Karnataka would soon launch the country`s first ever Common Mobility Card for commuters travelling by city bus services. The facility to be introduced in 1,000 buses would later be extended to Metro rail travel and could be used for payment of parking fee at parking lots, Transport and Home minister R Ashok told a meet the press organised by the Bangalore Reporters` Guild here.
Telecom regulator Trai today floated a consultation paper on making mobile banking easily accessible and more secure for users. The consultation paper by Trai has sought comments from the operators on how to make basic financial services easily available through mobile phones. Trai has sought views on methods of communication on mobile network (GSM and CDMA) that w
Karnataka is on course to achieve IT exports of Rs 90,000 crore in the current fiscal, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said here while announcing an investment promotion subsidy to give a push to semiconductor industry. Addressing `Bangalore IT.Biz`, an annual, state-sponsored technology event, he said the state registered IT exports worth Rs 38,000 crore in the first six months o
Spanco BPO Services Ltd today said it plans to hire 800 employees by year-end to serve its client Idea Cellular from the centre here, company`s top official said. Spanco, which has been associated with Idea in Dehra Dun for over a year now, offers services to subscribers across three circles in Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan, Spanco BPO CEO Pravin Kumar told reporters here.
Russia today called on the United States to carry out a detailed investigation into allegations contained in leaked Iraq war documents published by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks. "The US authorities bear the responsibility to conduct a thorough, independent and transparent investigation of all the reports that have appeared in the media," the Russian foreign min
The government is planning to carry out a pilot project to find the actual number of mobile telephone users in the country, which according to the operators stands at 670 million now. The decision comes amid reports that the subscriber numbers reported by the operators were incorrect and does not give a true picture of the number of actual mobile users in the country.
Tata Consultancy Services today said Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has gone live on its banking solution platform in the country. "CBA was looking for an India ready IT solution that could be delivered quickly in a country where CBA had no existing IT team," Commonwealth Bank CIO International Financial Services David Boyle said in a statement here.
Cautioning against privatisation of water distribution system in the city, BJP today slammed Delhi Government for handing over meter reading and maintenance works to a private company. Senior BJP leader V K Malhotra said his party will vehemently resist any move to privatise Delhi Jal Board on the lines of privatisation of power distribution system. Initiating refo
India`s IT exports this fiscal would be higher than anticipated, given the strong second quarter numbers posted by some big companies, Infosys Technologies CEO S Gopalakrishnan said today. IT exports are estimated to grow between 13 per cent and 15 per cent in 2010-11, up from about five per cent in the previous year, he said. "I believe that given the strong
Eyeing incremental benefits at low costs, 75 per cent of the country`s firms use web 2.0, taking India to the top of 17 developed and emerging nations where the interactive medium is used by businesses, according to a survey. The reasons for taking to web 2.0 services, which encompasses popular websites like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, are myriad - like performing IT functions
Five days before the first election to the Aizawl Municipal Council, Mizoram State Election Commission today warned that misuse of short message service (SMS) would invite penalties. In an official statement, the State Election Commission said the misuse would be penalised under provisions of the IPC, Representation of the People Act, 1951, Mizoram Municipalities (Election of Cou
Railways will come out with a `smart card` for rail users shortly. "We are negotiating with SBI for issuing smart card for rail passengers," said Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today at the economic editors` conference here. It will be a composite card which can be utilised in metro, suburban and passenger trains. The card can be utilised for e-ticketin
Two teenage boys accused of hacking Pakistan Supreme Court`s website have claimed that they were consulted for the purpose by a cyber criminal based in India, a media report said today. The boys Saim Ali Shah and Salal Ali Shah who allegedly hacked the website last month were arrested at Kohat in the country`s northwest after they were traced by investigators using advanced techn
Initiating reform in water billing and installation of meter, Delhi government today decided to involve IT major Tata Consultancy Services in the two key areas. Under the new systen, a customer will be able to pay his bills online. A meeting of the Delhi Jal Board, presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, also decided to involve private sector in installatio
Indian IT industry might need to shore up local presence to serve clients to overcome the anti-offshoring wave, but as of now the low cost of services provided by it is its only key advantage, Infosys CEO and MD Kris Gopalakrishnan. The anti-shoring wave would be a challenge and could be dealt with by addressing it from the outside and by adapting internally, through innovation.
A combination of complex mathematical methods using sophisticated computer algorithms to prevent unwanted eavesdropping and malicious modifications on the Internet has been developed by a cryptologist of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) here. Prof Palash Sarkar, a cryptologist with the institute, has developed the internationally best known method for securing communication
The Telecom Ministry is understood to have written to the Home Ministry about operators` compliance with a rule on upgradation of systems to intercept data sent using Blackberry messenger and e-mail services. Leading operators including Airtel, Vodafone, state-run BSNL, Idea and Reliance Communications (RCom) are believed to have informed DoT that their systems are ready to lawfu
The Himachal Pradesh government is exploring ways to replace the mobile towers crowding the hill state`s idyllic landscape with the environment friendly "Tower Tube system", Chief minister P K Dhumal today said. The idea is to decongest the hill tops, Dhumal told a business delegation from telecommunication giant Erricson World and sought its cooperation in introducing
To upgrade the capacity of the police to investigate cyber crimes, a training facility is being set up here. The facility is being set up with the assistance of C-Dac Kolkata and the Ministry of Information Technology,DGP SB Kakati told a seminar here today. The training facility will also start awareness programmes for judicial officers, computer system administra
In a bid to check unauthorised tapping of phones, the government has asked companies with call monitoring networks, including detective agencies and PSUs, to register with it within 60 days the equipment they use for call interceptions. In a public notice, the Telecom Department has said if the companies fail to register themselves in the next two months, they will attract severe
