ABSTRACT
The electromagnetic spectrum as a term has probably wider currency today because of the 2G Scam, our dependence on mobile phones, tablets and Wi-Fi internet access. However, it is also something that we use every day around us and yet relegate to the background. Spectrum is the backbone through which most of us manage our information production, distribution and consumption today. Without the necessary spectrum, we would not be able to communicate with most of the existing technologies we use. Often, this underlying resource on which the information super-highway is built tends to get ignored or neglected. We think it is too technical a subject and probably best left to ‘experts’. Whatever the reason may be, it is crucial to link the regulation, allocation and use of spectrum to larger debates on communication rights, and even broader debates on other rights such as political, social, cultural, economic and other rights.
