-- The press office at Sify is busy this week. Sify Technologies has deferred the merger of its subsidary Sify Communications. Sify Communications, which holds National Long Distance (NLD) and…

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At last! Maybe we needed something as dramatic as an eclipse, but dear readers, its finally here. The guidelines for the auction of allotment of spectrum for 3G services and…

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Reliance Globacom, a division of Reliance Communications, has signed an alliance with Internap (NSDQ: INAP) Network Services to launch a Content Delivery Network. Under the alliance, Internap would set up…

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Tata Comm has had a fairly active quarter, besides launching CDN services in partnership with BitGravity, it’s done a decent job of posting a 40% rise in net profits quarter-on-quarter.…

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The wireless growth story continued in May with 8.62 million telephone connections (wireless and wireline) being added, bringing the overall tele-density to 26.89%. No suprises as wireline subscriptions decreased to…

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Aksh Optifibre has tied up with BSNL to provide IPTV services over the state owned telcos network. BSNL currently has a total landline network of 40 million across India and…

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Well, doesn’t everybody? But the thing is, BSNL being a public sector company, just might get it. ET reports that the telco has sought an entry or licence fee exemption…

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Sify has launched an international roaming broadband service called Roam Connect International, allowing Sify customers to access wireless broadband service on the move. Sify claims to have more than 100,000…

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Hyderabad based Southern Online Bio Technologies, a BSE listed entity, is planning to hive off its Internet Services Provider (ISP) division into a separate entity, called Southern Online Services. The…

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Some updates from The Times on Reliance Globalcom’s (RGCom) proposed IPO: The company, into which the Reliance ADA Group had integrated its entire global telecom operations, is planning to list…

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As per a TRAI release, India became the second largest wireless network in the world, by the end of March. India now has over 261.09 million wireless subscribers, with 10.16…

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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has terminated the licenses of 35 companies which never launched ISP services. Some of these include Discovery Infoways, Q-Net Infosystems, Netconnect (India), Infinity.com, KTV Net.…

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YOU Telecom, an Internet Service Provider in which Citigroup Venture Capital has a majority stake, has formed a 50:50 joint venture with Red Snapper, a Malaysian wireless and VoIP service…

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Video streaming co TinselVision has expanded its online content distribution arrangements with STAR India and other licensors to include streaming content to India as well. Tinselvision had deals with STAR,…

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The fog is clearing, and we now have some clarity on the Internet and Mobile rights for the IPL: As per a release, Willow TV Inc has acquired exclusive rights…

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Wow...I didn’t know that there was such a paucity of web developers and designers in the world that India’s largest telco Airtel had to resign itself to having its broadband…

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This is significant news for those Indian channels providing their content to online TV service Jump TV, and perhaps something for the video content portals like Saavn, Big Flicks, Rajshri…

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I wonder when the announcements will be followed up with actual deployment: Business Standard reports that the Indian Railways is expectged to launch free Internet on select Rajdhani and Shatabdi…

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The Law Ministry has nuked TRAI’s recommendation of allowing foreign internet telephony firms to register in India and host their services in the country. The recommendations sought to get foreign…

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I had written (grumbled) in the past, about the BBC not giving access to historical video content related to India and Pakistan, to viewers from India, so it comes as…

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Thin client company Novatium Solutions, which had received an undisclosed amount of investment from New Enterprise Associates (NEA) earlier last year, is looking to raise $10-15 million in funding to…

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[by Cerius Shah] Yash Raj Films (YRF) and VSNL (now Tata Indicom Broadband) have tied up for the web premiere of the SRK starrer Chak De India. Tata Indicom apparently…

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Can’t help but be cynical about connectivity and e-governance given the Indian governments forgettable track record, but anyway: The government intends to computerize nearly 250,000 Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), for…

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Video content portal Rajshri Media has added Tamil films and TV shows to its bouquet of content. The service was launched on Jan 14th, around the festive season of Pongal.…

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[By Cerius Shah] After posting a profit last fiscal, Sify plans to sell 30,000 thin client computers in nine Indian cities in the first year of launch. The PC’s will…

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