Mumbai: The rapid expansion of the Indian IT and Telecom sector has emerged as a key driver for the Indian economy and placed India on a globally competitive platform in the last one and a half decades. In the last financial year, Indian IT Software and Services export has grown at a rate of 16.5 percent and has reached USD 68 billion. The Indian telecom sector is now the fastest-growing and second-largest market in the world, with over 900 million subscribers.

New Delhi: The Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology Shri Milind Deora informed the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has initiated a study in Delhi & NCR to study the adverse effects of radio frequency radiation emitted from Cell Phones.

New Delhi: According to a new Microsoft study in five geographies, including India, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) are gaining significant IT security benefits from using the cloud.

New Delhi: The Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology Shri Milind Deora informed Lok Sabha in a written reply yesterday that the Government’s Preferential Market Access (PMA) policy does not per se mandate preference to any electronic product. It only provides an enabling framework and is therefore consistent with India’s WTO commitments. The Government has notified the policy for providing preference to domestically manufactured electronic products in procurement due to security considerations.

Pune: There are 55,000 new malware samples submitted by various organizations to AVtest.org every day. It has been really hard for Antivirus companies to keep up with sheer volume of malware variants. There is a lag between new malware comes out and Antivirus engine detect them. In this window when there are no signatures users are exposed to new viruses and Trojans (also known as Zero Days).

Mumbai: Gunnebo India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Gunnebo AB Group, Sweden one the leading suppliers of integrated security solutions have recently acquired licenses from a national Standards Body Bureau of Indian Standards, Government of India for its Minimax brand of Fire Extinguishers. Gunnebo is the first company in India to receive this license post of new standards for fire extinguishers viz; IS: 15683, starting this year by replacing the old standards.

Bengaluru: Infosys, a world leader in consulting and technology services, has adopted the IEEE Computer Society's Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) and Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) certifications. Infosys will use the two credentials to enhance software development standards within the company.

New Delhi: The Telecom Equipment Manufacturer's Association (TEMA) of India has raised concern in a response to the recent report on the Indian 'Indian Telecom Equipment Manufacturing sector'. In a communication to the Minister of Communication & IT Kapil Sibal, TEMA has pointed out that the report is an attempt to polarize and paralyze the efforts of Government of India to incentivise the local innovation and manufacturing.