The two telecom PSUs -- BSNL and MTNL -- are likely to get their respective CMDs by the end of this month. "After March 18, which is the last date for the receipt of applications by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), it will take 2-3 weeks to get the name from the selection committee formed under the leadership of Sam Pitroda," Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekar
Research In Motion`s BlackBerry operating system is world-renowned as being virtually impossible to exploit, but a new study has exposed a virus that specifically targets SMSes sent using the high-end smartphones` Messenger service. According to security solutions firm Trend Micro, a `trojan` virus, dubbed Zeus -- which appears to perform a desirable function for the user prior t
Trinamool Congress has roped in IT wizard and co-founder of Hotmail, Sabeer Bhatia, to help the party campaign better in the cyber world for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls. "Leaders can communicate with people through Internet and the more an organisation becomes cyber savvy, the more it can reach out to people," Bhatia said at a press conference held in the Tr
The Indian IT industry will add over 2.25 lakh employees in 2011 and will clock revenues of USD 71.7 billion by the end of the year, consulting firm Deloitte has said. Revenues from the information technology and business process outsourcing industry will reach USD 71.7 billion for 2011 and account for 5.8 per cent of the country`s GDP, the firm said in its Technology, Media and
A former software professional was today arrested for allegedly hacking the server of a city-based BPO company, where he previously worked, police said. The hacker identified as Shaik Mahammad Ghouse Bhasa allegedly secured unauthorised access to the computer systems of M/s IVOICE Network Private Limited here, which provides BPO services to Singapore-based Networks Pvt Ltd for VoIP serv
President Pratibha Patil today launched DoT-USOFs` pilot project Sanchar Shakti, which aims to provide useful information to women, about health, social issues and government schemes over their mobile phones. The scheme, which is funded by Department of Telecom`s (DoT) Universal Service Obligation Funds (USOFs), is for mobile value-added services and Information and Communication
Amid the 2G controversy, telecom minister Kapil Sibal is expected to deliberate on issues ranging from spectrum sharing, merger and acquisition, annual spectrum usage charge and rising disputes among the telecom firms at a meeting with top officials of operators tomorrow. "The minister will be holding a round table conference on issues related to spectrum management and lice
The telecom ministry is understood to have disfavoured a lower licence fee of six per cent as against up to 10 per cent now while accepting suggestions with regard to delinking of licences with spectrum, on M&As and reframing of 800/900 MHz spectrum. Last month TRAI had made its recommendations on spectrum management and licensing framework recommending Rs 10,972.45 crore for
Internet service provider Spectranet today said it will invest Rs 500 crore to expand its services across 50,000 wi-fi hotspots and reach over 5 million households in the country. The company will raise Rs 250 crore through equity and an equal amount through debt. "We are building India`s largest Wi-Fi network across commercial and residential areas and see tr
The government has fixed March 31 as deadline for all telecom operators to submit plans for interception of their services, including popular BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) of Research in Motion (RIM), by security agencies. The home ministry has asked the Department of Telecom (DoT) to ensure that all telecom operators submit their plans by the end of this month on when they
The BCCI today floated tenders for mobile, radio and internet besides global broadcast rights for certain territories for the IPL matches to be played during 2011 to 2014. "The Indian Premier League, a sub-committee of the BCCI, invites bids in respect of global Internet and mobile rights along with certain television rights," the Board of Control for Cricket in India (
Online travel service providers, such as Yatra, Makemytrip and Travelmasti, are strengthening offline offerings to make people who do not have access to credit cards avail of their services, as they look to expand consumer base. Yatra today announced launch of a new `Cash on Delivery` (COD) service that enables the consumers to make bookings online or through a call centre and ma
Residents in the city are likely to get unique identification numbers from October onwards with chief minister Sheila Dikshit today issuing direction to complete the process as soon as possible. Dikshit today chaired a high-level meeting attended by her cabinet colleagues and top officials of various concerned deparments and reviewed progress of the entire process.
Microblogging site Twitter became the mouthpiece of many Egyptians during the recent mass uprising in the country and now a selection of key tweets and photos posted during the revolution are being made into a book. Titled `Tweets from Tahrir: Egypt`s Revolution as It Unfolded, in the Words of the People Who Made It`, the book is being published by OR Books. Composed entirely of tweets, the
Swiss hearing aid maker Phonak, has developed and marketed a new high-performance chipset and software to cater to the growing population of hearing impaired globally. "Application of advance technology - named Phonak Spice Generation is the core value proposition of our products and our overall aim is to aid people to hear better," Phonak (India) Limited managing director Sanjay Bagati said he
Publishing house Cybermedia India today announced commercial launch of sensor-based print advertisements in India which will use new Quick Response (QR) code technology to connect print advertisement with a web link. Any viewer of print advertisement will have to point camera of his GPRS or web enabled device towards a two dimensional QR code printed along with ad. On sensing the QR code, the v
Tired of junk messages flooding your cell phone inbox? Try SMSAssassin -- a software that segregates spams from regular messages. Being a cheap option to reach the masses, Short Message Service(SMS) are being widely used by marketeers for offering value added services and advertisement. However, these spam messages is a problem for all mobile users because the inbox gets full with advertising m
State-run MTNL is becoming increasingly overburdened by its huge staff cost, which touched Rs 4,666 crore during 2009-10, while its income has declined by 3 per cent to Rs 5,058 crore year-on-year. The rise in staff cost is majorly on account of pay revision and arrears thereof. "As on December 31, 2010, the total manpower strength of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) is 44,046," Minister
Small and medium-sized businesses as well as their customers are at risk of losing their vital data unless these entities bolster their disaster preparedness to tackle possible IT system failures, says a survey. The study included more than 1,840 respondents from 23 countries in North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Asia Pacific and Latin America. There were 900 respondents from
State-owned Allahabad Bank has launched enrollment for Unique Identification Number Aadhaar project of UIDAI. Enrollment forms for UID of 100 customers of the bank were also obtained last week, Allahabad Bank said in a statement. The KYC (Know Your Customer) norms of the bank will be much liberalised for the poor people under financial inclusion plan and Aadhaar will be of great help for the
