Amid controversy over leakage of telephonic conversations involving top industrialists, corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others, the Finance Ministry has asked the DoT to enquire into the conduct of telecom operators and identify individuals involved in it. "DoT (Department of Telecom) will have to conduct a further enquiry to establish leakage of the telephonic intercepts
The country`s domestic market for business process outsourcing is projected to grow over 23 per cent to touch USD 1.4 billion this year, says Gartner. In 2010, the domestic Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) market was worth USD 1.1 billion. "It is relatively good growth rate (of over 23 per cent). The domestic BPO market is expected to see incr
After witnessing a sluggish fourth quarter, the IT industry is likely to see demand revival in FY12, say experts. "The quarter ending March is seasonally the weakest for the industry, as clients usually finalise their budget spends for the next year during this period," Motilal Ostwal Securities said in a note. However, analysts said that demand environme
IT and BPO services provider Hexaware Technologies today announced a deal with its US-based financial services client that would help it generate USD 10-15 million in annual revenue. As per the deal, the company will offer IT services to support the client`s banking and investment management business, Hexaware said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). It
Leading direct-to-home (DTH) service provider, Reliance Digital TV (RDTV), has launched an exclusive educational interactive service `iKids` especially for its young audience. Available at Rs 25 per month, iKids has been designed for pre-schoolers to help boost their developmental skills. "With the launch of iKids, we are delighted to give our subscribers an ?
Nasdaq-listed Cognizant and bioinformatics software company Eagle Genomics today said that they are working with life sciences company Pistoia Alliance Inc, to develop a cloud-based platform for streamlining sequence services. The Pistoia Alliance`s sequence services aims to define and document a hosted service for storing and mining proprietary derived gene information and publi
The global financial crisis had worked to the advantage of India due to its slow and steady development and in the near future for every 10 persons who take up jobs globally, six would be Indians, IT major Tata Consultancy Services Limited today said. The Indian economy had shown signs of improvement and along with it, there were indications that "a lot of technological inno
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has won a case against two of his classmates who were trying to get more money from the social networking website chief by claiming he had stolen the idea of the project from them. The judge ruled that the 2008 settlement that gave USD 65 million to Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in cash and stock still stands. The twins had argued th
An official Sri Lankan timekeeping website aimed at synchronising watches and helping locals to obey astrological instructions crashed on its first day thanks to unexpected stormy weather. The website, www.sltime.org, was launched yesterday by President Mahinda Rajapakse as a resource to help align clocks, watches and computers with Sri Lankan Standard Time, which is five and a h
Times Internet Ltd that holds global Internet, mobile and radio rights for IPL today said it has partnered with two IPL teams as well as Google for live streaming of the ongoing cricket matches. "We have already tied up with Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab franchisees to distribute match content. We are in the process of signing up with rest of the teams," Times Inte
Chartered accountants, cost accountants and company secretaries can now directly upload certified annual documents of firms on MCA`s portal, without prior approval of the ministry, while holding them responsible for such submissions. The move is seen as a major initiative towards expeditious e-filing. Now, "practicing professionals registered as members of ICA
World`s leading cricket website ESPNcricinfo witnessed a record global traffic during the just-concluded World Cup, which India captured after a gap of 28 years. Fans did not miss a beat, consuming more content from ESPNcricinfo online and on mobile device than ever before, shattering all previous records logged by the website. At its peak during the India-Pakistan
Online shopping portal eBay India today said it has joined hands with leading apparel brands Adidas, Reebok among others, to sell IPL merchandise of all the 10 teams on its website. The entity has partnered with the apparel brands such as Adidas, Reebok, Puma and Lotto Sports to provide avid cricket fans a one stop shop for the official Indian Premier League (IPL) merchandise fro
Are you tired of waiting for a DTC bus in your locality or do you think the frequency of low floor buses in your locality is not adequate and needs to be increased? If you have any such grivances, then Delhi Transport Corporation, which runs the world`s largest fleet of environment friendly CNG buses, is ready to take your inputs to improve its services. DTC in co
The Department of Post is working on providing details of parcels received by its by its international partners or sent through it to international destinations. "As part of mail tracking systems introduced by us, we will add details of parcels held by customs on our website. received by us from international partners or send by us to international destination
The Department of Information Technology plans to set up a Rs 5,000-crore Electronics Development Fund focussing on development of technology that is of strategic interest for the country. "The complete contribution of Rs 5,000 crore to this fund will be made by government. The objective of this fund is to develop an eco-system to boost manufacturing in the country," sa
With broadband wireless access and 3G network roll outs, the mobile value added services market is expected to generate over Rs 55,000 crore in the next four years, according to a report by consultancy firm PwC. According to the PwC report titled -- Value Added Service: The Next Wave -- it is now time for India to evolve from the well established mobile messaging and commoditised
The Telecom Ministry today proposed a new licensing regime under which four types of licences would be issued replacing the existing Unified Access Service Licence system. "We are of the view that the framework of new licensing regime should include four categories of licences," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said. He mentioned that these should be Unified
In a move that may make telecom services expensive, the government is likely to give fresh licences and renew the old ones for 10 years instead of 20 years now after the new telecom policy 2011 comes into effect. This coupled with higher price for spectrum may force the operators to charge more for almost all services especially mobile and broadband to realise cost-based tariffs.
Leading telecom player Bharti airtel today said the government needs to identify more bands of airwaves to provide a fillip to the growth of mobile broadband in the country. "New bands of spectrum need to be identified. For example, the 700 MHz band is one of them for mobile broadband. 700 MHz is an efficient band," Bharti airtel CEO Sanjay Kapoor said at
