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Mobile phone companies are set to face rigid accounting and tech challenges after the implementation of the goods & services tax (GST) from July 1. As per industry experts, telcos might even be compelled to make huge additional investments in order to overhaul and reconfigure their existing IT and billing systems so that they can be well equipped to undertake the complex task of splitting revenues from multiple sources like roaming, interconnect and termination charges. These additional costs could go up to Rs 300 crore or more, as per rough industry estimates. Presently, phone companies have IT and billing systems aligned at the circle level because of the government dividing India into 22 telecom service areas to ease licensing. However, since the GST of 18% (for telecom services) will be levied in 29 states and seven union territories (UTs), these telcos would have to empower their IT and billing systems to capture revenues at the state level from July 1st. "The

Google announced a new  Chrome Enterprise Bundle  that is sure to make IT pros life a bit easier. It will help admins deploy and manage the Chrome browser across the company. It provides admins a single installer for the Chrome browser, the  Chrome Legacy Browser Support  (LBS) extension for running an ActiveX widget and some administrative policy templates. Now it’s easier for IT admins to deploy Chrome. This could upset the standard that is Internet Explorer or Edge standards at most companies, a change which may already be on its way considering the company says that the number of enterprises that use Chrome has doubled over the last two years.  Regardless, with LBS, companies ocan deploy Chrome even if they need access to older versions of Internet Explorer to use outdated plugins such as Silverlight. If an employee using Chrome clicks on a link that needs a legacy browser to work, the LBS extension will open the URL in that browser. And when an employee types in another URL

Microservices , that is, breaking larger applications into small parts that communicate over APIs, is increasingly becoming the architectural style of choice for many developers (especially when coupled with containers). Managing this fleet of services introduces its own set of challenges, though. To help developers and DevOps professionals manage and secure their microservice-based applications, Google, IBM and Lyft today announced  Istio , a new open platform that allows you to create a network of deployed services, and which includes tools for load balancing, service-to-service authentication and monitoring, among others. It can do all of this without requiring any changes to the actual applications. That’s because Istio sits at the network level and uses a proxy to intercept all network communication between your microservices. At its core, Istio uses the  Envoy proxy  (which was developed by Lyft) and its built-in service discovery and load balancing tools, among other things

The FCC recently posted a notice about a proposed piece of legislation that would, essentially, roll back the Open Internet Order of 2015, which established the concept of net neutrality. These are publicly available documents, and you can  read them for yourself . Of course, the documents are also wordy and complicated, so I’m going to distill them down into something we can all understand here. Here’s what such proposed legislation would mean for the internet—and for the future of our technology. What It Actually Means The proposal is called “Restoring Internet Freedom,” because its proponents believe that net neutrality is restrictive. But this definition has a cruel ironic tinge to it, because net neutrality is what keeps the internet freely and equally available. Net neutrality is the  way the internet has always worked , so much so that we take it for granted. Net neutrality allows us to access the internet at the same speeds, no matter what we’re doing, without hav

Google  is preparing to introduce its digital wallet,  Android Pay , in India this year, anchoring the platform to the government-backed Unified Payments Interface as are other global companies including  Stripe  and WhatsApp. Google has started testing  UPI  on its Android Pay platform, said one person aware of the developments. Another person tracking smartphone brands said Google was evaluating an entry for Android Pay into India through UPI. A third person said Stripe - the San Francisco-based startup that allows businesses in more than 100 countries to easily accept all kinds of  digital payments  -was in advanced talks to launch in India through a partnership with UPI. Last month, AP Hota, managing director of National Payments Corporation of India that developed UPI, said messaging service WhatsApp had shown interest in UPI for the launch of its new payments platform here. Dilip Asbe, chief operating officer at  NPCI , told ET that three global companies had approache

InnerWave  Ventures, managed by corporate advisory firm InnerWave plans to invest around Rs 18-20 crore in 18-20  startups  in the next 3 years. Additionally, the parent corporate advisory firm InnerWave which has expertise in fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, valuation, and others will also help in additional rounds including investments from venture capitalists. InnerWave Ventures which currently consist of a group of 32 angel investors are looking to help early-stage startups and will be helping the startups with mentorship and expansion plans. The network consists of senior leaders from corporates like Adobe, Microsoft, JP Morgan and others. Varun Dhingra and Jatin Tehri, the founders of will be InnerWave Ventures will be selecting the startups through a pre-screening process. The founders will then invest in the startup before connecting them to the other angel investors. The Corporate Advisory team of InnerWave will also Talking to ETech on phone, Varun Dhingra, C

Technology has been shaping the way we work and live for decades. As everything in our world is becoming increasingly digital, new software and applications continue to emerge and arguably make our lives easier. Whether it’s artificial intelligence, a new web coding format or wearables, unique technology has the power to change the world. To find out what the next big technical innovation is and how it can make an impact, I asked 10 entrepreneurs from the  Young Entrepreneur Council : What will revolutionize the web in the next five years beyond Facebook and Google, and what effect will this have on your business? Their best answers are below: 1. Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence will continue to change everything as we let machines do more of the work in terms of personalizing recommendations and the content we find. We will converse more with machines and let them take over a lot of our tedious work. It will positively impact my business because I’m workin

With Jio's commercial start, the Indian telecom industry has undoubtedly started to witness free services, but one can always argue if that has been done at the cost of quality. India's internet users often experience patchy networks, accompanied by slow internet speed and continuous buffering. To solve these issues, a Bangalore-based startup has started to create a one-of-its kind service that can't be ignored by businesses, or even the government. ZifiLink, which started as a live-streaming service for internal events of big organizations, has now transformed into a full-fledged product company, which looks forward to democratizing reliable, high-speed internet. This is done by combining multiple networks and streaming them through one source, which means that it combines the data bandwidth of all the telecom players, which results in super fast data speeds. The company has its flagship product in the form of a portable WiFi router converging eight different t

The  FBI has seen  a steady uptick in internet crime complaints since 2013, and cybersecurity is expected to be an even greater concern in 2017.    Dennis Bonilla, executive dean of the College of Information Systems and Technology at University of Phoenix, agrees: "Data is currency and with the amount of information out there, criminals can find new ways of hacking into systems to steal that data. Trained cybersecurity professionals, equipped with the right tools, are best positioned to protect companies and their customer data making it difficult to compromise an organization."    And it isn’t limited to tech-fields – cybersecurity touches every industry. From major utilities to retail, if you have ever considered changing your career, a future in cybersecurity may be the right fit for you.    Be prepared to take the plunge There are a lot of reasons to pursue a career in a new field, but there are also challenges that should be considered to make the change run

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has rejected the telecom department's call to reconsider its recommendation of penalising Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular with a fine of Rs 3,050 crore for not providing adequate points of interconnect (PoIs) to Reliance Jio. TRAI stressed that it has the adequate power required to suggest penal action on erring telcos keeping in mind the larger public interest. Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had sent a letter to TRAI raising questions and objections against the penalty. In response, TRAI said that Airtel, Vodafone and Idea had willingly disobeyed the rules by denying PoIs in order to choke competition. This led to the quality of services being hampered, and ideally, should have led to the cancellation of licences. "The authority considered the fact that revocation of the licence will entail significant consumer inconvenience and, therefore, recommended a penal action of Rs 50 crore per licence area

That is expected to hit campus hiring in India — particularly in tier-2, tier-3 campuses where IT is among the most prominent recruiters. Some small IT companies — who campuses declined to name — have pulled back on offers made to the batch of 2017 at some of the smaller institutes, claiming that projects have not taken off. None of the bigger players have retracted any offers yet — but hiring numbers may take a beating for the upcoming placements, feel institutes. “We take a multifaceted approach toward hiring. We hire talent from colleges and train them on new and emerging technologies, train existing talent on new technologies to fulfil demand and also hire senior level laterals from the market. We will honour the offers that have been made and will continue to hire from campuses. We do not provide hiring guidance,” said Wipro in an email response to ET. An Infosys spokesperson too said it was too early to comment on the hiring numbers for the year ahead. “We have extended

There has been a spate of layoff announcements by information technology companies alongside fears of further downsizing during the year. One of the main reasons for downsizing is that many technological  skills  are becoming outdated due to automation, leading to redundancy. But experts say this also presents an opportunity: “Robots might replace human beings but you need intelligent humans to manage the robots,“ says Lovleen Bhatia, CEO, Edureka, an e-learning platform. So, if you are able to upskill yourself and stay relevant, you can still be indispensable to the organisation. Meet Rupam Sri, 35, a Bengaluru based techie who began her career with Java coding and was into manual testing. As technologies evolved, she felt the need to upgrade her skills to automation testing. It required her to learn new concepts and gain expertise. “I signed up for a certification training for Selenium 3.0, which is an ultra-efficient software testing tool that helps automate web application

Cognizant president Rajeev Mehta has written to employees to address concerns over reports of massive layoffs at the company. In an email accessed by ET NOW, Mehta told employees: 'Cognizant has not done any layoffs. Each year, in line with industry best practices, we conduct performance reviews to reflect on the work of last year and ensure goals for the subsequent year are clear. We are being committed to being a meritocracy. We believe that's good for all associates around the world'. Cognizant has been on the receiving end of bad press in India after several employees alleged 'forced' termination. IT unions have even petitioned before labour dept in several states demanding a resolution on the matter. Reports suggest that over 6,000 employees in India have lost jobs even as the company has put in place a voluntary separation programme for mid to senior executives. The management has also denied speculations that such measures are being undertaken to

Infosys touted its new strategy to hire and train 10,000 American workers over the next two years at the company's annual leadership meeting in San Francisco. Infosys on Wednesday touted its new strategy to hire and train 10,000 American workers over the next two years at the company's annual leadership meeting in San Francisco. Infosys is the largest employer of workers under the U.S. H1-B visa program for skilled workers, which has been under fire as the Trump Administration moves to tighten a range of immigration laws. Many large companies hire so-called outsourcing firms such as Infosys to manage their computer operations. Infosys announced three weeks ago that it would hire 10,000 Americans, and said on Monday that it had leased 35,000 square feet of office space in downtown Indianapolis. Indiana governer Eric Holcomb, who succeeded Vice President Mike Pence in the state's top office, and Indiana University President Michael McRobbie appeared at the San Franc