After slapping over Rs 11,000 crore tax notice on Vodafone over its deal with Hutch, the income tax department today said it is not "unnecessarily aggressive" on this case and is just implementing the law. "We are implementing the law as it is. We are not being unnecessarily aggressive," Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman SSN Moorthy told reporters
After missing three deadlines, mobile number portability (MNP), which allows subscribers to retain numbers even after changing service operators, will be rolled out in November, Telecom Minister A Raja said. "November 1 onwards, MNP would be operational partially... First, we wanted to inaugurate in Haryana," Raja told reporters on the sidelines of an event organised by
The Home Ministry will take the call on extending the deadline for Blackberry-maker Research In Motion to give Indian security agencies access to data transmitted by users, Telecom Minister A Raja said today. Asked whether the government will give more time for the Canadian firm to comply with the demand, Raja said "If necessary, it (extension) will be considered by the Home
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCom) today announced the launch of SMS-based voice conference calls, which would be an extension to its handset independent mobile conferencing service Group Talk. The group-oriented service would be made available to all Reliance Mobile GSM and CDMA subscribers through the `SMS based Mobile Conferencing` solution provided by US-based Kod
People are more likely to lie on social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter than in person, according to a new study. The study, based on a survey of over 2,000 people in Britain, has found that people are more comfortable with being dishonest on Twitter and Facebook than they are when speaking to someone face-to-face. The survey by Optimum Research, on b
The Pentagon has said that the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks may be possessing more secret documents including files on Afghanistan and a video clip. WikiLeaks is believed to have about 15,000 classified documents from the Afghan war, as many as 260,000 diplomatic cables and a video of casualties in Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman Col Dave Lapan told reporters.
Youngsters looking to settle abroad, especially the US, courtesy IT industry should opt for career growth within India which offers larger growth opportunities than anywhere else in the world, Infosys mentor N R Narayana Murthy said today. "Somehow our youngsters have all assumed the idea of joining this industry is to go to US, get there, get an H1B, convert it into green c
The Department of Information Technology (DIT) has invited Expressions of Interest from telecom and Internet service providers for providing broadband connectivity to 1.5 lakh Common Services Centres (CSCs) set up by the government in villages across the country. Expressions of Interest (EoI) are invited from telecom/Internet service providers (TSPs) for provisioning of broadband
The fast growing Indian domestic IT services market is expected to be worth nearly USD 14 billion in the next four years, courtesy increased government spending, according to research group Gartner. "The country`s domestic IT services market is expected to see a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 16 per cent by 2014, which would make that market worth USD 13.6 billion,&
It`s a problem nearly every woman in the Egyptian capital has experienced - leering, whistles, groping or other sexual harassment on Cairo`s thoroughfares and back-alleys. Soon they`ll be able to instantly speak out on the Internet when it happens. A planned website, Harrasmap, will allow women to quickly report instances of harassment via text message or Twitter, to be loaded on
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is living a haunted life fearing arrest and has been on the run following the release of nearly 4 lakh secret US military documents related to Iraq war on his whistle-blowing website. 39-year-old Assange checks into hotels under false names, dyes his hair, sleeps on sofas and floors, and uses cash instead of credit cards, often borrowed from frien
One person has been arrested for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 30,000 by fraudulently procuring victim`s credit card details and conducting online transactions, police said today. Yunus, a resident of Laxmi Nagar, was apprehended recently following an investigation into a complaint filed by one Sharad Kumar who claimed that some persons have conducted online transactions using h
An increasing number of internet users are now taking the help of a new online identity security system --e-mage-- to secure their personal data over the cyberworld. "At E-mage management, we help people to hunt for their fake profiles online on different websites and social networking groups that defame their entities, posing problems for them in seeking jobs, etc.," K
In what could be called a major security breach, Internet search engine `Google` has admitted spying on computer passwords and entire emails from households across Britain. The California-based company has, however, apologised for downloading personal data from wireless networks when its fleet vehicles drove down residential roads taking photos for its Street View project, `The S
An online mapping service launched by China to rival `Google Earth` shows Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as part of this country, in what is being seen as the latest move by Beijing to assert its claim over the Indian territory. The `Map World` displayed on the internet in Chinese language, which is already being used in I-phone and by mobile and internet users here, shows Arun
After the 2G spectrum controversy, selection of WiMax franchise has come under attack, with the CPM alleging the Telecom Ministry of showing favoritism while choosing franchisee for WiMax services. The Left party CPM has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, raising concerns over the allotment of WiMax franchise by the state-run BSNL to a Kolkata-based Starnet Commun
IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) plans to expand its China operations in the coming years, a top company official said. "We plan to increase our China operations and are looking at hiring more local professionals," TCS Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director N Chandrasekaran told PTI on the sidelines of a press meet here. All of TCS`s major
The Supreme Court today adjourned a hearing on the tax case against Vodafone to November 15 after the telecom company sought time to go through the Rs 11,218 crore tax notice sent by the Income Tax Department. During the proceedings, the counsels appearing for Vodafone informed the apex court that they got a copy of the I-T Department`s order late on Friday. "
Leading national GSM service provider Idea Cellular today said that the company is talking to a few top competitors for sharing 3G services, where the company doesn`t have a spectrum. "We are talking to a few top competitors for sharing third generation (3G) services in 11 circles, where we currently do not own 3G spectrum," Idea Cellular`s Managing Director Sanjeev Aga
Bharti Airtel today said it has selected IBM, Tech Mahindra and Spanco for providing customer care services in the 16 African countries where the telco has a presence following its acquisition of Zain Telecom early this year. An agreement is expected to be finalised soon, Bharti Airtel said in a statement, declining to give financial details on the deal. As per the
