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Embedded Systems Conference India 2009

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:39:42 GMT

Embedded Systems Conference India 2009 at Bangalore from 22-24th July 2009 Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) (www.esc-india.com) is world’s largest conference and exhibition on embedded technology. With 20 years plus of lineage, ESC is the largest global brand in the world to connect electronics engineers and vendor companies in three major markets - North America, China, Taiwan and now India. ESC was launched in 2007 in Bangalore, India and has ever since expanded to Hyderabad, Pune and Noida in 2008. This year the 3rd edition of ESC will be held in Bangalore from 22-24 July, 2009.

Opera Unite: a Web server on the Web browser

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:02:52 GMT

Opera Unite: a Web server on the Web browser With Opera 10, we are introducing a new technology called Opera Unite, radically extending what you are able to do online. Opera Unite harnesses the power of today's fast connections and hardware, allowing all of us to help define the future landscape of the Web, one computer at a time. Read More

BSNL searching for pvt partners for Internet Data Centres

Sun, 31 May 2009 07:30:01 GMT

Quote: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has invited bids from private players to set up Internet Data Centres (IDCs) in various parts of the country on a revenue sharing basis. The centres are expected to be set up over the next six months after which the PSU will go for outsourcing contracts for services such as Web hosting, co-location, data warehousing and Internet managed services. A data centre is a facility where customer can outsource the management and day-to-day operations of their Web sites or other IP connected applications. Customers can purchase the server hardware, rack space, bandwidth and network equipment. In addition, customers get a secure place to physically house their equipment with regulated power, dedicated Internet connection, security, and fire detection equipment. Read More

IT Laddu launches TheCityGuide.in beta

Sun, 24 May 2009 06:19:30 GMT

You should get to learn many things when you are staying away from your well-off home. Maybe your moving out is just an outing, a corporate junket or a business trip. Whatever it may be your trips or jaunts, you need a guidebook that can deliver you credible and reliable information about fooding, lodging and accommodations, entertainment and health treatment. Thecityguide.in is made as a one-stop roadmap that charts out your entire journey. Would you want to enjoy a frivolous passage without landing in trouble? Thecityguide.in is powered to deliver real time reliable information about aforesaid services. How would you search your requirements on the platter of Thecityguide.in? It is an easy to use portal based on user’s profile and local search that can provide you One-Click-Solution. You can engender your search on a single domain. Hotels is one of its effectual services in Thecityguide.in. If I click here, wide range of hotels will appear in the demesne of Thecityguide.in. Whenever I have a typical extended tour outside my domicile, I would like to use this feature to find exact place what I need then. For a long time trip for a visit any place, we normally need centrally air condition, Cable connection on TV, 24 hours room service, private balcony, hot or cold running water, dataport, minibar, health club, swimming pool steam room, doctor on call service, electricity services, car rental facilities, etc. If you have a business conference, you will prefer a hotel where you can get a conference hall, minibar, telephone services, coffeemaker, microwave etc. When you are going with a corporate visit for some days, car rental services, hair dryer, and valet parking, taxi service, travel desk, acceptance of credit cards would make your hectic schedule free from stress. Thecityguide.in. provides you such an enormous solution regarding your gateway. What makes you keep coming back to Thecityguide.in? Search exact hotel before you start packing your baggage. Keep searching who are ready to accept credit card?... Is 24 hours room service available there? It would be better if you can make a call to them. Click any hotel from the listings. Contact details are available in any concern page.

DoT to BSNL : Test all equipment of Huawei before installation

Sun, 24 May 2009 06:13:57 GMT

Quote: The communication ministry has asked state-owned BSNL to test and examine all the equipment provided by the Chinese vendor Huawei and has told the PSU to start looking at maintenance of its own networks. A senior BSNL official said, "The PSU has received a letter from the Department of telecom with regard to some instructions on testing all the equipment provided by Huawei before installation to check on hacking. The DoT in a letter to BSNL CMD Kuldeep Goyal has said "The telco should completely take over the maintenance of its networks from foreign operators within a time frame of not less than two years". Source

India stands 115th in internet speed

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:20:19 GMT

India's poor internet connectivity makes the country stand at 115th position in terms of speed, among 223 nations. As per a report, India's average internet connection speed stands low at 772 Kbps compared to the global average of 1.5 Mbps. ..The findings are based on the 'State of the Internet' report released by Akamai Source

Tata Communication's $430 million Investment in Asia-Datacenter & SubmarineCable

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:17:33 GMT

Source Tata Communications, announced its USD $430 million investment plan in the Asia Pacific region that include the developing the Tata Communications Exchange, a new world-class Internet Data Center (IDC), and the completion of the main segment of its TGN-Intra Asia Cable System. The Tata Communications Exchange and the TGN-Intra Asia Cable System are part of the Tata Global Network (TGN) that comprises one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP platform and more than 1 million square feet of data center and co-location facilities worldwide. TGN-Intra Asia Cable Tata Communications completed the main segment of its USD 250 million TGN-Intra Asia cable system. The multi-terabit system spans 6,700 km that connects Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines. It increases data and voice reliability by providing new route diversity for traffic generated throughout and into APAC.

ISP's unhappy with TRAI norms

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:42:18 GMT

Standalone Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and some telcos have opposed TRAI's plans to introduce regulations to ensure that ISPs provide internet connections to only based only on the capacity of traffic they can carry. The number of high-speed Internet connections an ISP can support depends on the bandwidth availability. The regulator had proposed to introduce norms that would specify the ratio between the number of customers per unit bandwidth which is known as contention ratio. As per international practices, the average contention ratio for a home user package is 50:1 and that for business package is 20:1. TRAI has said that most ISPs compromise on quality by accommodating a higher number of subscribers bringing down broadband speeds and congesting networks. The regulator had mooted this move as it had been flooded with complaints that broadband/dial-up speeds were almost always lower than those promised by the operators. Source: Economic Times

Govt permits subscribers to choose cheapest STD/ISD tariffs

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:50:56 GMT

Quote: Subscribers now have the freedom to choose their carrier for making long-distance calls, whether domestic (STD) or international (ISD) as they can buy calling cards from the operator who provides the lowest tariffs. This will usher in new competition in long-distance calls. More importantly, the move will also challenge the dominance of all existing telecom operators as it will allow all players who carry long distance calls to sell the consumers. This is how the concept of calling cards will work. Suppose you are a Bharti Airtel subscriber, but you find that BSNL or Reliance Communications (RCOM) offers the cheapest long-distance tariffs. You can buy a pre-paid long distance package from BSNL or RCOM for a particular time period. You then punch in a set of numbers specified in the package to get onto the BSNL or RCOM network and make your calls. You can talk for as long as your pre-paid package permits. Similarly, a Bharti or a Vodafone customer can also buy calling cards from companies such as Powergrid, Tulip IT and Idea cellular amongst others. There is more choice in the offing -- you can now buy long distance calling cards from all players who offer these services including foreign operators such as such as British Telecom, AT&T, Verizon, France Telecom and Cable & Wireless. Therefore, if an AT&T were to offer you a rates at say Rs 2 per minute to the US. compared to the average rate of Rs 6-9 per minute at present), you can junk your operators and use the American telco's services. Source: Economic Times (TOI)

Kerala's major cities all set to become wi-fi

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:10:21 GMT

Quote: Kerala's major cities all set to become wi-fi Byju Aryad First Published : 18 Jan 2009 03:35:00 AM IST Last Updated : 18 Jan 2009 01:08:07 PM IST KOCHI: Kerala's major cities are all set to become wi-fi with the BSNL’s WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) service getting ready to be launched by the end of March, enabling access to internet anywhere. This will enable the customers to use internet at a speed of 2 mbps anywhere in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode and Thrissur districts. BSNL has completed a survey and adopted a plan of action for providing the service. The study of radio waves and various frequencies has been completed. The results are encouraging and the entire state will be wi-fi soon. The city limits of the four districts will be covered first. Later it will be extended to other parts of the districts. Corporate offices and people who are travelling will benefit the most since the users can do away with cabling for accessing the internet. BSNL Ernakulam principal general manager M Haridas said that the initial benefits are for those who want to use internet while travelling. There is no need for a modem and any computer which has the facility for accessing the wi-fi can use the new facility. The WiMax system will be installed in all the BSNL mobile towers so that the wi-fi service will be available in all the parts of the state which have mobile connectivity. According to Haridas, the existing users and the new customers can avail themselves of the facility as technology for broadband now used by the BSNL customers and wi-fi is different. The BSNL is yet to come out with the tariffs for the wi-fi system. However, there will be pre-paid and post-paid options for the customers. At present, the BSNL broadband is available for those having land phone connection or USP portal. With the introduction of the new facility, customers can access the internet without a land phone connection or USP portal. Almost 30 times faster than 3G, the WiMax can support data speeds of up to 70 mbps, against 3G’s 380 kbps to 2 mbps. Kerala's major cities all set to become wi-fi