I doubt it is allowed. As I recall, even indoor usage was only allowed starting sometime last year. Although how they intend to enforce something like this...
The notification regrading exemption from Licensing for Indoor Use is here. http://www.dotindia.com/wpcc/indoor_delicense.htm Recently there have been news of...
Aren't the Bangalore and Delhi Airports considered "In-doors" since the definition of Indoor as per the notification is "Within the single contiguous campus of...
VoIP over a managed network was never illegal. It was permitted, and VSNL, BSNL, MTNL were using VOIP over a managed network since 1998. What was illegal was ...
Hi all, What is the status of a BBS in India that relays email via a gateway to the internet back and forth for the BBS's dial up subscribers? And another ...
What do you mean by "status" of a BBS? Status in what context? Do you mean, is the BBS considered to be an ISP? I haven't seen the exact rules, but I doubt...
What do you mean by "status" of a BBS? Status in what context? Do you mean, is the BBS considered to be an ISP? I haven't seen the exact rules, but I doubt...
... What a feeling of deja vu -- we had this discussion 9 years ago, when the first valued-added services policy was announced, which asked BBSes to pay R. 1.5...
Arun Mehta
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Nov 8, 2003 5:16 pm
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Nandkumar, How wonderful to get to know someone from the police, who not only seems to have the openness you talk about (at least prima facie ;-) but is also...
Arun Mehta
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Nov 9, 2003 2:19 am
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Dear Arun ... Thanks. I understand that I am on probation! ... No hard feelings at all. Thanks for your generosity. ... The traditional wisdom said that the...
Hi Badri, Shamnad and Arun: Thanks so much for all of your replies. Your information is all so very helpful. I was thinking that the old BBS-network <->...
... Internet connections are dirt cheap here. Telephone charges are expensive. Local costs are expensive, long distance charges are even costlier. Rates are...
Suresh Ramasubramanian
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Nov 9, 2003 4:11 pm
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Thanks Suresh, Are there dial up connections in most villages and towns or is there more to be done extending cheap internet connections universally through...
... Most towns, at least district headquarters towns, have dialup POPs these days. Villages? I do hear of initiatives where they get internet connectivity for...
Suresh Ramasubramanian
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Nov 9, 2003 10:06 pm
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I would take a matter like this to court straightaway, get a stay. This is how occupying armies deal with terrorists -- punish an entire village because...
Arun Mehta
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Nov 14, 2003 2:28 pm
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Dear All An interesting article has appeared in the latest issue of CSO Magazine, which reflects concerns in the US about data and IPR security in India, in...
... Oddly enough, part of the problem here lies in the embarrassing lack of protection we have for our own personal privacy rights. This has little to do with...
just a clarification... current statutes do not protect only Indian "IPR". Trademarks and copyright law leap across jurisdictions - copyrights from Berne...
... Agreed -- may I suggest that people interested in doing something about this blatant violation of Article 19 of our Constitution join ...
Arun Mehta
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Nov 26, 2003 6:35 am
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I agree with Arun. I think the DOT has the regulatory control and CERT-IND is just a excution mechanism. Can some one comment as to who is the actual culprit? ...
Shridhar Prabhu
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Nov 26, 2003 10:12 am
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... It is much easier to get CERT-IN slapped hard, I'd say. I really can't say I have too much confidence this will be resolved in a court of law without a...
Suresh Ramasubramanian
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Nov 26, 2003 10:54 am
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... I would sue the ISP -- it is under no obligation to comply with a directive that violates article 19 -- in any case, when other ISPs are complying without...
Arun Mehta
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Nov 27, 2003 3:35 am
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Hi For more information about CERT-IN, please see http://www.cert-in.org.in/. The notification empowering the government for blocking of websites is quoted...
... Well - I am sure the government feels it is perfectly legal to censor the internet. In any case, that has become legal in India, so fighting that in a...
Suresh Ramasubramanian
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Nov 27, 2003 1:09 pm
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... Seems pretty clear. It doesn't say anywhere that they are bound to keep this information, ie, the reasons for satisfying themselves that the action is...
... Yes - but there are other organizations such as APSIRT / APCERT (an org of asia-pac country level CERT chapters) that I am in touch with. I think CERT-IN...