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The submission deals with the question raised by India’s telecom regulator in its consultation paper seeking to address the issue of regulating digital technologies with a specific focus on enabling convergence of carriage of broadcasting and telecommunication services.

There is a new debate around spectrum -a scarce resource vital for all wireless communication. However, this time the focus is spectrum for satellite, not cellular services. Should satellite spectrum be allocated administratively, as in India?

The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) boss told ET the terrestrial (telecom) sector held a divergent view and that he had already spoken to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) secretary and the Trai chairman on the need to take a balanced view and create “a win-win situation” for both sides.

The TRAI is in a real dilemma. Why? The Reason — On one hand, DoT is seeking to auction spectrum on an exclusive basis, and in the same breath, the DoT is also seeking recommendations from the TRAI on the “procedure of sharing” an exclusively assigned spectrum. 

Indian satellite services are going through an interesting phase - it is indeed "the best of times, the worst of times".

This article explores the relationship between the Oscars and digital piracy, and analyse some of the trends observed with previous winners and extrapolate those trends for the current nominees for 2023.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is facing problems in finalizing ways to auction spectrum for satellite broadband services, and is saying that an auction process in fact may not be workable.

UNESCO must reconsider its draft Guidelines for regulating digital platforms to better reflect its free speech and human rights objectives.

European telecom bosses have ramped up pressure on regulators to make digital giants shoulder some of the cost of building internet infrastructure.

The newly established and highly ambitious Ministry of Digital Affairs has great potential if it can heed the many challenges ahead. It has been six.

With the ban on Medialogic, advertisers and broadcasters now have no access to any television ratings. But why was the company banned in the first place?

Self-regulation by news channels has proved to be ineffective and a regulatory authority is needed for the same, Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna said on Saturday, Live Law reported.

Debates persist regarding the extent of media freedom in Bangladesh. While international rankings place Bangladesh behind Afghanistan in media freedom, the government cites the increasing number of newspapers, television channels, and radio stations as evidence that Bangladesh's media enjoys full freedom.

For many reasons, digital terrestrial television (DTT) appears to be at a crossroads in its long and storied existence. In recent years, there is the proliferation of over-the-top (OTT) streaming platforms that offer viewers the flexibility to consume content where and when they want to.

The forthcoming screen industry consultation needs to consider more than content quotas to ensure a strong and thriving Australian screen industry, says UNSW expert.

As Bharti Enterprises-backed satellite communication (satcom) service provider OneWeb prepares for the launch of its services in India by July-August, chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal on Sunday expressed hope that the allocation of spectrum for the same won’t be done through auctions.

Regulation of Internet intermediaries must not involve unreasonable requirements.

The consultation paper suggests a shift in the regulator from its own position of unbundling, and a separation of content from carriage.

Following the European Commission’s launch of a consultation on a proposal to make content companies pay government-mandated fees to broadband providers, science and technology policy think tank the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), has called for rejection of the plan.