VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Telangana Government dedicates 3000 public Wi-Fi hotspots to citizens of Hyderabad, powered by ACT Fibernet:  In its efforts towards further accelerating ‘ Digital Telangana ’, Government of Telangana commemorated 3000+ public Wi-Fi hotspots in Hyderabad as part of the Hy-Fi project in collaboration with   ACT Fibernet . Launched in the presence of   K. T. Rama Rao , Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Industries, and IT & Commerce, Govt. of Telangana, Jayesh Rajan, Principal Secretary of the Industries & Commerce (I&C) and Information Technology (IT) Departments of the Telangana government, Bala Malladi, Chief Executive Officer, Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd and other dignitaries, and officials.   With this launch, Hyderabad becomes one of the first cities in India to deploy public wi-fi network at such a large scale.   Each of the 3000 Wi-Fi hotspots are powered by ACT SmartFiber Technology, which will ensure superfa...

ixigo takes over bus ticketing platform AbhiBus:  Le Travenues Technology, the company that operates the AI based travel app “ixigo”   has purchased the business and operations of Hyderabad based bus ticketing and aggregation platform   AbhiBus   as a going concern on a slump sale basis vide a business transfer agreement, for a mix of cash and ixigo stock as consideration. The Abhibus team led by its founder Sudhakar Reddy Chirra have joined the ixigo team, and all intellectual property, brands, technology and operations are being transferred to ixigo.   Aloke Bajpai  and  Rajnish Kumar , Co-Founders, ixigo said - “ixigo and AbhiBus founders share the passion and focus on the next billion traveler market. AbhiBus has built an innovative and high growth company with deep penetration on the supply side across state road transport companies (SRTCs) & private bus operators and on the demand side, as the dominant bus ticketing brand in several Indian st...