State of India’s digital economy report 2023
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,
Telecommunication
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Moving climate innovation into the 21st century: emerging lessons from other sectors and options for a new climate innovation initiative
This report analyzes technology innovation models from the agriculture, health, and information and telecommunications sectors. Its case studies range from projects like Human Genome Project, to the rise
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Comparison of international policies on electromagnetic fields (power frequency and radiofrequency fields)
Power frequency electromagnetic fields (EMF) are generated in the production, transport, distribution and use of electricity. The frequency of alternating current and the resulting EMF is 50 hertz in Africa,
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How dirty is your data?
<p>This first ever report on the energy choices made by IT companies like Akamai, Amazon.com , Apple, Facebook, Google, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo highlights the need for greater transparency from global IT brands on the energy and carbon footprint of their Internet infrastructure.</p>
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Cellphones get help to India's secret sex workers
<p>Most of India's 2.8 million prostitutes own cellphones – making it easier to contact them about HIV tests.</p> <p>http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028095.100-cellphones-get-help-to-indias-secret-sex-workers.html</p>
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Understanding mobile phone radiation and its effects
<p>There is as yet no conclusive evidence of an adverse effect of mobile phone use on people’s health. An inter-ministerial committee has, however, asked that mobile phone manufacturers prominently display certain health-related technical features.
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Take green path: Trai to telcos
Amid growing concerns over global warming, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has suggested that telecom operators should declare every six months carbon emissions from their network. As per the Trai recommendations on
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Recent trends in corruption in India
<p>Corruption in India is as old as corruption itself. Why then have successive stories on corruption in high places hogged the headlines in newspapers and magazines, determining the topics tackled by television anchors, paralyzing the parliament, and dominating discourse in political circles?</p>
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Disaster relief 2.0 report
<p>This report analyzes how the humanitarian community and the emerging volunteer and technical communities worked together in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and recommends ways to improve coordination between these two groups in future emergencies. </p>
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Green Energy to Drive Tower Cos Biz
Telecom tower companies are beginning to use green and efficient alternatives in renewable energy, especially in rural areas where electricity is scarce, opening up new business avenues worth over $1 billion for clean energy equipment makers. Indian telecom infrastructure companies, including Indus Towers, American Tower Company, GTL and Viom Networks (erstwhile Tata Quippo), that depend heavil
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<p>Chhattisgarh’s community news service on mobile phone helps tribal people find voice.</p>