The academy aims to create a certified pool of network professionals in India to enable the creation of smart data network for Digital India, Smart Cities and 4G rollout, a company statement said.
Sterlite Tech Academy would provide trained and certified professionals to the industry for their broadband infrastructure and fibre deployment projects, Anand Agarwal, CEO, Sterlite Technologies said.
"For India to progress to a knowledge-based society, it is imperative that broadband penetration improves. A big challenge to this is the lack of skilled workforce in creation of data infrastructure," he further said.
SV.CO ties up with FB, offers entrepreneurship programme * SV.CO, a digital incubator for students, has launched an entrepreneurship programme and joined hands with social networking giant Facebook to provide access to its developer teams in California.
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* Phone directory app Truecaller today said it has appointed Tejinder Gill as Vice President of Sales and Head of India operations.
Gill will focus on building monetisation strategies and running the India operations, it added.
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PayTunes partners Delhi's Jabardast HIT 95 FM * City-based radio station Jabardast HIT 95 FM, has partnered with digital audio ad platform PayTunes to build and expand its digital presence.
With this tie-up, Jabardast HIT 95 FM and PayTunes will provide engagement features as well such as in-app actions, contests, etc to their advertisers, a statement said.
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Panasonic India launches P71 for Rs 7,490 * Panasonic India today launched a new 4G smartphone -- P71 -- priced at Rs 7,490 in the Indian market.
The dual SIM, 4G VoLTE-enabled smartphone features a five-inch display, 1.25GHz quad core processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB internal memory (expandable up to 32GB), 8MP rear and 2MP front camera and 2,000 mAh battery.
The handset will have a 2GB RAM version available as well for Rs 8,190.