Aircel today said the company will launch 3G services before start of world cup cricket in all 13 telecom circles where company has won spectrum for the services. "We expect 3G presence in all circles where we have bagged spectrum before world cup begins on 19th February," Gurdeep Singh, chief operating officer, Aircel said today. When asked about the tar
Over 4.72 crore subscribers of EPFO will soon be able to track status of their claim settlement and account transfer online and also get updates on their mobile phones. This will be possible as the entire data of the retirement fund manager EPFO will be digitalised by March-end. "We have already completed the digitalisation of data at our 113 offices and the w
J-K government is all set to introduce e-measures in Public Distribution System which includes installation of GPS tracking devices on vehicles carrying food and other supplies so as to check pilferage. "The state government has decided to introduce information technology in Public Distribution System and launch e-PDS in Jammu and Kashmir", minister for Consumer Affairs
"Cross check with us whether the building you are planning to buy is not illegal," this is the advice given by Municipal Corporation of Delhi to prospective buyers. "Check the details of properties constructed unauthorisedly on MCD`s website www.mcdonline.gov.in before entering into any deal with any builder or seller so that no one is cheated," a senior MCD o
In the first major step towards modernising parking system in the capital, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today appointed a high-powered committee to examine introduction of automated and IT-enabled parking facilities in Delhi on the lines of top cities in the world. The committee to be headed by Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta will examine introduction of the modern parking system w
You may call them Generation Net, but today`s youngsters prefer their virtual lives to the real world, a new study has revealed. According to the study, children are often happier with their online lives than they are with reality -- in fact, they say they can be exactly who they want to be, and as soon as something is no longer fun, they can hit the quit button. T
Ahmedabad based IT company Elitecore today said it has won the Nasscom Innovation award of the year for its `Cyberoam Layer 8 technology`. The company which focuses on internet security and convergent billing solutions markets is the first IT company from Gujarat to have bagged the best innovator award in the `new technology advancement` category of Nasscom award.
Exuding confidence that the IT industry will scale the USD 225-billion mount by 2020, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today called for the need to look at this sunshine sector differently and not just as a milking cow. "The IT industry needs to be looked at differently and not as a milking cow," Sibal said at the inaugural session of the three-day Nasscom India Leadership
With a steady recovery in major markets such as the US and Europe, Indian IT and BPO export is likely to grow three-fold to USD 175 billion in revenue by end -this decade, apex software industry body Nasscom said today. However, in 2011, the IT industry will witness a flat growth at 18 per cent. Last year, revenues from software exports and B
Qatar`s Doha Bank has said it is keen to engage Indian IT major Wipro to provide software solutions to improve its e-commerce and Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) systems, among others. A statement from the bank, following a meeting of its senior officials with Wipro Chairman Azim Premji, said both sides will focus on a stronger alignment that leverages Wipro`s global and regio
India has emerged as the most preferred destination for global enterprises to set up their back-end information technology units or captive units in 2010, consultancy firm Everest Group said in a report. "India witnessed the maximum activity, followed by other regions in Asia and the Philippines," a release issued by the consultancy said. Unlike the pract
Rejection of cheques with over-writing or other corrections, currently limited to the national capital, will begin in Chennai by the middle of the year, but the pan-Indian implementation of this new cheque clearance system by RBI may take a few years more. The new Cheque Truncation System, under which cheques are cleared through their digital image being passed through the bankin
The Prime Minister`s Office today denied media reports that a private company has been allotted 70 MHz of spectrum for Rs.1000 crore through a deal with ISRO, saying no decision has been taken and hence charges of revenue loss of a whopping Rs.two lakh crore were without any basis. The PMO clarification came even as BJP trained its guns on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying IS
India`s largest private sector bank, ICICI Bank, today said that it has inked a MoU with Aircel for a joint initiative to drive financial inclusion in the country. Aircel is a leading mobile network operator. Under the MoU, ICICI Bank in partnership with Aircel, will offer various financial products including savings accounts, pre-paid instruments and credit produc
About a fortnight after the national roll-out of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service, more than 17 lakh mobile subscribers have opted for the facility, that allows users to change their service provider while retaining the number, telecom regulator TRAI today said. The MNP service was introduced on a pilot basis in Haryana on November 25, 2010 and later rolled out pan-India f
The national e-governance awards instituted by department of administrative reforms and public grievances have been announced. The awards are given to recognize and promote excellence in implementation of e-governance initiatives. This year the awards have been announced in seven categories namely, excellence in government process re-engineering, exemplary re-use of ICT based solutions, o
Bangalore city police has bagged the gold award for innovative use of technology in e-governance in the implementation of B-trac project, a top police official said today. Announcing the award, which is given out by the union Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances department, City Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari said, "It is for the first time that a police force in
European Union data shows that almost one-third of Internet users in the 27-country bloc got a computer virus last year, while three per cent lost money through online crime. The data released today shows that viruses were most prevalent in Bulgaria, where 58 per cent of Internet users were hit in 2010, followed by Hungary, with 47 per cent of users effected. The s
India remains the favourite back- office of the world thanks to its "first-mover advantage" and deep skill base, as per global management consulting firm AT Kearney`s ranking of the best outsourcing destinations . The top three slots in AT Kearney`s 2011 Global Services Location Index (GSLI) are occupied by three Asian countries: India, China and Malaysia.
Two leading operators, RCom and Bharti, have approached the government seeking to prematurely exit from the rural telephony scheme under the USO subsidy without fulfilling the commitment they had made by winning bids in 2007 to provide telecom services in villages. The government has an over Rs 14,000 crore corpus under the Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund. All service pro
