Qualcomm launches 3G radiophone project for children in India
New Delhi, Aug 31 US-based wireless technology services provider Qualcomm has launched a radiophone project in an initiative that seeks to combine community radio with mobile phones for educating children, especially of the migrant population.
“The 3G wireless technology offers new opportunities to dramatically improve learning, particularly among disadvantaged children,” Qualcomm vice-president Shawn A. Covell said.
“The radiophone project, in association with Seasam Workshop India, is a powerful example of how 3G mobile phones and wireless connectivity can help bridge the digital divide and promote social inclusion in India and throughout the world,” she added.
Seasam Workshop India, which spearheads the ‘Galli Galli Sim Sim’ initiative, seeks to bring together technology and community voices to provide access and opportunity to marginalised populations.
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4G will happen in India with rest of world: Airtel
New Delhi, Telecom major Bharti Airtel Tuesday said that the fourth generation (4G) technology for mobile communications could be launched in India alongside other countries.
“Launch of 4G services in India will be almost aligned with the rest of the world,” said Sanjay Kapoor, chief executive officer, India and South Asia, Bharti Airtel, at a Qualcomm event here.
However, he did not indicate when it would happen.
4G is a successor to the 3G and 2G families and is expected to be five times quicker than the 3G services in the country.
India last year auctioned spectrum for enabling 3G licenses. However, the demand for such services is still to fully take off.
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Accra, Aug 12 Tech Mahindra, a leading Indian IT outsourcing company with global footprints, has started customer care services in seven African countries as a partner of telecom giant Bharti Airtel.
“We see Africa as a growing developing continent and opportunities really do exist in Africa,” Rahul Sabharwal, Tech Mahindra’s vice president for Africa, told IANS here.
“The continent has become of strategic importance to us because of the growth that we see and Tech Mahindra wants to be part of the continent’s development process,” he said.
Sabharwal added that the decision to expand operations in Africa was taken after the company had partnered leading telecom operators including MTN and Multilinks in Nigeria over a two-year period.
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Mumbai, Aug 11 A day after announcing that it would purchase 5.5 percent in telecom major Vodafone’s Indian operations, the scrip of Ajay Piramal-promoted Piramal Healthcare was ruling 1.62 percent higher in noon trade at the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Pirmal Healthcare, in a late evening statement Wednesday, said it had agreed to purchase “approximately 5.5 percent of the issued equity share capital of Vodafone Essar Ltd from ETHL Communications Holdings — a subsidiary of the Essar group for cash consideration of Rs.2,856 crore (about $640 million)”.
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New York, Aug 11 From a start-up launched with borrowed money to becoming the world’s most valuable company, Apple has come a long way.
The Cupertino-based technology giant Wednesday surpassed the global leader Exxon Mobile Corp. to take this title. Exxon has held the top spot since 2005.
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Nokia on December 2, 2010 announced the installation of a server in India to enable security agencies to lawfully intercept its email and messenger services. This may force Blackberry to follow suit. Government is engaged with Research in Motion (RIM), the provider of Blackberry services, to find out a solution for the interception and monitoring of messenger chat and enterprise email using Blackberry phone.
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