To help cash-strapped MCD improve its property tax collection, Delhi Government has offered it geo-spatial data of houses and real estates to identify defaulting properties and bring them in the tax net. Delhi government`s Information Technology department has offered a huge pool of geo-spatial data of properties to the municipal body so that it could identify the defaulting prop
Bangalore-based Infosys BPO has picked up this year`s North American Shared Services Excellence Award for best new outsourced services, for handling advertising production work of its client McClatchy`s newspapers that include Kansas City Star. The award was jointly awarded to Infosys BPO and McClatchy, which also publishes Miami Herald. The advertising outsourcing
Mobile technology solutions provider, Pyro, today said it has won the contract from BSNL for implementing its Ctop-up solution on BSNL`s Network, now on a pan-India basis. BSNL is one of the leading telecom operators in India with over 60-million pre-paid and post-paid mobile customers. Through Pyro`s Ctop-up solution, BSNL`s GSM and CDMA customers will be able to
Software services company MindTree today said it has bagged a multi-crore IT deal from the Nandan Nilekani-headed Unique Identification project. As part of the deal, MindTree will develop and maintain applications for the Unique Identification (UID) project, also known as Aadhaar, MindTree said in a statement. The exact financial details of the contract were not av
Congress is keen to deploy Microsoft display technologies that enable projection into any surface including walls to interact with rural masses from its headquarters in Delhi, a top official of the software giant`s Indian entity said today. "...the Congress party is imagining how to use these kinds of displays with rural, semi-literate or illiterate environment", Micros
Looking to cut down the use of conventional fuels such as diesel, Government is planning to use solar energy for running over two lakh mobile phone towers in the country. "There are a number of mobile towers in the country and we want to cut down the use of diesel in running them. We are going to hold a meeting with the Telecom Ministry on June 18 to discuss how to go ahead
Insurance regulator Irda today said IT major Wipro will develop a system to address the grievances of insurance customers. "Wipro has been selected as an implementing agency for developing and implementing the integrated grievances management system," Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) said in a statement. Earlier, it had shortlisted IT firms TCS, CMC
As a part of its value-added service offerings to its customers, private telecom operator, Reliance Communications, today launched a single data plan, MobileNet, which claims to provide hassle-free Internet access. Through MobileNet, RCOM GSM and Reliance Telecom Limited (RTL) subscribers can now avail GPRS through multiple channels such as self-care (RWorld, SMS, USSD), e-rechar
The Defence Ministry will vacate radio waves for mobile telephony services as soon as an alternative network is made available, Minister of State for Defence Pallam Raju today said. "We will vacate spectrum as and when an alternative network is made available," Raju told reporters here on the sidelines of an event. He declined to give a time frame, but sa
The Reserve Bank today set up a committee under the chairmanship of former Sebi chairman M Damodaran to suggest ways for improving customer services at banks. "The committee will review the existing system of attending to customer service in banks -- approach, attitude and fair treatment to customers from retail, small and pensioners segment," RBI said in a statement. T
BSNL Andhra Circle General Manager Raghavendra Rao today said that BNSL`s East Godavari district division stood first in the country for its services. Addressing mediapersons here, he said that for 2009-2010, BSNL division of East Godavari district stood first in the BSNL services in the country. 19,293 broadband connections have been provided in the district, he said.
Anil Ambani-led media and entertainment company, Reliance Media World, will be re-christened Reliance Broadcast Network soon even as it has lined-up plans to foray into new segments, a top company official said. "We have already received Board approval for the same and are now awaiting regulatory approvals, post which we will be known as Reliance Broadcast Network. We are ex
The New Pension Scheme (NPS) started by Government of India, will be offered in all 95 Head Post Offices in Andhra Pradesh, a top official said today. "All 95 HPOs in Andhra Pradesh are identified as Point of Presence Service Provider (POP-SP) for accepting NPS transactions," K V Sundar Rajan, Chief Postmaster General (AP) Circle, told reporters here. Exp
Nagpur-based value-added services firm Pinnacle Teleservices today announced the launch of an `R-Fi` application that will help parents to get regular updates about their school-going kids on their mobile phones. Based on radio frequency technology, the R-FI reader reads the photo ID cards of school children as they pass through the main gate of the school. After d
IT major Wipro today tied up with workforce management solutions company, Kronos, to provide workforce solutions for the latter`s operations in India. Sairan Jagannathan, VP, Business Solutions, Wipro, said the alliance will leverage Wipro`s leadership in enterprise applications service delivery to project Kronos workforce management solutions to targetted segments of manufacturi
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is mulling promotion of business process outsourcing (BPO)in rural areas in association with its member companies and through centres of excellence. Talking to reporters here today, CII southern region Chairman and CEO and Managing Director of Infosys Technologies Limited, Bangalore, S Gopalakrishnan said that "there is a tremendous pos
Following alarming reports of confidential data being leaked, often unintentionally, by employees on Peer-to-Peer (PPP) network, two US Senators have introduced legislation prohibiting use of PPP software in government agencies and protect sensitive data. "In this age of information technology, it is critical that the federal government take the next step in ensuring that th
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asked tax collectors to become technology-savvy and develop an effective intelligence system to prevent evasion and punish wrong-doers. "Tax evaders, as well as smugglers, are getting increasingly more sophisticated, using modern technology... you must also develop an effective intelligence system to not only check the e
With an aim of eliminating scope of fake certification, government has prepared a bill which envisages creation of a database of academic degrees and provides for Rs 10 crore penalty or 10-year jail term in case of wrong endorsement by officials of the databank. According to the draft National Academic Depository (NAD) Act 2010, data of all academic certificates issued by univers
Making registration of new vehicles easy for customers, Maharashtra Government has decided to take the process online. "We would soon introduce a system of registering newly purchased vehicles online to avoid the long wait at transport offices," Minister for Transport, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil told PTI here. As per the existing system, the vehicle dealers
