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Law, Technology and everything In-between...aimless bits and bites from a tech lawyer

Russians at the Gate

Russian media reports have been crackling with talk of the resistance being faced by two Russian companies, JFC Sistema and Bycell in their attempts to enter the Indian telecom market. The FIPB in its meeting on 16th November, 2007, deferred decisions on proposals filed by Bycell Telecommunications India Private Limited to ...

Telecom: A Royal Ride

It may be a bit early in the day to say I told you so but...I told you so! According to the Economic Times and the Business Standard, the Attorney General and the Law Ministry are now of the view that Asim Ghosh's and Analjit Singh's holdings in HEL cannot ...

To Tickle a Tycoon

Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan and Li Ka Shing don't seem like they might have much in common. Apart from both being on the Forbes list of the richest men in the world.  Ananda Krishnan, a Malaysian of Sri Lankan Tamil origin, graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia and has an ...

March 10th 2008
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February Bundle

Hey there: For the regulars, I must apologise - I've again managed to let time slip by without a few bytes in your direction. February was an eventful month what with opening a new office, attending conferences and tracking some interesting developments in law. I happened to attend the fourth annual Asian ...
January 25th 2008
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Saving Private Indians

The latest buzz on the web is a statement by a senior EU official to the effect that IP addresses constitute private data and should therefore be subject to applicable EU directives on data protection. What surprises me is the way issues grab media attention much after the raw material becomes ...
January 16th 2008
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Gold Rush - The Race for Spectrum

In what is usually a sign of a maturing telecommunications market, sparks are flying over that classical scarce resource - spectrum! As India's business houses race to corner larger slices of radio frequency allocated by the government for providing 2G wireless services, there is still this giant black hole ...
December 22nd 2007
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The Rule 49-O Email

There is this email that's been doing the rounds for a while now on a Rule 49-O. It reads like this: Did you know that there is a system in our constitution, as per the 1969 act, in section "49-O" that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm ...
December 20th 2007
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TRAI woes

Its amazing how a nation with 215M odd telecom subscribers has a telecom regulator that can't maintain a decent website. Some of the guys at TRAI do stellar stuff but it can be a frustrating experience for the average user browsing indexes of consultation papers, recommendations et al without being ...

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