Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

Continued from previous article Another unique concept relevant to the Telecom Bill is the “Right of Way”. This is a right under which a telecom infrastructure provider will be facilitated the use of public property upon application. Rejection can be … Continue reading →

Continued from the earlier article One of the key elements of regulation is the “Spectrum”.  This law adds a new “Asset Class” called Spectrum which is ” a range of frequency” of radio/electromagnetic waves. Spectrum will be an exclusive asset … Continue reading →

Continued from previous article The key purpose of the Telecom Bill is regulating the Telecom industry . Accordingly Chapter 3 covers Licensing, Registration, Authorization and Assignment. The first point to be noted is the “Exclusive Privilege” created for the Government … Continue reading →

Continued from the previous article Continuing our discussion on the Draft Indian Telecom bill, let us discuss the rovisions regarding civil penalties under the Act. Under Section 38, the Central Government may prescribe civil liabilities, including compensation payable by any … Continue reading →

Continued from previous Article Let us continue our discussion on the New Telecom Bill with the chapter on offences. The Act has listed the offences under a Schedule and provided the general aspects under Chapter 11. The Scheduled list of … Continue reading →

(Continued from previous article) In our previous discussions on the New Data Protection Bill, we had emphasised an approach to the construction of the act from the concept of “Rights” of the data principals. It is good to see that … Continue reading →