Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has planned to set up telecom connectivity through Bangladesh for North Eastern region of the country due to tough terrain and geographical isolation, top BSNL executive said today.

BSNL to set up connectivity through Bangladesh

Press Trust of India

Public sector Bharat Sanchal Nigam Limited (BSNL) and communications solutions provider Shyam Networks have launched 3G data card Winknet in Uttar Pradesh.

BSNL-Shyam Networks launches 3G data card Winknet in UP

Business Standard

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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has planned telecom connectivity through Bangladesh for the northeastern region of the country, due to tough terrain and geographical isolation, a top BSNL executive said today.

BSNL to set up connectivity through Bangladesh 

Tata Communications has raised the stakes in the &pound;1-billion battle for Britain's Cable &amp; Wireless Worldwide (CWW), ahead of the bid deadline this week, according to media reports.

Tata Comm gears for Cable & Wireless Worldwide bid battle

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked operators whose licences have been cancelled to ensure quality of service for the period they will be in operation, Parliament was informed today.

Telcos asked to maintain quality of service

In a bid to curtail ostensible advertising and enhance transparency in tariff offers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today issued directions to all mobile operators on 'preventing misleading tariff advertisements'.

Trai asks telcos to stop misleading tariff ads

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday said there was no need for a separate exit policy for players in the sector and the entry fees they had paid would remain non-refundable.

Trai against separate exit policy for telcos

Worldwide software-as-a-service (SaaS) revenue is expected to reach $22.1 billion by 2015 as more companies invest in cloud technology, research firm Gartner today said.

Global SaaS revenue to touch $22.1 bn by 2015: Gartner

Apple&rsquo;s hot-selling new iPad hit a hurdle in Australia on Tuesday as the country&rsquo;s consumer affairs regulator accused the company of misleading promotions.

Apple is misleading consumers on iPad: Oz

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Norwegian telecom company Telenor said on Tuesday it would seek damages from the Indian government if the issue of its 22 cancelled licences was not resolved.

Resolve licence issue or pay damages, Telenor tells govt

The Russian government on Tuesday discussed the issue of 2G licence cancellation of Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL) by the Supreme Court with the Indian counterparts, sources said. The issue came up for discussion during the meeting of commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma and Russian minister of economic development and Trade Elvira Nabiullina on Tuesday, they said. Sistema has a joint venture with India's Shyam Group, SSTL, in which the Russian government also has a stake of 17.14 per cent. Operating in India under the MTS brand name, SSTL has a user base of over 15 million. Seeking protection of its $3.1 billion investment in India, Sistema has already filed an appeal in March in the Supreme Court.

Russia discusses 2G licence issue with India

Large companies in Latin America and Asia Pacific are the most aggressive adopters of the cloud computing paradigm, while their European and US counterparts remain conservative about shifting applications to the cloud. The average Latin American company has almost two fifths (39 per cent) of its total applications in the cloud. Asia Pacific follows closely behind with over a quarter (28 per cent). In contrast, less than one fifth (19 per cent) of the average US company&rsquo;s applications are hosted in the cloud. In Europe, the figure is closer to one tenth (12 per cent).

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JP Morgan Treasury Services India has launched a mobile banking platform in the country called 'Access' to provide secured cash management services to its clients. &quot;Multinational companies, large domestic enterprises and mid-sized corporates can now enjoy secure cash management for accounts located in India, China, and Vietnam, through a convenient and flexible mobile banking platform,&quot; the company said in a release on Tuesday.

JP Morgan launches mobile banking platform

Global telecom body GSM Association (GSMA) and Bharti Airtel's tower arm Bharti Infratel today said they have partnered to develop and promote green technologies for telecom tower infrastructure in the country.

Bharti Infratel, GSMA partner for green telecom towers

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) today slashed prices of its handsets by up to 26% as it looks to grab a bigger share of the smartphone market in India.

RIM cuts BlackBerry prices by up to 26%

About 500 illegal telecom network may be operating in various part of the country, a Parliamentary panel has said pulling Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for not maintaining data.

Illegal telecom network operating in India: DoT

Norwegian telecom firm Uninor on Wednesday told the Company Law Board (CLB) that telecom operators with whom it has an interconnect agreement are asking a bank guarantee for payments. An interconnect agreement allows transmission and receipt of calls from other network. &ldquo;Because of uncertainty, other operators with whom we have interconnect agreement are asking for bank guarantees,&rdquo; Uninor counsel told the CLB.

Telecom operators seek bank guarantee from Uninor for dues

Milestone Interactive, console game distribution and marketing company, will now develop games for hand-held devices. With investments of about $10 million, the company will work with small animation and content creation studios (based in India) to develop casual gaming titles and will distribute the same on online app stores and in its retail stores.

Milestone Interactive to develop games for mobile devices

KPIT Cummins, a product engineering and IT consulting partner to global manufacturing corporations,signed a priority customer agreement with Pune-based InnovizeTech Software, to deploy their patent-pending software product, Sapience.

KPIT Cummins selects Sapience to boost productivity

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