To encourage more SMEs to go digital in India, Google India today announced the launch of a nationwide initiative to help small medium businesses to go digital and get online presence on Google search and Google maps, without having to invest in a website or domain. As part of this new initiative, Google India will…
A video-on-demand venture backed by Hollywood studios Warner Bros and SonyPictures and Singapore’s telecom giant Singtel will begin services in India from June, looking to cash in on the growing usage of internet on mobile phones. HOOQ, a start-up aimed at tapping emerging markets with a big focus on India, will offer premium content like…
Paperless transactions through the internet, ATM, cards and mobile devices have surpassed paper-based ones in the year leading to March 15, reiterating the fact that Indians are moving towards virtual payment. With the younger generation taking a liking to online or hi-tech methods of fund transfer, rather than filling up reams of paper, the bank…
Facebook Inc.’s free-but-limited Internet plan in partnership with a domestic carrier in India violates the spirit of net neutrality, according to the initial consensus within the country’s telecommunications ministry, the Times of India newspaper reported. The ministry has set up a “high-level committee” to create rules governing net neutrality in the nation, the paper said.…
Digital India program is getting stronger with every passing month. Government officials working on this project have taken an initiative for analysis of malware and cleaning of botnets so that device owners can remove malicious software for free and have a more secure experience while using various services. Botnet (a word short for robot and…
India’s Department of Telecom (DoT), in its preliminary findings, has said that Bharti Airtel’s sponsored content service and Reliance Communications’ zero-rating deal with Facebook/Internet.org are “against the spirit of net neutrality”. A high-level government source told the Economic Times that this is the view after its initial assessment. “Any final decision regarding the two services…
Paperless transactions through the internet, ATM, cards and mobile devices have surpassed paper-based ones in the year leading to March 15, reiterating the fact that Indians are moving towards virtual payment. With the younger generation taking a liking to online or hi-tech methods of fund transfer, rather than filling up reams of paper, the bank…
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated 24 Hot Spots with 30 Wi-Fi access points in the President’s Estate today (May 22, 2015) by which the Estate became 100 % Wi-Fi. Speaking on the occasion, the President said India is at the 89thposition in Network Readiness Index. Countries like Singapore, Finland and Sweden are…
A new survey conducted by technology titan Google Inc. has revealed only one-third of the total Indian population with access to the internet are women. The survey also indicated 49 percent of women do not see any reason to access the internet at all. “While there is low awareness about the benefits of Internet amongst…
Airtel’s Zero Rating platform and the Facebook-Reliance Communications combine’s internet.org plan have been found to be against the spirit of net neutrality by a preliminary inquiry conducted by the telecom ministry. The findings assume significance as they come at a time when a high-level committee of the ministry is finalizing a regulatory set-up for various…