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Appendix
The Future of Indian Mobile
Remarks by Nripendra Misra,
Chair, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Presented in Kovalam on February 11, 2008
In the Indian...
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Participants in the 2008 Roundtable were confident that India would reach the projected target of 500 million phone subscribers by 2010. By that time, 3G networks should...
Tags: Communications Policy, Media Although the growth of mobile telephony is a truly global story, there are important regional differences in how the technology has evolved in different countries. Kas Kalba, President of Kalba...
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Joint Roundtable on Communications Policy, Aspen Institute India in partnership with the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program
Kovalam (Kerala), India,...
Tags: Communications Policy, Media Mobile phones can do many more things than simply support ordinary voice calls. In India, value-added services (VAS)—all applications other than voice—currently account for approximately 7 percent of...
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The Roundtable participants developed a set of recommendations for policies and other actions intended to accelerate the growth of mobile communications to drive economic growth,...
Tags: Communications Policy, Media Nripendra Misra, Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), opened the 2008 Joint Roundtable on “The Future of Indian Mobile” by describing the astonishing growth of mobile phone...
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Key Messages:
Mobile communications can drive growth and significantly enable inclusion and better government.
Expanding access requires sharing existing infrastructure as well as...
Tags: Communications Policy, Media A critical key to the success of m-commerce, particularly in its early stages, is implementation of what were described as “hybrid” services—applications that not only use well-designed technology...
Tags: Communications Policy, Media Another project that is providing useful information to farmers illustrates the potential of mobile communications. The Warana Wired Village service was designed to support a large rural sugarcane...
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