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An explosion and subsequent fire has damaged part of the Foxconn factory in Chegdu, China where a large number of Apple's iPad 2 is being manufactured.

News reports suggest that 2 employees have been killed and 16 injured, of which three are said to be serious.

The explosion took place at 7pm local time when workers were swapping shifts, the micgadget website reported, citing the Sina.com discussion forums.

Footage filmed by local television crews and eyewitnesses depict thick black smoke rising from the Foxconn's Chengdu manufacturing facilities. At least a dozen fire engines can be seen at the scene attempting to extinguish fire.

In addition to the very serious human loss from the accident, the move could impact on deliveries of Apple iPads, which are already said to be strained due to component shortages following the Japanese tsunami.

Teletalk to get first 3G license in Bangladesh : A warm invitation to the MVNO !!

Teletalk the one and only state owned-telecommunication company is going to get the first 3G license in Bangladesh.

"This 3G networks will be developed with Chinese assistance and users will get services at prices lower than India," Telecommunication Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju told reporters at a press conference.

Now the question is will Teletalk be able to attract and add more user?The most possible answer is NO.The answer has also some strong points with some raw statistics.

In the very beginning year when it started it had .7 million customer but now in the latest statistics in the last January 2011 it has active subscribers around 0.188 which includes its own employee(which is also not small in number).The growth rate is negative and the number is -0.082.

Still there is not much promotional activities and no smart marketing policy is been introduced though its network infrastructure is big.If it goes in this way after 3G implementation then there will be only some few subscribers and the revenue will be about nil.Which will be the best opportunity for the MVNO (A Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) is a mobile operator that does not own its own spectrum and usually does not have its own network infrastructure. Instead, MVNO's have business arrangements with traditional mobile operators to buy minutes of use (MOU) for sale to their own customers).MVNO like Virgin,Sprint Nextel will come and offer some lump sum to Teletalk and again do some business,this time with the 3G and will earn money.So,to prevent this stage Teletalk must need some promotional activities which are done by other non-governmental mobile operators like Grameen Phone,Banglalink,Robi and Airtel.Otherwise 3G future of Teletalk is same as dark as 2G spectrum.

Microsoft buying Nokia ?!?

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Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop greets Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer when the deal to use Windows Phone was announced. Are they going to do it again? Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

A notable rumour going around: Microsoft is going to bid for Nokia, the world's most prolific maker of mobile handsets, although passed now by Apple for revenue from mobile phones.

The rumour comes courtesy of Russian blogger Eldar Mutazin, who has form: he suggested last year that there were talks going on between Nokia and Microsoft over Windows Phone, at a time when everybody thought Nokia was going to stick rigidly to Symbian - since ditched. He has also been sued by Nokia in July 2010 over the fact that he got some hands-on time with some new Nokia kit - something they were unhappy about. (The lawsuit is a clue.) So clearly he has contacts inside the Finnish company.

Mobile Phone Microscope : Blessing for the people of developing world !

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Medical researchers have unveiled a new gadget that could be used by doctors in the developing world to diagnose diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria.
The device, which attaches to a mobile phone, allows physicians to create a portable microscope that can be used to examine blood samples in the field and help spot some of the world's deadliest diseases.
Researchers at the University of California Berkeley say they hope the gadget would be deployed in areas where the cost of equipment and training currently prevents access to basic diagnostic tests.

While advanced medical imaging systems and computerised medical equipment remain the privilege of the rich, mobile phones are now ubiquitous – with recent figures suggesting that more there are more than 4bn mobile connections worldwide.

The CellScope microscope attachment clips on to an ordinary mobile phone and uses the built-in camera to process the images, allowing doctors to quickly screen for diseases including TB and sickle-cell. Doctors can perform complex high-resolution light microscopy on a blood or sputum sample placed on a slide.

In a paper published in the journal PLoS One, the team said that, although some of the tests would be more accurate or complete with higher-powered technology, they still proved adequate when performed on a standard Nokia N73 handset, which comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera.
"Sample evaluation could potentially be performed in real time while a patient is still in the presence of a healthcare worker, rather than requiring days or weeks," the paper says.
"Since we are developing a technology that makes the current and long-standing internationally accepted standards for disease screening in developing countries more portable, we anticipate that a relatively fast time to adoption by clinicians and health workers may be possible."
The team also suggest that extra features built into many mobile phones, such as GPS location data and internet connectivity, could be used to enhance the findings and make it easier for medics to spot outbreaks and coordinate their responses.

Frontline SMS : Opportunity to Communicate with a large number of people!

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FrontlineSMS is a free software through which you can communicate with a large group of people and can send any text SMS to a large group of people.You can design and customize the software as per your need and send SMS to a large number of people.In the African areas the NOG's are promoting their activities through this kind of SMS promotion system. DOWNLOAD

Internet connection is not required to send SMS using this software
Need to attach the phone with your PC and the SMS charge will be the local operators SMS charge
All phone numbers can be stored and also all outgoing and incoming messaging is stored here.
All data lives on your computer, not on servers controlled by someone else.
You can send messages to individuals or large groups, and reply individually – useful for fieldwork or during surveys.
It is easy to install and requires little or no training to use.
Developers can freely take the source code and add their own features.
It can be used anywhere in the world simply by switching the SIM card.

The current version of FrontlineSMS (1.6) comes with on-screen language support for English, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Khmer, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili and Chinese.

The Future of Networks in 5 Steps - by CTO,Alcatel-Lucent

By: Marcus Weldon, Corporate Chief Technology Officer, Alcatel-Lucent

Source:Techzine

This is an exciting time in telecommunications, where a confluence of factors is driving a period of change and innovation unlike any we have witnessed in the last few decades. If broadband and the internet were the phenomena of the 1990s and wireless broadband and smart devices the hot trend in the 2000s, the 2010-2020 decade will be the decade of the network, but a very different kind of network. By 2015, I think there will 5 fundamental changes or shifts occurring:

There will be one network: Wireless and Wireline networks will have converged to form a single, high performance, cost-optimized aggregation and core IP network, with either wireless or wired edges. In fact, even the distinction between the wireless and wired edge connectivity will be blurred as devices embed Ethernet ports, Wifi and LTE modems. So you will no longer even think about connectivity; the device and network will connect you to whatever network best suits your application and mobility needs at each instant in time. In many ways, lightRadio™ is a prime example of this trend: the ‘wired’ IP, optical and access networks are used to connect small wireless radios. Furthermore, increasingly the network will connect the radios to a central pool of control and processing elements situated back in the operator switching and data centers, allowing optimal sharing and re-use between wireless cells and access points, thereby achieving up to a 50% Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) savings over today’s architectures.
The network will be intelligent: As Moore’s law continues its seemingly inexorable progression, the cost of processing and the associated memory and storage will have decreased to the point where the economics of embedding application-level functionality in the network makes sense. This will allow much more efficient use of network resources, and a concomitant improvement in the user Quality of Experience (QoE). We are already seeing this trend with the move towards sophisticated application-aware traffic management for optimized applications delivery and with embedded caching functionality in network elements for optimized video delivery anywhere, anytime to any device.
The network will be open and sustainable: The days of ‘walled garden’ versus ‘over the top’ applications are over. The traditional service provider applications (voice, data and TV/video) are opening up to allow third-party and ‘web’ application developers to leverage these capabilities and ‘mash them up’ with other web services to create previously unimaginable new applications. Furthermore, around this paradigm shift new business models are emerging that will allow sustainable network growth and a ‘win-win-win’ scenario – better economics for the network providers, superior application-level functionality and a compelling new experience for the end user. We are already seeing this trend with the emergence of applications such as gaming and on-line video delivery leveraging the quality of service (QoS) parameters in the network to deliver the desired user experience. Moreover, the momentum building around the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) – an alliance of service providers and equipment and device vendors aimed at defining a common set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to allow developers access to network capabilities in a consistent, unified way – is further evidence of this new trend.
The network will be a platform: Increasingly, applications will run in the network not over it. Think of a PC today: there is a processor, some memory and storage (a hard drive), and Ethernet ports, all connected by an internal communications network (e.g. the PCI and memory busses). Applications run ‘in’ the PC (on the processor) and they leverage the other elements over the local communications busses. Now, if we consider that with the emergence of Cloud computing, processing and storage are separated into pools of resources connected together by Ethernet ports on local area networks in data centers, which in turn are connected together over the wider telecommunications network, the parallels are clear and we can think of the applications increasingly running in the network. If we then look to the embedded processing trend discussed earlier, then the interdependence of the two – application and network – cannot be disputed.
The network will be green: If we look to the more than 30x growth in capacity that is predicted to occur as smart devices and tablets proliferate over the coming years, and person-to-person communications are usurped (in volume) by Machine-to-Machine communications, we must optimize the energy cost per bit in order that the environmental impact of building these networks is minimized and the operational cost of running them does not become prohibitive. As a reference point, based on published data, the two largest telecom operators in the US accounted for 0.6% of the national energy consumption in 2008, which is significant in itself, but becomes even more so when a 30x increase in network capacity is required to meet user demand. As a result, we are seeing a real focus on the energy costs of networks. Importantly, this is a problem that transcends a single vendor or a single operator and is the reason that we founded the GreenTouch consortium to tackle this massive problem via an open collaboration across the telecommunications industry.

So, all in all, I hope you will agree that this is a time of unprecedented challenges and opportunities in telecommunications and that by 2015 the seismic shift should be well underway. It is going to be quite a ride!

Why one should use traditional telecommunication network?-Mobile VOiP is the best alternative.

To start the discussion about this matter we first need to understand what mobile VOiP is and how it will change the future telecommunication.

Mobile VoIP is still a relatively new technology that is gaining adoption, yet still has much room for growth. One of the obstacles to this growth, however, is a lack of understanding among the consumer sector as to what mobile VoIP is and what it can do for communications.

In the most basic sense, mobile VoIP is a communication technology platform that people use to send and receive phone calls with the Internet connection on a mobile device. This varies from standard cellular service as the call is not being placed through the voice network. Instead, the call is being transmitted over the network of a third party mobile VoIP service provider.

A mobile VoIP call is placed on a mobile device and that transmission takes place over an available network so that it does not use the available and costly “minutes” on a cell plan. At the same time, the user is not charged any carrier long distance fees. In some cases, an applicable charge may be applied by the mobile VoIP provider.

The ability to make calls without using minutes or incurring long distance charges is truly one of the biggest benefits to mobile VoIP. The charges associated with this communication channel tend to be much lower than the cost associated with the standard use of the cellular phone or other mobile calling device.

Mobile VoIP services can be used anywhere the individual can locate a WiFi (News - Alert) or a 3G data connection. There are several companies that currently offer mobile VoIP service, each with their own value proposition in the market.

So,using mobile VOiP one can easily make a call with a cheap rate regardless of the distance.Technology means replacement of old one with the new one.So,if one has the technology of mobile VOiP why should one go for traditional telecommunication?

"Heaven is a fairy story"------ Stephen Hawking

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Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking made a striking revelation, stating that "Heaven is a fairy story." The 69-year-old Hawking,who has been battling time since diagnosed with a motor neuron disease at age 21, told the UK's Guardian newspaper that, though he was not afraid of death, his reiteration that there was no afterlife was unwavering.

He also said "I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."

When asked how we should live he said: "We should seek the greatest value of our action."

Hawking gave the interview ahead of the Google Zeitgeist meeting in London where he will join speakers including British finance minister George Osborne and Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

Addressing the question "Why are we here?" he will argue tiny quantum fluctuations in the very early universe sowed the seeds of human life.

The former Cambridge University Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a post once also held by Isaac Newton, has a history of drawing criticism for his comments on religion.

His 2010 book "The Grand Design" provoked a backlash among religious leaders, including chief rabbi Lord Sacks, for arguing there was no need for a divine force to explain the creation of the universe.

As a result of his incurable illness Hawking can only speak through a voice synthesizer and is almost completely paralyzed.

He sparked serious concerns in 2009 when he was hospitalized after falling seriously ill following a lecture tour in the United States but has since returned to Cambridge University as a director of research.

As a theoretical physicist, Hawking's entire career is based on using the scientific method to prove or disprove the realm of possibilities in the universe.

Whether or not there is a need for a "divine force," as Hawking stated in his 2010 work "The Grand Design," the belief in such a being is ever-present throughout humanity, as the human condition searches to make sense of the senseless. In Hawking's language: We computers did not write the source code. We only compute in an attempt to decipher it and act accordingly.

Now my question is whether this is his science or philosophy? What do you think?

Verizon sues US Federal Communication Commission over data roaming rules

By Nick Wood, Total Telecom

Wednesday 18 May 2011

Source:Total Telecom

Verizon Wireless has sued the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in a bid to overturn the regulator's recently-adopted rules on data roaming.

In a court filing seen by Total Telecom the operator accused the FCC of overstepping its jurisdiction, alleging that the Data Roaming Order "is in excess of the Commission's statutory authority, is arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion". Verizon called on the court to overturn the new regulations.
The rules were approved by the FCC in April and require players to establish data roaming agreements with their rivals in order to ensure that consumers do not experience any disruption to their mobile broadband service if they wander outside their operator's network coverage.
"Without data roaming guarantees, consumers will be limited in their choices, particularly in rural areas," said the FCC at the time.
Verizon and its rival AT&T reacted angrily, accusing the watchdog of unnecessary intervention in a bid to exert downward pressure on roaming rates, and warned that such action discouraged network investment in less profitable areas.
The U.S. Rural Cellular Association (RCA) on Monday slammed Verizon's appeal and insisted that the FCC has the authority to adopt data roaming rules.
"It is not at all surprising that Verizon Wireless is appealing the data roaming order," said RCA CEO Steven Berry. "Verizon has fought competitive policies for a long time."
He insisted that the FCC was "diligent and meticulous in its order".
"The [FCC] order allows for case-by-case negotiation of data roaming agreements and does not constitute an inflexible mandate on terms and conditions," he added.
Berry went further, accusing the country's two biggest telcos of needlessly attacking FCC rules designed to protect competition.
"In sports parlance, this is the equivalent of what you would call a 'tag-team match'," he said. "If AT&T is not there to fight a logical competitive policy decision, then Verizon will step in to complete the tag-team operation for the duopoly."

Which point motivated Facebook to engage a PR firm against Google?

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By Adrian Hon, The Daily Telegraph

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Larry Page, co-founder and newly appointed CEO of Google, has had enough of the failures. Last month, he declared open war on Facebook by tying every single employee's bonus to the success of Google's social strategy. It's hard to imagine a clearer way to motivate its engineers; and it's easy to see why Facebook has decided to step up its PR attacks.

But how is this relevant to people who aren't glued to their computers? Oddly enough, the answer lies in a new advertisement from Google. In it, a father emails his daughter with videos and photos of her birth, first words, ballet lessons and lost teeth. It's a lovely ad that would draw a tear from any parent watching, and of course it shows off a whole array of Google products that will help you do the same thing for your kids.

The message is that Google can help you connect with your family in a way that is far superior to old-fashioned paper letters (and that it is certainly much more relevant to young people). The meaning is that Google wants access to your emails, photos, videos and memories, because then it can advertise to you via those services and keep you on its websites. If this seems like a chilling vision of the future, it's worth reflecting that Facebook already does this right now.

The battle between Facebook and Google is about who has control of our lives online. And for those who have never lived in a world without the Internet, there's no distinction between online and offline.

Customer satisfaction with AT&T, T-Mobile drops

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Full story: Farmington Daily Times

NEW YORK (AP) — Sprint Nextel Corp., once dead last in customer satisfaction among the Big 4 national wireless carriers, now has the happiest subscribers, along with long-time leader Verizon Wireless, according to a survey released Tuesday.

The American Customer Satisfaction Index also shows tentative declines in customer satisfaction at the other two big carriers, AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA. That comes as AT&T has agreed to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in a deal that could close next year.

The acquisition could make AT&T and T-Mobile customers even less happy.

Claes Fornell, professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan and the designer of the ACSI survey, said it is common to find that customer satisfaction drops after a merger. Cellphone-company mergers bring struggles to combine billing systems, customer support and other functions. Snags can frustrate consumers.

One reason Sprint had the worst score in the industry for many years was its disastrous merger with Nextel in 2005. Sprint and Verizon Wireless both rate a 72 for customer satisfaction in the ACSI survey, which polled 8,000 households in the first quarter.

For Sprint, that's a big jump from a score of 56 three years ago, while Verizon's score has been steady.

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has made improvements in customer service a centerpiece of his turnaround plan for the troubled company.Sprint's scoreincludes subsidiaries Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile, which sell plans without two-year contracts. ACSI gave AT&T a score of 66, down from 69 last year.

It's the company's worst score since 2006, the year before it started carrying the iPhone. It's the lowest-ranked of the four national carriers after being surpassed by Sprint last year. T-Mobile's score was 70, down from 73 points last year.

Both declines are within the survey's three-point margin of error. T-Mobile's score is also within the margin of error of Sprint's and Verizon Wireless' scores.

T-Mobile's financial statements also hint that subscribers are unhappy, since they show an increase in "churn," or the percentage of subscribers leaving every month. It's the smallest of the four national carriers, and part of the reason it's selling itself to AT&T is that it's finding it hard to compete with the bigger ones.

AT&T customers, on the other hand, are more loyal than their low satisfaction score suggests, and have shown only a slight increase in their propensity to leave.

The very happiest wireless subscribers are those who get their service from smaller carriers like TracFone Wireless Inc. and U.S. Cellular Corp., according to ACSI. That category scored a 77 in the survey.

The survey was developed by the University of Michigan but is now run by a private company, ACSI LLC.

Microsoft Bing goes social with Facebook data!

-by Marc Pinter-Krainer -

In its latest move to gain further market share in internet search, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has rolled out social search features in its Bing search engine. The social data is sourced from Facebook, the world's largest and most popular social network, and includes links friends have recommended.

Bing users who are searching for a news story, a movie or a hotel are able to see if their friends have 'liked' it on Facebook.

Microsoft research found that 90% of people surveyed seek advice from friends and family before making a decision. By enhancing Bing search results with Facebook connections, the software company is hoping to leverage such relationships to deliver more relevant search answers.

The additional features were announced on the official Bing blog on Monday. Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President, Bing & MSN at Microsoft, commented: "Today, Bing is bringing the collective IQ of the Web together with the opinions of the people you trust most, to bring the “Friend Effect” to search".

Since launching Bing in June 2009, Microsoft has built the product into a credible alternative to Google. Combined with traffic from a search agreement with Yahoo!, Bing now carries about 30% of searches in the US, according to ComScore.

Soghoian Thinks : PR Strategy makes people think that Facebook is "Scared"

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While talking with Chris Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." Chris Soghoian told that Facebook is scared about Google and their performance and this is the reason to adopt this policy of hiring a higher PR firm Burson-Marsteller to promote against Google.Please be noted that Chris Johnson was asked by Burson-Marsteller the PR firm hired by Facebook to write about the Google Social Circles, exploring whether it violates user privacy.

Facebook Vs. Google : A war for nothing

Facebook appointed a higher PR(Public Relation) firm to educate the journalists about what google is treating about your private information.The name of the PR company is Burson-Marsteller.You can blame Burson-Marsteller for its step to this stupid plan.Also it is not clear that a network like Facebook why did this rookie mistake.

The concept is simple.You cannot do an workshop and cannot expect for your good performance in the competition in the race.Rater you can highlight on your services to your users and make plan to improve it.

Google social circle is not a new thing which people have used for a couple of years.It was introduced in 2009 when Google unveiled its social search experiment.At that time this thing was described well.You also need a google account also to connect through it.

Howcome Google can make your private information insecured where you have your own tools to privatize which part of information you want to show to the world in your public profile.

So the conclusion may be written as Facebook should apologize for its poor judgment.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission:Plan to observe World Telecommunication and Inforamtion Society Day'2011

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to celebrate World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2010. The A three days national program will be inaugurated on this grand occasion in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 17th May, Monday 2010.

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is celebrated annually on 17 May since 1969 to raise the awareness of the people regarding various aspect of ICT. The event will be celebrated in Dhaka this year. The theme of this year is Theme 2010: Better city, better life with ICTs. To popularize the concept, building the awareness and to ensure people’s participation, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has chalked out an elaborate program for three days (17-19 May 2010) to observe this event.

Do you have any idea what "Text To Change" is doing for the people?

Text to Change (TTC) is an award winning, non-profit organization, which was founded in 2007 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. TTC has led the way in using mobile telephony to promote awareness of humanitarian and health-related issues in Africa; it operates in collaboration with NGOs, mobile network operators and other partners in the public and private sector - in countries across the developing world. TTC is specialized in interactive and incentive based SMS programs in rural areas targeting health issues such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, reproductive health and other emerging development issues.

ITU World Telecommunication and Information Society Award 2011 goes to.........!

President of Finland Tarja Halonen

President of Finland Tarja Halonen is co-chairman of the High-level United Nations Panel on Global Sustainability and has focused on several key issues, from sustainable sourcing to improving access to education and improving maternal health in low-income countries. Finland is one of the premier centres for ICT innovation and productivity, especially in the mobile phone sector. In July 2010, Finland made broadband a legal right for all citizens, which is in line with ITU’s campaign to accelerate broadband connectivity in order to feed both rural communities and urban centres with the means to meet their development goals and aspirations.

Telecommunication innovator Sam Pitroda

Mr Sam Pitroda is currently Adviser to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations and Chairman of the National Innovation Council of India. He is also widely considered to have been responsible for India’s telecommunications revolution and has been a leading campaigner to help bridge the global digital divide. As technology Adviser to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in the mid-1980s, Mr Pitroda not only heralded the telecom revolution in India, but also made a strong case for using technology for the benefit and betterment of society through several missions on telecommunications, literacy, dairy, water, immunization, and oilseeds. He has continued to redefine the role technology can play in a society like India by linking it to better delivery of services for the underprivileged in the country

CEO of Inveneo Kristin Peterson

Ms Kristin Peterson is CEO of Inveneo, a non-profit social enterprise that takes computers, Internet access and telephony to rural and underserved communities in the developing world. To help offset connectivity issues and environmental challenges, Inveneo’s solutions incorporate cost-efficient and sustainable features that include ultra-low-power computing, and long-distance wireless connectivity and they partner with local ICT entrepreneurs for in-country deployment. Ms Peterson has led Inveneo’s efforts to deliver education, healthcare, economic development and relief projects in Haiti and in 25 countries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia with life-impacting ICTs.

Theme of 2011: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day'17th May

This year, World Telecommunication and Information Society Day highlights the theme “Better life in rural communities with ICTs”, which was adopted by ITU Council in 2009 and follows up on the theme for 2010: “Better city, better life with ICTs”.

ICTs are increasingly in demand to meet the Millennium Development Goals. In the rural context, ICTs provide enhanced opportunities to generate income and combat poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy..

Half the world’s population resides in rural districts and far flung communities. This half — three billion people — represent the poorer, less educated, and more deprived cousins of our urban citizens. They are also among the least connected to the benefits of ICTs. We cannot allow this situation to continue.

17th May : World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

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The purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide.

17 May marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union.

Top 5 Tallest Telecommunication Tower in the world..Latest!

Number 1:

CN Tower ,Canada Nation,

553 meter,147 floors,

Toronto, Canada

Builit in:1976

Number 2:

Ostankalno Tele Tower

540 meter,120 floors,

Moscow,Russia

Built in:1967

Number 3:

Oriental Pearl Tower,

468 meters,14 floors,

Shanghai,Chaina

Built in 1994

Number 4:

Borj-e-Milad(Milad Tower)

435 meter,12 floors,

Tehran,Iran,
Built in 2007

Number 5:

Menara Telecommuniation Tower,

421 Meters

Kualampur,Malayasia,

Built in 1996

Cloud Computing: A new era of Computing and Computer Industry!

Cloud computing is a online form of computing (Web 2.0 in fact) where users can access applications via a browser, while the application is installed and stored (as well as the data) on a server. This is a whole new form of computing and is allowing thousands of users from all around the world to access something without having to download and install anything on their own computers. An example of this would be Google Docs.Which is a simple form of cloud computing.

The phrase “cloud computing” originated from the cloud symbol that is usually used by flow charts and diagrams to symbolize the internet. The principle behind the cloud is that any computer connected to the internet is connected to the same pool of computing power, applications, and files. Users can store and access personal files such as music, pictures, videos, and bookmarks or play games or use productivity applications on a remote server rather than physically carrying around a storage medium such as a DVD or thumb drive. Almost all users of the internet may be using a form of cloud computing though few realize it. Those who use web-based email such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, a Company owned email, or even an e-mail client program such as Outlook, Evolution, Mozilla Thunderbird or Entourage are making use of cloud email servers. Hence, desktop applications which connect to cloud email would be considered cloud applications.

Lets say you are an owner of an IT firm. As your business grows you need to buy more PC ,more software application and need to purchase the software license.So,at the end of the day you are spending money for the same application as your user is increasing. Now let us imagine a scenario that where you need to buy one application for only one time. This is cloud computing. In cloud computing you just need to access the cloud server or application server through an username and password and your application will be reserved in a server PC.Additionally you will also be able to store your music,video,images and even an entire data storage in the internet. Then you do not need to buy a hard disk of 500GB or more. The storage will be the server in the internet and you will access them simply by your user name and password. Isn’t it fabulous?

A story named “Modulation”!