Examining Wi-Fi 6E for India: An International Perspective
Vidushi Sinha and Aman Mishra
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 Wi-Fi provides high-speed connectivity across different use cases and is essential for the new universal and meaningful connectivity standard. While in India, Wi-Fi primarily operates on the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, several countries have also started making the 6 GHz band available for licence-exempt use in their jurisdictions, paving the way for Wi-Fi 6E.
The CUTS Report titled “Examining Wi-Fi 6E for India: An International Perspective” highlights some of the factors considered by these countries while making the 6 GHz band available and presents the suitability of licence-exempt use of 6 GHz in the Indian context.
Read more about the project here. Access the international comparative paper here. |
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Users’ Exposure and Reaction to Problematic Content in India
Sidharth Narayan and Prince Gupta
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 Social media platforms can potentially become a vehicle for inclusive and democratic free expression. However, their misuse by circulating allegedly incorrect, sensational, divisive, hateful, and misleading information (problematic content) causes significant harm to users. CUTS study explores this through a pan-India survey of over 2000 social media users.
Among other things, the study finds that most users consider the source of the content as a factor for trusting it. Compared to users with low exposure, a greater percentage of users with high exposure to problematic content react to it. Further, most users want social media platforms to be held accountable for the spread of problematic content.
Read more about the project here. Access the findings here. |
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CUTS Comments on India’s draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
Neelanjana Sharma, Prince Gupta and Asheef Iqubbal
CUTS CCIER, December 30, 2022
CUTS Comments on the draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022
Sidharth Narayan and Ritaja Das
CUTS CCIER, November 23, 2022
CUTS Comments on the Consultation Paper by Open Network for Digital Commerce on “Building Trust in the ONDC Network”
Arshiya Chaturvedi
CUTS CCIER, November 22, 2022
CUTS Response on Reserve Bank of India’s Discussion Paper on Charges in Payments Systems
CUTS CCIER, October 14, 2022
- Vidushi Sinha participated in Roundtable Discussion on Intermediary Liability and the Grievance Appellate Committees organised by the Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University Delhi on December 08, 2022.
- Amol Kulkarni was one of the speakers at the 2nd India Spectrum Management Conference in New Delhi on December 07, 2022.
- Sidharth Narayan and Asheef Iqubbal participated in the Australia-India Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership Roundtable in New Delhi on November 18, 2022.
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CyberSafe East India: Workshops on Cyber Security for MSMEs and Women Entrepreneurs
West Bengal and Sikkim, November 07 & 09, 2022
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 Technology, business, and cash transactions have shifted to digital platforms. In India, the rapid adoption of digital technologies by consumers has attracted Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to adopt digital technologies. As the trend of using digital platforms is increasing, incidents like cyber-attacks are also increasing at an alarming rate.
Keeping this in mind, CUTS Calcutta Resource Centre is implementing a series of cyber security awareness and capacity-building workshops for MSMEs and women entrepreneurs in North-East India. The U.S. Consulate supports this initiative in Kolkata. CUTS has collaborated with the Industries, MSME Departments of the Governments of West Bengal and Sikkim, the local Chamber of Commerce, business associations, NGOs and local cyber cells were also engaged in this initiative. To ensure a good training programme, CUTS has engaged the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC, Patna).
More details are here. |
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