On January 22 2021, Competition Commission of India (CCI) released its key findings and observation through its market study on the Telecom Sector in India.
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and
silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington
Unlike fundamental rights, the right to Internet is a 21st
century phenomenon. The right to life and freedom to speak
one s mind are so intrinsically linked to human existence that
it is affirmed by constitution and statutes around the world. The
right to Internet is a prerogative recognised through judicial
diktat and through a judgement of the Supreme Court (SC) in
Anuradha Bhasin vs Union of India case In
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The Department of Space recently released a draft Spacecom
Policy 2020, along with the draft Norms, Guidelines and Procedures
for the implementation of the Spacecom Policy, also known as Spacecom NGP 2020. This blogpost highlights our comments
to these draft policy documents, highlighting some unaddressed
areas. We have submitted these comments to the Department of
Space.
Introduction:
India had released its first Satcom Policy in 1997.
1 However, since the 1997 policy was a
high level document which did not provide as many details, a set of norms, procedures and guidelines was notified in 2000 to
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Canada s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) is enforced by three
federal agencies, the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the Office of the Privacy
Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the Competition Bureau. In late
November 2020, they published a joint news release announcing they had issued
letters to 36 businesses in the mobile app industry in Canada
advising these businesses to review their practices relating to the
promotion, installation and use of mobile apps and to take
corrective actions where necessary. An example of the letter sets out a variety of
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In November 2020, Canadian regulators issued a public reminder
to companies involved in the mobile applications industry about
their legal obligations under
Canada s Anti-Spam Legislation
(commonly known as CASL ) and other statutes regarding
the promotion, installation and use of mobile apps. The regulatory
guidance is important for all organizations that distribute mobile
apps to their employees and customers.
CASL
CASL creates a comprehensive regime of offences, enforcement
mechanisms and potentially severe penalties designed to prohibit
the sending of unsolicited commercial electronic messages (CEMs),
the unauthorized commercial installation and use of computer