RIL said that BWA spectrum has been acquired at a much cheaper price compared to 3G radio waves, but the BWA spectrum asset would be much useful in terms of growth potential and further expansion. RIL said the pan-Indian cost (in USD/Mhz/population) of BWA spectrum was 0.06 as against 0.32 for 3G. Besides, the BWA spectrum acquisition price was extremely competitiv
Telecom major Bharti Airtel today gave social networking a voice with the launch of its voice-blogging service, allowing millions of subscribers to share recorded voice updates with their friends and family members. The `Airtel Blog`, which was officially unveiled today, had already roped in two million users in the first three months of its soft launch and is currently the world
Fifteen companies including British Telecom have been shortlisted by the government to select a telecom vendor which will certify equipments imported by various mobile companies into the country, especially from China. Official sources said the Department of Telecom has been asked to pick up the international security audit firm which will certify the imported equipments.
The World Trade Organisation has decided to uphold claims from Japan, the United States and Taiwan that the European Union scrap tariffs on flat-panel displays and other information technology products, sources familiar with the matter has said. The WTO`s dispute settlement panel has ruled in a preliminary report that the EU tariffs on the products, which also include multifuncti
With World Cup Football frenzy gripping online users, micro-blogging site Twitter has warned of possible outages due to heavy traffic during the event. Twitter has been grappling with many site problems in the past week, resulting in outages and poor performance. "As more people turn to Twitter to see what`s happening in the world (or in the World Cup), you ma
It takes millions of dollars to have lunch with legendary investor Warren Buffett, and a bidder has snatched the opportunity by agreeing to shell out USD 2.62 million in an online charity auction. According to sources, the winning bidder wished to remain anonymous. This year, the highest bid was much more than last year`s bid price of USD 1.68 million and about 24
The first ever OMR-based examination for paramilitary forces went off successfully today with almost 50,000 candidates appearing for 2,500 posts of constables in the border guarding force ITBP. In examinations based on Optical Mark Recognition (OMR), a candidate has to darken the correct answer among multiple options on special answersheets, which are later scanned during evaluat
Visitors to porn sites could be exploited by cyber criminals, who may have booby-trapped the site with adware, spyware and viruses, a study has suggested. The study found that many porn sites harboured malware or used "shady" practices to squeeze money out of their visitors. By creating their own porn sites researchers found that many consumers were vulne
The government today raised over Rs 38,300 crore as the 16-day long auction for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum came to an end. The details of the BWA auction winners are still awaited from the Department of Telecom (DoT). The total revenue of the government from sale of spectrum for both 3G and BWA stands at over Rs 1.06 lakh crore, more than thrice the e
Google has said it was troubled by new regulations in Vietnam that may allow the government to block access to websites and track the activities of Internet users. "Internet users in Hanoi will soon find that they can`t reach certain sites when browsing the Web at local Internet cafes," Google policy analyst Dorothy Chou said in a blog post. Chou said Goo
Haryana has signed a pact with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for the implementation of the project to issue identification numbers to residents, with the state intending to link up all e-governance applications to its database. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Haryana Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Information Technology, Y S M
Software Technology Park of India (STPI), set up at Ambapua at the outskirt of Berhampur, will start functioning in a full-fledged manner very soon, though major Information Technology (IT) companies are not yet ready to open their unit in it, official sources said today. While a local web-developing IT firm has already stared its work in the park recruiting around 100 persons, s
South Korea`s government website had come under a massive attack from hackers traced to China, the home ministry said today. The site (http://korea.go.kr), which provides civil services and information on government policies, suffered access delays and failures for nearly four hours on Wednesday evening until midnight due to what is known as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) a
Telecom regulator TRAI today came out with a consultation paper to find ways and methods to increase broadband penetration in the country. "It is a matter of concern that broadband penetration in India is low at just 0.74 per cent in spite of 104 telecom service providers providing broadband services. The teledensity is 52.74 per cent," TRAI said in the consultation pap
Telecom major Bharti Airtel today said it has partnered with VMware to expand its managed computing services in the country. The collaboration aims to target the cloud-based managed computing services in India and will offer cloud services like web services, file, mail, database, transaction, disaster recovery, co-location and other managed services, Bharti Airtel said in a state
Google Inc`s top lawyer has said that the world`s leading search engine is asking the US and European governments to press China to lift Internet censorship, describing it as an unfair barrier to free trade. David Drummond yesterday told reporters that western states should defend the free trade in information with the same kind of rules that they use to complain of China`s below
A device developed by ISRO, which can send signals through satellite to a land station conveying the nature of emergency and location, can help rescue fishermen if they get lost in the high sea while fishing, a Coast Guard official said. "DAT, the device developed by ISRO, would be very useful to fishermen since it has inbuilt GPS receiver to give position and time informati
In a major initiative aimed at ensuring financial efficiency, the government today approved a Rs 626 crore project to computerise the state treasuries enabling them to share data among themselves as well as with RBI and other con
Software Technology Park of India (STPI), set up at Ambapua at the outskirt of Berhampur, will start functioning in a full-fledged manner very soon, though major Information Technology (IT) companies are not yet ready to open their unit in it, official sources said today. While a local web-developing IT firm has already stared its work in the park recruiting around 100 persons, some sou
BPOs located in rural areas and tier 2 and 3 cities are expected to drive the growth of the Indian BPO sector in coming years, experts said today. "The domestic market is growing", Nasscom President Som Mittal told reporters during the BPO Strategy Summit which began here today. These rural BPOs will not have a focus on accent or on English like their cou
