Broadband infrastructure provider Radius Infratel has successfully commissioned the fibre-to-home network for telecom and entertainment services in the Commonwealth Games Village. Every apartment at the Games Village has been connected through optical fibres, through which MTNL and Airtel will deliver voice, broadband and IPTV services, Radius said in a statement.
Twitter came under attack Tuesday as hackers exploited a security flaw to wreak havoc on the microblogging service. Computer security firms said thousands of users, or more, were affected by the bug, which appears to send out or "re-tweet" messages simply by rolling over an infected link with the computer mouse. Those hit by the bug included Sarah Brown,
The Supreme Court collegium is considering whether the issue of some High Court judges airing their views through blogs and twitter is against the code of conduct for judiciary. The disclosure was made by Law Ministry which provided its correspondence, in an RTI reply, with the Supreme Court on a Parliament question in which an MP had asked whether the Government of India was awa
Asia is the fastest-growing region for new subscribers to social networking site Facebook despite restrictions on access in China, a senior company executive said today. Speaking at the opening of Facebook`s first Asian sales office in Singapore, vice-president Blake Chandlee said its growth in the region was outpacing the rest of the world. Facebook currently clai
Software major Microsoft today said it along with English daily `The Times of India` has launched a 30-day campaign to help consumer identify the benefits of using original Windows 7 -- its latest PC software. The company has launched `Win BIG with Original` campaign which is available on genuine Windows software and it delivers a trusted no-cost security solution that will raise
IT exports from Punjab and Chandigarh would touch Rs 5,000 crore by 2020, said Software Technology Park of India (STPI) Mohali Joint Director and Center Head Ajay P Shrivastava. IT export reached Rs 1,196 crore in 2009-10 and it is expected that it would reach Rs 1,400 crore in the current fiscal, he said in a release. Started in the year 1998 with barely four comp
he United Arab Emirates will enact a ban on BlackBerry smartphone services unless progress is made in negotiations with its manufacturer, a local paper today cited an official as saying. "So far, no progress has been made" in the negotiations on allowing the UAE to access encrypted BlackBerry data, the Dubai daily Emarat Al-Yom cited a UAE Telecommunications Regulatory
Amid raging controversy over distribution of 2G licences at throw away prices in 2008, Director General of Audit has said that licences were granted to some companies without proper verification of their eligibility and other credentials. "Most of these licencees exited the sector after merging with other operating companies. It is also understood that a concept of a bail ou
Prime minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the ambitious Unique Identification (UID) project at Tembhali village in north Maharashtra`s Nandurbar district this month-end. "The Prime Minister is launching the UID project, now called Aadhar project, at Tembhali this month-end," regional deputy director general of Adhar project, Ajay Bhushan Pande told PTI.
The Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd (BSE), India`s oldest stock exchange launched mobile-based trading today through its 33 leading brokers, a senior Exchange official said. "We have started providing user-friendly mobile-based trading from today. The top 33 brokers of BSE commenced mobile trading for their clients," BSE`s Managing Director & CEO, Madhu Kannan told report
State-owned Punjab & Sind Bank today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to act as a registrar for its` unique identification project `Aadhar`. Under the agreement, the bank having a customer base of about 65 lakhs would collect biometric and demographic details, as per UID norms, of its account holders as well
Bangalore-based EC Media International today launched its e-book reader `Wink XTS` in the Indian market priced at Rs 11,490, in competition with global giants like Amazon and Apple. The company, which is sourcing the devices from China, is eyeing a sales of 50,000 units in the first year of operation. "Though the market now is niche, but there is a growing dem
Germany`s government is urging the Internet industry to produce a voluntary data protection code to cover services like Google Inc.`s "Street View" mapping service. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere met today with representatives of Google and Apple Inc. among others after Google`s plans to introduce "Street View" in Germany ignited concerns in the privacy-
CompTIA, a US-based non-profit IT industry association, today said it will focus on enhancing its association with Indian companies. CompTIA will expand its services in India by offering a host of services like business intelligence, IT certifications and research studies, compTIA said in a statement. It will also play an instrumental role in promoting innovative I
Worldwide enterprise software revenue is expected to grow by 4.5 per cent to surpass USD 232 billion in revenue in 2010 and touch USD 297 billion by 2014, research firm Gartner said today. Gartner expects revenues from enterprise software sales to grow from USD 222.4 billion in 2009 to USD 246.6 billion in 2011. "After declining 2.6 per cent in 2009, the world
India, which has conveyed its concerns to the US on outsourcing and H1B visa fee hike, has said the Obama administration is looking into the matter, which can be resolved in a "very reasoned and rationale way" given the maturity and increasing depth in bilateral ties. It also cautioned against building up an "atmosphere of accusations and counter-accusations"
Making a strong pitch to discourage outsourcing of jobs, US President Barack Obama today said America`s present tax structure gives incentives for shipping jobs overseas, a trend that needs to be reversed with incentives aimed at creating jobs inside the country. In the midst of a mid-term election campaign, Obama has already made his stand on the issue clear, and has supported c
The Income Tax Department has asked the Department of Telecom to submit a copy of the special audit report on leading telecom firm Bharti Airtel to look into corporate tax or income tax issues. Government-appointed auditors Contractor Nayak and Kishnadwala had submitted a report on Bharti Airtel in March this year, which according to the company, had not found any wrong-doings in
The Planning Commission will soon become a paperless body, with all official work, right from drafting of proposals to approval of projects and grant of funds, done through computers over an internal network. This will be the first step in an ambitious plan to coordinate the activities of all central departments and ministries by inter-connecting them through an online system.
In what could give jitters to players like Nokia, Samsung and other such stables, Bharti today announced its entry into the fast-growing mobile handset business as group firm Beetel launched eight handsets in the price range of Rs 1,750-7,000. Bharti is India`s number one mobile service provider with over 140 million subscribers and the company recently acquired Zain Telecom in A
