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Airports look at accepting SMS tickets
Oct 09, 2012
BANGALORE: At a time when the Railways and even many bus operators accept SMS tickets, India's airports still insist on printed tickets. And airlines are now exploiting that by introducing
Communications industry growing at 31 per cent annually: Govt
Nov 23, 2012
NEW DELHI: The government today said communications industry has been growing at an annual average growth rate of 31.07 per cent during the last three years with total number
Silver lining in the cloud of verification guidelines h
Nov 19, 2012
While some part of the telecom regulatory directives can be questioned, there is also tremendous opportunity for companies to reengineer and streamline business processes.
The regulatory environment in the telecom industry
Serious hardware for the serious gamer
Nov 02, 2012
When computers first became personal in India, there were but a few games like Dangerous Dave and Aladdin that one could play for some light entertainment. And in what seems
Wireless telecom antenna could be mounted on electricity towersa hr
May 04, 2010
Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID), the Central Transmission Utility of the country, owns, operates and maintains one of the largest power transmission networks in the world, comprising 77,000 circuit
93% of India’s ad budgets will be spent on digital in the future: Marketing Conclave onl
May 03, 2010
According to Mahesh Murthy, founder and CEO, Pinstorm, about 7 per cent of India’ total advertising budget will be invested in non-digital advertising in the future as the country will
Mobile milestone: India close to ringing in 600 million subscribers
May 03, 2010
NEW DELHI: Anytime now, India's mobile subscriber base will hit and cross a historic 600 million milestone. This suggests that nearly one of every two Indians of any age group,
Managing Modern Data Center
May 03, 2010
The telecom industry and data center managers discussed the emerging demand and efficiency of data centers in a two-city event organized on the theme 'Managing Modern Data Center' by VOICE&DATA.
ESOMAR Conference: Making optimum use of mobile technology for research applications in India
May 03, 2010
The ESOMAR Conference held on April 30 at Ramada Plaza Palm Grove, Mumbai exhibited the diversity within the Indian market research industry. During one such session, Madhumita Chakraborty and Sandeep
India e-commerce market to cross Rs46,000 crore by December enda hr
Mar 21, 2011
Barring few services such as online ticketing, Indian consumers aren't shopping online. Large numbers of surfers use the Internet to look for information about the product or service they want
Gurgaon cops train their guns on cyber criminals.com
Mar 17, 2011
Conference on Mobile Web Initiative in Indian Languages gets Underwayst dv
Mar 16, 2012
One day conference on mobile web initiative in Indian languages got underway here today to debate and discuss the various critical aspects of providing Indic languages support over the Mobile
Gurgaon cops train their guns on cyber criminals.com
Mar 16, 2011
GURGAON: A large number of cyber crime cases go unresolved in Gurgaon, and this has brought into question the capabilities of our police force when it comes to dealing with
Mobile learning seeks growth curve in Indiast
Mar 15, 2010
Mobile phones can play a significant role in imparting education in India. The importance of this medium is slowly but steadily being realised by
Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo set to play up the gamen
Jun 29, 2010
Gaming Moghuls are set to blow your mind with new consoles and 3D game titles.
At this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the Mecca of electronic gaming industry, gamers got a
Net(ting) customersa
Jun 24, 2012
The Net Effecta href
Jun 07, 2011
It's convenient, it's quick and you can get discounts and special offers that you won't find anywhere else. That's what online customers in India are discovering as they surf the
Indian online services gaining momentum on grounds of high internet usage
Jun 01, 2012
Seems, Indian online services including travel, recruitment and matrimony are gaining momentum in India.
According to a report released by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI),
Remaining watchful over call rates hike by telcos: TRAI
Jan 24, 2013
NEW DELHI, JAN 24: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today said that the regulator’s free-hand to telecom operators to fix call and other services charges should not be
Internet emits 830m tonnes of CO2/year
Jan 07, 2013
MELBOURNE: Internet and other components of information communication and technology (ICT) industry annually produces over 830 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas, and is expected
Will Budget meet lobbyists' expectations?cost
Feb 22, 2010
BANGALORE, INDIA: As the Union Budget 2010-11 is going to be presented this week, the industry players, including the lobbyists, have high expectations as ever.
This is the Congress government's seventh
Digital Industry Needs a Growth Packagecom st
Feb 22, 2010
Going beyond the current debate of continuation and discontinuation of the so called fiscal stimulus, the Digital industry represented primarily by internet and mobile value added services companies have suggested
Zynga Continues Growth with Opening of Office in India
Feb 22, 2010
Gaming company Zynga is one of the most well know names in the online gaming industry, and with very good reason. The company’s flagship title FarmVille is the biggest and
No intention of censoring social media, says Sibal
Feb 15, 2012
Mumbai : Communications and information technology (IT) minister Kapil Sibal held out reassurances at an industry conclave on Tuesday that the government had no intention to censor social media networks.
Software product firms float new body to push their case
Feb 04, 2013
Bangalore, Feb. 4:
With the IT sector coming under growth pressures, the differences between Nasscom and a section of the members connected with the software product companies have come out
Indian mobile apps industry to touch Rs 1,804 cr in 2012: IAMAI.com
Dec 03, 2012
Overall growth in GDP, average income likely to propel app market in India
The mobile apps (short for applications) industry, which grew at 22.6% in India last year, is projected
IAMAI Marketing Conclave 2010: It's time for experiential marketing
Apr 30, 2010
A Marketing Conclave was organised by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in New Delhi on Thursday, April 29.
The third session of the conference briefly touched various
Brand building on the net is not just about visibility
Apr 13, 2010
The Internet and Mobile Association of India’s (IAMAI) I-Cube 2009-2010 Internet in India report released this month says internet usage in urban India is becoming more widespread, though overall internet
Indian Digital Advertising On An All-Time High?
Apr 12, 2012
It’s ringing cash registers for Indian digital advertising this financial year. The sector is expected to grow a whopping 54 per cent in the next 12 months according to a
Another feather in the cap for mobile industry!
Sep 12, 2008
Even while the whole economy is quaking in its shoes the GSM-based telecom networks have added another 7.32 million mobile users to its kitty in September and this is its
Mobile Value Added Services: A Rs 16,520 crore industry by 2010a hr
Sep 02, 2008
New Delhi 1 September: According to a report released today by the Internet and Mobile Association of India [IAMAI], the mobile value added services would become a Rs 16520 industry
RBI guidelines irk VAS and Internet industr
Oct 24, 2008
The mobile VAS and Internet industry are up in arms against the RBI directive, which mandates obligatory inclusion of banks as financial intermediaries for transactions. According to the industry both
Gaming In India "To win, you have got to stay in the GAME"….com
Nov 29, 2008
Everyday tensions and work engagements have led people to steadily
opt for different kinds of leisure activities spared for little
precious time they get. Gaming is one such option, where the game
lovers
Rs. 5000 laptop a reality – soon to arrive in Indiao
Nov 24, 2008
The Rs 5,000 laptop will soon be available in India, N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys and one of the gurus of the IT industry, has told The Telegraph in
Indian gaming market has huge potentialcom st
Nov 17, 2008
The Indian gaming market is the one unexploited area of growth that is only now attracting attention. While India has been a slow starter, lagging behind by almost 10-15 years
Push SMS Caught In Interconnect Charges Flux; Impact On Costs, Marketing
Nov 12, 2009
India’s push SMS industry is facing a challenge with operators Airtel and Tata Indicom increasing the interconnect charges applicable on application to person (A2P) SMSs on each other’s network.
Bharti Airtel adds 2.72 million mobile users!
Nov 12, 2008
Bharti Airtel adds another feather to its cap by adding 2.72 million mobile users in October to take up its total number of users to 80.2 million. The Cellular Operators’
Laurels for Indian telecom czars
Nov 10, 2008
Seven Indian telecom leaders have made it to the list of the “world’s 100 most influential telecom leaders” according to an industry magazine. The list includes Srinath N (8) of
IBS Software enters Netherlandsa
May 08, 2008
IBS Software, a global provider of new-generation IT solutions to the Travel, Transportation and Logistics (TTL) industry will be setting up a new office in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Through the new
VAS is going to be the biggest entity in India: Netxcell
Jun 01, 2009
Even amid the global economic crisis the telecom industry is going great guns. Beginning with the cellular mobiles revolution, a lot has changed in the telecom sector both for the
Change operator, retain number
Jul 21, 2009
Come September and mobile users would be able to change their service provi-ders without changing their numbers. This technology known as mobile number portability (MNP) - will have a major
Time for Internet to go rural in a big way in Indiao
Jan 27, 2009
3.3 million is not a small figure by any means. This is the number of Internet users in rural India as on March 2008, according to the I-Cube 2008 report
45 Million Internet Users in Indiaoan
Jan 27, 2009
India had as on September 2008 45.3 million active internet users. This is according to the I-Cube [Internet in India] Study released today and conducted annually by IMRB International and
Telcos bet on local mobile searchesoa
Jan 22, 2009
Searching for information on your city? Your cellphone could be of use. Telecom firms offering local search service to subscribers say the response to the service has been good. They
3G mobile subscriber base to reach 90 mn by 2013: Report
Jan 20, 2009
NEW DELHI: Third generation (3G) mobile subscribers in India will reach 90 million by 2013, forming 12 percent of the overall wireless base, an industry report released on Monday
Internet, mobile advertising startups to make best of downturna hre
Jan 16, 2009
Quite unlike his peers in the traditional advertising agencies, Harsha J is grateful for the downturn. As advertising budgets come under intense scrutiny in a depressed market, his Bangalore-based web
Local language apps key to rural Net usecomst
Jan 15, 2009
New Delhi: The Internet is becoming a less alien phenomenon in the countryside, but the development of local-language applications holds the key to connecting more of the 568 million who
What about a Package for the Services Sector?
Jan 06, 2009
New Delhi, 5 January 2009: Supporting the Government’s recent packages for economic revival, manifested in the across the board cut in excise duty and other measures, the Internet and Mobile
Rural India key growth driver of telecom industryn
Feb 13, 2009
New Delhi: Rural population is the key growth driver of India's telecom industry though "affordability still remains a key issue", said a study released here Thursday.
According to the study
17th edition of Convergence India scheduled in March
Feb 07, 2009
MUMBAI: The 17th edition of Convergence India will takes place from 18-20 March, 2009 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
The international exhibition and conference will showcase products and services and
Recession to help online games firms push West
Feb 04, 2009
SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO: As recession ripples around the world, Asian online games firms hope those seeking cheap entertainment, many of them newly jobless and with time on their hands, will drive
Bharti Telesoft to attend mobile world congress
Feb 03, 2009
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Bharti Telesoft, a provider in integrated VAS solutions for mobile operators in emerging markets, today announced that it would be showcasing its integrated VAS portfolio at the
Mobile phone makers moot free handsets for 50 million poor families
Feb 03, 2009
Taking rural telecom penetration to the next level, the Indian Cellular Association (ICA) in a proposal to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has suggested free of cost mobile
Your DNC now covers SMS too
Feb 02, 2009
PUNE: Mobile phone subscribers should be able to heave a sigh of relief from this month for they will not receive unsolicited commercial
communications (UCC) through SMS,
Facebook cuts ties with Project Playlistcomst
Dec 25, 2008
WASHINGTON: Social network Facebook has severed ties with Project Playlist, just days after rival MySpace cut its links with the fast-growing music-sharing startup over copyright violation fears.
Facebook's move came
YouTube dispute underscores music labels weak hand
Dec 25, 2008
NEW YORK: First it was MTV, then it was Apple, and now it's YouTube.
The music industry, faced with declining CD sales, has repeatedly tried to find new income streams
HP leader in India x86 server market in Q3cst
Dec 24, 2008
Bangalore : HP, one of the world's largest technology company, continues its leadership in India x86 server market, with 33.9% of the total 37,400 units shipments in Q3 2008 (July-September
Chennai becomes home to Asia’s first Wikipedia academy.
Dec 15, 2008
There are many reasons for Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia, to take interest in India. One of them is the need for balance in socio-geographic perspective in Wiki articles. "Being a
IDC predicts growth for the IT industry!comst
Dec 08, 2008
IDC, the premier global market intelligence firms has predicted that the financial pressures felt by IT vendors and their customers will hasten the industry transformation that has been in progress
Search Engine Marketing Industry to double by 2010!o
Aug 29, 2008
According to a survey done by the Internet and Mobile Association of India [IAMAI] the search engine marketing industry (SEM) is expected to grow to US$ 225 million by 2009-10,