VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Snapdeal , India’s largest online marketplace has announced the launch of its new brand identity, “ Unbox Zindagi ” campaign. The new brand identity repositions Snapdeal as the platform that believes in the potential and dreams of its consumers and partners them in their journey to a better life. The new brand identity focuses on the lives, dreams and aspirations of the consumers and is the culmination of an intense effort involving deep research and involvement of top creative agencies from India and outside.... Read More

The Education Department under the Government of Rajasthan has announced a unique initiative to promote digital learning across the state using virtual digital rooms through Cisco’s Connected Learning solution. This initiative aims to enhance the quality of education through digital learning for academia to connect, collaborate, create, and share content across 12 centres of State Institute for Education Management And Training (SIEMAT) in the state. The initiative was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, in an interaction with educators and students across all 12 SIEMAT facilities live – via the Connected Learning setup.   With this collaboration Cisco, along with the Government of Rajasthan, strengthens the foundation of next generation education to empower teachers as well as students through innovative approaches to pedagogy and learning, supports the teachers’ professional development, and prov...

Jio has intimated the Department of Telecommunications (“DOT”), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) and the security agencies regarding the commencement of its  wireless telecommunication services in all 22 service areas from 5 September 2016. The Company has also filed the tariff plans for wireless services with TRAI. With these steps, the Company has fulfilled all the requirements of Unified License for commencement of services. Jio’s tariff plans transparently convey that all subscribers under the ‘Jio Welcome Offer’ will be entitled to certain special benefits. These benefits comprise of access to unlimited LTE data and national voice, video and messaging services, including national roaming, along with the full bouquet of Jio applications and content, completely free up to 31 December 2016... Read More

Minister of railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated IP based video surveillance system for 17 stations and central control room at Madgaon. Railway stations that comes under CCTV surveillance are Kolad (KOL), Mangaon (MNI), Khed (KHED), Chiplun (CHI), Ratnagiri (RN), Kankawali (KKW), Kudal (KUDL), Sindhudurg (SNDD) and Sawantwadi (SWV) in Ratnagiri region. Pernem (PERN), Karmali (KRMI), Cancona (CNO), Karwar (KAWR), Gokarna (GOK), Bhatkal (BTJL), Udupi (UD) and Surathkal (SL) in Karwar region. Each station is fitted with 12 to 16 nos of Fixed Dome type and Fixed Box type cameras with Network Video Recorder having a recording facility for 30 days are provided at each station to cover the station entrance, lobby, platforms, ticket booking counters etc. One 21” LED monitor is provided in station master’s room at these stations for monitoring of cleanliness. An additional 21” LED monitor is provided at 9 Railway Protection Force outposts for security monito...

To make 4G accessible to the ever-growing base of digital consumers, Intex Technologies has announced its partnership with Reliance Jio. With this collaboration, Intex consumers will be able to access an exclusive preview of the Reliance Jio 4G services for a period of 90 days, absolutely free. Under the terms of the Jio Preview Offer, consumers who purchase Intex 4G smartphones will get a Reliance Jio 4G SIM with complementary access to unlimited HD Voice & Video calling, unlimited SMS, unlimited High-Speed Data services, and access to Jio Apps.  Gurbinder Sodhi, Head LFR and Operator business, Intex Technologies, said, “Intex Technologies has led from the front in democratizing smartphones in India by making them accessible to consumers across the country. With the advent of the 4G revolution, Intex has one of the largest 4G portfolio of devices with compelling features and great prices. Through this partnership with Reliance Jio, we aim to bring to our...

mjunction services, a joint venture between steel behemoths Tata Steel and SAIL will be conducting the biggest spectrum auction starting October 1, 2016. Towards achieving this, the mjunction platform shall keep the identity of all participating bidders, masked through algorithms which shall only reveal the winner details after closure of the final round. As bidders globally participate in the process, it has been designed to throw up the increased Licensed Service Area (LSA) prices for the next clock round without any manual intervention whatsoever. To enforce security during the bidding process, the bidders will only be allowed to log in through three tiers of security.... Read More

MAIT has partnered with Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D) to facilitate training of its member-companies on Government e-Marketplace (GeM). DGS&D is the organization responsible for approving rate contracts at which government entities may make purchases from private organizations. Going forward, the portal GeM.Gov.in  has been created for completing transactions online. In this context, it is for the first time that the Government of India is training industry on usage of the online GeM e-procurement platform. With the launch of GeM, a new era of public procurement has been ushered in the country.... Read More

Reliance Jio today launched Jio Welcome Offer starting at Rs 19 and Rs 149. Mukesh Ambani, CMD, RIL said, “Domestic voice calls to any network across the country would be free for Jio subscribers even beyond the Jio Welcome Offer. Domestic roaming services would also not be charged separately. Average data prices would be around Rs 50/GB, which would be amongst the lowest in the world.” Jio Welcome Offer starting at Rs 19 plan is valid for a day and offers 300 MB data, all local and STD voice calls free in home and national roaming and free local and national SMS. On the other hand Rs 149 plan is valid for a month and offers 300 MB data and free local call and national SMS... Read More

Bharti Airtel , India’s largest telecom operator has welcomed Reliance Jio’s entry to the digital world and wish them the very best. “We welcome Reliance Jio’s entry to the digital world and wish them the very best. We also welcome Jio’s call to leading operators to work together. As a responsible operator we will fulfill all our regulatory obligations as we have always done,” said Bharti statement. “Over the last 20 years, Airtel has been contributing towards building a digitally enabled India and remains fully committed to and take leadership in supporting the Government’s Digital India vision. We will continue to innovate and deliver best-in-class products and services to our customers,” added Bharti.... Read More

Reliance Jio  has announced its tariff whereby it will offer free voice pan-India, free app worth Rs 15,000 till December 31, 2017 and data will be charged at Rs 50 per GB. Speaking at the company’s AGM, Mukesh D Ambani, CMD of RIL said, “Jio will put an end to voice call charges that are domestic and data must be affordable.” “Data will be charged at Rs 50 per GB and it is the highest quality and lowest data rate anywhere in the world,” added Ambani. “Reliance Jio has announced Jio welcome offer from September 5 whereas voice, data and video is free till December 31. The commercial launch will happen on December 31, 2017,” commented Ambani... Read More

Ziox has unveiled the Z6 and the Z7 devices which pack a bigger punch than ever before with seamless entertainment and stunning design, power-packed all-in-one. With features such as SOS, Massive Battery, Bluetooth, regional language support and more- the phone guarantees to leave users spellbound with its features at the best prices. Harnessing the full potential of the feature phone, Z6 comes with an SOS feature, which also addresses the need of today’s generation- a dedicated mechanism to trigger calls and SMS to predefined contacts, whereas Z7 is one of the first handset in a feature phone to support local languages to enable all Indians to use Mobile phones with vernacular languages... Read More  

Canon India has launched the new EOS 5D Mark IV , offering professional photographers and filmmakers stellar, full-frame performance and the speed to deliver captivating narratives in both still and video formats.   Built upon the capabilities of the EOS 5D Mark III , the EOS 5D Mark IV features the latest imaging technologies and the best attributes from premium EOS models like the flagship EOS-1D X Mark II to create the ultimate shooting experience for users. Equipped with a powerful 30.4-megapixel full-frame high-sensitivity sensor and Dual Pixel CMOS AF for rapid focussing speed, the EOS 5D Mark IV delivers exceptional performance in both stills and video shooting. New features such as support for Dual Pixel Raw (DPRAW) format and 4K frame-grabs will empower photographers with greater control when creating and capturing their shots.... Read More

Veeam Software has announced the next-generation of Availability – Veeam Availability Platform for the Hybrid Cloud. In a game-changing move to address these challenges, Veeam Availability Platform for the Hybrid Cloud provides businesses and enterprises of all sizes with the capabilities to ensure Availability for virtual, physical, and cloud-based workloads in the Hybrid Cloud through the following capabilities: Enterprise Continuity: Recovery Service Level Objectives (SLOs) of less than 15 minutes for all applications and data; Disaster Recovery (DR) orchestration Workload Mobility: Availability for workloads across any cloud or location, to maximize IT investments and increase flexibility... Read More

Kaspersky Lab  has announced it has extended the company’s collaboration with VMware to help enhance security capabilities of today’s software-defined data centers. Kaspersky Lab, a VMware TAP Elite partner, now joins the VMware NSX PartnerProgram to further improve protection of business-critical data for enterprises. Upon shipping the newest release of Kaspersky Security for Virtualization, this expanded relationship will give mutual customers the ability to deploy cutting-edge virtualized platforms for business critical workloads, empowered by a security solution which easily follows all infrastructure and network topology changes to defend the entire organization and its infrastructure from external and internal threats as well as from known or unknown vulnerabilities.... Read More

TCL Corporation  has joined hands with Reliance Jio to offer 3-month free unlimited LTE data and calls to the Indian customers. The consumers can avail the offers on TCL 560, TCL 562 and Alcatel smartphones. The offer allows users to avail unlimited voice, video, data and SMS for three months from the day the activation of the Jio SIM. Reliance is offering the Jio SIM for free. Praveen Valecha, Regional Director, TCL , stated, “TCL Corporation  has entered the smartphone market in India with the launch of TCL 560 and TCL 562 which are exclusively available on Amazon. Both the phones are 4G-enabled and unlimited data from Reliance Preview will give an unparalleled consumer experience to the user. The consumers will also be able to enjoy benefits of a host of other options for entertainment that come complimentary with the offer. We are extending this offer to Alcatel brand of phones, namely PIXI 4(5), POP STAR, POP 4 and an upcoming range of Alcatel L...

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