Apex auditor CAG has slammed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited for making tax payments in excess of the actual requirement for 2006-07, resulting in a loss of Rs 23.21 crore in interest income for the telecom PSU. BSNL, which has posted a Rs 1,823 crore loss for the year 2009-10, paid advance tax of Rs 529 crore in excess of the actual requirement of Rs 995 crore, which resulted in a
Telecom service provider Aircel recorded the highest growth of 37.2 per cent among operators in 2009-10, while Bharti Airtel retained its leading position, according to a survey by journal `Voice and Data`. Aircel, which recorded the highest growth among the top 10 telecom players, posted a revenue of Rs 4,700 crore to move to the number eight slot, the survey by telecom industry
Telecom services provider Bharti Airtel today said an international consortium, of which it is a part along with some global telcos, has launched an undersea cable that connects the African continent with rest of the World. The 10,000 kilometer submarine undersea system -- EASSy cable -- has investments of around USD 263 million and will connect Mtunzini in South Africa to Port S
Enterprise communications services provider Tulip Telecom today said it has bagged orders worth Rs 158.2 crore from Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat for providing data connectivity services. "Tulip has been named as the network bandwidth service provider (NBSP) for deploying data connectivity services in UP and Gujarat under the R-APDRP scheme," Tulip Telecom chairman and mana
Three youth have been arrested by Madhya Pradesh`s cyber cell for allegedly withdrawing Rs 17 lakh from a woman`s bank account, police said today. The accused, all aged 26, were arrested yesterday, the state Director General of Police (DGP) S K Raut told reporters here. Raut said that of the three, Ritesh Chouksey and Rahul Sharma are from Bhopal while the third Sh
The Pentagon has asked the whistleblower website WikiLeaks to return immediately to the government all versions of classified US military documents obtained by it directly or indirectly from its databases. "The Defence Department demands that WikiLeaks return immediately to the US government all versions of documents obtained directly or indirectly from the Department of Def
Online whistle-blower WikiLeaks has posted a huge encrypted file named "Insurance" to its website, sparking speculation that those behind the organisation may be prepared to release more classified information if authorities interfere with them. Bloggers have noted that it`s 20 times larger than the batch of 77,000 secret US military documents about Afghanistan that Wik
Believe it or not, popular social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and MySpace cost the British economy 14 billion pounds a year in lost work time, a new study has revealed. According to the study, two million British workers spend an hour a day on social networking sites and more than half the country`s workforce uses Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or YouTube for 30
Amid an outcry against unsolicited tele calls and messages, leading operator Bharti Airtel today said imposing a termination charge on bulk messages would help curb the practice of tele marketing companies intruding into the privacy of subscribers. "Like voice calls, bulk SMSes should also attract termination charge even if it is marginal," Bharti Airtel CEO Sanjay Kapo
The first Himalayan info highway - Uttarakhand State Wide Area Network (U-SWAN)- will be launched shortly making it possible for a government functionary to keep a tab on the progress of important projects by holding video conferencing with other officials. "Our U-SWAN project is now ready. Through this project, we will have connectivity through lease lines between tehsil-bl
Putting all land records online, setting outreach centre in all police stations to improve interface with people and a host of other steps will be implemented by March next year under governance reforms in Punjab. The blueprint for the reforms plan for various departments including Revenue, Local Government and Police was finalised at a meeting here today, attended by Deputy Chie
Indonesia has said it is considering following the lead of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in banning BlackBerry services, adding to pressure on device maker Research in Motion Ltd to give governments greater access to data. Gatot Dewabroto, spokesman for the Ministry of Communication and Information, wants RIM to set up a server locally so encrypted information sent by
Global computer chip major Intel has reached at a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission to resolve the anti-competitive charges against it and agreed to follow series of restrictions. "Intel has agreed to provisions that will open the door to renewed competition and prevent Intel from suppressing competition in the future," the FTC statement said.
In a major breach of licence terms and conditions, Birla group firm Idea Cellular has issued a whopping 3,640 connections to a single person and his company, endangering national security, Parliament was informed today. "Yes, Idea Cellular had issued 3,640 post-paid connections to a single person and his company, Limco Sales Corporation of Delhi and as per the report of the
Infosys BPO, a subsidiary of Infosys Technologies, today said it has bagged a deal from IT firm Global Group to provide services in the field of information technology for a period of 20 months. "Post-completion of setting up a shared service centre (SSC), it is expected that the unit would accommodate more than 1,000 personnel," Infosys BPO said in a statement.
In a new twist to the BlackBerry controversy, the government today said the onus of giving access to security agencies to monitor the information on these smart phones lies with the service providers. Government sources said, according to the licensing conditions, the service providers are liable to put in a mechanism to allow the security agencies to intercept any conversation o
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson today said vendors should be exempt from sharing `source code` of hardware, as it was proprietary information, and sought toning down of penal provisions in case of security breach. Ericsson, which has supplied equipments to leading GSM mobile operators such as Bharti Airtel, Idea and government owned BSNL and MTNL, said: "Source code
All the tenders of local bodies in Punjab will go online from September 1, to reduce the unnecessary paper work and save time. Announcing this here today, Industries and Commerce Minister Local Government Manoranjan Kalia said e-tendering is being introduced to bring transparency in tendering process. "e-tendering system will be implemented for various types o
Visiting a booby-trapped website, the bogus webpage designed for phishing, means inviting cyber attackers to your home, a hacker turned security researcher has warned. The attacker exploits the shortcomings in many routers -- the device which forwards data packets to their destinations -- to find out a key identification number that can reveal the victim`s whereabout in minutes,
Hundreds of hackers, computer programmers and online security experts met in Beijing Wednesday to discuss ways to defend against an increasing number of cyberattacks. Internet titan Microsoft has sponsored the two-day summit in the nation`s capital, which has attracted about 300 participants from China and around the world to exchange ideas on improving cyberspace security, the C
