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{
location.assign('/service-unavailable');
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if(typeof blockpageaccess != 'undefined' && blockpageaccess == 1)
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b2bGdpr.setCookie('optout',1,1,'.indiatimes.com');
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b2bGdpr.ga.optin();
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b2bGdpr.ga.optout();
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Dollars ("a[href*='/enroll']","a[href*='/invite']").remove();
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{
executeOnComplete(function(){
prevent_default_layers = true;
Dollars (".cookie_accpt").removeClass('hide');
Dollars (".cookie_accpt .closebtn").on('click',function(){
Dollars (".cookie_accpt").addClass('hide');
b2bGdpr.setStorage('cookiethank',1,30);
});
});
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b2bGdpr.queryParams = b2bGdpr.getQueryParams(document.location.search);
b2bGdpr.useremail = (b2bGdpr.queryParams.em)?(atob(b2bGdpr.queryParams.em)):'';
b2bGdpr.useridentifier = b2bGdpr.getFingerprint();
b2bGdpr.getUserIP(function(ip){
b2bGdpr.userip = ip;
});
if(b2bGdpr.getStorage('accessCode') != null){
objGdpr. location = b2bGdpr.getStorage('accessCode');
b2bGdpr.process();
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objGdpr.init();
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return b2bGdpr.setCookie(key,data,exdays);
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Dollars data['data'] = data;
b2bGdpr.storage.setItem(key,JSON.stringify( Dollars data));
},
getStorage : function(key){
if(!b2bGdpr.storage)
return b2bGdpr.getCookie(key);
var Dollars data = b2bGdpr.storage.getItem(key);
if( Dollars data !=null){
Dollars data = JSON.parse( Dollars data);
var lsexpires = Dollars data['expires'];
if(Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) >= lsexpires){
b2bGdpr.deleteStorage(key);
return null;
}
if('data' in Dollars data){
return Dollars data['data'];
}else{
b2bGdpr.deleteStorage(key);
return null;
}
}else {
return null;
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},
deleteStorage : function(key){
if(!b2bGdpr.storage)
return b2bGdpr.setCookie(key,'',-1);
b2bGdpr.storage.removeItem(key);
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exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + exdays);
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if (c_start == -1){
c_start = c_value.indexOf(c_name + "=");
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c_start = c_value.indexOf("=", c_start) + 1;
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if (c_end == -1){
c_end = c_value.length;
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c_value = unescape(c_value.substring(c_start,c_end));
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ga : {
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optout :function() {
if(b2bGdpr.resettrackingcookies)
b2bGdpr.setCookie(b2bGdpr.ga.disablestr,true,0.1);
window[b2bGdpr.ga.disablestr] = true;
},
optin :function() {
b2bGdpr.setCookie(b2bGdpr.ga.disablestr,true,-1);
window[b2bGdpr.ga.disablestr] = false;
}
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qs = qs.split("+").join(" ");
var params = {},
tokens,
re = /[?&]?([^=]+)=([^&]*)/g;
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params[decodeURIComponent(tokens[1])]
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}
return params;
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var proceed = true;
if(typeof Dollars output['config.newsletter'] != 'undefined')
{
var newsLetterConfig = Dollars output['config.newsletter'];
var promoNewsletterConfig = Dollars output['config.promonewsletter'];
if(newsLetterConfig == 0 && promoNewsletterConfig == 0)
{
proceed = confirm("Are you sure, You don't want to receive any email from "+SITE_TITLE+"?");
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else if(newsLetterConfig == 0)
{
proceed = confirm("Are you sure, You don't want to receive "+SITE_TITLE+" Newsletters?");
}
else if(promoNewsletterConfig == 0)
{
proceed = confirm("Are you sure, You don't want to receive promotional Emails?");
}
if(proceed) {
b2bGdpr.setStorage('emailPreference',1,30);
}
}
else
{
b2bGdpr.setStorage('userPreference', Dollars output,100);
}
if(proceed == true)
{
Dollars ("#submitconsent").val('Saving...');
b2bGdpr.postConsentToPersonalisationAPI( Dollars preference);
b2bGdpr.postConsentToB2BAPI( Dollars preference);
Dollars ("#submitconsent").val('Saved');
setTimeout(function(){
location.reload(true);
},500);
}
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loadScript('https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/js_etidentifierv.cms?v=1',function(){
etIdentifiers.onLoad(13, 0);
b2bGdpr.useridentifier = etIdentifiers.getIdentifier();
if(b2bGdpr.useridentifier == 0) {
b2bGdpr.useridentifier = b2bGdpr.getFingerprint();
}
b2bGdpr.userPreference = b2bGdpr.getStorage('userPreference') || {};
b2bGdpr.processPreference();
});
},
processPreference : function(){
executeOnComplete(function(){
if( Dollars .isEmptyObject(b2bGdpr.userPreference))
{
b2bGdpr.userPreference = {};
b2bGdpr.askPreference();
}
else if(b2bGdpr.useremail && !(b2bGdpr.getStorage('emailPreference')))
{
b2bGdpr.askPreference();
}
});
},
askPreference : function(){
executeOnComplete(function(){
if(!(b2bGdpr.useremail))
{
Dollars (".cookie_stng input[name='config.newsletter']").remove();
}
else
{
Dollars (".cookie_stng [data-target='cookietabNewsletter']").removeClass('hideit');
Dollars (".cookie_stng [data-target='cookietabNewsletter']").trigger('click');
setTimeout(function(){
Dollars (".cookie_stng [data-target='cookietabNewsletter']").trigger('click');
},500);
}
Dollars (".cookie_stng").removeClass('hide');
});
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postConsentToPersonalisationAPI : function(consent){
var userIdentifier = b2bGdpr.useridentifier;
Dollars .ajax({
url: 'https://etservices2.indiatimes.com/ET_B2B_WEB/consent',
method:'POST',
contentType:'application/json',
processData: false,
data: JSON.stringify(consent),
beforeSend: function(xhr) {
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", userIdentifier);
xhr.setRequestHeader("X-PRIMARY", userIdentifier);
},
success: function(data) {
console.log('xxxxxxxxxxxxxx');
console.log(data);
}
});
},
postConsentToB2BAPI : function(consent){
var userIdentifier = b2bGdpr.useridentifier;
Dollars .ajax({
url: base_url+'/ajax_files/etb2b_gdpr_mailer_consent.php?email='+b2bGdpr.useremail+'&personlisationid='+userIdentifier,
method:'POST',
data: {
'consent':JSON.stringify(consent),
},
success: function(data) {
console.log('xxxxxxxxxxxxxx');
console.log(data);
}
});
},
getConsentFromPersonalisationAPI : function(){
var userIdentifier = b2bGdpr.useridentifier;
Dollars .ajax({
url: 'https://etservices2.indiatimes.com/ET_B2B_WEB/consent',
method:'GET',
contentType:'application/json',
beforeSend: function(xhr) {
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", userIdentifier);
xhr.setRequestHeader("X-PRIMARY", userIdentifier);
},
success: function(data) {
console.log('xxxxxxxxxxxxxx');
console.log(data);
}
});
},
getFingerprint : function() {
function checksum(str) {
var hash = 5381,i = str.length;
while (i--) hash = (hash * 33) ^ str.charCodeAt(i);
return hash >>> 0;
}
function map(arr, fn){
var i = 0, len = arr.length, ret = [];
while(i < len){
ret[i] = fn(arr[i++]);
}
return ret;
}
return checksum([
navigator.userAgent,
[screen.height, screen.width, screen.colorDepth,b2bGdpr.userip].join('x'),
new Date().getTimezoneOffset(),
!!window.sessionStorage,
!!window.localStorage,
map(navigator.plugins, function (plugin) {
return [
plugin.name,
plugin.description,
map(plugin, function (mime) {
return [mime.type, mime.suffixes].join('~');
}).join(',')
].join("::");
}).join(';')
].join('###'));
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var myPeerConnection = window. RTCPeerConnection || window. mozRTCPeerConnection || window.webkitRTCPeerConnection;
var pc = new myPeerConnection({
iceServers: []
}),
noop = function() {},
localIPs = {},
ipRegex = /([0-9]{1,3}(\.[0-9]{1,3}){3}|[a-f0-9]{1,4}(:[a-f0-9]{1,4}){7})/g,
key;
function iterateIP(ip) {
if (!localIPs[ip]) onNewIP(ip);
localIPs[ip] = true;
}
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pc.createDataChannel("");
// create offer and set local description
pc.createOffer().then(function(sdp) {
sdp.sdp.split('\n').forEach(function(line) {
if (line.indexOf('candidate') < 0) return;
line.match(ipRegex).forEach(iterateIP);
});
pc.setLocalDescription(sdp, noop, noop);
}).catch(function(reason) {
// An error occurred, so handle the failure to connect
});
//listen for candidate events
pc. onicecandidate = function(ice) {
if (!ice || !ice.candidate || !ice.candidate.candidate || !ice.candidate.candidate.match(ipRegex)) return;
ice.candidate.candidate.match(ipRegex).forEach(iterateIP);
};
}
};
// Not removing this function as it has multiple references
function isGDPRNation(){
return false;
}
b2bGdpr.init();
b2bGdpr.ga.optin();
b2bGdpr.setCookie('optout',1,-1,'.indiatimes.com');
if (document.cookie.indexOf(b2bGdpr.ga.disablestr + '=true') > -1) {
window[b2bGdpr.ga.disablestr] = true;
}
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<p><p>Gopal Vittal, Bharti Airtel's CEO suggested it was time for the government, the regulator and all stakeholders to look at bold leadership, set aside differences and work together. Vittal said that like roads, the government must declare optical fibre as a 'national asset' and make it mandatory for all to share the resource, since it would avoid wastage of resources, duplication of work and constant digging up of roads.</p><p>Vittal added 'A visionary public private partnership between the industry and the government and creation of an innovation ecosystem across industry' are two crucial components to make 5G technology adoption easy and accessible for the masses.</p></p>
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No permits would be required for the spectrum in the range of 5150-5250 megahertz band, 5250-5350 Mhz and 5725-5875 Mhz, according to an official notification. <br \/><br \/>\"No licence shall be required under indoor and outdoor environment to establish, maintain, work, possess or deal in any wireless equipment for the purpose of low power wireless access systems, including radio local area networks operating in the frequency band 5150-5250 MHz; 5250-5350 MHz; 5470-5725 MHz; and 5725-5875 MHz,\" the government notification said. <br \/><br \/>The move is seen to push setting up of Wifi services in the country and facilitate development of <a href='https:\/\/telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/5g+ecosystem'>5G ecosystem<\/a>. <br \/><br \/><div data-bucket-limit=1 data-bucket-id=2 data-bucket-design=3 data-bucket-position=in_page class=\"in-page-promotions-buckets-featured featured_section_disabled bucket-position-in_page\" data-type=\"in-page-promotions\" id=\"in-page-promotions_in_page_1_66325753\" data-ftd-params=\"design=3&limit=1&entity_type=all&position=in_page&bucket_id=2&rendered_items=0&\" data-ftd-type=\"in-page-promotions\" data-ftd-callback=\"inPagePromoCallback\"><div class=\"in-page-promotions-buckets hide\"><\/div><\/div>\"The frequency range 5.1-5.3 Gigahertz and 5.7-5.8 Ghz is used for wifi services all over the world. 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The frequency range between 5.3-5.7 Ghz can be used for 5G services,\" SN Gupta, secretary general, APT foundation of India under <a href='https:\/\/telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/international+telecommunication+union'>International Telecommunication Union<\/a> told . <br \/><br \/>The 5 Ghz spectrum frequency can be used for short range communications like for coverage within an apartment or <a href='https:\/\/telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/shopping+centres'>shopping centres<\/a>. <br \/><br \/>The government under <a href='https:\/\/telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/bharat+net+project'>Bharat Net project<\/a> is planning to roll out 1 crore wifi hotspots in the country in rural area. <br \/><br \/>Besides, it is in discussion with telecom operators to roll out wifi in urban centres too. <br \/><br \/>Freeing of spectrum 5 Ghz range will also facilitate indoor communications services and reduce load on telecom networks. <br \/><br \/>Besides, the government is also planning to start field trials of 5G services to develop its ecosystem in the country. <br \/><br \/>In the notification, the government has clarified the power of device or equipment that should be used for accessing the free spectrum. <br \/><br \/>According to the notification devices that use wideband digital modulation techniques and provide a wide array of high data rate in mobile and fixed communications for individuals, businesses and institutions can be used in the de-licensed spectrum range. <br \/><br \/><div data-bucket-limit=2 data-bucket-id=3 data-bucket-design=3 data-bucket-position=in_page class=\"in-page-promotions-buckets-featured featured_section_disabled bucket-position-in_page\" data-type=\"in-page-promotions\" id=\"in-page-promotions_in_page_2_66325753\" data-ftd-params=\"design=3&limit=2&entity_type=all&position=in_page&bucket_id=3&rendered_items=0&\" data-ftd-type=\"in-page-promotions\" data-ftd-callback=\"inPagePromoCallback\"><div 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