VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

In the wake of demonetization, AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), Delhi has partnered with MobiKwik to convert all its payment facilities cashless. To commence with, resident doctors, staff and visitors can pay with MobiKwik in the institution’s cafeteria. Payment of doctor’s consultation, tests and other services will be made cashless by the first week of January 2017. AIIMS is a medical college and medical research public university based in New Delhi. The Institute was established in 1956 and operates autonomously under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Daily, over 25,000 patients visit the facility to receive best-in-class treatment for their ailments.... Read More

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, is supplying AT&T with a remote subscription management solution that will enable its customers to deploy new and highly secure IoT applications globally. Gemalto's LinqUS On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) subscription management solution and GSMA M2M 3.1 compliant Embedded SIMs (eSIMs) will simplify the logistics of providing mobile services for enterprises requiring global mobile connectivity for IoT applications and provide improved life cycle support for their subscriptions. Gartner reports the IoT ecosystem is growing massively with 6.4 billion objects to be connected in 2016 and 20.8 billion connected by 2020... Read More

Idea Cellular has rapidly expanded its 4G network in Karnataka, covering 1,579 villages and towns across all 30 districts and covering 37% of its population.  Idea’s high-speed wireless broadband services covers key towns of Bangalore, Hubli, Dharwad, Mysore, Mangalore, Belgaum, Davanagere, Tumkur, Hassan, Udupi-Manipal, Shimoga-Bhadravati, Bellary, Bijapur, Raichur, Bidar, Hospet, Gadag-Betigeri, Chitradurga, Kolar and Chikmagalur. Rajat Mukarji, chief corporate affairs officer, Idea Cellular, said, “With nearly 900 MHz of spectrum in both FDD and TDD bands, Idea is preparing itself to substantially enhance customer’s wireless data experience and capture a higher share of the exponentially growing mobile data business. As one of the leading mobile operators in Karnataka, Idea continues to invest in the market and lead the digital experience for our customers.” Idea has launched a range of products offering voice and data be...

Bharti Airtel, India's largest telco today announced free data for 12 months, worth up to Rs 9,000, to customers who switch to Airtel 4G.  The 12 months offer is available to any customer with a 4G mobile handset that is currently not on the Airtel network. Any customer, including existing Airtel customers, upgrading to a new 4G handset can also avail this offer. This offer will be available to customer across India starting tomorrow and will close on February 28, 2017.   Customers will get free 3 GB data every month till December 31, 2017 with select prepaid and postpaid packs under this offer. This free data benefit will be over and above the pack/plan benefits.... Read More  

IBM has appointed Karan Bajwa as Managing Director of IBM India Pvt. Ltd, succeeding Vanitha Narayana who is appointed as Chairman of IBM India Pvt. Ltd.  These leadership announcements further demonstrate IBM’s commitment in the region. Karan joined IBM in 2016 as Executive for Strategy and Transformation in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to this he was the Managing Director, Microsoft India where, besides leading the India business for the company, he also the led the Cloud Transition and the Ecosystem engagement.  Prior to that, he has served in various roles in Microsoft and Cisco.  Karan is not new to IBM, having worked for five years leading IBM’s networking business and based in Singapore from 2001 - 2005... Read More