In a surprisingly low-key launch, Google has introduced movie rentals and paid downloads in India on its Youtube website a few hours ago. Google had started tying up with studios in India (and abroad) more than a year ago, but so far, all the offerings on Youtube’s movies section had been free to watch. As […]
A total of 102 telecom towers (base stations) were found to be violating the new norms for electromagnetic radiation (EMR) set by the government of India in checks conducted since September last year. The government had told GSM and CDMA mobile operators in India to cut the maximum strength of their cell towers by 90% […]
Even as India’s Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati told the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that minister A Raja altered his version of the press release announcing inviting applications for spectrum in early 2008, the government has said it is not sure about the matter. Replying to a question by TDP Rajya Sabha member CM Ramesh, junior […]
A long standing and bitterly fought battle over ‘call termination charges’ between big operators on the one side and smaller operators on the other is drawing to a close. The end of the legal battle may also bring down call rates for consumers to the 10-15 paise per minute range from the current 28-40 paise. […]
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 79.2 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a 11.2 percent decline from the first quarter of 2012, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. Global PC shipments went below 80 million units for the first time since the second quarter of 2009. All regions showed a decrease in shipments, […]
A survey by industry lobby Assocham has found that most top corporate executives in India expect sales to pick up over the next six months due a recovery in the economy. The body, which has called for the Reserve Bank of India to cut key interest rates and dismissed concerns of price inflation, said companies […]
GDP growth is unlikely to meet Government’s expectations for a 6.1-6.7% growth next financial year, Angel Broking has said, pegging the number at a more realistic 5.7%. The toned down expectation may be the result of previous experience. For example, last year’s Economic Survey had predicted a GDP growth of 7.6% this year, but the […]
It’s not just the youth, but also the labor class that Bharti Airtel wants to make life easy for with India’s first classifieds service for manual laborers and other blue collar workers. Called ‘saral rozgar’, the service allows “skilled, semi-skilled and un-skilled manual laborers” to register themselves on a voice-based service and get work. Workers […]
The government has given more details of the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor or DMIC, and the first phase will be complete by 2018, it said. The DMIC is India’s attempt to catch up with China in industrial development, especially manufacturing. The seven built-from-scratch are being developed with the co-operation and investment of global giants like […]
There are some product launches that make you go, why? The India launch of Nexus 7 by Google is one such. Let’s see why it doesn’t make much sense in a market like India’s. First, why do people buy tablets? They buy them primarily as media consumption devices. In other words, to see videos, browse […]
Assocham, an industry chamber whose members include some of the biggest users of Indian Railways’ freight services, has called called for radical measures to protect the Railways from rising diesel prices. The association pointed out that even as the decision to raise diesel prices for bulk customers may allow the government to cut back on […]
The Congress-led government has again refused to press for a ‘Uniform Civil Code’ — a body of laws relating to items like marriage, inheritance etc. that apply to everyone in India irrespective of their religion, language etc.. Currently, such items are broadly dependent on which community or religion one belongs to, with separate laws for […]
Doordarshan is setting up a free high-definition (HD) broadcasting system in the four cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, the ministry of information and broadcasting said. Free terrestrial broadcasting of HD-quality TV channels is likely to be a novelty in a country where nearly 99% of the people watch low-definition (SD or standard definition) […]
The next financial year is going to be better than the current year ending March, India’s biggest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) said at an analysts’ conference. Growth this year, however, would be slower than usual because of various factors such as uncertainty in the two main markets of the United States […]
The association of telecom operators like Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices etc has opposed the move to allow wireless broadband operators such as Reliance Industries’ Infotel from offering voice services. The Association of Unified Services Providers (AUSPI) said the Telecom Commission has decided to allow the holders of BWA (Broadband Wireless) spectrum to offer voice services. […]
India has a 50-50 chance of being a ‘break-out nation’ economically, Ruchir Sharma, managing director and head of emerging markets and global macro, Morgan Stanley said at an event held in New Delhi today. Being at the right stage of its reform cycle coupled with a healthy investment to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio and […]
British companies may join two new-age cities being planned near Bangalore, trade minister Anand Sharma said. The two cities are among the 12 being planned under India’s National Manufacturing and Investment Zones (NMIZ) policy. The zones will be a complete cities in themselves and will include large residential and entertainment areas, a large number of […]
Kerala emerged on top in per capita spending on non-food items, while Gujarat is the fastest growing, according to a survey by industry chamber Assocham. Haryana emerged on top in terms of expenditure on food-items. The numbers seem to indicate that Keralites, and South Indians in general, spend much less on food compared to others, […]
Stuxnet, widely believed to be a virus released by the Israeli government to neutralize the Iranian nuclear program, has been infecting computers in India, according to the ministry of IT and Communications. It however clarified that the virus — that hampers the functioning of Siemens industrial controllers used in the Iranian nuclear programe — has […]
It’s bad news on the face of it, but a closer look at the wholesale price inflation (WPI) numbers released today reveals that things are not as bad as they appear, and chances of an interest rate cut by RBI are not totally absent. Government numbers released today revealed that the rate of price increase […]
