Indian chip design industry finds new geographies
October 12, 2009

The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) recently led a delegation to the United Kingdom in association with the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to create a suitable platform for collaboration for chip design & embedded software companies in both geographies.

The major highlights of the trip included UK-India seminars and networking events that were organized in association with Silicon South West, South West Regional Development Agency and East of England International.

According to ISA, President, Ms. Poornima Shenoy, “The ISA UK mission provided a good overview of UK’s semiconductor industry, technology initiatives and related research projects to our Indian semiconductor/embedded design solution companies. There were interactions with potential customers from UK that are likely to be formalized into business engagements shortly.”

India becomes fastest growing telecom market overtaking China
October 12, 2009

India has surpassed China to become the world's fastest growing telecom market. Global rating agency Moody's has termed India as the "World's fastest growing (telecom) market." As per the agency reports, in the past 18 months, "India's net additions of 10 million (subscribers) per month have far outpaced China's monthly rate of increase, now below eight million".

The various "innovative" ways like infrastructure sharing and network management outsourcing that are adopted by the country has helped the telecom operators in India keep the service charge low, says the report.

Advanced HITS Solution transforms the economics of digital cable in India
October 13, 2009

Ericsson and TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group, are launching the CTM12 Transmux, an advanced HITS (Headend in the Sky) solution that completely changes the economics of digital TV for Indian cable operators.

According to TANDBERG Television, VP of business development, Mr. Neol Matthews, “The CTM12 Transmux has been specifically designed to meet the challenges of digital transition for the Indian cable industry.”

The CTM12 harnesses the latest compression, statistical multiplexing and modulation technologies to double the bandwidth efficiency for content distributed via satellite from a central headend into Local Service Operator (LSO) networks. Designed after extensive consultation with Indian cable operators, this product enables rapid and cost-effective deployments of multi-channel digital TV on cable networks across the country.

Mr. Matthews furthers added, “Multiple Service Operators need to deliver high picture quality but keep bandwidth costs to a minimum. They also need a digital upgrade solution that is easy for their LSO partners to implement locally. That means avoiding unnecessary video processing at the local headend, keeping space and training requirements to a minimum and enabling remote control of the receiver population.”

EkGaon wins Annual Dell Small Business Excellence Award
October 09, 2009

Delhi based firm, EkGaon, founded in 2002, functions as an IT services provider for rural India. The company designs and develops technology and information systems to address the varying needs of developing communities. EkGaon has become a pioneer in mobile rural accounting and mobile tracking of transactions for small rural financial organizations.

According to Ekgaon, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya, "In an effort to capture information about an expanding rural clientele we are identifying problems at the individual level and letting them drive development.”

"EkGaon is living proof that smart IT investments can not only pay off for the business itself, but for their customers as well," said, Dell India, General Manager - SMB, Mr. Ravi Bhardwaj.

EkGaon will receive US$25,000 in Dell products and services, and a day of best-practice sharing with Dell experts, including time with Chairman and CEO Michael Dell.

BSNL chooses Alphion Corporation as GPON Technology Provider
October 08, 2009

Alphion Corporation announced that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), has selected Alphion GPON technology for the deployment of next generation multiple play FTTx services in the western and southern zones of India.

The initial BSNL contract for the Alphion GPON equipment, the first phase in a multi-year program, will provide services to 259,000 Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) subscribers.

Alphion Chairman, President and CEO, Dr. Bharat P. Dave says, " Alphion is fully committed to supporting the roll-out of GPON equipment in India. This initial contract is the first phase of BSNL's planned multi-year deployment of GPON networks and our deliveries of Alphion equipment, the first GPON shipments in India, are well underway."

Blue Star Infotech and Platform Lab partner to deliver cloud-testing services
October 6, 2009

Blue Star Infotech has formed a strategic partnership with Platform Lab to expand its existing 'Testing as a Service' offering with a cloud testing capability.

Blue Star Infotech, a leading provider of IT Services to enterprises globally, will leverage Platform Lab's On-Demand infrastructure to provide its clients with a turnkey cloud testing service that will reduce their capital expenditure and increase ROI.

According to Blue Star Infotech, Vice President – Marketing, Mr. Suresh Iyer, "We are confident that this partnership will help our customers in comprehensively assuring the quality of their software applications with minimal investments."

Platform Lab, Director, Mr. Steve Gruetter said, "Blue Star Infotech is well known across the globe for their broad expertise and capabilities with numerous IT test protocols; Platform Lab looks forward to offering this capability to our clients as well as augmenting Blue Star Infotech infrastructure with our on-demand hardware and considerable bandwidth resources."