RCom mulls monetising tower and fiber assets this fiscal

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 17:11

Debt-laden telecom major Reliance Communications is looking at monetising its tower and fiber assets this fiscal to reduce debt and has appointed investment bankers for the purpose.

For Google, new FCC rules may bring unfamiliar government oversight

Last Updated: Thursday, February 5, 2015, 18:31

Aiming to set "net neutrality" rules that guide how Internet service providers manage traffic on their networks, the FCC will vote Feb. 26 on whether to impose tighter regulations by classifying them more like traditional telephone companies.

Longer, stronger cotton fiber developed to fend off competition from synthetic ones

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 17:13

An international collaboration with strong Aggie ties has figured out how to make a longer cotton fiber.

Japanese firm to mass-produce synthetic spider silk

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 11:57

A Japanese company has developed a synthetic protein based on spider silk and plans to use it to mass-produce a highly resistant and flexible fiber in the near future.

Digital village - Government at people`s doorsteps

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 18:37

In October 2011, the government of India approved the setting up of the NOFN to provide connectivity to the 250,000 gram panchayats in the country.

Flexible and wearable silicon solar-cell fabrics may soon become reality

Last Updated: Saturday, December 8, 2012, 09:38

An international team of chemists, physicists, and engineers has, for the first time, developed a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities that is capable of being scaled up to many meters in length.

Google launches 100 times faster Internet service

Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2012, 20:54

Google has unveiled a new Internet service that is 100 times faster than the average ISP connection currently available.

Google's ultra-high speed internet service 'Google Fiber' unveiled

Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2012, 12:12

After more than two years of anticipation, Google finally announced Thursday that the company's ultra-high speed internet service Google Fiber would become available to the residents of its test community Kansas City starting in September.

Google Fiber: Google`s new ultra-high speed internet

Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2012, 12:11

Google announced its ultra-high speed internet service Google Fiber would become available to the residents of its test community Kansas City starting in September.

Iran begins making carbon fiber, despite ban

Last Updated: Saturday, August 27, 2011, 20:07

Iran on Saturday inaugurated a plant for producing carbon fiber, which it is banned from importing by international sanctions targeting dual-use materials, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Thane: 6 held in railway cables theft case

Last Updated: Monday, July 11, 2011, 11:11

With the arrest of six persons the Thane police on Monday claimed to have solved the case of theft of optical fiber cables of the Indian Railways in March 2011.