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POLICY: Base price may be doubled for 3G spectrum
Final decision next week by the Cabinet. New Delhi, June 19 In a significant softening of its stance, the Department of Telecom is all set to toe the Finance Ministry’s line on doubling the base price for third generation (3G) mobile ...

OUTLOOK: 3G spectrum: High base price may keep out new, foreign players
New Delhi, June 19 A high base price for third generation spectrum will help the Government keep a check on its fiscal deficit but could keep out new and foreign players from the bidding process, according to ...

HARDWARE: Capital subsidy sought for units making solar PV products
Hyderabad, June 19 The Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) has recommended that incentives in the form of capital subsidy on the lines specified under the Semiconductor Policy be made available to larger number of units engaged in ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: DoT revives plan for waiving licence fee on rural fixed lines
To seek Cabinet nod for the policy. New Delhi, June 19 The Communications and IT Ministry has revived its plans to waive licence fee on revenues earned from fixed line telephones in the rural ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 11.44 m new telephone users in May
The telecom regulator on Friday said that there were 11.44 million new telephone users in May slightly lower than 11.75 million new subscribers in April. This is the second month in a row when the growth rate has declined. Mobile operators ...

NEW BUSINESS: Microsoft bags Rs 14-cr MIDC deal
State Government-controlled Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has awarded a Rs 14-crore deal to Microsoft to computerise multiple functions across the organisation. As part of the engagement, MIDC will deploy ...

SOFTWARE: SumTotal looks to add small, medium clients via SaaS model
Hyderabad, June 19 SumTotal Systems, which provides talent management solutions, has decided to tap the opportunities in the emerging sectors such as insurance, retail and telecom through ...

ENVIRONMENT: Mounting pile-up
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HUMAN RESOURCES: Satyam calls 400 virtual pool staff back to work
Hyderabad, June 19 It is a real happy turn of event for 400 Satyamites now in the virtual pool as the company has called them back to ...

SOFTWARE: Currency hedging mooted for software exporters
Software exporters in the country should increasingly look at currency hedging, said Mr D. K. Sareen, Executive Director, The Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Mobile user base to cross 771 m by 2013: Gartner
Mumbai, June 19 India would have more than 771 million mobile connections by 2013 after growing at a compound annual growth rate of 14.3 per cent from 452 million connections in 2009, according to research ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: COAI wants 2G issues sorted out before 3G auction
New Delhi, June 19 The Cellular Operators Association of India has told the Government that issues relating to 2G spectrum should be sorted out before the auction of radio waves for third generation ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Call drop problem to end soon: Airtel
Hyderabad, June 19 Airtel, which has crossed the one-crore subscriber mark in Andhra Pradesh, has said that it will get rid of the call-drop problem (snapping of calls as users move away from one cell tower area ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Prithvi Info prunes loss
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ACCIDENTS: Fire at ECIL factory
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Aircel value voucher
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INTERNET: Web portal from Iskcon
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From eWorld

OUTSOURCING: Dish it out differently
More filling, lower billing: The BPO sector must adopt a new business model to offset the slowdown impact, say industry people.. One needs to look beyond numbers to ascertain the influence of the BPO industry on the psyche of India.Economists ...

ENVIRONMENT: Efforts going waste...
I recently came across a news item about Nokia's initiative on e-waste saying the company would take back even non-working mobile phones. If there is something we are least bothered about, it is e-waste. We don't care about where our ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Ensure security basics everywhere’
Put essentials in place and then go for peaks of excellence, cautions expert.. If you are looking for advice on how data breaches can be averted, here is a simple one-liner from Mark Goudie: Ensure security basics are deployed everywhere. ...

SOFTWARE: Don’t miss the action
This player says its virtual shareholder meeting service can keep stakeholders in the loop.. If you are a shareholder of a company and missing the shareholders’ meeting due to distance, don’t lose heart. You can take part in the ...

SECURITY: A case for a cyber czar?
Having one central figure in charge of cyber security might improve coordination.. The US President, Barack Obama, is very much in the news these days. On June 4, he set the Nile on fire with his “Let us make new beginning” speech ...

BOOKS: Empowerment, by way of communication
Computer plays a big role in bringing people with disability into the fold.. Society creates a norm and the norm excludes disabled people. Sounds harsh, but that’s the title of an essay by Malini Chib included in Inclusive Education Across ...

WEBSITE REVIEW: Be your own publisher
Be it poetry or recipes, print what you want, invites this portal.. If writing about your mom's recipes or your dad's poetry seemed an impossible-to-achieve target, log onto Pothi.com. Jaya Jha and Abhaya Agarwal, IIT graduates, say they have ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Switched on
Delta Group has introduced a new range of 1 KVA to 3 KVA UPS systems called E Series in the Indian market, aimed at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the corporate segment. Besides other features, the UPS has extended battery runtime up ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. On June 1, 2009, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Yoko Ono all came together at a press briefing for the announcement of which ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
“Every once in a while he goes back to traditional methods to foresee possible virus attacks on ...






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