Home Minister P Chidambaram has called a meeting of the top executives of telecom service providers offering services in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to discuss various security-related issues with them. "Union Home Minister will chair a meeting with Chief Executive Officers or Chief Operating Officers of telecom services providers providing services in Jammu & Kashmir
The Telecom Ministry has asked telecom regulator Trai to review its recommendations on the timeframe for service providers to surrender excess spectrum in their possession and the rationale behind a spectrum transfer charge in case of the merger of two entities. "Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked Trai to review its recommendations on the timeframe for surrendering excess
Tata Interactive Systems has said it will digitise 1,000 schools spanning 140 cities by deploying its classroom solution `Classedge` by the end of the current academic year. The city-based Tata Group firm has already deployed the Classedge classroom solution in 100 schools across 52 cities, which are affiliated to various boards like the CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE and state boards.
Telecom operator Bharti airtel on Monday said it sees significant potential for an upside in average revenue per user, a key metric for telecom carriers, on account of rapid growth in consumption of value-added services and the use of mobile internet. "We firmly believe that there is a significant potential in average revenue per user (ARPU) upside, resulting from an expansi
Leading internet communications firm Skype has said it will acquire GroupMe, a provider of mobile group messaging applications, for an undisclosed amount. The move comes three months after software giant Microsoft announced that it will snap up Skype for about USD 8.5 billion. In a statement, Skype said yesterday, "... It has entered into a definitive agreemen
In order to attract foreign players in the SME segment, the government will this year launch a portal providing information about small and medium companies, which contribute 45 per cent to the country`s manufacturing output. "We will be able to launch a world-class portal by November this year," Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Secretary Uday Kumar Varma told
UTI Mutual Fund on Monday said it has partnered with online payment gateway Visa Cards to enable its customers to purchase MF units using debit cards. "UTI MF is now offering its investors an option to invest by using their Visa-enabled debit cards and SBI debit cards," UTI MF said in a statement. "The facility of investing through debit cards will further ease the
The IT revolution in India will be complete only when every citizen is able to use computers, Union Minister of State Sachin Pilot said on Saturday. "The IT revolution will be complete when India is computer literate," Pilot, the MoS for IT and Communications, said after launching several IT-based initiatives in Srinagar. He released the basic IT literacy
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that within three months of coming to power in the state, nearly 80,000 jobs had been created in the government alone. "After coming to power three months back, we have created 80,000 jobs in the state government alone," Banerjee said at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of an IT park developed by TCG Real
The Centre has approved the Assam state mission project on agriculture under the national e-governance plan. The project envisages electronic delivery of services of the 12 identified services clusters and of other services to be prioritised by the statement to the farmers and other stake holders, according to an official press release issued in the state capital on Monday
The Centre has approved the Assam state mission project on agriculture under the national e-governance plan. The project envisages electronic delivery of services of the 12 identified services clusters and of other services to be prioritised by the statement to the farmers and other stake holders, according to an official press release issued in the state capital on Monday
China`s flourishing space programme suffered a rare setback when a newly launched satellite failed to enter the designated orbit due to a malfunction of the rocket. The Long March II-C rocket experienced malfunction during the flight following its launch from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on Thursday in northwest Gansu Province, state run Xinhua reported on Friday.
Railway PSU Ircon has entered into an agreement with Sri Lankan Railways for installation of signalling and telecommunication system on the rail network in that country. The project, to be executed in the northern province of Sri Lanka at a cost of USD 86.51 million will enhance safety at level crossings and provide GPS-based station clock system, and public address system etc. a
A state-of-the-art archive cell and an interactive website of the Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) were inaugurated by parliamentary secretary for IPR, R Tohanba in Kohima on Thursday. The archive contains photos, videos and publications since inception of the state in early 1960s in a digitized format. In addition, DIPR has also developed an interactive web
Food and Consumer Protection Minister Shayam Rajak on Friday launched a GPS system on vehicles like trucks, to monitor the movement of food grains under the public distribution system (PDS) in Bihar`s Gaya district. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the tracking of moving trucks laden with food grains by the system will help check black marketing of cereals.
Companies from the information technology and banking sectors were battered heavily in the stock market this morning amid deepening worries about a slowdown of the global economy and a possible return of the recession in the US. The BSE`s IT index was down nearly 6 per cent, with a heavy plunge in the share prices of Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Tech Mahindra and HCL Tech. The banking in
An airport in France is experimenting with "virtual" boarding agents in a bid to jazz up its terminals with 21st century avatars who always smile, don`t need breaks and never go on strike. The pilot project at Paris` Orly airport began last month, and has so far been met with a mix of amusement and surprise by travellers, who frequently try to touch and speak with the s
Concerned over the role played by the social media in inciting unrest during the recent riots in England, a top British Parliamentary body headed by Indian- origin MP Kieth Vaz on Thursday asked the bosses of Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry to appear before it. "Today I have written to the Chairmen of Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry because it is absolutely clear that the
Internet search giant Google is providing current weather information and cloud data from across the world on its Google Maps application, a move that will hopefully make travel and activity planning easier. "We`re adding a weather layer on Google Maps that displays current temperatures and conditions around the globe," Google User Experience Designer Jonah Jones said i
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the state government has been committed to ensure transparency and efficiency with the introduction of e-governance in the works of all departments. Inaugurating a web portal of Public Works Department (PWD) at the state secretariat of Writer`s Buildings, Banerjee said that apart from bringing in transparency, the portal
