The government is expected to take a final decision on the contentious issue of spectrum pricing before the announcement of the National Telecom Policy, 2011 in December, which will make telecom operators shell out money for the radio waves held by them beyond prescribed limit. "Spectrum pricing issue is being dealt separately with the policy. Once we receive response of Tra
A section of employees are at loggerheads with the management at CD maker Moser Baer`s Noida unit demanding revision in bonus and wages. However, the company said no work has been affected as it is only a small group of employees who are protesting. "Unfortunately, a very small group of approximately 150 associates from the packaging section of one of our opti
A Florida man charged with hacking into email accounts of celebrities including actress Scarlett Johansson has been ordered to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom on November 1. A federal magistrate judge in Jacksonville, Florida, issued the order at a hearing on Friday for 35-year-old Christopher Chaney. Chaney faces a 26-count indictment in California that includes
At a time when private operators are scrambling for more spectrum, loss-making state-run BSNL has offered to surrender its Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum in 17 circles, seeking refund of Rs 8,313.80 crore. "BSNL has written a letter to Department of Telecom (DoT) offering to return BWA spectrum in 17 circles... (It) wants to retain only Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh,
Tihar jail inmates may soon be given Unique Identification Numbers so that they can have access to the benefits of Aadhaar scheme once they walk free. Tihar authorities have decided to ask Aadhaar officials to enrol the prisoners inside the jail premises. "If every resident of India is entitled to the number then why not the inmates. There is a talk going on i
If you are unhappy with the service of State Bank of Patiala (SBOP), you can just send an SMS to vent your grievance and hope it would be redressed. The Bank on Friday launched a new service for customers whereby they can send an SMS mentioning `unhappy` about banking service to senior officers for redressal of their grievances. The SMS can be sent to Mobile No 9779933333.
Internet corporation for assigned name and numbers (ICANN) will introduce new generic top level domains (gTLDs) for the categories of brands, communities and cities and regions by early next year. Applications for the first round of new gTLDs will open on January 12, 2012 and run until April 12, 2012. “During this time frame, organizations will be able to propose and apply
State-owned telecom operator BSNL has restored services to emergency numbers in Punjab circle, allowing mobile subscribers of private telecom operators to call up numbers like 100, 101, 102 and 108. "We have restored the services to emergency numbers in the wake of problems being faced by the mobile subscribers of private cellular operators including Airtel, Vodafone and Ide
The government on Thursday contested Idea Cellular`s allegation that it was not given a chance to present its side on imposition of Rs 50 crore penalty for suppressing customer database in one of the circles. Counsel appearing for DoT submitted before the telecom tribunal TDSAT that three letters were written to Idea from June 8-18 this year, asking it to give the correct positio
An Australian court on Thursday granted US tech giant Apple an injunction that restrains Korean electronics major Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet device in Australia. According to local media reports, Apple was expected to sue Samsung for patent infringement on the grounds that it "slavishly" copied its iPad tablet. In a federal court, Jus
HCL Infosystems on Thursday launched its seven-inch tablet X1, priced at Rs 10,490, in the Indian market. Based on the Android 2.3 operating system (OS), the X1 features a 1 GHz processor, 512 MB storage capacity with internal memory of 4 GB (expandable upto 32 GB), a 2 megapixel front camera and supports full HD video and Flash. "The X1, especially caters to
A national seminar on topic `E-Waste, A question of future` titled `Collabre` organised by city based St.Joseph`s College will be held here on Ocotber 15. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Fr Benny Sebastian, Principal, St Joseph`s College said Disposal of e-waste has emerged as one of the most important threats to public health and global environment In Indi
Things will still be Twittering in the Houses of Parliament. A move to ban the micro-blogging site failed on Thursday as lawmakers declined to give up their smartphones in the name of decorum. Some senior Conservative-party lawmakers had claimed that use of mobile phones and iPads would bring the chamber into "disrepute" and sought to ban the use of Twitter and other m
Trai on Thursday said Vodafone has deducted Rs 50,000 from some telemarketers` security deposit for violating guidelines for pesky calls and SMSes and has deposited the amount with the regulator. "Vodafone penalised the first batch of telemarketers by deducting penalty amount from their security deposits on October 12 2011. Vodafone ... has deposited Rs 50,000 with TRAI in c
After three days of disruptions, BlackBerry services offering e-mail, messenger and other online services were restored, Canada-based Research in Motion said. "Email systems are operating and we are continuing to clear any backlogged messages. Support teams are working to minimise the impact on our customers... We are working to restore normal service levels in all markets a
State-run telecom major MTNL on Wednesday announced a steep decline of 15 per cent in internet tariffs, an effort to provide the services at affordable rates to customers. The customers now would be charged Re 1 for every data download of 1.2 MB, against the earlier rate of Re 1 for every data download of 1 MB. It means per MB download rate has now been made as 83 paise instead o
The Kerela Women`s Commission has launched an SMS alert, a system that allow women victims to register their call with the police whenever they are in trouble. Women in any part of the State can seek the help of women`s panel officials if they are in distress by sending an SMS to a dedicated number 537252, officials said. All such messages would b
Macroeconomic challenges in the US and Eurozone turbulence are matters of concern for India`s information technology industry, Infosys said on Wednesday. "The global macroeconomic environment is still uncertain. It is and should be a concern for the IT industry," said the Infosys CEO and Managing Director S D Shibulal said. "There are
Idea Cellular on Wednesday opposed the Rs 50 crore penalty imposed on it by the government for allegedly suppressing actual customer database and contended that it was not given a chance to place facts before the Department of Telecom (DoT). The Aditya Birla group firm submitted before the telecom tribunal TDSAT that the DoT passed the order without even giving a mandatory notice
The Indian IT industry recorded 19 per cent growth in revenues in the 2010-11 financial year to Rs 438,296 crore (USD 96.1 billion). The growth is a significant recovery for the industry, which recorded just 8 per cent growth in 2009-10 in the wake of the global recession in 2008, which made both global and Indian companies cut back on their IT spending. The figure
