Kochi: Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) that nationally operates its telecom services under the MTS brand with over 15 million wireless customers today announced the launch of its high-speed mobile broadband service, MBlaze in ten towns in Kerala - Mahe, Peringanur, Neyyattinkara, Ambalappuzha, Aroor, Mannarkkad, Irinjalakkuda, Edappal, Taliparamba, Payyannur. This latest roll out extends the current MBlaze footprint to 50 towns across the State.

Tvm: IBS Software has won the ‘IT Systems Provider of the Year’ award for 2011 instituted by Mumbai based STAT Trade Times. The international award for recognising excellence among IT solution providers in the air cargo domain is given based on an independent world-wide online poll. The award was announced on February 02 at the Air Cargo India 2012 event in Mumbai, a premiere global industry event attended by leading personalities from the air freight industry including leading airlines, industry consultants & experts, airports and other service providers.

Bangalore: NVIDIA today announced the launch of an online platform dedicated to Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) computing and High Performance Computing (HPC) users, for the first time in India. The informal special interest group will bring together GPU users from all fields and experience levels in India, including academicians, researchers, scientists, device manufacturers, system integrators, service providers and all early adopters of HPC & GPU computing.

Tvm: Ernakulam District has won the overall championship at the 10th edition of the State School IT Fest which concluded today at the Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram. Kasaragod District was the runner up with Kozhikode, Kannur and Wayanad Districts in the third position. The best school in the High School category was PKMM HSS from Edarikkode in Malappuram District and MDS HSS from Kottayam, in the Higher Secondary School category.

Tvm: The Kerala Government has proposed an integrated Knowledge City project under the Vision 2030 initiative. This was one of the ten projects discussed by Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Infrastructure, Information and Innovations and also, State Mentor for Vision 2030, during an interaction with the Chief Minister, Shri Oommen Chandy and his Council of Ministers including Deputy Chairman, Planning Board in Trivandrum today.

Tvm: The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation will be soon implementing a centrally sponsored Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) project across the city. With this project, the Corporation envisages full fledged connectivity between each of the households and the Corporation Offices. An RFID tag will be installed at convenient location near the front door of each house within the Corporation area to enable the connectivity. RFID is the use of a wireless non-contact radio system to transfer data from a tag attached to an object, for the purposes of automatic identification and tracking.