@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> Subject: India and the GII Announcing a new mailing list, India-GII, which looks at the road that India is taking towards a Global Information Infrastructure (or Highway), the opportunities that this presents, and the problems along the way. Specifically, what we hope to discuss includes: A. What is the status of telecom in India? How does it compare with that of other countries? B. What is the importance of telecom in India's development? What are we losing on account of the poor state of telecom in the country? C. From the perspective of the users what are: 1. Advantages/disadvantages of a long-distance and satellite communication monopoly of the government's Department of Telecommunications (DOT) 2. Advantages/disadvantages of the concentration of the roles of service provision, policy formulation and industry regulation in one body D. Changes needed in Indian legislation such as the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885 to cater to today's needs and those of the immediate future E. Indian legislation vis-a-vis rights to privacy, freedom of expression, etc. In cyberspace F. Implications of new technologies for Indian telecom, such as: 1. Low-earth orbit communications (Iridium and the like) 2. Spread-spectrum, packet radio and other broadcast technologies G. Implications of DOT policies and guidelines, such as: 1. Restrictions on interconnection of networks 2. License fees H. Implications of the coming together of telecom and entertainment technologies To subscribe, send mail to •••@••.•••. The body of the message must be: subscribe india-gii Bill Clinton if your name is Bill Clinton, else replace that with whatever your name happens to be. Arun Mehta, B-69 Lajpat Nagar-I, New Delhi-24, India. Phone 6841172,6849103 http://mahavir.doe.ernet.in/~pinaward/arun.htm •••@••.••• •••@••.••• •••@••.••• "There is enough in the world for man's need, but not for his greed"--Gandhi @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Richard K. Moore (•••@••.•••) Wexford, Ireland Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ CyberLib: http://www.internet-eireann.ie/cyberlib Materials may be reposted in their entirety for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
