The Centre is hoping to boost the growth of information and communication technology by lowering cost of PCs to enable more people use them, Union IT and Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Friday.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Friday had a private meeting with senior officials of his company in Chennai for about two hours.
Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Wednesday projected that India would have 500 million telephones by 2010, to facilitate which the government was making efforts to release 45 mhz of spectrum by the end of this year.
Kalanithi Maran-run Sun TV's DTH application appears to have run into rough weather with the Company Affairs Ministry finding the proposal not in conformity with the stipulated guidelines.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sanctioned Rs 1032 crore (Rs 10.32 billion) for revival of Indian Telephone Industries, Bangalore.
India is hopeful of attracting about $900 million investment from global telecom suppliers, including Nokia, Alcatel, Motorola and Ericson to set up manufacturing facilities in the country.
A CRPF jawan allegedly shot dead his senior colleague on Thursday at the residence of Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran in a high security area in New Delhi.
Telecom public sector undertakings, BSNL and MTNL will start their broadband services across the country from Thursday, providing high-speed connectivity at tariffs ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 43,000.
The DMK parliamentary party appears to be a house divided, reports R Rajagopalan.
The government said on Wednesday there will be no unbundling of BSNL and MTNL's fixed line networks for laying of broadband lines by private operators.
In an apparent lack of desired response to its much hyped OneIndia tariff plan for fixed line services, state owned BSNL on Tuesday lowered its rental to Rs 225 a month from Rs 299 and also offered 25 free calls in a month. \n\n
Leading global chipmaker Intel on Thursday said it was yet to make up its mind on locating its $400 million assembly test manufacturing unit in India, despite IT and Telecommunications Minister Dayanidhi Maran claiming otherwise.
The Department of Telecom has sought information from private telecom operators about the employees who joined them from the PSUs - BSNL and MTNL - on whether they took permission from the concerned authorities.
Bill Gates, chief architect of Microsoft Corporation, is expected to boost his company's investment plans in the country besides giving a fillip to its R&D activities.
He is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia during his visit.
Further telecom tariff reduction is on the anvil as department of telecom is in the process of issuing direction to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to come out with the revenue-share based access deficit charge.
MTNL on Tuesday launched its long distance services between Delhi and Mumbai, opting Tata-owned VSNL as its preferred carrier for STD calls -- a move that could bring down call rates.
Virtually rejecting the proposal of a major telecom player for levying a hefty entry fee of Rs 1500 crore (Rs 15 billion) for spectrum to start third generation mobile services
Several high profile companies are burdened with losses, mounting debt and have a huge load of operational costs.
The government on Monday said it was planning to make it mandatory for original equipment manufacturers to load fonts of major Indian languages in computers to facilitate language computing.
A 40 million Euro research and development centre on wimax technology, a joint venture between C-DOT and Alcatel, was inaugurated in Chennai on Friday.
The CRPF jawan who shot dead his senior colleague at the residence of the Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran was remanded to judicial custody on Friday till September 2 by a Delhi court.
Public sector telecom majors Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd on Friday launched broadband Internet services in over 200 cities across the country, fixing a highly competitive Rs 500 per month tariff for home users.
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