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Definition of Broadband Internet connection revised by Indian Government

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broadbandThe Indian Government has said that it has revised the definition of a broadband internet connection in India from a minimum speed of 256 Kbps (Kilo bits per second) to 512 Kbps from January 2011. The move comes as the Government has accepted TRAI’s recommendations in the National Broadband Plan with regard to speed of broadband internet in India. The Government has also said that from January 1, 2015, the stipulated download speed for any broadband connection, either wireline or wireless, will be 2 Mbps.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Milind Deora, Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, said, “Broadband connection may be defined as a data connection using any technology that is able to support interactive services including Internet access and support a minimum download speed of 512 Kilo bits per second (Kbps). It is to be noted that the upload speed will atleast be half the download speed. This definition of broadband (Both Wireline and Wireless) given in para 6.21 above, which will be effective from 1st January 2011. The stipulated download speed of 2 Mbps will be effective from 1st January 2015.”

“Licensed Telecom Service Providers are to provide Internet and Broadband services as per the terms and conditions of their respective licenses. However, in case of any violations, actions are taken as per the provisions of the respective Telecom licenses. Further, 34 Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring (TERM) Cells are functioning all across the country to curb illegal activities in telecom services and checking the compliance by the licencees, in respect of licence conditions and any directions issued by the licensor”, Deora added.

BSNL launches Voice & Video Telephony (VVOIP) in India

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bsnl-logoBSNL along with Communication Technologies (ICTs) provider Sai Infosystem today launched their voice and video telephony over internet protocol to its customers.

IP to IP voice calls within India will cost 40 paise per minute and IP to IP video calls within India will cost Rs.2 per minute. Monthly charges for using this service will be Rs.150. International calls seem really cheap at just 1.2 paise per minute if we go by the release .

“To start with, video communication is highly affordable compared to conventional video conferencing services. We are also making special arrangements with leading international carriers to ensure that consumers always reach their international destinations easily and at most affordable rates,” BSNL CMD RK Upadhyay said.

Change in Google algorithm to deal with content copying

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In a blog last week, Matt Cutts, head of Google’s Webspam team talked about on the team’s progress in reducing the amount of spam in search engines. In that post, he has hinted towards some changes in the work to take the spam to a lower level, including the sites that copy content from other sites, and those with low initial or original content.

In his post, he explains:

This was a pretty targeted launch: slightly over 2 percent of queries change in some way, but less than half a percent of search results change enough that someone might really notice. The net effect is that searchers are more likely to see the sites that wrote the original content rather than a site that scraped or copied the original site’s content.

I would say, that’s a very solid and significant change on Google’s part.

Read full post here.

This was a pretty targeted launch: slightly over 2 percent of queries change in some way, but less than half a percent of search results change enough that someone might really notice. The net effect is that searchers are more likely to see the sites that wrote the original content rather than a site that scraped or copied the original site’s content.

Official HTML5 logo launched

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W3C or World Wide Web Consortium, launched the official HTML5 Logo today.

You can head over to the official site and choose from a variety of logos according to the features & services you are using in your web applications and start embedding them in your websites.

HTML5 Logo

According to W3C:

It stands strong and true, resilient and universal as the markup you write. It shines as bright and as bold as the forward-thinking, dedicated web developers you are. It’s the standard’s standard, a pennant for progress. And it certainly doesn’t use tables for layout.

We present an HTML5 logo.