Telecom
Intel working on chip to support voice-enabled software
13 Dec 2013
With the extensive roll-out of 4G coverage in India, Intel expects the scale of computer and internet penetration to see substantial growth
2G auction begins on 23 January; DoT launches process
13 Dec 2013
The DoT will hold a pre-bid conference on 20 December and give time till 28 December for companies to seek clarifications on the rules.
Delhi HC unfreezes Nokia's Chennai plant
12 Dec 2013
The Chennai plant, which churns out a million handsets annually, is Nokia’s largest manufacturing facility outside Europe and is part of the sale deal with Microsoft
Widespread hacking of top Android, iOS apps revealed
12 Dec 2013
Research has revealed that all the top 100 paid Android apps and 56 per cent of the top 100 paid Apple iOS apps have been hacked
Reliance Jio, Bharti in telecom infrastructure sharing pact
10 Dec 2013
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited and Bharti Airtel Limited today announced a comprehensive telecom infrastructure sharing arrangement, under which they will share infrastructure created by both parties
Bharti Airtel to offer 4G services in Bangalore
05 Dec 2013
Vodafone announces $3 bn additional investment in India
05 Dec 2013
Vodafone ranks India as one of the two most-important markets globally along with Germany, for new investments and expansion
Cellphone towers pose no health risks: former WHO official
05 Dec 2013
Radio towers emit five times more radiation than mobile phone towers, but no one has had cancer due to radio usage, says a former WHO official
Telecom back end haulier CSG to acquire Volubill
05 Dec 2013
Nokia-Microsoft deal receives FTC nod
04 Dec 2013
Though the US FTC's nod has cleared a major hurdle for an alliance between Microsoft and Nokia's handset business, the deal needs EU's approval as well
Snowden leaks: press irate as Guardian faces grilling
04 Dec 2013
Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian, faces questioning by a UK parliamentary committee over his newspaper's publication of intelligence documents leaked by former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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