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‘India’s Trillion-Dollar Digital Opportunity’ Report: A Summary

By Ikigai Law | Digital Economy | 0 comment | 9 May, 2019 | 1

 1. Preliminary On 20 February 2019, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”)[1] published a report titled ‘India’s Trillion-Dollar Digital Opportunity’ (“Report”)[2] in collaboration with McKinsey & Company. This report was prepared in consultation with the Government of India (“Government”), various state governments and private stakeholders. The report was conceived with three primary objectives. 1.1Read more

National Policy on Software Products, 2019

By Ikigai Law | Ikigai Law, Other Areas | 0 comment | 7 March, 2019 | 2

The Union Cabinet approved[1] the National Policy on Software Products, 2019[2] (“Policy”) on 28.02.2019. The Policy aims “to develop India as a software product nation and a global leader in conception, design, development and production of software products.”[3] The Policy will be implemented by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”)[4] in collaboration withRead more

National Policy On Electronics, 2019: A Summary

By Ikigai Law | Ikigai Law, Other Areas | 0 comment | 1 March, 2019 | 2

  I. Preliminary The National Policy on Electronics 2019 (“Policy”)[1] was released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”)[2] on 25.02.2019. The Policy, which recognises the electronics industry as the “world’s largest and fastest growing industry”[3], seeks to “position India as a global hub for Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (“ESDM”) by […]Read more

Is TRAI going “over-the-top” with its attempts to expand its jurisdiction?

By Ikigai Law | Telecom & Communications | 0 comment | 12 July, 2018 | 5

On 9th August 2017, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) released a consultation paper on Privacy, Security, and Ownership of Data in the Telecom Sector (“Consultation Paper”) as a step towards developing a robust data protection framework to safeguard consumer interest in the telecom sector. TRAI is expected to release its final recommendations on the subject soon.[1]Read more

Blockchain as a regulatory tool – “TRAI-ing” too hard?

By Ikigai Law | Blockchain | 0 comment | 28 June, 2018 | 14

On 29th May, 2018, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”)  released the draft Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations, 2018 (“Regulations”), aimed to curb the problem of unsolicited commercial communication, or spam, for telecom subscribers. As stated in the accompanying press release, TRAI has chosen to adopt Distributed Ledger Technology (also known as “blockchain”)Read more

Data localisation requirements for telecom and internet service providers: Current law

By Ikigai Law | Telecom & Communications | 0 comment | 27 June, 2018 | 4

  Background   The Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) RS Sharma has announced that TRAI will soon release its final recommendations on data privacy and security in the telecom sector.[1] These recommendations will be based on the responses received to the TRAI’s consultation paperon Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data inRead more

Tracing the chronology of TRAI’s public Wi-Fi project in India

By Ikigai Law | Ikigai Law, Policy, Telecom & Communications | 0 comment | 26 June, 2018 | 5

Since 2016, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) has been making concerted efforts towards improving access to internet in the country. This post provides a chronological overview of the steps taken by TRAI in this direction:   1. July 2016: TRAI initiates discussions on public Wi-Fi in India 1.1 On 13th July 2016, theRead more

Ten key takeaways for the start-up sector from the draft National Digital Communications Policy, 2018

By Ikigai Law | Telecom & Communications | 0 comment | 8 May, 2018 | 5

On 1st May, the Department of Telecommunications unveiled the Draft National Digital Communications Policy, 2018 (Policy) and it has been thrown open to public for comments and recommendations. The Policy lays down three missions for itself, namely – “Connect India, Propel India and Secure India.” This blogpost provides ten key takeaways for the startup sectorRead more

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20 key takeaways for the technology sector from the 2018-19 budget speech

By Ikigai Law | Other Areas | 0 comment | 7 February, 2018 | 5

The 2018 budget featured a number of announcements that may be of interest to anyone engaged with the technology sector or the startup ecosystem. This note takes a look at some of these announcements in order to identify how the business environment may be impacted by the 2018 Budget Economic Growth in the last year:Read more

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