The country imported telecom products worth Rs 69,516.37 crore in 2013-14 while exports of such items were at Rs 20,475.17 crore during the year, leaving a significant deficit of Rs 49,041.20 crore.
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Telecom department suggests all M2M servers be based in India
KOLKATA: A telecom department panel has suggested that all gateways and application servers used to deliver machine-to-machine (M2M) services in future be located in India on national security grounds, according to an internal note.
IBM says cloud business enjoying “breakthrough year”
LONDON: IBM aims to expand the number of data centres it offers clients around the world by 25 per cent to meet fast-rising demand for internet-based services, after what a company executive said has been a “breakthrough year” in 2014 for its cloud computing business.
Handset makers vie to be the early bird, ahead of mass 4G roll out
NEW DELHI: A slew of 4G handsets are hitting the market as mobile handset makers seek to get the first-mover advantage ahead of the launch of 4G data and voice services across India by Mukesh Ambani’s flagship telecom venture, Reliance Jio Infocomm, and expansion of offerings by the country’s No. 1 carrier Bharti Airtel.
Delhi high court bars OnePlus from selling in India
NEW DELHI: Chinese device maker OnePlus has been restrained by the Delhi high court from marketing and selling of handsets bearing the Cyanogen mark.
Reliance Jio bags signalling point codes for Long Distance Telephony
KOLKATA: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani’s flagship telecom venture, Reliance Jio Infocomm, has been allotted crucial signalling point (SP) codes by the telecom department for launching national long distance (NLD) and international long distance (ILD) services.
Is Mobile the weakest link in Enterprise Security?
By Suhas Uliyar, VP Mobile Strategy, Product Management, Oracle
The concept of mobility has changed completely in recent years. The mobile enterprise is not just a business that optimises its website for mobile devices, nor is it one that allows its employees to work from home every so often. True mobile enterprises place mobility at their core, transforming their operations, engaging better with customers and partners, while all the time creating innovative, mobile-centric business models that benefit the bottom line.
Rs 2179.41cr penalty imposed on telecom companies for violating CAF rules
NEW DELHI: A total penalty of Rs 2,179.41 crore was imposed on telecom operators till September 30, 2014, for violation of customer verification guidelines, the government said today.
Wipro, Infosys outpacing each other to meet demands in unfavourable global environment
BENGALURU: Battling to regain lost glory, Wipro and Infosys are stepping up their age-old rivalry, this time to out-innovate each other as the two Bengaluru-based software exporters invest in disruptive technologies pegged to artificial intelligence and design thinking to bring greater efficiencies for themselves and their customers.
Juniper Networks, VMware develop joint cloud strategy for APAC
Juniper Networks, and VMware have kick-started a joint Asia Pacific strategy aimed at accelerating the adoption of private cloud solutions by enterprises the region. The announcement builds on last year’s expansion of the two companies’ global technology partnership to deliver joint marketing and sales activities and interoperable products to support simple integration of the VMware NSX network virtualization platform with Juniper Networks’ MetaFabric architecture for virtualized data center networking in APAC.