Facebook selects Ybrant as ad marketing partner
Facebook has roped in Ybrant Digital, the Hyderabad-based digital marketing solutions company, as its Marketing Application Programming Interface (API) Partners.
Ybrant is among about 20 companies Facebook selected globally as it launched new Marketing Programme recently [source].
MNP: 13 Million Changed Numbers
Nearly 13 million subscribers have changed their service provider using the Mobile Number Portability facility since November 2010.
According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, maximum number of porting requests have come from Gujarat (12.98 lakh) followed by Maharashtra (10.32 lakh) till June 30. About 10.5 million subscribers had used MNP as on May 31.[source]
ZTE partners with BSNL to spruce up broadband connectivity in India
Under the partnership, ZTE will deploy ultra high-speed ADSL2 + and next generation VDSL2+ broadband devices across BSNL networks in 15 circles. [source]
Monitoring of Social Networking Websites
Indian government wants to monitor social networking websites (Twitter/Facebook). The Telecom Service Providers provide facilities for lawful interception and monitoring of communication flowing through their network including communications from social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter, as per the terms and conditions of their licence agreements. There are certain communications, which are encrypted by the Solution Service Providers of these services. The Telecom Service Providers are not supposed to know the content of any communication and, therefore, do not know whether a service is encrypted or not. This is known by the Security Agencies only when the stream of encrypted content is delivered to them through the facility of lawful interception and monitoring provided by Telecom Service Providers.[source]
Maxx Mobile to foray into tablet space
We are in the process of developing some tabs. It will take a long time. It is not that easy (to produce a tablet). We have to do a lot of work on that. The features will be the USP (Unique Selling Proposition). Right now we cannot comment anything on it [source]
