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| TRAI for airing of news on FM radio |
| TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) is all set to recommned to GoI that news be allowed to broadcast on FM radio. The governing body's recommendation is based on a noble idea of maximizing reach of news as many people still don't know how to read and TV for many remains out of reach, reports TOI
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| 500m phones by '10 may remain a dream |
| India may miss the target of having 500 million phones by '2010. This has come to light with the rate of growth being witnessed and some hard realities in regard to rural telecom penetration, reports HT
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| Here comes R Com's Big TV |
| Beware Dish TV & Tata Sky, here comes Big TV, the DTH arm being launched by Reliance Communications. The latest digital gadgets of R Com is expected to give other players stiff competition in the days ahead, reports Business Standard
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| Healthcare portal launched |
| A portal, www.healthcaremagic.com, has been launched to find you the right medical consultation according to the ailment you might be having supported by a call centre, reports Business Standard
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| Telecom sector in for a financial boom |
| Around Rs. 1,00,000 crore (US$24 billion) is expected to be invested in the booming Indian telecom sector over the next two years i.e. by 2010, a forecast has revealed, reports BusinessStandard.com
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| Power bill by e-mail, mobile |
| In another expansion of ICT enabled services into our daily lives, power firms will now be providing electricity bills of customers on their mobiles phones and into email boxes. You just need to log on to www.bsesdelhi.com and fill up an online form, reports The Hindu
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| Text to speech software developed |
| A software has been built where it is possible for the visually impaired persons to use their mobile phones read photographed texts for them in future. This has come as a boon for blind persons. The Techshare India 2008 showcases such possibilities, reports digital opportunity channel
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| 50 b Indian BPO industry by 2012 ? |
| Indian BPO industry's future seems rosy as it is expected to see a five fold growth by 2012, a study carried out by Everest Group predicts. In the period the turnover by the secor is expected to reach USD 50 billion, reports IE
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| Net could be a Hindi domain soon |
| The internet can go multilingual including in Hindi by the end of the year 2008. Internet domain names such as rediff.in soon could be spelt out in Hindi & other local languages like Tamil, reports livemint.com
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| Indian ICT industry @ $24.3b by 2011 |
| Indian information and communication technologies (ICT) market is expected to be worth USD 24.3 billion by 2011, an annual growth rate of 20.3% will facilitate this. It was worth $9.6 b in 2006. Indian companies are spending more on hardware & software than on people, reports IE
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| 'User-generated content very important on Net' |
 "While there are 280 million Hindi speaking people, there are just about 15,806 articles in Hindi on the site." Mr. Jimmy Wales founder of Wikipedia, told this and more in an interview with Business Standard.
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| Jaipur city set to go wi-fi |
| Major tourist city Jaipur is set to become a fully wi-fi enabled city with several hotspots inside it. State-based Data Infosys Ltd. has taken the onus for this technical transformation, reports Business Standard
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| Online social network marketing comes |
| Popular social networking site Facebook has incorporated a new financial feature which is likely to generate more interest among users. A 10% commission is on offer to anyone who helps sell a product via recommendation like network marketers such as Ambay does, reports TOI
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| Differentially abled find IT engaging |
| Differentially abled individuals are being absorbed en masse in IT sector and they are proving that they are no less capable than normal human beings. BPO sector finds them with almost nil attrition rates, reports TOI
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| Special school for MR opened |
| A special school imparting computer skills to mentally challenged students has come up near Bangalore, reports The Hindu
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| Music making mobiles move |
| Music and more specifically radio enabled mobiles are making a major difference as far as spreading the use of mobile phones are concerned. This value added service is also contributing to diminishing of the digital divide, reports The Hindu
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| Google goes gLocal, adds Kashmiri |
| Global internet gaints Google Inc. have added a rarely written Indian language Koshur or Kashmiri in their search engine thereby making it easier to access the written word in it, reports ibnlive.com
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| KPO industry projected to be worth $17b by 2010 |
| The booming Indian knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) industry is projected to grow to anything between $10b to $17b by 2010 estimates global consultancy firm KPMG, reports TOI
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| National Disability Portal launched |
| Media Lab Asia (MLA) & Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) have jointly launched an interactive national webportal http://punarbhava.in (renewed being) on disability and all related issues. The portal fulfills a long felt demand of people and all stakeholders of online presence for this sector.
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| Kerala banks on Akshaya to be e-literate state |
| Having already boasting the tag of most literate state, Kerala is all set to become e-literate state by the end of 2008. The state is putting massive thrust on IT development, reports The Hindu
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| Women, water, woes |
| While there has been a lot of media attention on women in connection with International Women's Day, access to water may solve many of their woes, reports OWSA
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| More people viewing TV shows online |
| There is a new medium shift emerging. People are prefereing to watch TV shows online in the USA. Laptops/desktops are replacing the good old TV sets, according to a Nielsen study, reports IE
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| 5.9m GSM users added in Feb '08 |
| The GSM mobile subscriber base is now 184 million as 5.9m users were added during Feb '08 according to COAI, reports The Hindu
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| Want a land record, just dial the telephone |
| Haryana government has taken a lead and going to launch a service where any land record would be made available at holders' door-step upon making a simple telephone call. The first such district to provide this service is going to be Sirsa, reports iGovernment.in
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| Bus tickets online in Guj |
| There is some good news for Gujarat commuters, they can now book their bus tickets online a la air & railway tickets. The service is extended by redbus.in, reports Business Standard
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| Illiteracy, ICT & Women's Day |
| Of the 771 million illiterates in the world 64% are women, this is a fact. ICT can act as an important tool in reduction of illiteracy among women, according to a new book just published, reports digital opportunity channel
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| Exam tips on mobiles |
| Idea cellular has come up with the idea of providing exam tips on mobiles through short messaging services (SMSs) in Kerala for its prepaid customers, reports The Hindu
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| Africa gets Indian ICT expertise |
| NIIT and CII has agreed to help Africa leapfrog into a major ICT hub. The Indian companies will provide help in ICT infrastructure development and international software talent building, reports Business Standard
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| Tele KRANTI coming soon |
| Kiosks in Rural Areas Network and Telecommunication Infrastructure (KRANTI), an initiative aimed at providing cheap, asynchronous & hybrid internet to Indian villagers by IIT Kharagpur graduates, is coming, reports ET
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| SL on course for MDGs |
| Sri Lanka is on course to meet Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) in the areas of school education, gender equality & child mortality etc. inspite of some internal conflict, reports www.igovernment.in
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