Cloud-based IT solutions are likely to be a game changer over the years to come, as they will provide a level playing field to SMEs and JVs vis-a-vis the big organisations. Satish Pendse explains how cloud-based solutions can be a boon to SMEs in infrastructure sector.
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Making difference in homeland
When Srini Kris left India at the age of 22 to pursue an engineering career in the US, he always hoped one day to return. Little did he know that running the Indian operations of URS, one of the world's leading engineering, construction and techni¡cal services companies
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CIL to Adopt Modern Technology for Mining
Coal India (CIL) is on its path of modernisation. It has adopted modern technologies for coal mining and proposed to further modernise mining operations in its mines.
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24×7 monitoring devices for mobile tower emission
Government plans to install devices for round-the-clock monitoring of radiation levels emanating from telecom towers, according to sources. This would be another level of surveillance along with existing manual system of data collection.
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Videocon 4G services
Videocon Mobile Services is planning to roll out fourth generation (4G) services by July-August next year and is in talks with Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) for infrastructure.
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Cost, lopsided contracts, technology adoption are still issues: Experts
Tunnelling is a relatively recent phenomenon in India in especially when it comes to roads. With few domestic players in the market in manufacturing sophisticated equipment, each tunnel is a marvel in itself.
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Imported telecom products to be scanned
From October 1, the government plans to test all imported mobile phones, SIM cards, 3G and 4G base stations, customer database servers, among other core network devices for bugs and malicious software before they are used in Indian
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Telecom security directorate
A proposal for setting up Telecom Security Directorate has been mooted to ensure a coherent organisational structure for tackling cyber threats. A document has been moved by the Department of Telecom (DoT) which reasons
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DoT’s order to states on tower sealing
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked states to refrain from sealing mobile towers or disconnecting power supply to them without the permission of its unit, TERM cell, on account of radiation related issues.
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Mumbai’s Marine Drive to be re-built at Rs 150 cr
Deviating from its original plan to resurface the 4.3 km-long arterial boulevard Nariman Point-Girgaum Chowpatty at Rs 36 crore, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is going to reconstruct it at a cost of Rs 150 crore. The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) made a presentation on this proposal before the BMC last Friday. While presenting the 2012-13 financial outlay for the city, then civic commissioner Subodh Kumar had proposed resurfacing the road.