Telecom tribunal TDSAT on Monday set aside DoT`s order to impose liquidated damages on Idea Cellular for missing roll-out obligations, saying the private company was denied an opportunity to present its case which is against natural justice. The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSA) has asked the DoT to start the process afresh after observing that it has igno
R K Chandolia, former private secretary of A Raja and an accused in the 2G Spectrum allocation case, on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court`s suo-motu decision to stay the grant of bail to him by the special CBI judge in the matter. The counsel for Chandolia, who was out of Tihar Jail on December one after being granted bail, mentioned the appeal befor
In a move that would speed up the daily routine business of the public sector and enhance transparency, the government is planning to deploy e-office suit in 12 central ministries during this financial year and in 29 central ministries by 2012-2013. “By the end of the 12th Five Year Plan, all the central ministries and departments are proposed to be covered under the e-offic
Gigabit passive optical network (GPON) technology, a pivotal component required for broadband connectivity over optical fiber, which has been indigenously designed and developed by the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), will be transferred to manufactures on Monday. “The C-DOT GPON technology is targeted for fiber expansion in the country to fulfill the requiremen
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) plans to allow telecom service providers to use Aadhar cards to verify the identity of cellular phone customers shortly. "We will soon allow telecom service providers to use the unique identification number to verify identities of their customers. We would like to have proof of concept validation with telecom service provi
Government on Friday said it is planning to introduce a bill to promote e-governance and ensure a faster public service delivery system. Inaugurating a workshop here, Minister of State for Personnel and Public Grievances V Narayanasamy said e-governance is the way out to ensure effective and faster public service delivery system to which the Government is committed.
In an effort to streamline international relations, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has asked the departments of Post, IT and Telecom to identify the 15 countries that are most strategically important to the nation with a view to develop a database of actionable areas. Sibal is preparing a roadmap to restructure the International Relations Division, which comes under Ministry of Com
In a bid to prevent pilots from getting licences through fraudulent means, Civil Aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday started for the first time its online examinations for pilot licences. The examinations for both Commercial Pilots Licence (CPL) and Airlines Transport Pilots Licence (ATPL) would be conducted till December 9, a Directorate General of Civil Aviation official said.
Internet search titan Google is in talks to create a service that would let consumers pay a low fee to receive goods from online orders within a day -- in a potential challenge to Amazon. "The web-search giant is in talks with major retailers and shippers about creating a service that would let consumers shop for goods online and receive their orders within a day for a low f
Jammu and Kashmir Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department on Friday launched a website and a toll free helpline aimed at bringing transparency in its functioning. The website www.dircapdjmu.nic.in and a toll free helpline 2502609 have been set up in the department`s head office here, state CAPD Qamar Ali Akhoon said after launching the website. T
As part of foraying into new age entertainment, almost all theatres in South India would be fully digitised, a top industry official said here today. "Currently, 85 per cent of theatres are digitised in this region. We hope all four Southern states will be 100 per cent digitised in the next one year", FICCI Media and Entertainment Business Conclave Core Committee Member
The Indian software testing industry has a lot of growth potential but lack of talent and quality of graduates are major concerns, workforce development and consulting firm QAI said on Friday. Speaking at the 11th Annual Software Testing Conference (STC) in Bangalore, QAI CEO Navyug Mohnot said the Indian software testing industry has a lot of growth potential but lack of talent
The regulator Trai has written a letter to various telecom operators seeking information about reasons for the recent tariff hike and measures adopted for communicating the increase to consumers, among other issues. Trai has written a letter to various operators seeking their responses on issue related to recent upward tariff hike, Minister of State for Communications and IT Mili
New mobile service provider Loop Telecom has approached telecom tribunal TDSAT seeking a directive to the Telecom Ministry for the release of performance bank guarantees submitted in lieu of spectrum allotted to the firm, claiming it has rolled out its network. Loop Telecom, which has been allotted licences for 21 circles, submitted before the tribunal that it has completed its r
TEPC, the business promotion body of the Department of Telecom, has received confirmation from companies in 11 countries to participate in the buyer-seller meet that aims to promote India-made equipment. "We have got confirmation from approximately 30 buyers from 11 countries to participate in the meet and consider the purchase of telecom equipment produced in India," s
State-run telecom operator BSNL plans to lease out spare capacity of its about 60,000-strong network of towers to private players to unlock the value of infrastructure, Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora on Friday said. "BSNL has about 60,000 towers across the country. BSNL management has decided to lease out spare capacity of its towers to other privat
Facebook has said it plans to hire thousands of employees over the next year and add an engineering team to its office in New York. "We will hire as many high quality engineers as we can here in New York," Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg told reporters at an event also attended by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. "We`re going to gro
Milind Deora, minister of state for communications and information technology, informed the Upper House on Friday that government has approved creation of national optical fibre network (NOFN) for providing broadband connectivity of all panchayats and the cost of initial phase of the scheme is likely to be in the region of Rs. 20,000 crore. Deora said that the plan is to extend
Sachin Pilot, minister of state for communications and information technology said that government has taken steps to spread information technology education in the border states. The national institute of electronics and information technology, an autonomous body under Department of Information Technology (DIT), has opened centres to provide IT learning in border which in
The task force on reforming the subsidy distribution system headed by Nandan Nilekani is in the process of having discussions and pilot studies. As and when the task force submits its final report, the same would be taken up for consideration and implementation by the government. The information was provided by Srikant Kumar Jena, minister of state for chemicals and fertilisers, to the Rajya Sa
