IT firm HCL Infosystems today said it is scouting for acquisitions, worth up to USD 100 million, in emerging markets like Africa to expand its footprint globally and strengthen its services portfolio. HCL Infosystems Chief Executive Officer Harsh Chitale said, "We are looking at opportunities across emerging markets like Africa and Middle East." The compa
Vodafone Essar today said it plans to launch third-generation (3G) services in the country early next year, even as its rivals will start rolling out the service from next month. "We will go for good coverage and will launch (3G) city by city in the first quarter of the next year," Vodafone Essar Managing Director Marten Pieters said. Vodafone Essar plans
Telecom operator Sistema Shyam Teleservices has placed a USD 22 million (about Rs 100 crore) order with Russian firm Sitronics for various network related services, including the setting up of the Mobile Number Portability system. Under the three year contract, Sitronics will provide telecom solutions like signalling transfer point (STP) platform, mobile number portability (MNP)
Computer security solutions firm PC Tools today launched the latest versions of its anti-virus and Internet safety software products, with which it hopes to capture a sizeable share of the Indian market. "We have been witnessing tremendous growth in India with the total number of Internet users growing to 71 million. With this growth emerges a greater need to ensure online s
In sync with plans to deepen its penetration in retail space, conglomerate Essar Group`s retail arm Essar Hypermart today said it would sell steel online by current fiscal-end, which will contribute 10-15 per cent of its total sales. Besides, the company may hive off its retail operations after the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST). "We will intro
Book lovers can now look forward to reading nearly 200,000 titles on the Internet in 15 languages with the help of a new e-reader, that has been billed as an answer to Amazon`s Kindle. Bangalore-based digital publisher EC Media International has come out with `The Wink eReader` which, it claims, is India?s first multi-function e-reader that supports more than 15 regional language
Nasdaq-listed Rediff.com today launched a new service in partnership with the state-run telecom operator MTNL to offer email service on mobile phones. `Rediffmail NG` will provide people to send and receive unlimited emails from their mobile phones for Rs 50 per month, without paying for any other data charges. "We are offering an affordable email service to t
A Tripura minister today claimed that his e-mail account has been hacked and contacts were sent mails which said that he is in Cyprus and requires a loan of USD 2,000. Minister for Industries and Commerce Jitendra Chowdhury claimed all his contacts in the address book, including top bureaucrats, received an email from [email protected] saying "I am in Cyprus. I need a
To increase broadband penetration in the country, telecom regulator TRAI today said it will come up with regulations on broadband in next two months. "We have already issued a consultation paper on National Broadband plan this month. We are planning to schedule more open house discussions on the issue and come up with the National Broadband Plan by December this year,"
Infosys Technologies is looking at setting up a campus in China, to tap emerging business opportunities in one of the world`s fastest growing economies. The software exporter is scouting for land to set up the campus in Chinese commercial hub Shanghai. Infosys employees around 2,700 people in China. "We are looking for land in Shanghai to develo
Maharashtra Government is considering a plan to provide E-Library facilities in medical colleges in the state. Minister of State for Medical Education Varsha Gaikwad said the E-Library will help students easily avail educational references. There are presently 14 medical colleges, three dental and four nursing colleges in the state. Since June this year, a new cour
State Bank of India (SBI) in collaboration with city based organisation AISECT, launched mobile banking services in Madhya Pradesh . This is the first time such a service introduced in the country under Financial Inclusion scheme, a SBI press release said here today. Two mobile vans, fitted with ATM and Kiosk banking mechanisms, have started operations in the distr
Google contravened privacy laws when it inadvertently collected personal information from unsecured wireless networks as it mapped Canadian streets, Canada`s privacy czar announced today. An investigation found the breach was the result of an engineer`s "careless error" as well as a lack of company controls to ensure it adhered to privacy laws, commissioner Jennifer Sto
After Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs` remarked that his company had sold more iPhones than Research in Motion (RIM) had sold BlackBerrys, RIM hit back yesterday saying customers were getting tired of "being told what to think by Apple." Steve Jobs was on a conference call on Apple`s quarterly earnings on Monday when he said, "We have now passed RIM, and I don`t see them
After bagging deals from leading telecom operators to implement 3G services in India, equipment vendor Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) today said it is ready to implement the next generation mobile technology here through the broadband wireless access spectrum. NSN has tested LTE (TD-LTE), or the fourth generation (4G) mobile technology, using broadband wireless access (BWA) spectru
The Supreme Court today paved way for prosecution of Motorola Incorporation and its five directors in a case of alleged cheating against Iridium India Telecom. A bench comprising Justice B Sudershan Reddy and Justice S S Nijjar set aside the order of Bombay High Court, which had in 2005 squashed the criminal case against the telecom giant Motorola and its directors.
In an effort to prevent inadvertent leakage of classified materials, Israel Defence Forces (IDF) plan to block popular social networking sites including Facebook and Twitter, as well as email sites like Gmail at army bases. The head of Israel`s military intelligence corps information security, Gadi Abadi, told Channel 2 television that the sites would be blocked on computers that
A new duplication software has been introduced in all districts of Haryana to check entries in voters` lists made by a single person more than once, the state`s Chief Electoral Officer Sumita Misra said today. Action would be taken under the provisions of the Representation of People Act, 1950, against those whose names were found registered in more than one constituency and for
A chain of consumer goods, produced by the inmates of Tihar jail, are all set to catch global attention with the prison authorities deciding to promote its `TJ` brand online. The customers who want to know more about the Tihar jail products can now visit the website tj.nic.in. "We have decided to promote the TJ brand in India and outside countries too. To faci
Prepaid payment solution provider, ItzCash Card, has recorded 8,74,151 transactions of booking rail tickets online in the month of September, according to IRCTC data for the month. ItzCash Card accounted for around 14 per cent of the total online rail e-tickets booked in September. "ItzCash Card has consistently led the cash card category for online booking of
