In light ofrecent terrorist attacksin Mumbai, an agreement has been signed between India and United States, pointing towards better collaboration from both parties in cyber security issues. This pact, which was signed by R. Chandrashekhar, Secretary, Department of IT, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology and Jane Holl Lute, Deputy secretary, US Department of Homeland Security, aims to usher in closer co-operation and timely information exchange regarding cyber security between the countries....

Cryptocurrency investors in India hit the panic button last night as the winter schedule of parliament, starting from November 29, was published. It indicated that a new cryptocurrency bill will be tabled for discussion, which might but a ban on cryptocurrency trading in the country. The description of the bill said that it “seeks to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India, however, it allows for certain exceptions to promote the underlying technology of cryptocurrency and its uses....

Acer has just launched India’s first Honeycomb tablet, the Acer Iconia Tab A500. The Iconia Tab A500 which was announced in January this year, runs on Android 3.0 with Acer’s UI on top and sports a 10.1″ capacitive touchscreen with a Dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. It includes a 5MP rear camera with a 2MP front cam, Wi-Fi support, a 3260 mAh battery and 16GB internal memory which can be expanded upto 32GB by using SD cards....

According to the latest report by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the Indian GSM subscriber base rose to 580.66 million in April representing a 11m increase on the previous month. This ties in our previous report of India having500 million subscribers, not 800m as was widely believed before. Airtel which has been adding features such asdataless access to Facebook accountsand plans to bring the iPhone 4 to Indiathis month, has maintained pole position among Indian mobile operators by adding 2....

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has established a newNational Call Preference Registry (NCPR)in the country to staunch the flow of unsolicited communications by telemarketers, says toa report byThe Hindu. According to the dictates of the program, which went into effect on Tuesday, every telemarketer in India is required toregister with the NCPRbefore they start sending out calls and text messages to cellphone and landline subscribers in the country. On doing so, they will be assigned a short code that they have to use in pursuing their promotion strategies....