VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Fly Mobiles has launched a new mobile handset in India in exclusive collaboration with Snapdeal.com. The UK-based mobile phone brand launches Fly Snap which is the cheapest smartphone in India priced at just Rs.2,999. Fly Snap is best fitted for first-time smartphone users who want to shift from feature phones to smartphones. The Fly Snap is powered with 1.3GHz Quad-Core processor which helps multitask faster and enables the Android OS to run smoother and deliver a more fluid gaming and video experience. It has a 5MP built-in camera at the back and 2MP front camera, best fit for selfie lovers. It comes with an IPS LCD display ensuring clear and crisp picture from any angle. It also offers 3G connectivity, GPS and Bluetooth. The integrated Google Drive lets you carry your documents wherever you go.  The Fly Snap is tailor-made for an intuitive experience!.. See more

A10 Networks has announced that World Wide Technology (WWT) has been promoted to A10 Affinity Platinum status: the top tier in the A10 Affinity partner program. WWT formally joined the A10 Affinity partner program in 2014 and this promotion to Platinum status is the result of significant new joint investments, wins, and revenue throughout 2014 and early 2015. The combination of A10 Networks’ solutions and WWT’s global integration and services capabilities provides a powerful, flexible, and cost-effective total solution for joint clients, with a special focus on emerging telecommunications service providers. In addition to reselling the full suite of A10’s application networking solutions, the agreement allows WWT to resell A10 professional services and develop its own custom services for A10 solutions. A10 is featured in the WWT Advanced Technology Center (ATC), a collaborative ecosystem to design, build, demonstrate and deploy innovative technology products and integrated solutio

COAI has announced that “Sabka Internet, Sab ka Vikas”, its campaign for net neutrality, net equality and consumer choice, has received support from over 40 lakh Indian mobile users in under a week. Launched on 22nd April, 2015, “Sabka Internet, Sab ka Vikas” is a campaign about making the Internet accessible and affordable for every Indian. In addition, it is about ensuring that everyone has the right to choose what they want to access, ensuring access to solutions that make the internet affordable for all, and applying the same rules for the same services to all. The campaign was announced in a Media Briefing session by the CEOs and representatives of the member-companies of COAI on 24th April, 2015, in New Delhi. COAI members had reaffirmed their commitment to the government’s Digital India programme and to promote Net Equality, so as to facilitate an open, inclusive and affordable access to the Internet for every Indian. Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, COAI, said, “The c

MAIT, in association with TAIT, has organized the “National Conclave on IT & Electronics Manufacturing in India” which focussed on encouraging entrepreneurship within the ICT industry  to boost local manufacturing in India with an aim to make “Make In India” dream a reality. Shri Subhash Rajaram Desai, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister of Industries, Maharashtra Government, was the guest of honour at the event with dignitaries from the Central Government and State Government of Maharashtra, CEOs of IT companies and Leadership Team of MAIT. The conclave was themed at “IT & Electronics Manufacturing in India – Opportunity for IT Channel Partners, System Integrators and SMEs” that included the panel discussion on Government Schemes and Policies, Challenges faced by the IT manufacturers and opportunities to manufacture IT products in India. It opened with a welcome address by K. R. Chaube, President, TAIT, followed by the Presidential Address by Amar Babu, President, MAIT. Hon’ble Mi

LG Electronics has announced availability of its premium flagship smartphone, LG G Flex2 in India, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with X10 LTE, a product of Qualcomm Technologies. Bollywood superstars Anil Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri showcased their directorial debut through 4K Ultra HD videos and still shots on the G Flex2. The handset boasts curve design, 4K Ultra HD camera and a brilliant immersive screen. The G Flex 2 is the latest addition to LG’s G Flex line of smartphones and has been improved with an advanced four side curved design and a slimmed down, higher-resolution display to support better ergonomics. Deepak Jasrotia, Business Head, LG Mobiles India, said, “LG G Flex2 is as beautiful to hold as it is to behold and it represents the perfect combination of beauty and brains. It is a beautiful, high-performance and a highly desirable smartphone that offers users both comfort and style.” The G Flex 2 comes with an advanced design, faster performance and

Juniper Networks has hosted the Juniper India Partner Summit 2015 in Jaipur. The three-day event kicked off on the 15th of April. This exclusive event showcased how Juniper’s accelerating market innovation, helps drive growth and profitability for partners and ensures a win-win relationship for both sides. The event attracted renowned speakers from the industry, covering more than 30 topics across five key areas. Besides nominees from Juniper Networks, representatives from partner organizations and providers of cloud-based marketing platforms took part in the event. The conference also facilitated a lot of cross-platform and enterprise dialogue, and also built closer relationships between the attendees. The event also allowed extensive insight that allowed partners to see with greater clarity the larger picture comprising of industry-specific innovations and dialogue. It enabled different players to come together, discuss, debate and re-envision a larger dynamic and integrated net

Autodesk has tied up with Microsoft to embed its 3D printing platform in Windows 10, and that it intends to make its 3D modelling software interoperable with Microsoft’s mixed reality environment, Microsoft HoloLens. In the first initiative, Autodesk will embed its Spark 3D printing software platform in Windows 10. This effort will provide Windows users with direct access to optimized and more reliable 3D printing experiences that streamline the additive manufacturing process for a variety of software, material, and printer choices. Autodesk will make the Spark APIs available for free to the Microsoft developer community to build upon, extending the reach and growth of the 3D printing industry. Further, to their combined goal of making 3D printing more accessible, Autodesk will also join Microsoft as a founding member of a 3D Manufacturing Format (3MF) Consortium to create and support a standard 3D interchange and printing format. Steve Guggenheimer microsoft Microsoft and Autod

Starting today, roaming rates are getting cheaper with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) reducing ceiling tariffs for national roaming and directing telecom companies to offer special roaming tariff plan. TRAI has earlier issued a Draft Telecommunication Tariff (60th Amendment) Order, 2015 for comments of the stakeholders. After examining the comments of the stakeholders and further analysis, the Authority revised the ceiling tariffs for voice calls and SMS while on national roaming. Effective from May 1st, major telecom providers have started circulating the new revised rates that customers are going to enjoy on national roaming. Tata Docomo has announced the revised roaming tariffs according to which customers will now pay less for both local and STD calls on National Roaming. On roaming, for all outgoing local calls, now the customer has to pay 80 paise/minute from the earlier Rs 1/min, and for STD calls it is Rs 1.15/min from earlier Rs 1.5/min. For incoming c