By Editor on October 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Indian government has been given partial access to BlackBerry’s Messenger service enabling authorities to track encrypted messages in real time.
According to the officials, the Indian government has manual access to chat communication on BlackBerry services and expects to get automated access from Jan. 1.
India, which along with several other countries has expressed worries on the BlackBerry services which has made the country think about its securities.
According to the home ministry, as of now, the security agencies are getting manual printouts of chat messages within four to five hours of placing their requirements with RIM. Once automated access is given, chat messages could be tracked on a real-time basis.
If sources are to be believed, Indian security agencies wanted access of BlackBerry Messenger and secure corporate email services, and government officials have claimed the solution provided so far is limited to the messenger service.
RIM has repeatedly claimed that neither it nor any wireless network operator have the keys needed to read the encrypted data sent through its (BES) for corporate email services.
As per the reports, RIM has also told the Indian government that the company does not have a key to convert encrypted communication into readable format for corporate emails. Still, Indian officials are talking to RIM about some solution for accessing corporate emails.
The official further revealed that RIM has denied media reports that it provided unique wireless services or access to any one country. As part of its broader electronic security crackdown, the Indian government also plans to send notice to Google and Skype to set up servers in India and allow full monitoring of communication.
Indian government has been given partial access to BlackBerry’s Messenger service enabling authorities to track encrypted messages in real time.
According to the officials, the Indian government has manual access to chat communication on BlackBerry services and expects to get automated access from Jan. 1.
India, which along with several other countries has expressed worries on the BlackBerry services which has made the country think about its securities.
According to the home ministry, as of now, the security agencies are getting manual printouts of chat messages within four to five hours of placing their requirements with RIM. Once automated access is given, chat messages could be tracked on a real-time basis.
If sources are to be believed, Indian security agencies wanted access of BlackBerry Messenger and secure corporate email services, and government officials have claimed the solution provided so far is limited to the messenger service.
RIM has repeatedly claimed that neither it nor any wireless network operator have the keys needed to read the encrypted data sent through its (BES) for corporate email services.
As per the reports, RIM has also told the Indian government that the company does not have a key to convert encrypted communication into readable format for corporate emails. Still, Indian officials are talking to RIM about some solution for accessing corporate emails.
The official further revealed that RIM has denied media reports that it provided unique wireless services or access to any one country. As part of its broader electronic security crackdown, the Indian government also plans to send notice to Google and Skype to set up servers in India and allow full monitoring of communication.
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Tagged with BES, Blackberry, Communication, encrypted data sent, encrypted message, Google, India, indian government, Malta, manual access, Messenger service, Mobile, Oman, RIM, secure corporate email services, Skype
By Editor on May 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL), a joint venture company between Russia’s Sistema and Shyam Group of India, will be investing USD 55 Mn to expand its code division multiple access (CDMA) network in one of the southern states in India (Andhra Pradesh) by the end of this year.
MTS India has successfully launched in 12 circles now and MTS India CEO, Vsevolod Rozanov, said the plan for this year was to complete all the 22 circles with an investment of over USD 1.1 Bn.
Currently, MTS India has 4.5 million subscribers, including 72,000 for high-speed data services. Data is the future of our company and is clearly a differential business model than other aggregators. We expect data services to account for one-third of our revenues and achieve break-even by 2013,†Rozanov told Business Standard in India.
Replying to a query, Rozanov said the company would switch to another vendor if China-based Huawei Technologies’ products were not allowed into India.
It may be recalled that the Indian government has blocked Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation from selling telecom network equipment to domestic phone carriers due to security reasons.
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Tagged with Andhra Pradesh, CDMA, CEO, China, code division multiple access, Government, high speed data services, High-speed, Huawei, Huawei Technologies, India, indian government, joint venture company, MTS India, Russia, Shyam Group, Sistema, Sistema Shyam Teleservices, Subscribers, telecom network, USD, Vsevolod Rozanov, ZTE, ZTE Corp, ZTE Corporation
By Editor on February 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A directive has been issued by the Indian government extending permission for the use of pre-paid mobile voice services in the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) circle for a further twelve months. The legislation to use such services was due to expire on February 23, 2010.
After the review of those mobile operators which offer services in the region, the decision was taken ensuring that correct customer verification processes are being followed.
The terms of the permission include- the validity of SIM cards will not be beyond February 22, 2011; no pre-activated SIMs may be sold; recharge of SIMs within last three months of expiry of permission will not have validity beyond February 22, 2011; SIM cards will have no roaming facility outside J&K; service providers can appoint franchises only after seeking clearance from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
By Editor on January 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Indian consumers can avail the facility of the much awaited service of mobile number portability by March 31, 2010 as per the announcement by the Indian government. However, the date of the launch has already been delayed by three months.
Through this service, the consumers can retain their number even after switching the operator. The service was supposed to be implemented in Category A and in the metros from December 31, 2009 and in other areas by March 20, 2010.
By Editor on December 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: BSNL and MTNL, both state-controlled telcos in India will not be able to meet the deadline set by Indian government for supporting mobile number portability (MNP). Both the companies have said that the deadline of end of 2009 will not be met as the necessary upgrades to their systems will take few more months.
The Department of Telecoms earlier decided that key metro markets will offer MNP by the end of this year while the rest of the country will receive it from next June. However, the service was supposed to be available from the end of September but the problems with the regulators and operators lead to its delay.
According to TRAI chairman JS Sarma, the companies may be labeled as anti consumer if they fail to meet the deadline this time. As per the guidelines decided by the Department of Telecommunications, country will be geographically divided into two Number Portability Zones namely zone 1 & zone 2, with11 licensed service areas each.
The license for Zone 1 (Northern and Western India) was granted to Syniverse Technologies while MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions received the license for Zone 2 (Eastern and Southern India).
The selections were done on the basis of the guidelines for MNP service license.
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Tagged with ASIA, BSNL, Department of Telecom, India, indian government, JS Sarma, June, metro markets, Mobile Number Portability, MTNL, Regulators, service areas, Syniverse, Telecommunications, Trai, Western India
By Editor on December 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China’s Huawei lost 20 million lines GSM network contract with the state owned telecom operator of India, BSNL, after the latter cancelled it because of the unacceptable conditions imposed by Huawei.
However, Huawei has always denied the rumors allegedly linking it to Chinese government and military. BSNL has been asked by the Indian government to make sure that there are no software exploits within any equipment supplied by Huawei. BSNL might retender the contracts as the one with Ericsson covering the North and Eastern regions are also not finalized yet.
Earlier, it was reported that if there is any problem in Huawei tender, Alcatel-Lucent might take over the contract in the lines with Huawei’s tender prices.
For 25-million lines for the North Zone and 18-million lines for the East Zone, BSNL shortlisted Ericsson while Huawei was selected for 25-million lines for the South Zone. Initially, BSNL wanted to award the contract for Western zone to Huawei but later it contended that western zone was not a priority.
3G services and GSM will be provisioned for some 21 million lines. The total sum spent on these contracts is estimated to be US$6.5 billion.
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Tagged with 3G Services, Alcatel-Lucent, ASIA, BSNL, China, East Zone, Ericsson, Government, GSM Network, Huawei, India, indian government, North Zone, Teleco, telecom operator, Tender, tender prices, U.S
By Editor on August 14, 2006 · Leave a Comment
The number of mobile subscribers in India is expected to grow from just over 100 million today to more than 350 million by 2010, an addition of 250 million subscribers in just four years, according to The Diffusion Group. The analysts predict that the evolving mobile markets in China and India will reshape the global telecommunications and technology landscape and realign market share among today’s mobile market leaders.
| According to The Diffusion Group, China market is widely heralded as the most immediate and largest market opportunity for mobile vendors. India’s growth rate will be equally explosive. When combined, China and India — what TDG calls “New Asia” — have a population of approximately 2.5 billion people and comprise the single largest opportunity for mobile vendors in the history of mobile telecom.”While India’s mobile market growth will in many ways follow China, the reasons for its growth are very different,” noted Michael Greeson, founder of The Diffusion Group. “India continues to experience a level of poverty far deeper than China and has little in the way of fixed-line infrastructure to support telecommunications. More than half of India’s 700 million rural inhabitants have no access to residential electricity and must rely on community pay phones. It is because of this unique confluence of factors that mobile technologies make so much sense to both India’s government and to operators.”
As Greeson notes, modern mobile telecommunications technology offers developing nations a way to cover expansive ‘greenfield’ territories — in this case, areas bereft of home or personal telecommunications — in a faster and less expensive way than traditional fixed telecom infrastructure. Combined with the world’s lowest per-minute charges, inexpensive handsets, and the social status of mobile phone ownership, India’s mobile operators are preparing to exploit this opportunity.
Other key findings from TDG’s study of India’s mobile markets include the following:
- Despite 12 years of deregulation, the number of fixed-line telecom subscribers has increased less than 15% in the last three years: from 41.5 million to 47.5 million, most of which has been confined to urban areas.
- In India, the cost of installing new fixed lines is roughly three times the price of installing a mobile line.
- As of early 2006, about half of all the towns and villages in India could receive a mobile signal. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has set a goal to reach 90% coverage by the end of 2006 – a very ambitious goal, but one that could be within reach given the steps that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Indian government have taken to enable competition and increase foreign investment.
- Despite the fact that government taxes on mobile phone revenues are amongst the highest in the world, TDG expects that taxes, levies, and spectrum fees will be reduced to cover only the Universal Service Obligation (USO) fund and administrative costs.
- Given the rapid pace of growth, upgrading current infrastructure has taken a backseat to network expansion and quality of service in most areas is extremely poor.
- Total mobile service revenue will increase over 170% from 2006 through 2010, which translates to a compound annual growth rate of 22.1%.
While India offers tremendous opportunity for mobile telecom vendors, exploiting these opportunities requires understanding India’s regulatory and business environment, as well as comprehending India’s unique social and demographic landscape.
About the market research report
TDG’s 65-page report, “India’s Mobile Markets – Analysis & Forecasts” (July 2006) by Thomas Wolf and Kambam Deepak with Michael Greeson, presents an in-depth analysis of the social, political, technological, and market forces that are shaping India’s telecom evolution and pushing mobile subscriptions to record levels. The report provides forecasts for total subscriber demand, an analysis of 3G subscriber growth, market share analysis among India’s mobile operators, and forecasts for mobile ARPU through 2010.
Source- http://www.tekrati.com
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