Large Traffic Generators Unleashing Kalidasa Effect on Telecom Networks: What is the Way Out?
Just like the great author Kalidasa, before he attained wisdom, had cut the same branch on which he was sitting, we find that LTGs are cutting the telecom companies, over which they operate.
Allowing Autos To Carry Both Passenger and Cargo Can Benefit Drivers and The Gig Economy
By Ruben Banerjee
An experimental permission of dual usage – allowing transportation of passengers and freight – can pave the way for the future, helping urban mobility and augmenting incomes of auto drivers.
Carbon Neutral, Climate Friendly ‘Jute’ is Proof That Climate Change is Real
When the fragile balance between agriculture, economics, human behaviour and policy making is disrupted, a series of ripple effects get catalysed. These ripple effects have detrimental impact on the vulnerable sections of society.
Why Sugar Industry Violations Are Very Bitter for Jute Farmers
Though considered a golden fibre, jute in recent months has lost much of its lustre with jute mills massively cutting down on production. It has meant that growers of jute are saddled with produce that millers are refusing to buy, pushing them into penury.
Telcos, OTTs Lock Horns Over Who Shall Bear The Burden Of Carrying Data
By Ruben Banerjee
In responses to a consultation paper floated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of IndiaI, telcos have forcefully argued for high intensity OTTs to bear a part of the network costs based on the traffic they consume.
Solving the Telecom Conundrum: Revenue Sharing for Equitable Networks
Navigating the challenges in India’s telecom sector requires a collaborative approach between telecom service providers and large traffic applications. Engaging in constructive dialogue and frameworks can help bolster network capacities and improve service quality, thereby contributing to the growth of the digital economy.
Sin Tax at 28 per cent: But are all online games sinful?
By Ruben Banerjee
Sin tax on cigarettes and porn makes sense, for no good comes of them; one cannot bracket digital gaming as wholly bad
Poised to Ride Digital Revolution, India Needs to Secure Its Digital Supply Chains
There is an urgent need to create a level playing field for domestic players through fostering fair competition and using trade remedies with lightening speed.
Shielding the Vulnerable Through Tech Intervention
By Dr. R.K Mitra
Tech-aided oral contracts can go a long way in protecting ill-educated unorganised workers from exploitation by empowering them to insist upon what has been verbally agreed upon.
To make India atmanirbhar, strengthen anti-dumping laws
By Ruben Banerjee
Strong anti-dumping duties will compensate Indian industry for the injuries it suffers, secure supply chains, and generate jobs, in the face of continuing dumping of products by foreign countries.
Digital Gaming – The new export?
If we do not export such value-added compute, others will, and India will miss out on a great opportunity and end up becoming a large consumer of imported digital games.
Oral contracts are valid; beefing them up with tech could help millions of Indians
By Ruben Banerjee
Technology exists today that can enable oral contracts to be construed as sufficient evidence and, fortunately, it is not rocket science.