India has an average internet connection speed of 772 Kbps compared with the global average of 1.5 Mbps, says ‘State of the Internet’ report by Akamai Technologies, the US-based internet content distribution giant. South Korea has been ranked as the country with the highest percentage of connections on high broadband (greater than 5 Mbps).
Fujitsu Siemens Computers has now become a 100% subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited and has been renamed Fujitsu Technology Solutions (Holding) B.V. The new company is operating jointly with Fujitsu Services and a unified management under the Fujitsu brand. Both companies extend a comprehensive portfolio of products, solutions and services offering on a global scale to corporate customers in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region.
American Tower Corp (ATC), is negotiating hard to acquire the standalone tower firm, Independent Mobile Infrastructure (IMIL). IMIL is approximately being valued at around INR 120 crore at the upper end. ATC had purchased Xcel Telecom for around Rs 800 crore nearly a year ago.
Public sector majors Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) have signed an memorandum of understanding for setting up of a 250-MW joint manufacturing facility for solar photo voltaic cells, modules and silicon wafers. BEL and BHEL have an existing capacity of around 6 MW and 8 MW respectively.
Five-year-old Facebook is very soon expecting a membership 200 millionth users. This suggests that Facebook is rapidly becoming the Web
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Executive Movements
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Mobile phones which in itself is a revolution is joining yet another – the
The Mobile gaming industry, is estimated to grow by upto 200% by the next financial year with the help of 3G. The Mobile gaming industry which is currently pegged at INR 100 crore is contributing just 1% of the entire VAS offering.
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Though nearly half (42%) of ITdepartments have no plans to launch
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In the coming general elections Election Commission will use electronic voting machines in all the polling stations of the country and will also put in place voter-friendly initiatives.
