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Google has joined hands with HSBC to provide high-speed Internet access to the people of Africa and other emerging countries, reports Forbes. Along with cable operator Liberty Global, Google has joined hands with a group calledO3b Networks to contribute in the project. O3b stands for the “other 3 Billion”.
The project aims at providing the backend to [...]

Years ago, when the hype about Optical Cables was on a high and everyone was laying thousands of kilometers of optical fiber cables (OFCs) across the length and breadth of the country, Railways decided to do the same, but on a much bigger scale. So, Railways OFC network, spread across some 38,000 kilometers was the biggest Optical Fiber Cable network in the country. I remember reading an exclusive story in BusinessWorld about the same at that time. Now, the Railways has decided to put all those miles of Optic Fiber Cable to good use by providing Internet access, through its Railtel brand

The TRAI put forward a consultation paper yesterday, which sought the views of industry experts on issues like permitting the internet service providers (ISPs) to have interconnection with landline and mobile telephones to provide internet telephony within the country.
 
Currently, ISP’s are not allowed to link landline and mobile phones to the Internet thereby providing Internet Based Telephony [...]

On one end there is talk of wireless connectivity and wimax being deployed in India by various players and one the other end comes a report that shall surely put a dampner on all those who are setting up web businesses and streaming movies thinking that an audience exists that has the time and patience [...]

Internet service in India and neighbouring countries were affected due to the damage done to undersea link between India and the east coast of USA and UK.
 
Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) President Rajesh Chharia said repairing will take another 15-20 days.
 
“Majority of the firms are trying to restore their connections through the [...]

Years ago, I watched the Shah Rukh Khan starrer, Baadshah. Media now addresses SRK by this name, which, now you know, started by this movie. But I’m not going to blog about that. Yes, I know you would have preferred that any day. But, what the hell, this is Web-Advertising-Technology. See, no mention of [...]

The internet is soon to take up the space of what television holds today for the common man in India. Very soon, ISP’s are going to start offering Wi-Fi services to residential homes. If these services are offered at cheaper prices to residential homes, it might even lead to the internet taking the space [...]

“In a move that could lead to costlier internet services, telecom regulator Trai on Thursday recommended that all internet service providers (ISPs) pay 6% of revenues as licence fee, have a uniform foreign holding of 74% like other telecom services and proposed that new entrants be charged an entry fee of Rs 20 lakh for [...]