The US-based chipmaker Qualcomm has paid an amount of Rs 410 to the department of telecommunications (DoT) as dues of its Indian partner Tulip Telecom, which would enable it to get the licence for offering broadband wireless services in a week.

Qualcomm pays Rs 410 cr to DoT, to get BWA licence in a week

Business Standard

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has launched first of its kind mobile wallet service 'airtel money' in Maharashtra and Goa circle recently. With this service, customers can make payments and transfer money across the country. The national availability of airtel money follows the success of service&rsquo;s first phase of launch in Delhi NCR and Chennai in 2011. According Airtel, Maharashtra and Goa at Bharti Airtel, has crossed 50,000 subscribers within the first 10 days of its roll out in Maharashtra and Goa circle.

Airtel launches mobile wallet service in Maharashtra, Goa

Apple Inc's faster and sharper-looking new iPad is drawing the notice of the traditional video game industry, as developers are envisioning games for it that have more in common with the visceral 3D shooter &quot;Call of Duty&quot; than &quot;FarmVille.

Apple's new iPad making waves in the video game market

Reuters 

Emboldened by their victory in quashing online piracy legislation, US internet companies are gearing up for a battle over whether consumers should be able to restrict efforts to gather personal data.

Web giants' consumer privacy strategy faces hard sell

People pre-ordering Apple Inc&rsquo;s new iPad to avoid the release-day crowds at the company&rsquo;s retail stores will have to wait longer to get their hands on the devices.

Customers pre-ordering iPad 3 will have to wait

Cloud computing has been around for decades, better known as IT services in the earlier avatar, but have never seen the growth it is experiencing today, backed by key advances in technology, which makes this area of computing the key to improving business agility and increase everyone&rsquo;s access to computing.

Doing business in the cloud

Online frauds have been roughly doubling every year, according to independent data, in spite of measures being taken by organisations and individuals to secure their online transactions.

Online banking security up a notch

Healthcare regulatory reform in America might prove another Y2K opportunity for the Indian information technology industry, the latter believes.

US healthcare next big focus for Indian IT sector

Information technology services company MindTree had a challenge till a few months before. Like most IT firms, it had loads of data being generated within the company. Despite having an intranet, it took several hours to identify the right data.

Using social media to bond with staff

Just when you thought the tablet PC market could not get any more confusing, Apple released its latest device the &lsquo;new&rsquo; iPad that also brings 4G capabilities along with a host of software upgrades. As a brand, Apple devices have a special place but those looking for the best of hardware for their tablet devices there are other options available. Several tablets like Research in Motion&rsquo;s PlayBook after a new software update has now been made more relevant.

Want a tablet, gulp the facts

Watching videos, streamed TV content and cricket matches on his hand-held device has been a routine for Akshay Kirloskar, a Mumbai-based caterer and restaurateur. &ldquo;I started consuming videos because they were free.

Mobile TV: Enter the idiot box while on the move

Telecom service provider Reliance Communications (RCom) today announced the launch of first tablet PC for CDMA users, Reliance CDMA Tab, built on Android platform.

RCom launches tablet PC with Android system for CDMA users

Press Trust of India

Bharti Airtel, the country's biggest mobile operator by subscriber base, has announced the launch of 'Airtel Money' across five cities of Orissa &mdash;Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Balasore, Jharsuguda and Berhampur. Under the &lsquo;Airtel Money&rsquo; service, launched by the company through its wholly owned subsidiary- Airtel M Commerce Services Limited (AMSL), users can load cash on their mobile devices and use it to pay utility bills and recharges, shop at merchant outlets and make online transactions.

Airtel Money launched in five cities

Cigniti Technologies Limited (formerly Chakkilam Infotech Limited), a Hyderabad-based independent software testing company, is looking at acquisitions in India, the US and Europe to further expand its footprint in the specialised testing space, according to executive vice president (operations) Sriram Rajaram.

Cigniti Tech eyes buyout in US, Europe 

eMudhra, a private certifying authority for issuing digital signature certificate in India, and Watchdata System Co Ltd of Singapore have come together with solutions to reduce online fraud cases and provide secured solutions.

The UAE-based Etisalat issued proceedings on Monday towards winding up its Indian joint venture Etisalat DB Telecom, earlier called Swan Telecom. The company was doing it &ldquo;so that there can be a proper and orderly end to the business of Etisalat DB Telecom that is supervised by the Indian Courts&rdquo;, it said in a statement.

Etisalat moves to wind up telecom business in India 

Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Monday asked Reliance Telecom to deposit within two weeks 25 per cent of the Rs 10 crore penalty imposed by the DoT for alleged violation of guidelines on subscriber identity in the Madhya Pradesh circle. The bench, headed by Justice S B Sinha, also stayed Rs 9-crore penalty imposed on the Reliance Communication (RCom), another Anil Ambani group company, on the same matter.

Reliance Telecom to deposit penalty

The reign of the personal computer as the sole corporate access device is coming to a close, and by 2014, the personal cloud will replace the personal computer at the centre of users' digital lives, according to technology researcher Gartner, Inc.

Personal cloud will replace PC

&quot;We have seen positive momentum with the promotional pricing levels and have decided to maintain an aggressive pricing strategy in order to help continue the momentum,&quot; Research In Motion India Director Marketing Krishnadeep Baruah said.

RIM slashes tablet PC price by 18%

Yahoo! Inc sued Facebook Inc over 10 patents that include methods and systems for advertising on the Web, opening the first major legal battle among big technology companies in social media.

Yahoo! sues Facebook for infringing patents

Dell Inc said it would buy network and data security products maker SonicWall from an investor group, as the world's No 3 personal computer maker tries to tap the growing demand for online security by large companies.

Dell to buy SonicWall from Thoma Bravo

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