“One could make this argument [with TRAI]“, says my friend Dr Arun Mehta, “that the people who need it most are being denied mobile phone value added services.” We have been discussing, on the India-GII mail list, the enabling of money transfers through mobile devices.
But TRAI cannot act in this matter, unfortunately, and that’s [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘governance’
July 15, 2008
Money doesn’t Grow on Trees
Filed under Accessibility, Communication, Democracy, Privacy, Security, Smart Cash, connectivity, development, governance, social processes, technology
Tags: Cash, Communication, Computers, Economy, Privacy, Smart, Tracking
September 28, 2007
Email and Security
Reading over my shoulder?
People who do a lot of email (I don’t do a lot, not by corporate standards, but I’m not exactly an online recluse), are increasingly concerned by the lack of privacy in this area of communication.
Some of us are keen to see the modes of communication used on the Internet become commonplace [...]
Filed under Accessibility, Blogroll, Community, Democracy, Email, Internet, Intranet, Media, Privacy, Security, connectivity, development, governance, social processes, technology
Tags: Community, Email, governance, Internet, Intranet, Privacy, Security
September 19, 2007
Access 4 All
Do alternate [telecommunication] technologies exist in reality, and can they really provide meaningful leverage for development? Here’s a quick look at the choices for India.
Filed under GPRS, Wi-Fi, broadband, connectivity, development, governance, social processes, technology
