[cr-india] TRAI Open House on FM

[Rishi Chawla]

Dear All,

As usual the TRAI is having the open House sessions in the 3 metroes as if these are the places where ICTs are needed the most. Is not this the time to raise also the issue that more regional meetings / open houses should be held (apart from metroes)? 

Last time during the Open House session on "Growht of Internet & Broadband" I raised this point and suggested to TRAI that this practices encourages the Digital Divide rather than narrowing it. But i had no support from other organisations so i was made to sit down on the ground that his was not a forum for talking about digital divide.

I wish this time some of us can raise this issue of conducting open house sessions only in metroes and not reaching the places where such meetings are required more. Also the consultation paper / open house sessions are only in English (and we talk of local language content. 

OFCOM (British Regulator)  has started recieving responses on the telephone - why can't TRAI do that. TRAI should put the summary of the submissions received on their website for transparency / accountability. I know our responses at the Open House are recorded but what happens to that recording know body knows.

Can we also include these issues in our submissions to the TRAI and also raise these issues in the Open House?


Thanks and regards

Rishi Chawla
GIPI India
www.gipi.org.in 



  TRAI is holding Open House Discussions on FM Radio (and other issues) in Chennai (7 May), Delhi (11 May) and Mumbai (15 May). They have invited all interested agencies and individuals to participate. 

  All of us on the cr and oneworld mailing lists who live in Chennai, Mumbai or Delhi should be out there with their friends, armed to the teeth with facts and figures. Let us give this our best shot, everybody.

  Sajan.

  http://www.trai.gov.in/document-26th%20april%202004.htm
    
  The TRAI will be holding Open House Discussion in Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai on the following subjects at the time, date and venue given below:- 

  Subject, Date, Venue, Time 

  FM RADIO
  07.05.2004 (Friday)
  Taj Coromandel,
  Chennai
  2.00 P.M. to 3.00 P.M.

  FM RADIO
  11.05.2004 (Tuesday)
  Hotel Samrat,
  Chanakyapuri,
  New Delhi
  12.30 P.M. to 1.30 P.M.

  FM RADIO
  15.05.04(Saturday)
  The Ambassador Hotel,Mumbai
  12.30 P.M. to 1.30 P.M.

  Cable & Broadcasting Services
  07.05.2004 (Friday)
  Taj Coromandel,
  Chennai
  10.00 A.M. to 12.30 P.M.

  Cable & Broadcasting  Services
  11.05.2004 (Tuesday)
  Hotel Samrat,
  Chanakyapuri,
  New Delhi
  10.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon.

  Unified Licensing
  12.05.04 (Wednesday)
  Hotel Samrat,
  Chanakyapuri,
  New Delhi
  10.30 A.M. to 1.00 P.M. 

  Limits on number of  tariff plans
  -do-
  -do-
  2.30 P.M. to  3.30 P.M

  Unified Licensing
  14.05.2004 (Friday)
  The Ambassador Hotel,Mumbai
  10.30 A.M. to 1.00 P.M. 

  Limits on number of  tariff plans
  -do-
  -do-
  2.30 P.M. to  3.30 P.M.

  Cable & Broadcasting Services
  15.05.04
  (Saturday)
  The Ambassador Hotel,Mumbai
  10.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon.

  All interested agencies/individuals are invited to participate. The consultation papers will be available at the venue of the Open House Discussion and can be accessed at the TRAI Website www.trai.gov.in. For any clarification, please contact Mr. Rakesh Kacker, Advisor (B&CS), Ph.011-26713291 - for Cable & Broadcasting Services and FM Radio; Mr.Rajendra Singh, Advisor (MN), Ph.011-26106118 - for Unified Licensing; Mr. M. Kannan, Advisor (Eco.), Ph.011-26160752 - for Limits on number of tariff plans.




   


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