TECHNOLOGY
Over the past 40 years, Ethernet has completely changed the way we communicate, having a profound impact on the global economy. Initially, Ethernet was as simple as a cable connecting a group of computers to a printer. It slowly evolved, connecting a small network of computers before becoming what it is today – supporting a global network of computers whose data is stored and easily accessible within the cloud. Today, ... [Read more]
Alcatel-Lucent will provide gears to multinational consortium to establish the Bay of Bengal undersea cable system. India’s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd is in the consortium along with Vodafone, Omantel, Telekom Malaysia, Dialog Axiata and Etisalat. Planned as commercial operation to be started by 2014, the approx 8000km long Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) cable system will enhance the robustness and reliability of international connectivity into and out of the six ... [Read more]
Earlier we shared that Reliance Globalcom has deployed Hawk submarine cable system in the Mediterranean sea. Now RGlobalcom reported that Mobily, telecom major in Saudi Arabia is the first customer to be activated on Hawk system. The 4-fiber pair submarine Hawk cable system, built by Reliance Globalcom last fiscal to initially set up the world’s first Mediterranean Gateway and Hub at Cyprus, has demonstrated its strong resilience as it carried ... [Read more]
Vodafone India and Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles today announced a strategic technology partnership. This partnership will enable Vodafone to provide Machine-to-Machine (m2m) communication services to power the recently launched electric vehicle, Mahindra e2o. The e2o which has just been launched in India is a truly ‘connected car’ and is among a select few in the world to support telematics. Mahindra Reva e2o car owners can using their smart phones or ... [Read more]
India’s National telecom backbone Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) ‘s Indore division of Madhya Pradesh circle today introduced first of its kind in the country, a Wi-Fi technology module for moving cars which will enable people to access high speed Internet while they are traveling. BSNL’s Wi-Fi technology module which costs approximately Rs.5000 initially installed in the official car of BSNL Indore unit’s General Manager Mr. G C Pandey on ... [Read more]
If you are Android fanboy and hate Google for not launching Nexus phones in India, you have a good news. In a recent interaction with Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt in Delhi said low cost smartphones with web browser and web client apps can be launched at $50 in a day not far off. Eric Schmidt who is in India for Google Summit, also told that “Google has always encouraged ... [Read more]
Lenovo India has launched CES ’13 award-winner for mobility – ThinkPad Twist in the country. Thinkpad Twist is a touch-enabled stylist convertible from the legendary Think line, which can be an ultrabook or a tablet. The sleek Thinkpad Twist is available in mocha black, just 20 mm thin and weighs just 1.6 kg. It twists, it bends, it folds and it spins. The ThinkPad Twist pricing starts from Rs 71,000 ... [Read more]
Nokia India and Arogya World’s mhealth project mDiabetes has registered one million users in India, in an official statement they announced. mDiabetes is an ongoing Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment and one of the first and largest programs of its kind in the world. Started in January, 2012 mDiabetes runs on Nokia Life platform and sends alerts in 12 regional languages to inform Nokia mobile phone users in India regarding ... [Read more]
It is obvious that LTE will be the choice of 4th generation technology in India as well as globally. In India LTE is expected to see growth from this year with all BWA spectrum winners are planning to roll out services sometime in 2013. Well as the title says, this story is not exactly about 4G/LTE, rather we are going to discuss another aspect of LTE – energy consumption by ... [Read more]
Sistema’s telecom venture (MTS India) in India is at stake due to cancellation of licenses and ‘unjustified spectrum prices’ for upcoming auctions, Russian business major Sistema is joining hands with country’s telecom major BSNL to offer sattelite based navigation system. Sistema will offer sat-nav services to BSNL via Russia’s GLONASS (Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema), the second satellite navigation system with global coverage after United States’ Global Positioning System (GPS). The ... [Read more]
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