Chief General Manager of BSNL, M P Velusamy said that the state-owned telecommunication company is all set to roll out its much-awaited 3G services in the Chennai telecom district, comprising Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur, in the first week of June.

Mr. Velusamy was lecturing at a press meet held for the signing of a MoU between BSNL and L&T Arun Excello Realty Pvt. Ltd to set up telecom infrastructure at the Estancia Integrated Township.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has announced 33 per cent reduction in charges; the money two operators pay each other while transferring calls from one network to other.

The move, applicable from April 1 onwards, may result in nearly 20 per cent drop in STD and local calls from mobiles. The decision would also applicable to 3G services due to launch in coming months.

Subex Limited, a global provider of operations support system (OSS) solutions, has signed a reseller agreement with JSC "Company TransTeleKom'' (TTK), one of Russia's top three fixed network providers.

Under the deal, TTK and Subex would jointly provide managed services covering fraud management and revenue assurance to growing operators in Russia.

It may be noted that Nikira Fraud Management System and Moneta Revenue Assurance System, are key components of the Subex ROC - Revenue Operations Center.

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has withdrawn ‘95’, which it launched for intra-state landline communication through its fixed line service.
 
The decision was taken following the order from Department of Telecom (DoT), Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India.

The company said that the withdrawal would be effective from midnight of March 9, 2009.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) asked state-owned telecom giants BSNL and MTNL to discontinue their third generation (3G) services till the time the security agencies set up apt monitoring system in order to track traffic on their network.

The decision comes in spite of BSNL and MTNL clarifying to the administration that interception of 3G traffic is possible, during a meeting with the DoT on March 4.

The Intelligence Bureau informed the DoT that BSNL has not provided for monitoring video calls.

London, Mar 7 : The Palm Pre, dubbed the "iPhone killer", has topped the list of the 100 hottest gadgets on the planet.

First unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, the smartphone boasts a slide-out keyboard, 8GB of storage capacity, and a multi-touch 3.1 inch colour screen.

The device runs on new software called Web OS, which lets users directly connect to information stored on the Internet, known as the cloud, rather than through a desktop PC.

The Sony X-Series Walkman is at the second spot in the annual list compiled by gadget magazine T3.