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Mumbai’s iconic dabbawalas are known for their efficient management skills serving more than 2,00,000 customers across the city every day. Their professional business approach has motivated large corporate giants to incorporate their strategies to ensure a seamless customer focus and smooth performance management in all aspects of their business. Taking a cue from these developments, the premier association of IT companies Trade Association of Information Technology (TAIT) organized a knowledge series workshop on effective logistics and supply chain management, built on an analysis of the procedures followed by Mumbai’s iconic...

After witnessing a de-growth for two successive months, the net subscriber base of six major telecom operators grew by 3.5 million, to reach 776.97 million users in June 2016. “Total number of GSM subscribers as of June 2016 reached 776.97 million” and “the GSM subscribers increased by 3.50 million in June 2016,” PTI report published in Economic Times quoted industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) as saying. The COAI shared data of six telecom operators, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Aircel, Telenor and MTNL, which jointly account for about 70 per cent...

RSA, the security division of EMC, today unveiled its RSA SecurID Suite, which is a comprehensive identity solution that combines the separate disciplines of access, governance, lifecycle and identity assurance, working together in harmony. As a result, organizations can leverage one platform for strong control and visibility, mitigating security and identity risk and enabling business productivity. The RSA SecurID Suite includes RSA SecurID Access, including the traditional RSA SecurID two-factor authenticators, RSA Identity Governance and RSA Identity Lifecycle. It is designed to provide identity governance and management capabilities for regular...

The recent tariff cuts announced by telecom operators will not impact revenues as volume growth in data usage will compensate for it, according to analysts as reported by BusinessLine. “We expect mobile revenues to grow by over 8 per cent for Airtel and 13 per cent for Idea in 2016-17 driven by strong growth in data traffic despite falling yields,” said analysts at UBS. The data realization in terms of rupees per MB will reduce by 13-15 per cent over the next 2-3 years, strong data traffic growth of over 60...

In a bid to keep a check on child pornography and online trolling, the Home Ministry is contemplating to set up a cyber-control hub. The INR 400-crore state-of-the-art centre, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (IC4), is being set up to tackle all types of cyber crimes, including child pornography and online abuse. The work on IC4 has been going on. Once it is ready, it will deal with cyber crimes like child pornography and online trolling with priority,” PTI report published in Economic Times quoted a Home Ministry official as saying. Key...

Continuing with its efforts to drive mobile internet penetration and adoption across the country, Idea Cellular, has now announced a promotional offer on its 4G, 3G BIG Internet packs, providing more value to heavy internet users who consume data packs of 2GB to 10 GB, as part of a promotional offer. Idea’s BIG data pack of Rs. 990 will now offer 10 GB 4G, 3G data instead of 6.5 GB earlier. As per the promotional offer, the Rs. 449 pack will offer 3 GB data as against the earlier 2...

In a major relief to offline channel and a big jolt to online marketplaces, the Madhya Pradesh government has proposed 6 per cent entry tax on E Commerce companies. The government has decided to amend the law in order to bring E Commerce transactions under the ambit of taxation. With the move, Madhya Pradesh has joined the list of states who have already levied entry tax on OLS. While offline channel partners have welcomed the move, the E Commerce players seems furious over the decision. Brick and Mortar has demanded...

Chinese internet and technology conglomerate LeEco has announced partnership with Flipkart to provide exchange offers on mobile devices Le 1S Eco, Le 2 and Le Max 2 on 18 and 19 July. Under this offer, users can bring their existing smartphones in working conditions and get the best exchange price. In addition to this, every consumer who opts in for the exchange offers to buy a LeEco Superphone will get an additional exchange value of Rs 2,000 for availing the product exchange option. The same is a part of the...

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is planning to start consultation on quality benchmark for voice and data services in a fortnight to improve customer experience in the mobile market. According to sources, the regulator’s efforts to address the Quality of Service (QoS) norms is likely to come in the form of a consultation paper that would address both voice and data aspects as, reported by The Hindu. Trai in its frequent call drop test found most operators fail to meet service quality benchmark. The tolerance limit for call drops is...

Many organizations can cut spending on software by as much as 30 per cent by implementing three software license optimization best practices, according to research from Gartner, Inc. The keys to reducing software license spending are application configuration optimization, recycling software licenses and by using software asset management (SAM) tools. Hank Marquis, research director at Gartner, said achieving software savings is a complex exercise, but the potential savings are just too large to ignore. “Automated software license optimization is a relatively new discipline and most organizations are at lower levels...