April 11th, 2016As the government's rural broadband project is facing long delays, telecom PSU BSNL is testing an alternative Wi-Fi-based network to connect about 1 lakh village panchayats in a year with high-speed Internet.
"The process of laying fibre network calls for huge amount of physical labour. We have started a pilot to test broadband...
March 29th, 2016NEW DELHI: People will soon have to dial just a single-number '112' for help during emergency situations such as availing services of police, ambulance and the fire department.
The proposal to have a single number for various emergency services, approved by the inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission, would be similar to the '911'...
January 17th, 2016The number of Internet users in the country is expected to go up to 50 crore, from the present over 40 crore, in next 5-8 months, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.
"The number of people using Internet has crossed 40 crore in the country at present. I am expecting this number to go up to 50 crore in next 5-8 months....
December 29th, 2015New Delhi, (PTI) - Telecom Minister of India Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad today said Internet subscribers may reach the 50 crore mark in the country next year.
"India currently has 40 crore Internet subscribers. Earlier, I have said about the target to reach 50 crore users in two years but now it looks that the 50 crore mark is likely to be...
December 25th, 2015The government is funding a research project on 5G technology being undertaken by Country's premier academic institutions with an outlay of Rs. 36.51 crores, Indian Parliament was informed today.
"The Department of Electronics and IT is funding a collaborative research project on 5G being undertaken by premier academic institutions...
November 2nd, 2015Billionaire Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications today said it will take over Russian conglomerate Sistema's Indian mobile telephony venture that operates under the MTS brand.
While financial details of the deal were not immediately announced, RCom said Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL) will hold a 10 percent equity stake in...
October 31st, 2015LONDON- Vodafone UK said on Saturday hackers had accessed the accounts of 1,827 of its customers this week, the second cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month.
The attackers had potentially gained access to the victims' bank sort codes and the last four numbers of their bank accounts, along with their names and...
