Telecom regulator Trai has favoured an independent agency National Optic Fibre Agency (NOFA), in place of state-owned BSNL, for executing the National Broadband Plan (NBP). Trai said this in its recommendations on NBP that have been submitted to the Telecom Ministry. It said that BSNL, as the executing agency, could see the diversion of its senior managers from the
The Income Tax department has found instances of alleged tax evasion and "multiple routing" of undeclared wealth in the 2G spectrum allocation scam and will file its first status report on the probe in the case in the Supreme Court tomorrow. The department, according to officials, has reportedly traced instances of tax evasion by various Telecom firms that have been nam
The marathon hearing on the bail plea of five corporate honchos jailed in connection with the 2G spectrum case today entered the fifth day in Delhi High Court with three top Reliance ADAG officials claiming that their role in the "massive" scam was "minimal". "Even if, we take CBI`s allegations at their face value, the role of Reliance officials in the so
Even as the battle over Spice acquisition continues, the Aditya Birla group firm Idea Cellular is believed to be in talks with global telecom operators to sell its stake in the company. According to reports, the group is scouting for buyers for the telecom company and has held discussions with several international players. When contacted, Idea Cellular spokesperso
The Department of Information Technology (DIT) has published a draft policy on mobile governance that aims to enable government departments to provide services, including payment of utility bills and filing of tax returns from mobile phones. A platform called Mobile Service Delivery Gateway (MSDG) will be set up, on which all ministries and departments will be able to start their
The Haryana Government has said it will set up 30 online air quality stations for continuous monitoring of pollution levels in the state. While announcing the new plan, Haryana Finance and Environment Minister Ajay Singh Yadav today said that one such station had already been set up in Faridabad. The state`s pollution control board has already procured equipments f
In a bid to woo the Indian community, the Australian government has announced that its multicultural policy, `The People of Australia,` has been translated into Hindi and is now available online. "Australian society has multiculturalism at its core. The many generations of migrants who have made Australia their home have positively shaped our national identity and contribute
Fortinet, a leading network security provider and the worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions, on Tuesday announced the addition of a new consolidated security appliance to its FortiGate product family. The FortiGate-3140B consolidated security appliance is designed for large enterprises and data centres requiring maximum firewall, virtual private network an
Worldwide end-user spending on IT services totaled USD 793 billion in 2010, a 3.1 per cent increase from the previous calendar year revenue of USD 769 billion, according to IT research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc. "There is little doubt that the effects of the global recession of 2008 and 2009 are still very much being felt, but the market for IT services bounced back in
All five mints in the country are now online after those at Hyderabad and Kolkata were connected to data centre at Noida, the Finance Ministry said today. Besides, the ink factory at Dewas and security paper mill at Hoshangabad have also been connected to the central server at Noida through SAP (Systems, Applications and Products) programme. The units went online yesterday.
Trivone Digital Services Pvt Ltd, the Digital Media and Services Company today said it had secured a long term license to manage India?s leading technology portals Techtree, CXO Today and Channel Times. A statement here said Techtree.com is India?s largest consumer technology portal, CXO Today is the leading news and analysis portal for senior management executives of the technol
The killing of Osama bin Laden by US special forces is likely to kick off a cyberscammer arms race, with spam messages, fake videos and poisoned pictures going to be their weapons of choice, experts have warned. While most of the world slept after US President Barack Obama`s announcement late night on May 1 that the al Qaeda chief had been killed in a targeted attack on his Pakis
The Internet security crisis at Sony deepened further with the company today admitting to a second massive breach, indicating that hackers have stolen data from another 24.6 million accounts on its online PC games network. Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment today said personal information from around 24.6 million Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) accounts may have bee
With the internet abuzz with stories related to Osama bin Laden`s death, the FBI is warning people not to open unsolicited links that "purport" to show photos or videos of the al-Qaeda leader`s killing, saying these could be computer virus. Asking computer users to exercise caution, the FBI said people should not open unsolicited spam e-mails that claim to show photos o
BPO service provider Firstsource Solutions on Tuesday said it will acquire a 74 per cent stake in Sri Lanka`s telecom service provider Dialog Axiata PLC`s BPO arm and the two firms will form a joint venture company called Firstsource-Dialog Solutions. "The joint venture between Firstsource and Dialog will be consummated through Firstsource Solutions investing in, and acquiri
BPO service provider Firstsource Solutions on Tuesday said it will acquire a 74 per cent stake in Sri Lanka`s telecom service provider Dialog Axiata PLC`s BPO arm and the two firms will form a joint venture company called Firstsource-Dialog Solutions. "The joint venture between Firstsource and Dialog will be consummated through Firstsource Solutions investing in, and acquiri
Microblogging site Twitter has acquired social media client TweetDeck for upto USD 50 million, says a report. "Twitter has acquired TweetDeck," technology blog `TechCruch` reported citing a source with knowledge of the deal. The USD 40 million?50 million purchase price includes both cash and Twitter stock, the report said adding the transaction will be an
South Korean police today raided Google`s local office to investigate whether the global search company used its mobile phone advertising platform to illegally collect private data. Investigators were sent to Google`s Seoul office to secure hard drives and other computer data related to its "AdMob" platform, a police cyber crime unit spokesman said. "
An information technology park would be set up near upcoming international airport at Mohali, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said today. Presiding over a function here, he said Punjab, which could not reap the fruits of first IT revolution, is all set to emerge as a champion in the second phase. He said that besides IT Park in Rajpura another IT p
Ybrant Digital, a city-based digital marketing company, on Tuesday unveiled a new technology solution for complying with Facebook`s latest regulations for advertising on applications. The solution, Facebook Quality Control Center (QCC), has been built on AppNexus, the real-time platform for ad networks. It is designed to protect the user experience and ensure that only the most r
