Bangalore, Sept. 27 Airtel Broadband & Telephone Services is offering its Wi-Fi Router at a monthly rental rate of Rs 99 for its users in South India.
The offer will give Airtel broadband customers wireless access to a true broadband experience of up to 2 Mbps speed. The offer includes a non-refundable registration charge of Rs 1,000.
source: TheHindu
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Ericsson launches rural wireless broadband project
Chennai, Sept. 19 Ericsson India Private Ltd today launched a rural wireless broadband connectivity project named Gramjyoti in the eastern coast of Tamil Nadu in partnership with four other companies and a non-government organisation (NGO).
The project will cover 18 villages and 15 small towns in the region around Mahabalipuram and will cater to around one lakh people residing there. It aims to provide high-speed Internet connection enabling the users to access a range of services including telemedicine, e-education, e-governance, online local information, voice and video call services, live television and entertainment.Services offered
These services would be provided by the partner companies. Edurite will provide e-education, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation will provide healthcare services, One97 will provide information on local weather, seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and market rates of crops and Turner International India Private Ltd will provide live television programmes through this network. The NGO Hand-in-Hand will organise the villagers at the local level and would work as a facilitator to help the villagers effectively use the new facilities.
“This will be the first HSPA-powered rural broadband demo network that will deliver the benefits of 3G to the local population,” the Vice-President (Marketing and Strategy) of Ericsson, Mr P. Balaji, told presspersons here today.
“The initiative seeks to demonstrate how the new WCDMA/HSPA technology can be a major catalyst for social and economic empowerment by bridging the digital divide and improve productivity and quality of life,” he said.
The entire exercise is not a corporate social responsibility project but would eventually be a self-sustaining revenue generating activity, he added.
The President of Apollo Telemedicine, Dr K. Ganapathy, said that the project had the potential to provide basic healthcare services at a cost of around Rs 2 per family per day if the total number of families covered is large enough.
source: Hindu
The project will cover 18 villages and 15 small towns in the region around Mahabalipuram and will cater to around one lakh people residing there. It aims to provide high-speed Internet connection enabling the users to access a range of services including telemedicine, e-education, e-governance, online local information, voice and video call services, live television and entertainment.Services offered
These services would be provided by the partner companies. Edurite will provide e-education, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation will provide healthcare services, One97 will provide information on local weather, seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and market rates of crops and Turner International India Private Ltd will provide live television programmes through this network. The NGO Hand-in-Hand will organise the villagers at the local level and would work as a facilitator to help the villagers effectively use the new facilities.
“This will be the first HSPA-powered rural broadband demo network that will deliver the benefits of 3G to the local population,” the Vice-President (Marketing and Strategy) of Ericsson, Mr P. Balaji, told presspersons here today.
“The initiative seeks to demonstrate how the new WCDMA/HSPA technology can be a major catalyst for social and economic empowerment by bridging the digital divide and improve productivity and quality of life,” he said.
The entire exercise is not a corporate social responsibility project but would eventually be a self-sustaining revenue generating activity, he added.
The President of Apollo Telemedicine, Dr K. Ganapathy, said that the project had the potential to provide basic healthcare services at a cost of around Rs 2 per family per day if the total number of families covered is large enough.
source: Hindu
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Airtel Rolls Out 8Mbps Broadband
With the launch of its 8Mbps Broadband service, Airtel has become the first service provider in the country to offer such high speed Broadband.
Especially when existing Broadband speeds are not more than 256 KBps to 4Mbps.
With 8Mbps, Airtel Broadband customers will now be able to browse multiple windows even as they download heavy files, view streaming videos, enjoy online gaming, chat, email, and so on.
Airtel claims customers will no longer need to wait for videos to get buffered while watching streaming videos. Initially, the 8 Mbps Broadband service will be made available in Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi, and the NCR region, with a subsequent roll-out planned in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
Airtel is working on price points for its offering, though prices are likely to be roughly in the region of Rs 2,000 per download (7 to 8 Gbs). Besides, for customers who do not want a 24-hour 8 Mbps speed, the company is working out other tariff plans to make the service available for shorter periods of time.
source: Techtree
Especially when existing Broadband speeds are not more than 256 KBps to 4Mbps.
With 8Mbps, Airtel Broadband customers will now be able to browse multiple windows even as they download heavy files, view streaming videos, enjoy online gaming, chat, email, and so on.
Airtel claims customers will no longer need to wait for videos to get buffered while watching streaming videos. Initially, the 8 Mbps Broadband service will be made available in Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi, and the NCR region, with a subsequent roll-out planned in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
Airtel is working on price points for its offering, though prices are likely to be roughly in the region of Rs 2,000 per download (7 to 8 Gbs). Besides, for customers who do not want a 24-hour 8 Mbps speed, the company is working out other tariff plans to make the service available for shorter periods of time.
source: Techtree
Now See TV on BSNL GSM Handsets
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced its 'TV in mobile handset' service in some parts of the country.
Which means: GSM customers of BSNL will be able to watch as many as 12 television channels on their mobile handsets. These include: NDTV, Aaj Tak, Times Now, CNBC, ETV, TV9, Zoom, and Bindaas. By the year end, a total of 32 channels is expected to be brought under the 'TV in mobile handset' net.
Currently, the service is available on select Nokia handsets; to be extended later to Sony Ericssson and Motorola handsets.
Apalya Technologies, whom BSNL has entered into a partnership with, will provide content (TV signals) made available on BSNL GSM handsets. To view TV content on their handsets, BSNL GSM customers will have to visit mimobi.tv via their phones.
For the next 30 days, the service is free-of-charge, and is available (presently) in the Eastern and North Eastern regions of India.
Source: Techtree
Which means: GSM customers of BSNL will be able to watch as many as 12 television channels on their mobile handsets. These include: NDTV, Aaj Tak, Times Now, CNBC, ETV, TV9, Zoom, and Bindaas. By the year end, a total of 32 channels is expected to be brought under the 'TV in mobile handset' net.
Currently, the service is available on select Nokia handsets; to be extended later to Sony Ericssson and Motorola handsets.
Apalya Technologies, whom BSNL has entered into a partnership with, will provide content (TV signals) made available on BSNL GSM handsets. To view TV content on their handsets, BSNL GSM customers will have to visit mimobi.tv via their phones.
For the next 30 days, the service is free-of-charge, and is available (presently) in the Eastern and North Eastern regions of India.
Source: Techtree
BSNL Landlines Bundle Broadband
For every new landline connection installed across the country, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will offer a bundled Broadband connection at no additional cost, the company said. And, users will be able to activate the connection any time.
The bigger plan is that 99.9 percent of all new BSNL landlines will come with this facility, which will also be extended to rural areas of the country.
The next step would be to make all existing landline connections Internet-enabled. With the entire process likely to reach completion by this month end, all BSNL landline users will be able to log onto the Internet sans registering for Sancharnet connections.
The catch however is that speeds for these connections will be restricted to about 56 Mbps -- somewhat like dial-up connections -- and not like regular Broadband connections with speeds up to 256 Mbps.
source: Techtree
The bigger plan is that 99.9 percent of all new BSNL landlines will come with this facility, which will also be extended to rural areas of the country.
The next step would be to make all existing landline connections Internet-enabled. With the entire process likely to reach completion by this month end, all BSNL landline users will be able to log onto the Internet sans registering for Sancharnet connections.
The catch however is that speeds for these connections will be restricted to about 56 Mbps -- somewhat like dial-up connections -- and not like regular Broadband connections with speeds up to 256 Mbps.
source: Techtree
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Google Earth’s Hidden Surprise: A Flight Simulator
We’ve always known that Google has wanted to challenge Microsoft’s desktop dominance in a number of areas, but to date we didn’t know that extended to gaming.
Hidden inside Google Earth is a secret Flight Simulator that takes full advantage of Google’s extensive satellite imagery.
To access the hidden feature, open Google Earth and hit Command+Option+A (note it must be capital A) or Ctrl+Alt+A if you’re using a Windows Machine.
The Google Earth Flight Simulator comes with two aircraft options, a F16 Viper and the more manageable SR22 4 seater. Players have the option of commencing the game from their current location in Google Earth or can pick from a list of pre-determined runways. Control instructions can be found here.
Overall the game play is fairly simple in terms of control, but the striking difference is flying over real pictures of locations. I took a quick flight from San Francisco International, headed North to the Golden Gate then turn back over the city before heading towards the Valley. It wasn’t perfect, but it was as good visually as the paid Microsoft Flight Simulator, and in terms of actually presenting real objects it was better.
Hidden inside Google Earth is a secret Flight Simulator that takes full advantage of Google’s extensive satellite imagery.
To access the hidden feature, open Google Earth and hit Command+Option+A (note it must be capital A) or Ctrl+Alt+A if you’re using a Windows Machine.
The Google Earth Flight Simulator comes with two aircraft options, a F16 Viper and the more manageable SR22 4 seater. Players have the option of commencing the game from their current location in Google Earth or can pick from a list of pre-determined runways. Control instructions can be found here.
Overall the game play is fairly simple in terms of control, but the striking difference is flying over real pictures of locations. I took a quick flight from San Francisco International, headed North to the Golden Gate then turn back over the city before heading towards the Valley. It wasn’t perfect, but it was as good visually as the paid Microsoft Flight Simulator, and in terms of actually presenting real objects it was better.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Reliance ADAG Launches BigFlicks
Reliance ADAG's BigFlicks.com today launched its on-demand movie download service. BigFlicks aims to offer the biggest range of quality Indian entertainment panning across languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, and Kannada, available either as 'download-to-own' or for 'free streaming'.
The company will also offer 'download-to-rent' and 'subscription' services as part of its portfolio of operations. Besides, BigFlicks is introducing innovative entertainment solutions to make Indian cinema, television, and music accessible to overseas Non Resident Indians (NRIs) and Indian cinema lovers both in India and abroad.
The movie rental services via online home delivery and retail network will be rolled out beginning next month. BigFlicks hopes to be the world's largest Indian entertainment content library, with plans to acquire more than 2,000 titles in one year.
"BigFlicks is a big step in the evolution of the Indian movie industry," said Rajesh Sawhney, president of Reliance Entertainment. "The online movie download service will work well for the nearly 25 million NRIs -- students and working professionals living overseas, who follow Indian entertainment on a regular basis, connecting with their homeland primarily through Indian movies and music," said Kamal Gianchandani, chief operating officer of Bigflicks.com.
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