The Digital India plan is a flagship programme Narendra Modi unveiled to use technology to shore up governance, improve connectivity, education, health, delivery of public services and create jobs. The ambitious pro Another key component of the programme is the plan to reduce the import bill of electronic items, which is expected to surpass the…
The government could disallow controversial ‘zero rating’ plans floated by companies in its final policy on net neutrality but could make an exemption for delivery of essential government services such as education and health on a preferential basis. “Zero rating plans that involve commercial arrangements at the back-end violate the idea of net neutrality as…
Mobile phone manufacturing company Micromax on Thursday said it had invested in Bengaluru-based digital fitness app HealthifyMe. The company did not disclose the investment amount but said the move was part of its plan to build an ecosystem for mobiles by tying up with start-ups that provide innovative services. The HealthifyMe app keeps track of…
As India completes 20 years of Mobile telephony it has many reasons to celebrate. Firstly, 900 million mobile subscriptions owned by about 700 million Indians (discounting for inactive subscriptions and multi-SIM users) are connected like never before. Secondly, by offering the most affordable call rates in the world, it offers immense opportunities in e-governance that…
James Montgomery, Director of Digital Development, BBC News and Current Affairs, spoke to exchange4media about BBC’s digital plan and how India is emerging as one of the largest digital markets. Speaking on the digital market scenario in India, he said, “India is one of the most dynamic and fast changing media markets in the world…
The ‘Digital India’ initiative will focus equally on non-infrastructural aspects like upgrading of skill, content development and raising awareness along with the laying down of broadband lines connecting gram panchayats across the country. This is to ensure that the project isn’t delayed beyond 2019, the scheduled deadline, as users and operators come to grips with…
“The global can never become meaningful unless it is linked to the local,” said Ravi Shankar Prasad, India’s Information and Technology Minister, speaking at 2014’s Cyfy Internet governance conference. For India, local is a billion aspirations. Local, in 2015, implies a constituency that carries greater demographic weight than Europe and the United States combined. Local…
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Minister of State for Skill Development Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Friday said that the government has taken a decision to transfer the Training and Apprenticeship verticals of the Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGET) from the Labour Ministry to his ministry
Tokyo-based telecom giant NTT Communications is planning to open a new data centre through its subsidiary Netmagic in Mumbai by the end of current calendar year with an investment of $100 million. Netmagic Solutions, a managed services provider, was acquired by NTT Communications in 2012. NTT, which offers voice and video solutions and network services…