Telecom Sector Regulation in India - An Institutional Perspective

List of contents

Part I Overview 1. Introduction Part II Judicialization and the Framework of Regulatory Governance in the Indian Telecom Sector 2. TRAI: Origin and Early Years 3. Tribunalization and After Part III Crafting Order? Two Decades of the Regulatory Institution 4. The First Regulatory Phase 5. Transition to Unified Access 6. The Competitive Second Phase (2004–7) 7. The Third Regulatory Phase Part IV Organization and Micro-Governance of TRAI 8. TRAI’s Institutional Design and Organizational Ethos 9. Penal Powers of TRAI

About the author

Maruthi P. Tangirala is Deputy Director General, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, New Delhi, India, and an officer of the Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service (1990 batch). He holds advanced degrees in Management (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta), Public Administration (Panjab University/The Indian Institute of Public Administration), and Law and Governance (Jawaharlal Nehru University), in addition to degrees in Civil Engineering (College of Engineering, Guindy) and Law (Osmania University). He has worked in the Government of India’s Department of Telecommunications and in Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Union Public Service Commission, and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, as well as in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, in different functional areas. He has published scholarly articles and opinion pieces in the Economic and Political Weekly, Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, and Indian Express, among others.

Summary

This book traces important legal and regulatory developments in the first two decades since the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was established, along with its political and economic aspects. It narrates the story of the institutional progress of TRAI and its influence on the growth of India’s telecom sector.

Product details

• Authors: Maruthi P. Tangirala, Maruthi P. (Deputy Director General Tangirala
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367731434
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73143-4
• No. of pages: 274
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications, India, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Communication Policy, Politics & government, Politics and government, Scientific research, Science Funding & Policy, Science funding and policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Postal & Telecommunications Industries