In the wake of reported shooting up of terror and hate messages on the Internet following the deadly Mumbai serial blasts, the telecom department has directed all the 150 operational Internet Service Providers to block 18 Web sites.\n\n
VoIP services include communications applications such as Skype, Line and Viber
After blocking Facebook and Youtube, Pakistani authorities widened the crackdown on websites with blasphemous contents by restricting access to popular social networking website Twitter on Friday.
After blocking Facebook and YouTube, Pakistani authorities on Friday further widened the crackdown on websites with blasphemous content by restricting access to popular social networking website Twitter.
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The subscribers will have to, however, wait for some more time for Internet services to resume in the Valley
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Most users are unhappy with the cap on 'unlimited' access plans. Broadband internet service providers need to make their networks more capable, feel most Indian subscribers.
A group comprising top tech startups and unicorns has raised several "serious concerns" over a platform-based gig workers Bill proposed by the Karnataka government, saying it would hurt the ease of doing business. They told the state government the Bill in its current form would hamper operations and increase regulatory and compliance burden on the nascent gig and startup economy, according to sources.
The deal with Nokia will be signed in San Francisco on Friday morning in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who is on a 17-day trip to the US to attract fresh investments.
In its second ruling against Google in less than a week, the Competition Commission on Tuesday slapped a penalty of Rs 936.44 crore on the internet major for abusing its dominant position with respect to its Play Store policies.
Fixed-line Internet is consistent and translates into a better experience for users.
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, India's leading cellular service providers, in collaboration with Research In Motion, on Friday launched the new BlackBerry Pearl 8110 smartphone with built-in global positioning system in the Indian market.
The committee has decided that access to 4G internet in J-K will be given in a calibrated manner and outcome of the trial will be reviewed after two months.
The Pakistan government on Wednesday directed all Internet service providers to block Facebook in line with the Lahore High Court's order to temporarily cut off access to it over a page encouraging users to post caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed on the popular social networking site.
Free Basics offers a limited version of the Internet on mobile phones.
Flipkart may walk away from ongoing discussions with telecom service provider Airtel for their platform 'Airtel Zero'.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said on Friday that cable landing station facilities, which are owned by few operators, should be opened up for other international long distance operators, a move which will boost competition.
The order was given by Justice Gautam Patel on a petition filed by co-producers of the film Balaji Motion Pictures Ltd.
This year will be the one when GenAI becomes a part of the daily lives of people around the world.
In a setback to the Internet Service Providers, telecom tribunal TDSAT on Friday refused to grant any interim stay on the government order asking the ISPs to stop offering corporate network services unless they have the licence to offer the service.
The police are also on the lookout for a fourth person, Arun Kumar, who they suspect allegedly instigated the trio to commit the crime.
American IT firm Speedera Networks said on Thursday that it was gearing up to double its workforce of 40 professionals at its Bangalore development centre.
America Online (AOL), the largest Internet service provider in the US, is set to launch its India portal over the next couple of months.
The Internet is too important to let a few private telecom players decide what the rules will be for consumers, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar, independent member of Parliament who was one of the key petitioners seeking the scrapping of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act.
India's Internet subscriber base stood at 35 lakh (3.5 million) on March 2003, up from 32.39 lakh (3,239 million) in the year-ago period.
The CEOs have been discussing a collaboration for some time, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.
Internet service providers will have to pay a nominal entry fee of Rs 30 lakh and no licence fee to offer corporate networking services, TRAI said in its recommendations on Tuesday.
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