Government

Reliance Communications has tied up with Loop Mobile allowing both the companies to share their mobile towers to offer a pan-India 2G Intra-circle roaming (ICR) coverage to subscribers of both the networks ... Continue_Reading
The total number of dialup connections in India stood at 25.33 million as of December 31, 2012, up 5.49% from 24.01 million at the end of September 2012, according to ... Continue_Reading
What appears to be the official Twitter account of the Uttar Pradesh Police, makes for a rather fascinating study, given its approach to tweets, retweets and interactions with others on ... Continue_Reading
It appears that mobile customization service app Zedge has been blocked on certain Internet Service Providers and mobile operators in India. ... Continue_Reading
The Indian government has approved Rs 3,436.16 crore for Phase IV of the UID (Aadhaar card) scheme. ... Continue_Reading
Those enrolling on the UID database have not been informed that their data is to yield profit for the UIDAI, Rs 288.15 crore a year and its only investor, the ... Continue_Reading
The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has informed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that just testing of telecommunication equipment will not protect the network from attacks, reports the Hindu Business Line. ... Continue_Reading
As per the report of the TAG-UP Committee headed by Nandan Nilekani, government data and databases would be privatised through the creation of NIUs, which will then ‘own’ the data ... Continue_Reading
Between July and December 2012, Google has received 160 content removal requests from the Indian government to remove 2,942 items and it has fully or partially complied with 36% of ... Continue_Reading
The total number of Unsolicited Commercial Communications (UCC) complaints filed by consumers with their respective telcos stood at 5,27,457 complaints for the period September 27, 2011- April 15, 2013, registering an average ... Continue_Reading
25.66 Lakh subscribers submitted number porting requests in the month of February 2013, according to the Indian Telecom regulator TRAI. This is a 38.95% decline from 42.03 lakh porting requests reported ... Continue_Reading
India will start the process of setting up its indigenous satellite based navigation system (SBNS), by launching its first navigation satellite Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) in the second week of ... Continue_Reading