VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

RailTel in association with Google has commissioned high speed Wi-Fi service at 29 railway stations pan India. Continuing with its exercise of providing high speed Wi-Fi services at railway stations, minister of railways, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated Wi-Fi services at 8 Mumbai suburban railway stations in Mumbai viz., Churchgate, Bandra, Bandra Terminus, Dadar Western Railway, Dadar Central Railway, Khar Road, Kalyan and Lokmanya Tilak. In addition to 8 stations being launched today, RailWire Wi-Fi has been soft launched at 8 more stations namely Sealdah, Allahabad, Pune, Puri, Tambaram, Chennai Egmore, Hazrat Nizamuddin and Chandigarh and will be formally launched soon in different parts of the country... Read More

Embedded SIM cards will increasingly dominate the M2M (Machine to Machine) space, accounting for more than 50 percent cellular connections by the end of 2020 says a study by Juniper Research. According to the new study, M2M: Strategies & Opportunities for MNOs, service providers & OEMs 2016-2021, the introduction of the GSMA’s embedded specification is likely to fuel the opportunity for service providers to offer remote provisioning of SIM cards. The study claimed that this in turn would greatly enhance the capabilities of service providers to update and augment offerings and subscriptions... Read More

Gionee has announced the launch of S6s, it’s first front flash 4G VoLTE smartphone in India at a price of Rs 17,999. Gionee S6s is equipped with a stunning 8 MP front camera with Selfie Flash (High CRI), a screen that lights up to brighten pictures regardless of the light conditions. S6s will be available across India in colour variants of Mocha Gold and Latte Gold and will also be available on Amazon, Gionee’s official online partner for S6s... Read More

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone SuperNet has started rolling out Aadhaar based e-KYC solution following the notification by the department of telecom, government of India. Airtel e-KYC solution is live in company operated stores across Delhi NCR and the company plans to roll out solution across the country over the next few days. The solution will enable instant activation of Airtel mobile connection and thereby enhance customer convenience and experience. The digital verification, which is fully secure, will also eliminate paperwork and benefit the environment... Read More

Jivi Mobiles has strengthened its presence by setting up a manufacturing unit. This is as per the company’s response to the Prime Minister Modi’s call of “ Make in India ” initiative. The company has begun its manufacturing operations in its first fabrication unit in Delhi. Jivi Mobiles took a major step in the direction of realizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of “Make in India” by setting up two new facilities with a phased investment of Rs.200 crore. Jivi Mobile’s first factory is in Mahipalpur, New Delhi built up on an area of 16,000 sq. ft. which would cater to North and East India demand of Jivi Mobile phones.... Read More

Hikvision has entered into a strategic partnership with Pune-based Security Shell Infotech to market Access Control System far and wide.  The objective of the tie-up is to integrate “iProtect” (A Web-based Access Control & Time Attendance) application software platform with Hikvision’s Access Control hardware portfolio. Disclosing this partnership, Ashish Dhakan, Manging Director & CEO, Pramahikvision (India) Private Limited , said, “Access Control is our speciality and strength and we are proud to partner with Security Shells Infotech. It will leverage both of our existing presence and help enlarge our footprints into newer geographies in India.  It will offer a unified Access Control Solutions across different verticals hitherto unprecedented.” Read More

Edimax Technology has announced the appointment of Modi Infosol as a distributor for Edimax & Edimax Pro range of products in India. This partnership will enable Edimax to tap new geographies and target over 2,500+ channels partners and 400+ retailers pan India, substantially increasing their reach and penetration. “Partnering with established and forward-thinking companies such as Modi InfoSol is part of our strategy to seize new business opportunities. Distribution network of Modi Infosol has a great potential to reach out to last mile and serve untapped upcoming markets in India. This tie-up will provide a new distribution network for Edimax Consumer range and Edimax Pro Enterprise series of products and enable SI partner as well as channel to utilize the most from best-in-class networking solutions to increase profitability and design solution using latest networking technologies,” said Sanjay Joshi, Country Manager (India & Subcontinent), Edimax Tech...

LeEco has inked strategic partnership with one of the digital marketing solutions companies in India – iCubeswire. The expertise of the company will enable LeEco to further strengthen its digital communication by offering personalized strategies and integrated marketing campaigns. As part of the partnership, iCubeswire will support various digital marketing activities with accurate data, reports, analytics, and insights to drive higher RoI. In the past as well, iCubeswire has helped LeMall.com, in generating pre-buzz ahead of the launch of LeEco’s Superphones and sustaining momentum for them, ultimately aiding record-breaking sales... Read More

IBM and IIT Bombay have announced the setting up of the first OpenPOWER Research Facility (OPRF) at IIT Bombay. The OPRF will help drive the country’s National Knowledge Network initiative to interconnect all institutions of higher learning and research with a high-speed data communication network, facilitating knowledge sharing and collaborative research and innovation. “Open collaboration is driving the next wave of innovation across the entire system stack, allowing clients and organizations to develop customized solutions to capitalize on today’s emerging workloads. OPRF will enable Indian companies, universities and government organizations to build technologies indigenously using the high-performance POWER processor, helping to drive the national IT agenda of India,” said Monica Aggarwal , Vice – President, India Systems Development Lab (ISDL), IBM Systems... Read More