TMCnet
In order to improve quality of services, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will publish call drop rates and others quality of service (QOS) parameters of all telecom service providers in regional newspapers. “This is expected to put pressure on telecom service providers to improve quality of services,” TRAI Chairman J.S. Sarma told Hindustan Times.

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CCTV and writers’ society slam Google for copyright infringement

Interfax, China
CCTV accused the Google Books of violating the copyrights of 17,922 books written by Chinese authors by illegally providing copyrighted material on its digital Web site.

Topics: China


Policy issues benefit domestic online game developers – analysts

Interfax, China
Inter-agency squabbles and increasingly stringent content regulations will create barriers for foreign firms attempting to enter the Chinese online game industry.

Topics: China, regulations, regulation


Optical communication sector in China a hot area for investment

Interfax, China
China’s optical communication sector will be ripe for investment after the completion of 3G network deployment, and will be further bolstered by a new government policy.

Topics: China, regulation, 3G, government


Chinese authors to stand up to Google

Interfax, China
A group of Chinese authors will hold a panel discussion on Sept. 24 regarding taking legal action against Google Inc. for infringing on the copyrights of their published works.

Topics: regulation, China