3G To Arrive Soon – Airtel, Vodafone, Idea To Join Hands

by | posted: September 17, 2010
3G auctions have been done and dusted since some time now but the country is still waiting for the roll out of 3G services. Earlier this month, we had reported that 3G services were just around the corner...
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Blackberry Gets Reprieve, Google And Skype In Danger Zone.

by | posted: September 1, 2010
Search giant and VoIP pioneer join RIM on the list of tech companies facing sanctions on the subcontinent. Having given RIM a 60-day reprieve from a ban on Blackberry messaging traffic, Indian authorities...
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Sify Planning To Raise $86 million Through Discounted Equity Shares

by | posted: August 30, 2010
Sify Technologies have allowed for allotting equity shares in order to raise $86 million to a group of investors affiliated with the company’s parent group. This parent group also includes entities...
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3G Subscribers To Cross 107 Million Users In India by 2015:PwC

by | posted: August 19, 2010
Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC), one of industry’s leading accounting and business consultancy firm, in its latest report titled “Mobile Broadband Outlook 2015” has said that the number...
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Indian National Rupee API – Here it is !!

by | posted: August 10, 2010
The ‘Impatient’ Me just can’t wait for 2 years and be thankful enough to the Indian Government to have put the Indian Rupee symbol on keyboards. Of course, the way Foradian Technologies...
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Blackberry Makers Might Have to Set Up Severs In India – DoT To Ask

by | posted: August 9, 2010
Department of Telecom might take a cue from Saudi Arabia and ask Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of Blackberry to set up a server in India. It would thus allow the Government to monitor messages sent...
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After India, BlackBerry Faces Problems In Other Countries

by | posted: August 6, 2010
The United Arab Emirates has outlined plans to block BlackBerry e-mail, messaging and web browsing services. Following suit, Saudi Arabia is ordering its mobile operators to halt BlackBerry services throughout...
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RIM Get Another Deadline From Indian Government – For Security?

by | posted: July 28, 2010
Security is a concern to all of us. Be it online or be it the data transferred through your phone, you don’t want vital information to fall into the wrong hands. And so, we all hailed encryption....
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Iraqi Government On YouTube – It’s 26/11, Where Is The Indian Government?

by | posted: November 26, 2009
After the American invasion of Iraq, there have been talks about the attacks on Baghdad being illegal. ‘The Independent’, UK revealed the discussion between the British and US officials two...
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Government To Push Rural Telephony – To Amend USO Fund Allocation Rules

by | posted: November 19, 2009
Indian Telecom sector has seen tremendous growth in past few years. The growth has largely been concentrated in urban areas where Tele-density has almost reached 100 per cent. The rural telephony although...
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Battle Of Telephonia II: It Isn’t Just The Operators

by | posted: November 5, 2009
Yesterday, we told you about the grand battle which is taking place between the mobile operators, fondly called the Tariff War. On the other hand on a relatively smaller scale (as it appears) another battle...
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Indian Government Sites Not Yet Fully Disabled-friendly – Now Who Will Take This Up?

by | posted: September 11, 2009
The Indian Government passed the Disability Act in 1995, which among other things mandates that public information should also be provided in a disabled-friendly format to those Indian citizens who might...
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PM On Facebook.. Next On Twitter? The Need For An Official Presence?

by | posted: September 8, 2009
I wonder why social communities never get a celebrity to explicitly endorse the brand on TV? Remember, our ex-President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam pondering on ‘What should we do to free our planet from...
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Citizen-Friendly Portals From The Government Coming Soon

by | posted: July 24, 2009
I have been jabbering about how politicians and the government need to enhance their online presence, and it looks as if the UT administration has finally reached that decision. The Chandigarh Administration...
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Punarbhava.in – Website For The Disabled

by | posted: March 19, 2008
A friend of mine spoke about Punarbhava.in – a website for the disabled people by the Government of India. The friend described the site as “one of the the most well designed ‘sarkaari’...
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Social Networks Gaining Acceptance from Corporate’s But Gaining Resistance from Government!

by | posted: November 30, 2007
Social networking sites are taking over the world. The trend is surely growing fast and making life easy for a lay man. Social networking sites popularity is spreading like a virus. The image below shows...
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