The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Department of Telecommunication to direct service providers to store call records of customers for at least five years and make them available to law enforcement agencies whenever required. Citing security concerns, the MHA has conveyed to the DoT that the existing system of keeping call records by the telecom companies for six months has not b
A cost-benefit evaluation of the Unique Identification Project (UID), which aims to provide a unique 12-digit number to each of the 1.2 billion Indians, is necessary, considering difficulties in implementation and scope for misue afterwards, a `working paper` (WP) by a professor at Indian Institute of Management says. "There had been serious debates in countries like Austral
After months of uncertainty, the government today gave its in-principle approval to National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), which will facilitate robust information sharing among law enforcement agencies to combat terror threat at home and abroad. The clearance came after a detailed briefing and presentation about the NATGRID project along with safeguards and oversight mechanisms w
Apple Inc`s iconic chief executive Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave since January this year, is expected to unveil the company`s online storage service iCloud tomorrow, says a media report. Jobs may unveil iCloud at the company`s annual conference for software developers in San Francisco tomorrow, The Wall Street Journal reported citing sources. "Apple has reached
The government is understood to have left it to the CBI and JPC to look into the alleged irregularities in the grant of licences to Aircel, which is owned by Maxis Telecom of Malaysia, and the involvement of former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran in it. Maran, who is now Textiles Minister from DMK, is facing allegations of bending rules for granting 14 licences to Dishnet Wireless (now
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam will summon all former Telecom Ministers, including Dayanidhi Maran, before the committee, its chief P C Chacko said on Friday. He, however, said Maran will be summoned "not in view of the recent allegations" against him. "Otherwise also our Terms of Reference (TOR) have clearly underl
Amid concerns over likely health hazards due to radiations emitting from mobile phones and towers, the government on Sunday assured that India would adhere to best global and scientific benchmarks while drafting the final guidelines in the telecom sector. The government`s reaction comes in the backdrop of a latest WHO report which says cellphone use can possibly cause brain cancer.
A youth has been booked for allegedly creating a defamatory post of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Facebook, a social networking site, police said. Police have registered an offence against one Amit Jadhav, as he allegedly posted a doctored image of Ajit Pawar on the Facebook. NCP youth wing office bearer Ajinkya Palkar noticed this defamatory post on Pawar, while its city
In a major fillip to e-governance in Jammu and Kashmir, the state is all set to have its State Data Centre (SDC) - a highly reliable and secure infrastructure to host it. "We will have State Data Centre (SDC). It would be implemented in next three to four months period," Commissioner-Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, J&K Government, M K Dwevedi said.
With attrition becoming a critical issue, many multi-nationals are now using social networks, blogs, online communities, gaming and other collaborative learning technologies to create a learning and comfortable work atmosphere and retain talent. "Companies now encourage their workforce to share and create knowledge through social media, which results in better productivity and a po
With better penetration of Internet and broadband service, online shopping market is expected to reach Rs 1,500-crore over the next two years, an expert said. "Online shopping industry is growing exponentially the industry is expected to double at Rs 1,500-crore from the present around Rs 700-crore by 2014," tradus.in President Rahul Shetty told PTI here. Online
Amid uncertainty over the ongoing investigation into the 2G scam, Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL), which offers services under the MTS brand, has deferred its plans to go public and list the company on the bourses. "In this kind of the environment, I would say we would definitely have to see... what the outcome would be of the various investigations," SSTL President and
A 13-year-old schoolboy in Britain claims to have invented a doorbell which tricks burglars into believing that someone is home at an empty property. According to Laurence Rook, `Smart Bell` dials the homeowner`s mobile phone when pressed, allowing them to talk to whoever is outside their front door; the device produces a small amount of white noise to give any unexpected guest the impr
IT services firm Mahindra Satyam has sought additional time for setting up an IT/ITES SEZ at Hitec City in Madhapur in Hyderabad. The Union Ministry of Commerce had already given two extensions for the SEZ and the validity of the last extension is up to June 19. According to a senior official of the Andhra Pradesh government, the latest request for extension has been forwarded t
Handset maker Nokia is looking for a pan India coverage for its Nokia Money, the mobile payment services enabling consumers to pay directly from their Nokia mobile phones in India, a top official said. "We are now planning for a pan India coverage for our Nokia Money this year," Nokia Mobile Financial Services Director, Gerhard Romen told PTI. The e-wallet services of
US aerospace giant Boeing is under "continuous" cyber attack but there has been no breach of its databases, a senior executive said on Friday (3 June). The admission by Dennis Muilenburg, the chief executive of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, comes as Japanese electronics giant Sony recovers from a series of online incursions while Google also said it has been hit.
The ambitious National Health Portal, a database proposed by the Union Health Ministry for storing the medical records of all citizens, has got an approval from the Finance Ministry. The proposal will now go to the Union Cabinet for its nod, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Trivedi said here today, while inaugurating `International Conference on Medical Electronics
The government on Thursday asked Registrar of Companies (RoC) to make sure that firms which do not file their balance sheets and annual returns regularly, are barred from filing any other event-based reports. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) also said that from July 3, no e-filing shall be accepted by the RoC from Directors of these defaulting companies for any other company also
Hackers claimed to have compromised more than one million passwords, email addresses and other information from SonyPictures.com in the latest cyberattack on the Japanese electronics giant. The claim was made yesterday by a group of hackers calling themselves "Lulz Security" on their Twitter feed @LulzSec. "We recently broke into SonyPictures.com and compromised o
Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced the launch of online on-demand digital video service Airtel Movies in collaboration with Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group firm BigFlix. "The launch of `Airtel Movies` comes on the back of a rousing response to our recent offerings of Airtel broadband TV and Airtel Photos. We will look to continuously refresh content in response to feedba
