Chennai, India
Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq National market: SIFY), a leader in enterprise data services and consumer Internet with global delivery capabilities, announced today its agreement with Google Inc. to bring the Google Apps suite of communication and collaboration tools, including email, chat and online documents, to Indian Internet users. Google Apps will now power Sifymail and chat, as well as other applications using the Google Apps platform, which would be leveraged across Sify’s fast expanding Network Infrastructure, reaching out to over a million users across India and abroad.
Raju Vegesna, Chairman & CEO, Sify Technologies Limited, said, “There is a perfect confluence of the mission of our companies in enhancing the quality of life of individuals and businesses by empowering them with the Internet. Our agreement with Google makes superior applications available for communications and collaboration, coupled with our understanding of the needs of Indians, on our popular portal Sify.com. We believe that we can make compelling applications, tools and content based on Google’s expertise for many more Indians to use the Internet to enhance their productivity and quality of life. This agreement enhances our relationship with Google beyond powering the search on Sify.com”.
Shailesh Rao, Managing Director, Google India Pvt. Ltd., said, “We’re pleased to work with Sify to offer its customers access to our leading communication and collaboration tools. Our companies share a vision of giving consumers innovative choices that will the change the way they interact with each other and the world”.
Sify is a leader in providing Internet access in India through the ePort cyber café chain and home broadband access, as well as interactive rich media content with sites such as Sify.com for news, sports, finance, games, shopping and video content, Sifymax.com for broadband entertainment content, Samachar.com for global Indians to stay in touch with everything Indian. The agreement with Google will complement Sify’s strengths in connectivity and content to catalyze the use of the Internet by Indians with world-class applications, tools and content tailored to Indian requirements.
Sify will start launching these services for users in the coming months.
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Sify Joins Google To Bring Google Apps Suite Of Communication And Collaboration Tools To Indian Users.
August 27th, 2008
Tokyo, Japan – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (President and CEO: Setsuhiro Shimomura)announced today it has successfully launched Superbird-7, which is Japan’s first domestically produced commercial communications satellite, and the next-generation communications satellite for Space Communications Corporation (SCC).
Superbird-7 was successfully launched from Guiana Space Center, French Guiana at 5:44 a.m. on August 15 (Japan time) using Arianespace’s launch vehicle, Ariane 5. The satellite separated from the launcher at 6:09 a.m. and succeeded in spreading its solar paddle at 7:02 a.m.
The Superbird-7 will be positioned into stationary orbit 36,000 kilometers above ground level and Mitsubishi Electric will continue in-orbit testing until September 2008.
Superbird-7 was made at Mitsubishi Electric’s Kamakura Works in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It uses Mitsubishi Electric’s original DS2000 satellite bus platform, which was developed based on the Engineering Test Satellite-8 (ETS-8), made for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The DS2000 is also currently used in the Multi-functional Transport Satellite-2 (MTSAT-2), made for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan and the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The well-equipped facilities at Kamakura Works have enabled Mitsubishi Electric to efficiently conduct its production and system tests in a single building, with a variety of testing facilities for satellite production such as a space chamber that simulates the high vacuum and extremely low temperatures of space, vibration test equipment, an acoustic test room and a compact antenna testing range. The Kamakura Works also has all the necessary satellite control equipment to check the satellite performance and functions in stationary orbit after the launch and separation of the launch vehicle.
Details of the Superbird-7 Launch
The agreement with SCC is for a ‘delivery in orbit’ (DIO) contract, in which Mitsubishi Electric will manage the project entirely from satellite design, production and launch, installation of satellite control equipment, to final extensive in-orbit testing prior to final handover to the customer. Mitsubishi Electric will hand the satellite over to SCC after the in-orbit testing and also, provide full operational support during its 15 year-life span.
To date, all 18 satellites currently operated by Japanese broadcast and communications companies have been US-made. Superbird-7 will be the first Japan-made commercial satellite to be launched into orbit.
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Mitsubishi Launches First Ever All Japanese made Communication Satellite, Superbird-7
August 27th, 2008
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Nerd Vittles has done it again with a fine ariticle on how to make free calls worldwide with Asterisk and Gizmo5 (All calls free). According to the article you will be able call any cellphone or landline in the United States at no cost, as long as it is not on AT&T number!
In fact you can check any of the numbers you call are free calls by checking with Gizmo5’s back door. Nerd Vittles also explains about the carriers who are using the VoIP for their call terminations. I just checked my sprint number and it is free through Gizmo5 back door dialing. Back door dialing is easily accomplished by adding 0101 to the destination number, Just dial 0101 + 10 digit US telephone number.
While the technicalities are too long for a referring article, you can read all at leisure at Nerd Vittles. In addition, the article also tells you how to add Free Calls to 40 Million Asterisk Servers with e164.org. I am proud to say that four of those Asterisk servers are mine and there are about 100-150 that I helped to implement. You might also want to read ASTGizmo to setup Gizmo5 and Asterisk together.
So head over to; Free Asterisk Calls to Zillions of Phones with ENUM and Gizmo5’s Backdoor Dialing and start making those free calls.
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Free Calls WIth Asterisk And Gizmo5
August 26th, 2008
According to a post on Solarion, Ericsson has deployed a GSM base station and a Satellite transmission in a self contained solar powered site. This allows Cambodian Mobile operator, Star-cell the cover remote areas in the country, easily.
Hans Karlsson, President of Ericsson Thailand and Indochina, says: “This marks an important milestone and we are proud to implement the first solar-powered solution in Cambodia. This move highlights our technical leadership, our commitment to sustainable development, and our vision of providing communication for all.” This deployment follows a series of initiatives from Ericsson to optimize the energy efficiency of mobile networks by creating solutions that reduce environmental impacts and lower operator costs. These initiatives include: BTS Power Savings features that put a network in stand-by mode during off-peak hours and saves up to 15 percent of the network access energy consumption; the innovative site concept Ericsson Tower Tube; biofuel-powered telecom sites; a hybrid solution using diesel and batteries that cuts network operating costs by up to 50 percent; and the Solar Village Charger, co-developed with Sony Ericsson. Ericsson delivered its first solar-powered sites in 2000 to Maroc Telecom in Morocco, and has so far provided more than 200 sites in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Americas. Read more at Solar Powered Communications With Ericsson
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Ericsson Provides Solar Powered Communications In Rural Cambodia.
August 26th, 2008
McLean, Va. – August 22, 2008 – Angel.com, the leading provider of on-demand call center and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions, announced today that it has won a 2008 Speech Industry Implementation Award for the success of its IVR solution for the International Republican Institute (IRI). The award, presented during the 2008 SpeechTEK Conference & Exhibition, August 18-20 in New York, recognizes user companies that have achieved a significant business benefit after implementing a speech solution or upgrading an existing system.
“It’s incredibly satisfying when our voice solutions help a customer exceed their business goals,” said Michael Zirngibl, CEO of Angel.com. “That IRI nominated Angel.com for this award speaks volumes about their success with our IVR solution.”
The International Republican Institute (IRI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to advancing freedom and democracy worldwide. Among its many activities, the IRI sends delegates to foreign countries to monitor and observe election processes to insure they are open and transparent and follow the democratic process. IRI has monitored more than 130 elections in more than 40 countries.
Traditionally, field delegates would record observations in a hand-written notebook. Due to travel and other challenges, such a practice resulted in a two- to three-day turnaround from observation to reporting.
With spotty Internet access in many of the areas in which delegates operate, IRI leveraged an IVR solution from Angel.com to facilitate more immediate data collection and reporting. IRI first used the solution during the April 2007 elections in Nigeria. The speed and accuracy of the phone-based reporting system allowed IRI to quickly update the media on its findings.
“The biggest benefit of the Angel.com IVR is the benefit of real-time information,” said Shawn Beighle, Information and Technology Director at IRI. “As reports in Nigeria poured in from across the country, we were immediately able to see what was happening throughout the region.”
Another advantage of the Angel.com solution for IVR was the ease of implementation. Beighle was able to build and deploy the IVR application himself without leaning on IRI’s small IT team thanks to Angel.com’s easy-to-use SiteBuilder interface.
“The empowerment of SiteBuilder is a great advantage for Angel.com and for IRI,” said Beighle. “The user-friendly and intuitive solution enabled me to easily create my own application. The menu-based platform lets me make changes quickly, and they’re active almost instantly.”
IRI has since used the solution to observe and report on milestone democratic elections in countries such as the Ukraine and Kenya.
“We greatly value the ability for a non-profit organization such as ours to leverage high-level technology that truly helps make a difference,” said Beighle.
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SpeechTEK 2008 Implementation Award Goes To Angel.com Wins 2008
August 25th, 2008
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