On Friday, twenty years ago, a telephonic call between two Finnish personalities heralded a mobile technology that has since then transformed the way people communicate worldwide. Today, Global System for Mobile Communications, popularly known as GSM, is the dominant technology utilised for mobile telephony. With increased mobile penetration as well as availability of different k
The 24x7 live webcast of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has elicited huge response getting 71.54 lakh hits in the first three days of its launch. The site has also received 48 e-mails in its `citizen journalist` section, a spokesperson from the Chief Minister`s office said. The site was launched as part of the UDF Government`s efforts to ensure maximum transparency i
Hackers have breached into the official website of the country`s elite counter terror and anti-hijack commando force National Security Guards (NSG). The website -- www.nsg.gov.in -- and some official e-mail domains of the force were corrupted recently in a suspected hacking attempt, NSG sources said. The website domain has not suffered much damage and a technical probe has been i
A college professor in the city was duped by unidentified cyber fraudsters who allegedly tricked him into divulging his bank account details, under the pretext of securing IT refund, and withdrew Rs 90,000 from his account, police said on Sunday. Hrushikeshavan, who teaches at an engineering college, received an e-mail on April 27 from a website claiming to be that of the Income
An engineering student was arrested for hacking a Mumbai based music company`s website, police said here on Sunday. Kalpesh Patel (22) a native of Jamnagar and studying here in the final year at an engineering college was arrested yesterday by a team of Mumbai police. The arrest was made following a complaint lodged by the music company in Mumbai`s cyber crime department. Primary
Amid differences in the industry over major issues, including charges for extra spectrum held by incumbent operators and other related matters, the Telecom Commission, the decision-making arm of the DoT, will meet this week to consider the report of an internal committee. According to sources, the internal committee has accepted the various recommendations made by TRAI in its rep
In a bid to achieve the Aadhaar`s enrollment target of 60 crore citizens by 2014, UIDAI is joining hands with Department of Posts (DoP) to launch its ambitious enrollment project with the help of over 5,000 post offices across the country. "The enrollment project will be launched on July 19. We have an opportunity to use post offices for inclusive growth through this partner
Nortel Networks along with its subsidiaries has garnered USD 4.5 billion cash from auction of 6000 patents. The auction was won by consortium of six companies which included Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion and Sony. "Following a very robust auction, we are pleased at the outcome of the auction of this extensive patent portfolio", Nortel Chief Strateg
The authoritarian government of Belarus blocked access to Facebook, Twitter and a major Russian social networking site on Sunday in an attempt to prevent opposition protests on a national holiday. Thousands of police and special forces were deployed in the center of Minsk, the capital. The respected rights group Vesna said the government also detained dozens of opposition a
The Vatican is turning to the internet in its struggle against child abuse with a new website allowing clergy around the world to share information on eradicating the problem. A key figure behind the initiative is German psychologist priest Hans Zollner from the Vatican`s Gregorian University, who spoke to AFP about the need for fundamental changes in how the Catholic Church handles abuse cases
The online retail industry in India is likely to be worth Rs 7,000-crore by 2015, due to easy availability of broadband services and increasing internet penetration, according Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India. India is set to become the third largest nation of internet users in the next two years with a large chunk of youngsters eager to adopt new technologie
Social networking site Facebook is planning to launch a video chat function next week for its millions of users in association with Skype, says a report. "Facebook will launch a new video chat product, powered by Skype, that works in browser," technology blog TechCrunch said citing a source. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week tipped off press that the company would
To curb the menace of female foeticide and ensure health check up of mothers and children, the Haryana Health Department has developed a "Mother and Child Tracking" software. The software had already been uploaded in computers installed in all the community health centres, a spokesman of the Health Department said in the state capital on Sunday. The officials and
Concerned over complaints by councillors over "slow progress" in projects carried out by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Commissioner K S Mehra has announced that the civic body will put online the details of files related to works carried out by it. This, the Commissioner believes, will help in monitoring the progress of a project besides streamlining it. A senio
Uttar Pradesh information technology department has planned to add more than a score of government to citizen services(G2C) in the existing bouquet of services being offered though common services centres(CSCs) in the state. Exuding confidence on the availability of services, the officials told Governance Now that state would be completing the state service delivery gateway(SSDG
Tata Consultancy Services on Thursday said Switzerland-based PostFinance will deploy its IT suite to overhaul part of latter`s operations. The banking suite -- TCS BaNCS -- comprising payments, core banking, securities processing for funds administration and compliance for fraud detection solution will be implemented as part of the modernisation drive of PostFinance, TCS said in a statement.
Bangalore-headquartered MindTree Limited,a global IT and product engineering services company, on Thursday announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Getronics in the area of remote IT infrastructure management, telecom and application support services. Getronics is part of the euro 13.4 billion KPN group, according to a MindTree statement. "This strategic par
Amid security concerns, India has decided to conduct testing and certification of software and hardware of all foreign telecom companies and has initiated the process with Huawei of China. Indian Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said the decision had been taken in view of the fact that 70-80 per cent of telecom equipment are imported and have been deployed largely by the private serv
The Telecom Commission, the apex body of telecom department, will decide on July 5 whether to hive off or demerge into a resulting company the 773.13 acres of surplus land of erstwhile VSNL (now Tata Communications). "The commission will take a decision on the demerger or hiving off of surplus land of erstwhile VSNL into a resulting company," a telecom department source
The Telecom Commission, the decision-making body in the Department of Telecom (DoT), will to discuss on July 5 telecom regulator Trai`s recommendations on spectrum management and licensing framework. "Telecom Commission will discuss Trai recommendations dated May 11, 2010 on Spectrum Management and Licensing Framework," a DoT source said. Trai in its reco
