The Indian arm of Kaspersky Lab – the global software security company – intendds to provide security solutions to government bodies, industries and organisations. “We will provide a complete security solution which will deal with all kinds of cyber threats,” Altaf Halde, managing director for South Asia at Kaspersky Lab, told IANS. “As India plans…
The Centre will discuss with the states on May 29 the national optical fibre network project as it seeks their greater participation in the ambitious plan that aims to provide broadband connectivity to all panchayats. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has called “a meeting of IT ministers and secretaries of all the states on May…
India’s ambitious Digital India programme could get derailed due to the financial challenges faced by telcos, apart from the low quantities of spectrum deployed for commercial use and the absence of a road map for releasing more airwaves, telcos and experts say. Mobile phone operators in India face multiple challenges — lowest spectrum holdings in…
Intel in India and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) announced the call for entries for the Intel & DST- ‘Innovate for Digital India Challenge’. The challenge is aimed at fostering a culture of innovation, create solutions that can address local needs and build an empowered ecosystem for pervasive technology adoption in the country.…
India’s ambitious Digital India programme could get derailed due to the financial challenges faced by telcos, apart from the low quantities of spectrum deployed for commercial use and the absence of a road map for releasing more airwaves, telcos and experts say. Mobile phone operators in India face multiple challenges lowest spectrum holdings in the…
Intel and the department of science and technology on Wednesday announced a partnership to develop solutions for driving technology adoption in India. They called for entries to Innovate for Digital India challenge. The programme will give access to at least 20 teams a grant of Rs 2 lakh per team. Intel has also roped in…
Google is one of the fastest yet affordable broadband service providers in the U.S. ever since its launch. The West has too many great Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to choose from but we Indians don’t have very good ISP options, sadly. So we were all very excited when Google Fiber was launched with 1 Gbps,…
Net2Phone, IDT Telecom’s business solutions subsidiary, today announced that its best-in-class telecommunications solution for business, Net2Phone Office, has added unlimited calling to India to its flat rate international calling plan. Net2Phone Office’s Hosted PBX service and its SIP Trunking services both include Net2Phone Office’s unlimited international calling plan for one low monthly rate. With the…
Dell India Pvt. Ltd is in talks with the government to explore how it could start utilizing the spare capacity at its Sriperumbudur plant for exports from India as part of the ‘Make in India’ initiative. Alok Ohrie, managing director and president of the India unit, elaborated on this plan in an interview last week.…
The Indian government may ban the controversial ‘zero rating’ plans proposed by companies in its final policy on net neutrality, according to reports. However, it could make an exemption for delivery of essential government services like health and education on a preferential basis. According to reports, the telecom commission has arranged a six member committee…