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| DAISY gets ITU award |
| DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) Consortium has been awarded with the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) World Telecommunications and Information Society Award 2008, reports digital opportunity channel
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| Pune tunes into 'Radio One' |
| Radio One 94.3 FM, catering mainly to the young generation, has started its Pune operations. The FM radio station promoted by Mid-Day & BBC is to start its Kolkata station soon, reports BS
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| Sign based software planned by WML |
| A teaching software using sign langauge has been planned by the WML to enable the differentially abled persons. The software might take up to 1.5 years to see the day, reports BS
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| Car portal parks itself online |
| A portal (www.gaddi.com) dedicated to cars has been made. The new portal hopes that it creates a niche audience with many of its unique features, reports mint
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| Tata tele to expand into NE |
| Tata Teleservices are all set to expand telecom operations in the Assam & other North East states by August this year thereby enabling the company to cover all of Eastern India, reports The Hindu
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| Global water award for JUSCO |
| Jamshedpur based JUSCO (Jamshedpur Utility and Services Company), a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Steel, has become the only Indian company to have bagged the coveted global water award 2008, reports FE
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| Talking websites coming soon |
| IBM India is in the final stages of a research
which will enable even the unlettered to use & even create a website. The
exciting project has been inspired, in part, by the phenomenal mobile growth
currently on in India, reports BS
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| National net telephony likely |
| Hardly has the dust settled down on price war in the STD sector than TRAI has indicated national internet telephony is coming soon in India. The proposed move is expected to lower the national long distance calling rates further, reports DNA
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| Mobile space headed towards convergence |
| Mobile phones are the latest buzz in town. But the booming market is heading towards convergence of platforms, operating systems, applications, technologies and media, opined a senior Motorola excecutive, reports The Hindu
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| Software majors might be running training institutes |
| Software majors like TCS, Infosys, Wipro etc. might pick up a stake in the upcoming 20 IIITs across the country. They have sought NASSCOM's permission to run these autonomous bodies, reports HT
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| Ind Pak slip in Network Readiness |
| Leading South Asian countries, India (-6) & Pakistan (-5) find themselves slipping down in the annual ICT rankings just released. Sri Lanka have gained 7 places, reports Business Standard
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| Blind DU students find iPods useful |
| Visually impaired students in the Delhi University are embracing newer ICT tools in a big way to benefit them. As for example, iPods are hot favourites to record lectures in the class and other special softwares on mobiles and computers are making them almost tech-savvy, reports HT
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| Now send mail through SMS |
| In a breakthrough technology, MyDuniya has developed a service which enables mobile users to send e-mail to friends & family members with a simple SMS without having any internet connection, reports TOI
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| India a hot job market, ahead of USA |
| Indian economy is booming and people are getting fruits of it by way of lots of job opportunities. According to a study by Accenture, India has leapfrogged to top position ahead of USA as far as a hot destination for jobs is concerned, reports NDTV
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| e-tickets push paper tickets out in airlines |
| In almost all airlines across the world, paper ticketing has made way for e-tickets. The move is a significant step towards e-nablement of computerisation across the board in any sector, reports The Hindu
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| SL Parliamentary website in three languages |
| Sri Lankan Parliamentary website has been made into a trilingual (English, Tamil & Sinhala) website enabling it to cater to the maximum population. The Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) has selected the country's parliament to showcase the benefits of the ICT, reports digital opportunity channel
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| UshaComm in Nepal foray |
| UshaComm India has bagged a $2 billion contract from Nepal telecom. The company has now set its sights on Bhutan & Sri Lanka to expand operations. It already has presence in Bangladesh, reports The Hindu
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| Global ICT spending to touch 4 trillion by 2011 |
| Global ICT spending despite some slow growth rate is expected to touch $4 trillion by 2011 according to a WITSA study, reports mint
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| Manthan Awardee develops SMS e-news alert |
| www.odisha.com, the premier e-news site for Oriya diaspora founded by Jatinder Dash and last year's Manthan Awardee has started a unique e-news alert via the SMS to facilitate everyone concerned to be in touch with developments in Orissa.
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| TV Series (Paanchvi Paas) on multiple formats |
| A TV game series (Paanchvi Paas) is set for a major media convergence and would be available online, on DTH & on gaming consoles. This can be seen as a symbolic of the media & content convergence currently on, reports The Hindu
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| Father time catching up on world wide web |
| Vint Cerf, 'father of the internet', has predicted that web addresses on the IPv4 technology is about to run out of space and companies will have to be shifted to IPv6 in the near future to avoid chaotic shifting and smooth online functionality, reports TimesOnline
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| 2 Indian 1 SL initiatives win Stockholm Challenge Award 2008 |
| Digital Green & Jan Seva Kendra initiatives from India and Shilpa Sayura Project from Sri Lanka are among the winners announced in the Stockholm Challenge Award 2008.
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| 3G from 2009 |
| The much anticipated 3G services is expected to be available to customers from early next year, the government has indicated. The services are sure to enhance the telecom experience of the common man, reports The Hindu
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| IIIT vision report submitted by NASSCOM |
| A detailed project report on the proposed 20 IIITs (Indian Institute of Information Technology) has been submitted by the NASSCOM to the MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development) based on a PPP model, reports FE
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| Podcasting to popularise Gujarati language |
| Gujarati Sahitya Parishad has embraced technology big time in order to popularise the language among the generation next diaspora. Podcasting through the website is the mantra for revival, reports Manorama Online
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| ISRO in competition with Google Earth |
| Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be providing satellite images on its website just like Google Earth does within six months barring some prohibited spaces, reports Manorama Online
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| DU 90.4FM to air admission related information |
| The high profile Delhi University has adopted all channels to provide important admission related information to undergraduate students as all the relevant information will be on air on DU CR 90.4FM, reports HT
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