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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: DoT panel against 3-year equity lock-in for existing players
New Delhi, May 8 A committee under the Department of Telecom is likely to suggest that the proposed three-year lock-in period on the equity stake held by promoters of a telecom company should be imposed only on new licences issued in future ...

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: CDMA players against altering spectrum policy
Concerned over the plan to impose uniform spectrum usage charge. New Delhi, May 8 The Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India has raised concern over the proposed changes in the spectrum allocation criteria being considered by ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: New offer from Reliance Mobile
Reliance Mobile is offering a new plan for its prepaid CDMA customers in Andhra Pradesh. The plan - STV 39 – would enable Reliance subscribers to call any local or STD number in India at a nominal price of 50 paise a minute. The ...

SECURITY: Spending for IT security relatively low: Study
Bangalore, May 8 IT security spend in India is relatively low compared with other fast-growing economies, which could erode the country’s value proposition in the global IT ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Samsung to manufacture touch-screen mobiles at Noida
Hyderabad, May 8 With the demand for touch-screen mobile handsets expecting to touch 12 lakh in the country, Samsung has launched three models here. The company has decided to manufacture these phones at its ...

SOFTWARE: Altair sees potential for CAE tool
Coimbatore, May 8 Detroit-headquartered Altair Engineering is offering a CAE (computer-aided engineering) tool to support engineers in tasks such as analysis, simulation, design, manufacture, planning, diagnosis ...

INTERNET: When away, be a robot at home
Hyderabad, May 8 Those of you who stay away from your families can make your presence felt back home albiet in a ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Bharti Airtel launching 300 service centres
Kochi, May 8 Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of more than 300 Airtel service centres across the ...

From eWorld

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Evolving, frame by frame
The market for computer animated movies is still at a nascent stage in a nation hooked to star-studded live action films. But it is growing, slowly.. Not many would be unfamiliar with the heroic adventures of Stuart, a rat and the youngest ...

INTERVIEW: Software for a ‘hard’ industry
There is immense scope for IT application in the stone industry, says Rising Solutions.. Here is a statement that can be cut in stone: “SMEs are the backbone of industry.” Perhaps, Ganesh Kumar Murugan has a plaque to that effect on ...

SOFTWARE: Handle with care
RSA lists steps for safe credit card use.. You always knew it, didn’t you? Credit cards are loaded guns that can go off any minute emptying your life savings if you aren’t careful.The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security ...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Wires, wires everywhere
I have always had problems with wires, not the least being electrical shocks because of careless handling of wires ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Top line growth is priority’
Wipro on getting the Product Engineering Services division back on track.. T.K.Kurien, President, Consulting Services, Global Programs and Strategic Initiatives at Wipro Technologies, the global IT services arm of software-to-soap maker Wipro ...

SECURITY: The politics of cyber security
US agencies are caught in turf war on patrolling cyberspace.. Cyber security is currently a hot topic in the US, what with the many breaches reported in recent months, of systems vital to national security and the day-to-day life of ...

WEBSITE REVIEW: Lend your mite
Donate to causes you think worthy, through this site.. The Internet shows you the way. Helping out are sites such as Kiva - Global ...

SOFTWARE: More on open source software
The open source software movement has a rich history. The UNESCO Free and Open Source Software Portal at
BOOKS: Put simplicity on view
Successful businesses keep complexity out of consumer’s sight.. Have you ever noticed that though many consumer businesses, such as McDonald’s and Wal-Mart, are highly complex, ‘they keep that complexity inside their business ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: On-the-move computing
Motorola’s Enterprise Mobility business has unveiled the FR series which initially includes FR68 and FR6000 mobile computers. The series, providing operability in a range of local languages, is designed to increase productivity in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Secure supply
Micro Technologies has launched 800 VA and 1000 VA models of Micro Power Sinewave Home UPS. According to the company, Micro Power Sinewave Home UPS is 100 per cent safe for all electronic equipment with prolonged battery life. Micro ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
2. Name the popular hand-held game created by Gunpei Yokoi, a Nintendo employee, that celebrated its 20th birthday on ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
“May I borrow your phone? The battery is dead in mine and I feel like taking a couple ...






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