No decision on getting Facebook, Twitter servers to India: Government

Tech News - "The government has not decided to get servers of popular social networking sites, like hike, Facebook, Twitter etc established within the country," Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
  
He, however, said the government regularly interacts with all stakeholders including social media providers to resolve the issues arising from time to time, related to handling of unlawful content on the internet.

The Minister said security agencies face difficulty while dealing with encrypted communications provided by various service providers.
  
World over several service providers are providing services like WhatsApp, Viber, WeChat, Skype, Yahoo, Gmail for sharing audio, video, image, email, data and accessing other web services anytime and anywhere in a secure manner, Prasad said.
  
He added the security of these services is achieved through encryption technology and these services are mostly availed by the citizens across the world through internet.
  
"At times these services may also used by anti-national and criminal elements, which pose a security threat," the Minister said.
  
Prasad added the government has mandated all the telecom service providers including internet service providers to provide the lawful interception and monitoring facilities to the security agencies for all the services including WhatsApp, Viber etc.

Source:  Online Hindi News 

 

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Airtel drops plans to charge extra for VoIP calls

"In view of the news reports that a consultation paper will be issued shortly by TRAI on issues relating to services offered by OTT (over the top content) players including VoIP, we have decided not to implement our proposed launch of VoIP packs," Bharti Airtel said in a statement.
   
The operator had earlier decided to charge VoIP calls on pay as you go basis, at standard data rates of 4 paise per 10 KB on 3G network and 10 paise per 10 KB on 2G network.
  
Besides, it had also announced special VoIP packs.
   
"We have no doubt that as a result of the consultation process a balanced  outcome would emerge that would not only protect the interests of all stakeholders and viability of this important sector but would also encourage much needed investments in spectrum and roll out of data networks to fulfil the objective of digital India," Airtel said.

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Government to look into Airtel's plan to charge for internet calls

"We will look into it. Government will come back with structured response," Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on the sidelines of 'Good Governance Day' event organised by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology.
  
He was responding to media questions on Airtel's plan to charge for VoIP calls at standard rate of 4 paise per 10 KB on 3G network and 10paise per 10 KB on 2G network.
   
Airtel customers will now have to pay extra for making calls on Skype, Viber or other apps.
  
"All internet/data packs or plans (through which customer can avail discounted rate) shall only be valid for internet browsing and will exclude VoIP (both incoming/ outgoing). VoIP over data connectivity would be charged at standard data rates of 4p/10 KB (3G service) and 10p/10 KB (2G service)," Airtel said on its website.
   
Based on standard rates, usage of each GB of data for VoIP on 3G network will cost about Rs 4,000 and while the same on 2G netwrok will cost about Rs 10,000.

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Sachin Tendulkar's Viber public chat first to hit 1 million followers

Tendulkar's public chat, which allows fans to get "an insider's view" of the iconic Indian cricketer, has been gaining astonishing growth since its launch on November 18th, hitting the one million mark in less than one month.
   
"Exceeding one million followers in less than a month for one of our Public Chats is an important milestone for Viber," said Talmon Marco, Viber's CEO.
   
"Our vision for Public Chats was to provide people with a 'fly on the wall' experience of what their favourite celebrities and personalities were chatting about. Tendulkar's Public Chat truly brings this vision to life, inviting Viber users to get an insider's view into his world on a daily basis," Marco said.
   
"We are extremely excited to announce that Sachin Tendulkar's Viber Public Chats has crossed the one million followers mark within a month of its launch," said Anubhav Nayyar, Viber Country Manager for India, where Tendulkar's Public Chat was established.

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