Madhya Pradesh BSNL on Thursday announced the launch of Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) here. VDSL offers high speed broadband connectivity (up to 24 Mbps) using regular telephone lines, Piyush Khare, senior GM, BSNL, told a press conference. The company is offering two plans for VDSL users, at Rs 4,999 and Rs 6,999 per month, he said.
The Telecom Ministry is planning to take legal opinion on the issue of disruption of mobile services by two Reliance Group companies under the Universal Service Obligation Fund scheme of shared mobile infrastructure. A source from the Department of Telecom (DoT) said, "...licence clauses have been violated by Reliance Telecom and Reliance Communications ...This matter was al
Disrupting landline and mobile services, BSNL on Tueday disconnected telecom services to 3 private operators in Haryana, even as the interconnection impasse in neighbouring Punjab continued for the sixth day on Tuesday. "We have disconnected services to three companies Airtel, Vodafone and Idea in Haryana circle," a senior official of BSNL told PTI. BSNL
The office headquarters of the Kochi SmartCity IT park will be opened on October 8, giving impetus to this dream project of the Kerala government. Opening of the office would end uncertainty about the fate of this joint venture project between the state government and Dubai-based TECOM, which has been hanging fire since it was originally conceptualised in 2004. Dis
Job portal Monster.com on Tuesday launched a professional networking application for Facebook users. The new application `BeKnown` is available in 19 languages and can be accessed by any Facebook user, Monster.com said in a statement. With this application, Facebook users can invite contacts from other social networks and see, among their professional contacts on `
Betting big on the rising popularity of tablet PCs globally, IT firm Adobe Systems has announced the launch of six new applications for iPad and Android tablets, including apps for creative tasks such as photo editing and web page design. The apps -- dubbed Adobe Touch Apps -- designed for Android tablets and the Apple iPad were unveiled at the MAX 2011 technology conference in L
Internet firm Yahoo has joined hands with ABC News to launch a strategic online news alliance that will deliver content to their audiences. With this agreement, ABC News content will be featured on Yahoo News, Yahoo said in a statement. Under the agreement, ABC News becomes the premier news provider on Yahoo News, with editorial teams from both the companies collab
With the growing popularity of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, companies in India are planning to spend 30-40 per cent of marketing budget, amounting to about Rs 1,200 crore, through digital media platform this fiscal, an Assocham study has found. The study, which surveyed about 1,400 people, including directors, CEOs, CFOs and managing directors, observed that
With an aim to expand its footprint in the growing mobile-internet market, S Mobility on Tuesday launched its latest dual SIM Android phone, the Mi-350. "We see the future of telephony in what we have termed as `Mobile Internet`," the company`s Associate Vice President (Operations) Zulfi Ali Bhutto told reporters after the launch of Mi-350, which he claims, is India`s f
Country`s second largest MNC lender by balance-sheet size Citi India claims over 40 percent of its nearly 2 million customers access banking services online and close to 60 percent receive only e-statements, a trend which it hopes will probably beat the deficiency of fewer branches. "Our digital platform is the largest channel of customer service and engagement. Over 50 perc
With India emerging as a major global R&D hub for the power sector, the Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers Association (IEEMA) expects around 4,000 delegates from across the globe to attend Elecrama event to be held in January 2012. "Already India is emerging as a major R&D hub and there has been a global reputation of our electrical equipment for sourci
The US telecom industry has urged the Indian government to reevaluate its policies with regard to capitalisation requirements and application fees for telecom licences as they reduce the amount of resources available to service providers for building their networks. "TIA urges India to reevaluate the basis for license application fees, capitalisation requirements and bank gu
The Ministry of Rural Development and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) are jointly working out a pilot project to ensure that workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MNREGA) get their wages in time. Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said today his department was working out such a project in Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam,
The Railway administration here has decided to launch a public awareness campaign "Say no to bribe" to curb the menace of rampant corruption using SMSemail. The campaign will start with effect from October 4, a spokesman of Vadodara division of Western Railway Said. Explaining the system, he said on receipt of the complaint by an SMS/E-mail, a confirmator
State-owned telecom operator BSNL on Monday restored services to Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices even as services to Airtel, Vodafone and Idea remained disrupted for fifth day on Monday. "We have restored services to Reliance Communication and Tata Teleservices as these companies petitioned in TDSAT," a senior official of BSNL Punjab Circle said.
India Post today joined hands with MoneyGram International to start money transfer services in the country. The 100 post offices in Delhi, Punjab and Tamil Nadu circles will begin offering MoneyGram instant inward money transfer services, India Post said in a statement. "The partnership between India Post and MoneyGram is expected to increase transactions from
Japan is planning to establish a network of four satellites in the latter half of the 2010s to improve the accuracy of the global positioning system in Japan, government officials said today. In the future, Japan will set up a network of seven such satellites, called quasi-zenith satellites, for its own GPS system independent from the US system, the officials said.
India`s apex IT body National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has dispelled fears that the slowdown gripping the Euro zone and US, will have an adverse impact on Indian IT companies. "Recessionary trends in West are not going to have any serious impact on the Indian IT sector as the industry is poised to grow further on increasing domestic de
The Telecom Ministry on Monday said its technical team is testing the solution of interception given by smartphone BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) and is expecting a report by month end. "Our (Department of Telecom`s) testing team is looking the interception solution provided by RIM and we expect a report from them in a month and then we will look what has to be do
Preparing a business proposal, booking tickets and taking care of the hospital visits of aged people at home are no longer stressful jobs for busy professionals, thanks to personal secretary services launched by a city-based firm. With a view to serve busy professionals and those on the move, Nirmitha Professional Services, a part of the Nirmitha Group, has launched a new `my-sec
