A former Telecom Secretary on Wednesday admitted before the JPC looking into 2G scam that he overruled directives of then Prime Minister I K Gujral asking TRAI to undertake a study on the demands of telecom operators and instead gave it to outside agencies to get a speedier report. A V Gokak, Telecom Secretary between 1996 and 1998, told the Joint Parliamentary Committee that sin
Western India Football Association has launched its website www.wifa.in and it would have latest news, updates, features and statistics of football happenings in Maharashtra and the country. The website has been launched following WIFA`s tie-up with digital agency RVR 16, a media release said. The agency would be the official technical partners for the football body and provide s
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Wednesday underlined the need for governments and law enforcement agencies to develop a culture of cooperation to deal with cyber terrorism and asked lawmakers to push governments to take active note of the emerging threat. Addressing the 57th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference on `Technological Threats to International, National an
TCS and Wipro are among the three companies vying to bag the prestigious Sri Seva Project by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), to provide IT solutions and maintenance in offering various facilities to visitors and devotees. Currently TTD offers four main e-services such as e-seva, e-accommodation, e-sudarshanam and e-hundi to the devotees and the Sri Seva project would he
Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) on Thursday said it will set up sector skill councils in five employment intensive sectors in collaboration with National Skill Development Cooperation (NSDC). "We in collaboration with National Skill Development Cooperation (NSDC) will set up sector skill councils in five employment intensive sectors like food
Driven by increasing consumption of mobile phones, computers and LCD televisions, India`s semiconductor revenues are expected to reach USD 15 billion by 2015, research firm Gartner on Thursday said. Consumption is projected to touch USD 8.2 billion in 2011, a 15.5 per cent increase from USD 7.1 billion in 2010, Gartner said in a statement. Going forward, consumption is pr
Loss making PSU MTNL will soon have a regular Chairman and Managing Director, as Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has asked the Cabinet Secretary to expedite the appointment. "I agree that it is very important for a company like MTNL to have permanent CMD and for that I have asked the cabinet secretary to immediately approve and send the file back with the person we have recomme
Indian telecom companies added a whopping 59.40 million mobile users during the quarter ended March 31, 2011, taking the wireless subscriber base to 811.59 million. The wireless (GSM and CDMA) user base grew by 7.90 per cent on quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q) basis to 811.59 million during January-March period, from 752.19 million at the end of December 31, 2010, the Telecom Regulator
India is growing at a tremendous pace and the 350 million-strong middle class has buying power unmatched by any other growing nation, according to Infosys Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director S Gopalakrishnan. He said the country has a large market and the entire world is focused upon it. Many big companies and investors have evinced interest in selling their products to
The public inquiry into Britain`s phone-hacking controversy opened on Thursday, with Judge Brian Leveson saying that the remit of the investigation was wider than just the recent scandal and he plans to use his powers to demand evidence from witnesses "as soon as possible". British Prime Minister David Cameron had ordered the inquiry in the wake of allegations of wrongd
CBI is likely to seek the opinion of the Law Ministry on the controversy whether Ruia-controlled oil major Essar was an associate in the telecom joint venture with Loop Telecom in the backdrop of divergence of views with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. While the Ministry has stuck to its view that according to its records Ruia`s-led oil-major was not an associate in the telec
Market regulator SEBI on Thursday decided to introduce a new short and simple form for IPO investors for increasing retail participation in the stock markets. "The present IPO form is not investor friendly. It takes a lot of time to understand it. Taking all this into account, the whole form has been changed and this will lead to reduction in the size of the form by about on
Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy has given his nod to become the chief mentor of the IT panel being formed by the West Bengal government to prepare a roadmap for the industry and attract more investment in the sector. "The state government had written to Narayana Murthy earlier this month requesting him to be the chief mentor of the state IT panel and he h
Software major Microsoft on Tuesday launched its new research and development facility spread across 1,54,000 square feet. This facility will house the Bangalore Microsoft India Development Center (MSIDC) team, which contributes to Microsoft Corp`s adCenter technologies, as well as the researchers from Microsoft Research India. "For the last one decade India h
US-based information technology major Cognizant, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, would acquire CoreLogic Global Services` captive operations in India for USD 50 million. Cognizant and CoreLogic, a leading provider of information, analytics, and business services, on Tuesday announced a definitive agreement in this regard. "The purchase p
IT body Nasscom on Tuesday applauded West Bengal government`s cluster approach to boost start-ups and small companies in the information technology sector. "If the cluster approach can work in manufacturing, why can`t in happen in IT? We will look at the architecture on how companies can work together for larger projects," Nasscom Chairman R S Pawar said here on
The Home Affairs Committee of the House of Commons has asked Indian IT major HCL Technologies to provide information about its relationship with Rupert Murdoch`s News International, which has been the focus of the phone-hacking controversy in Britain. Keith Vaz, chairman of the committee that has been in the forefront of investigating the phone-hacking issue, has written
After Rupert Murdoch`s News International received flak for dubious news gathering practices at its titles, another British tabloid group - `Trinity Mirror` - has announced a review of its editorial controls and procedures. The review has been announced amid allegations that phone hacking was not confined to the Murdoch-owned News of the World. Trinity Mirror publishes the mass c
Britain`s government was accused on Tuesday of breaking a promise to stop keeping the DNA records of people arrested for crimes but later found innocent. Britain`s DNA database is one of the largest in the world, containing genetic profiles of more than five million people, or 8 per cent of the population. Samples are taken from everyone arrested for a crime, and the info
Plans are afoot to set up exclusive police stations which would deal with cyber crime in Jharkhand, DGP G S Rath said on Tuesday. “We are planning to set up police stations which will look after cyber crime only. Now a cyber crime cell is functioning with the CID, which works in coordination with the special branch and the district police,” Rath told a press conferenc
