A two-day re-connection melas would be organised by BSNL Ernakulam on May 23 and 24, according to Dr P T Mathew, PGMT, BSNL Ernakulam, at Kochi. The melas would be held at in four customer service centres at Ernakulam area-CTO, Catholic Centre, Panampilly Nagar and also at CSC`s at Aluva, Kolenchery, N Parur, Kochi, Perumbavoor, Angamaly, Kothamangalam, Kattapana and thodupuzha,
In a bid to develop culture of innovations in the country, technology guru Sam Pitroda on Sunday said that he has written to all the chief ministers urging them to set up state level innovation councils. Pitroda, advisor to the Prime Minister on public information, infrastructure and innovations, also said that the councils should be set up on the lines of the National Innovation Council (NIC).
Upbeat on the penetration of the Internet in the country, e-cards maker IntraSoft Technologies, which owns 123Greetings.com, is eyeing a 25 per cent market share by FY`14, a top company official has said. "With the advent of technology, e-cards are a lot more vivid and interactive. This has made e-cards more entertaining and personal than physical greeting cards. The penetration of
In a bid to drive paedophiles away from its service, Facebook has announced to introduce a new technology which will automatically trawl photos posted by users for child abuse. The popular social networking site, which claims to have more than 500 million users, has now partnered with Microsoft and will implement its PhotoDNA technology, designed to identify and remove images that explo
The bail pleas of five corporate executives, including Unitech group MD Sanjay Chandra and Group MD of Reliance ADAG Gautam Doshi, in the 2G scam case were dismissed on Monday by the Delhi High Court. The other corporate accused whose bail plea were rejected included D B Realty promoter Vinod Goenka and Reliance officials Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara, who are in jail since April 20. &q
The country`s second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies on Saturday said it plans to invest between USD 125-150 million in its new campus in Shanghai, China. "Infosys plans to invest between USD 125-150 million in the new campus, one of the largest investments in China by a software company," the company said in a statement. Infosys today laid the foundatio
The United States is having close co-operation with India on a range of issues related to cyber security and the country wants to expand it, a US official has said. "We have had great cooperation with India. We`ve had many meetings with Indian officials in various different fora, including at the White House level," Christopher Painter, the State Department Co-coordinator for
Vakrangee Softwares Ltd today said it has bagged order from Union Bank of India to enrol people under the Unique Identification (UID) project and is looking at Rs 1,500 crore in revenue from such work. "We target to achieve around Rs 1,500 crore revenue from UID enrolment projects. We will also work with other registrars of UID as an enrolment agency," Vakrangee said in a stat
Maharashtra is leading in the implementation of the Aadhar project among the states, and has provided unique identification number (UIN) to some 10 lakh people so far. The scheme was launched in the state in the second week of January this year. Maharashtra is the first state to start the registration simultaneously in 35 districts and 23 municipal corporation areas, officials said here
The fate of Home Ministry`s ambitious project NATGRID is hanging in balance due to the "turf war" among various stakeholders and it may lead to the exit of the team which has conceptualised the much-awaited project. Frustrated over the delay in clearing the project for implementation by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), Home Secretary Gopal K Pillai has written to Cabin
The UN nuclear agency is investigating reports from its experts that their cellphones and laptops may have been hacked into by Iranian officials looking for confidential information while the equipment was left unattended during inspection tours in the Islamic Republic, diplomats have told The Associated Press. One of the diplomats said the International Atomic Energy Agency is examinin
State-run telecom company is bullish on its enterprise segment and has set a target of Rs 3,202 crore from it during the current financial year. "Our scheme launched today for paramilitary jawans is part of Enterprise business division. We expect revenue of this segment to reach Rs 3202 crore in FY`12," RK Upadhyay, chairman and managing director of BSNL said. He was speaking
Smartphones of Apple and Google are likely to face tighter regulation in Europe after a data protection panel ruled that location information collected by the devices should be classified as personal data, says a media report. "Apple smartphones and those running on Google`s Android system look set to come under tighter regulation in Europe, after an EU data protection advisory pan
Taking their talks forward with MTNL, state-run BSNL today said both the organisations are working together to streamline their businesses keeping in mind the benefits for both the organisations besides the Trai norms. "Synergies are being worked out and we would not wait for the whole lot of list to be worked out. As things come in our mind we will look at it (services). We will se
A joint team of CBI and Enforcement Directorate will leave for Mauritius on May 22 to track the trail of money invested in various telecom companies involved in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. While the CBI is looking for share patterns of nearly a dozen companies after it was found that all of them had a common address of a building in Mauritian capital Port Louis, the ED is looking f
Aditya Birla Group firm Idea Cellular on Thursday faced the ire of the Delhi High Court for suppressing certain documents while getting its approval for merger with Spice Communications. Idea, meanwhile, cried foul against the Department of Telecom (DoT) for furnishing to the court only parts of its correspondence with the company and getting a stay on the merger "behind its back&q
With the JPC beginning to examine the alleged lapses in telecom sector during the NDA rule, members of the BJP-led coalition today sought to put focus on the 2G scam which took place in the UPA rule. On the second day of the JPC meeting, NDA members wanted to know why the alleged irregularities in 2G spectrum allocation in 2008 involving the then Telecom Minister A Raja were not properl
IBM on Wednesday announced a collaboration with The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in India to create the country`s first smart grid project. Together, they would create a cost benefit analysis for smart grid activities as part of the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE), IBM said in a statement. A BEE project, NMEEE is one of eight national missions that p
Western Railway has launched is under which it will send one crore SMSes in a month for spreading awareness on trespassing. "Western Railway has launched an SMS campaign to spread awareness among the commuters against the dangers of trespassing. It is aimed at educating the public on trespassing and persuade them to not cross the railway tracks," a Western Railway release said
Widespread availability of cheap unlimited text message plans has made the service preferred mode of communication for youngsters in India and its excessive use is leading to health problems among them, says a study conducted by industry body Assocham. The study has found that text messaging has become preferred mode of communication for majority of youngsters in India. It has has surpa
