Bharti airtel on Monday launched international video calling service for its 3G customers in the country. The launch comes a month ahead of the deadline set by the government to put in place a monitoring mechanism for intercepting video calls on real-time basis. Airtel 3G mobile customers in the country will now be able to leverage Airtel internet on 3G to make international video calls
An internal committee, set up by Department of Telecom on Trai recommendations on spectrum pricing and licensing framework, is understood to have disagreed with the sectoral regulator on various points and has sought its views on these issues again. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had proposed that under new licensing regime, annual licence fee should be 6 per cent of a
Hyderabad-based digital marketing firm Ybrant Digital on Monday said it plans to acquire a minority stake in Israel-based Web 3.0 that also operates in similar domain, for an undisclosed amount. "We have signed a letter of intent to acquire minority stake in Web 3.0 which specialises in mobile marketing...The due diligence is likely to take about two months," Ybrant Digital Ch
Municipal Corporation of Delhi has arguably become the first department in the country to receive online RTI applications. Started recently, the civic body has already received over 40 applications till now. Developed by the IT department of MCD, one has to visit the website www.mcdonline.gov.in to avail this facility. This comes at a
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said the government will help 3.25 lakh Gramin Dak Sewaks develop skills as well as capacity through a time bound Rural Entrepreneurship Programme. "Skill and capacity of 3.25 lakh Gramin Dak Sewaks will be developed through a comprehensive and time bound Rural Entrepreneurship Programme. This program is being finalised by Departm
Nandan Nilekani-- a former CEO of Infosys and architect of Aadhar scheme under UIDAI-- and his wife Rohini have made a gift of Rs 50 crore (USD 11 million) to the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) to fund establishment of its School of Environment and Sustainability. "IIHS is at the convergence of both our interests in education, urbanisation and sustainability. We are
Maharashtra has registered around one crore of its population under the ambitious Aadhar project to issue Unique Identification Card (UID). Altogether 4000 registration centres have been started at 1100 places in the state, an official release said. Aadhar aims to provide a 12-digit number to citizens and is generated by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The
As many as eight Indian-origin persons, including those working with Tatas and Bharti group, have been named among 40 young leaders of the global telecom industry. Indians featured in the `40 under 40` list by Global Telecoms Business (GTB), a telecommunications magazine, include Srinivasa Addepalli of Tata Communications, Pankaj Agrawal (Aircel), Ajay Chitkara (Bharti Airtel), G
Government is drafting a new law that provides for stringent punishment, including revocation of licences of telecom service providers, for illegally intercepting telephone calls and making their content public. The Right to Privacy Bill, which is likely to be tabled in the next session of Parliament, also proposes to set up a Data Protection Authority of India (DPAI) to monitor
Punjab government is all set to place six cities under the technologically-advanced Geographical Information System (GIS) to facilitate its future planning, expansion and maintenance of civic infrastructure. Local Bodies and Industries Minister Tikshan Sud on Sunday said that GIS would be started in Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Bathinda and Pathankot by October 31, whi
Pakistan’s civilian and military law enforcement agencies engaged in counter-terrorism efforts have decided to create a consolidated databank on terrorists, according to a media report on Sunday. The issue was discussed at a recent meeting of civilian and military law enforcement agencies, which agreed to rope in the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to
Software testing company AppLabs has plans to hire 1,000 engineers this year to test software products being sold to different verticals. "Demand for software testing is increasing. With increasing awareness among people, more people are getting attracted towards this service," Abhay Rao, AVP, Human Resource, AppLabs told PTI. "We are expanding ou
Country`s second largest software exporter Infosys, which is sharpening focus on tapping `cloud computing`, on Friday said India needs a policy framework for the new service that enables companies to share IT infrastructure and cut costs. Infosys CEO and MD Kris Gopalakrishnan said efforts were on for such a policy and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will submit a draf
World`s second largest chip maker AMD has declined to support the newly-launched chip standard Sysmark 2012 and quit the benchmark body, BAPCo, saying it did not accurately reflect the performance of its chips. Sources said the move could lead to dip in prices of computers by as much as five per cent. The SySmark benchmark is used to measure performance by PC makers, hardwa
To highlight development works undertaken by all the 90 MLAs in Haryana, separate websites with details from various constituencies will be prepared soon, State Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Sharma said on Saturday. For this purpose, a software was being developed in Andhra Pradesh, Sharma said at Karnal. He said that laptops and computer related equipment were being provided to all
After the success of its pilot smart card PDS project in Haryana and Chandigarh, the Centre is planning to expand it to other states to eliminate duplicate and bogus ration cards. "The noble scheme aimed at eliminating duplicate and bogus ration cards started on pilot basis in Haryana and Chandigarh last year is doing well. The government is planning to expand the programme
The Indian electronics component industry believes the end of the Duty Entitlement Passbook (DEPB) scheme will smother the development of capacities for the manufacture of components considered vital for the economic growth and security of the nation. "The two schemes which provide for remission of duty suffered on inputs for exports from DTA are Duty Drawback and DEPB Schem
An Israeli paper says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu`s son has posted disparaging comments about Arabs and Muslims on his Facebook page. The daily Haaretz found that earlier this year 19-year-old Yair Netanyahu posted that Muslims "celebrate hate and death." He wrote after Palestinians killed five members of an Israeli family that "terror has a religion and it i
US regulators are likely serve subpoenas to Google, as part of a formal investigation into whether the Internet major abused its dominance in web-search advertising, says a media report. The Wall Street Journal has reported the civil probe, which has the potential to reshape how companies compete on the Internet, is the most serious legal threat yet to the 12-year-old company. Th
Long, late night e-chats have landed an IIT Kanpur graduate in trouble with his netizen friend -- a woman research associate with IIT, Mumbai -- allegedly subjecting him to emotional blackmail which forced him to move the Delhi High Court for protection. On a plea by Amit (name changed), presently working as an engineer in a multinational firm in Gurgaon, Justice Rajiv Kait has i
