VoIP services come in real handy to make cheap overseas calls.
The multi-mission communication satellite, also known as PAKSAT MM1, was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Ajit Balakrishnan on learning from past technology revolutions.
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the country's leading online-ticketing platform, has seen a jump of 60 per cent in mobile ticket booking between January and October.
Newly-formed Tata Indicom Enterprise Business Unit, the sales and marketing initiative of the group's four telecom service providers, would soon have a new participant with VSAT provider -- Tata Net -- set to join the initiative.
According to sources, various players specialising in e-auction like Deloitte, Metal Junction (it specialises in e-auctions for steel manufacturers and allied industries), Spiderboon Internet Service Pvt Ltd (an e-auction and e-tender service provider), N M Rothschild and Sons (investment banking and advisory firm) were represented.
Nasdaq-listed Cognizant Technology Solutions has signed a definitive agreement to acquire global engineering company Belcan for about $1.3 billion (Rs 10,853.7 crore) in cash and stock. The transaction is expected to close in the September quarter. The total consideration includes $1.19 billion (Rs 9,935.31 crore) in cash and 1.47 million Cognizant shares, valued at $97 million (Rs 809.53 crore) based on the information technology services provider's closing share price on June 7, 2024.
The IZO platform provides large business houses to jointly use their private IT network along with public network.
Expressing concern over what it calls barriers for American telecom companies in India, the United States has sought from New Delhi transparency in the procedure for modifying foreign direct investment norms for Internet Service Providers.
The ISPs had already made a presentation to telecom minister Kapil Sibal to request his help in such a process if the government did not want to continue with the current ISP regime.
Trai has fixed a minimum 'contention ratio number' of users who can share the same bandwidth. Earlier, there was no such restriction on operators and they were offering the service at a contention ratio of 1:80 to 1:100 (which means the same bandwidth would be used by 80 to 100 customers). Under the new guidelines, the contention ratio for broadband at home has been fixed at 1:50 and for business at 1:30.
The three undersea cable station owners were asked by Trai to submit the Cable Landing Station - Reference Interconnect Offer,' containing the terms and conditions, charges and time limit for providing access. Now, Trai has approved the RIO of four cable landing stations of VSNL in the country and one each of Bharti and Anil Ambani's Reliance.
With TRAI's latest tariff announcements likely to make dial-up Internet access more expensive, the apex association for Internet service providers ISPAI will soon approach the telecom regulator and the communications ministry on the issue.\n\n\n\n
Of late, net neutrality has generated much debate.
Another aspirant has opted out of the race for international long-distance services with Net4India approaching the department of telecom to surrender its Letter of Intent.\n\n
Online privacy probably began with websites using counters on web pages to track the number of visitors, but it has now evolved into a sophisticated software that can tag and compare site visitors, telling site owners exactly what visitors did on the web.
The Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI), which represents ISP operators in the country, is planning to go to telecom tribunal TDSAT against the new guidelines on licence for broadband wireless access (BWA) services, announced on Friday by Communications Minister A Raja.
Is the government right in blocking Web sites or do has it infringed the fundamental right to freedom of expression?
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
Leading telecom players like RCom, Tatas, Vodafone and Idea Cellular failed to bag a single circle for Broadband services, saying the BWA spectrum price was too high to make a viable business case.
VoIP services include communications applications such as Skype, Line and Viber
Qualcomm had received its internet service provider licence last month, after a delay of 18 months, with a validity period of 20 years after a Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal direction to DoT.
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.
The move comes a few days after billionaire businessman Elon Musk tweeted that his Starlink internet services would be available in India as soon as it gets regulatory approvals next year. Musk's Starlink, which plans to have a constellation of 40,000 low-orbit satellites, recently started offering high-speed internet in the US as part of its beta launch phase.
A watch that freezes time was voted the ultimate time-saver of the future.
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.
The government is expected to outline a policy framework for artificial intelligence (AI) at the annual India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2024, beginning Tuesday, officials said. Apart from industry participation, the four-day event will feature booths from over 15 ministries showcasing how AI is being integrated into their departments.
Launched in March, it triggers re-verification of suspected fraudulent numbers. Failing re-verification, the number will be disconnected.
A recent study on internet speed in India put Hyderabad on top with 6.5 Mbps download and 4.5 Mbps upload speed
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.
