MARS Telecom Hyderabad

MARS Telecom has been in Hyderabad for quite some time now. The were operating as an outsourced development center fro 3Com until recently. They are expanding their business to cater to market areas other than Telecom, Voip, etc. 

They are also recruiting for resources in different domain areas and are looking for resources with excellent background.

A few words about the company are posted here.

MARS Telecom Systems (ISO 9001:2000 certified) is an
established software product development solutions provider and an
outsourced development and services partner with deep expertise in the
telecom, networking, convergence and custom application development.

MARS offers exemplary software product development and QA services to
global clients and our client rely on our proven practices, global delivery
models, state-of-art development centers in Hyderabad and Bangalore, India
and a talented team of domain specialists ensure that the clients derive
optimum return on their IT budgets.

MARS strength lies in our flexible partnering models, talented pool of
experienced Software Engineers; flawless project execution and our
innovative solutions are focused to augment the business value of our
clients. MARS Telecom has managed several global engagements by leveraging
its local market knowledge, technical expertise and experience to provide
highly competent resources, excellent work culture and world-class
infrastructure.

Globally, Corporates are facing challenges in terms of keeping pace with
the technology and embracing cost effective newer technologies has become
one of the important to strategy to stay competitive. MARS aligns its
services, engagements, capabilities to meet these challenges and we believe
that by clients enjoy multi-lateral benefits like cost-efficiency,
increased focus, speed of delivery and market-worthiness of the products
and solutions. With a massive R&D experience: consummate expertise, unique
insights, professionalism and commitment to quality is what we bring to the
table.

For more Info please visit www.mars-india.com

Expertise:
Application Development
Datacom
e-Governance
Embedded Software Development
Network Management
Telecom
Mobile VAS


Service Offerings:
Outsourced Product Development
New Product Development
Continuing Engineering
Emerging Technologies Exploration
Product Qualification

Innominds Software Hyderabad

Innominds Software is a leading Outsourced Software Product Engineering Services company which provides dedicated engineering teams at global delivery centers that act as virtual extensions of customers' software engineering teams enabling them to build quality software products faster, fuel innovation and lower the development risks.

They work in Mobile and Telecom, Enterprise Software, Independent Testing, etc. They are a Hyderabad based company and they are actively looking to hire resources. The complete list of jobs (current requirements) can be found at Monster India job site.

They have made it to the list of "Best Companies to Work For Year 2010". The complete profile of the company can be found at http://www.innominds.com/company.php?file=company.

They are actively looking for resources and they have acquired a new premises within the extended Hi-tech city corridor in Hyderabad, India.

HAM - Amateur Radio - NIAR - Hyderabad

The first time I wielded a wireless radio was while working as a student worker in remote Louisiana, USA. I was perplexed at the working of the radio although I was an Electronics and Communications Engineer by then (what a shame :-).

Then, while working in Bangalore, I happened to see this weird device (sorry but it looks huge while compared to the mobile phones coming out now) again and learnt that my dear Keralite friend used to use this to talk with his brother in the UAE. Hmm, I thought it was a pretty decent way of saving money on ISD call charges.

Afterwards, when I started working in Hyderabad, there were natural disasters (tsunami) that stuck around the world (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India) which brought back HAM, Amateur Radios back into the limelight as they were the first to respond for disaster recovery. Then, I thought it was about time I learnt about the technology and the working of radios.

This led me to NIAR, Hyderabad (National Institute of Amateur Radio). There are hundreds of links available on the website and there is tons of information available for your perusal.

Here I share small amount of information from the manual I received after I registered for the Radio operator examination.

"Amateur Radio is a fascinating hobby for people of all ages of all walks of life irrespective of age, educational qualifications and status. It is also well suited to the handicapped and elder citizens who are looking for new friends in their life.

Morse code is the most efficient means of radio communication. Nothing beats code for providing vital communication through noise and interference under marginal conditions.

Radiotelegraphy by itself is a language. Not every amateur understands English, but through a recognised systems and combinations of dits and dashes every ham can converse in a common language, the Morse Code.

ONE OF THE AMATEUR LOGO IS "ONE WORLD ONE LANGUAGE" BECAUSE OF THIS MORSE CODE."

What is Amateur Radio?
Amateur radio is a unique activity which puts hundreds of thousands of people all over the world into direct contact with each other every day.

Amateur Radio operators are also known as "HAM" an acronym to those pursuing two way communication as a hobby.

Amateur Radio is a friendly, scientific, Fun-loving, high-tech hobby and is popularly known as HAM Radio. Any individual above the age of 12 can become an Amateur Radio opeartor- no matter what age, gender or physical ability.

Amateurs are fore runners to any technological innovations.

Why Amateur Radio?
For many man-made and natural disasters all over the world, the only communication to the outside world for the first critical tens of hours has often been an amateur radio station.

There are many benefits of joining an amateur radio course including introduction to scientific activity at a very young age, inculcating leadership and communication skills, etc.

Some of the most famous HAMs are listed here.

This was one of those rare places where a mother and a daughter took the exam along at the same time. I happened to take only the written part of the examination and could not take the Morse code exam because of time constraint (had a day job).

I hope more children especially teenagers take up this course and promote this technology.

For the VOIP enthusiasts, there is a detailed explanation regarding "Use of VOIP in Amateur Radio".

So, are you radio-active yet? Just google and ye shall find all kinds of information regarding HAM, Amateur Radio, Morse code, etc.

Poverty Alleviation - Adopting VoIP, Video

As a follow up to the previous article, I saw an article in Deccan Chronicle today. It was an article written by Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times. The article is named "The 2010 Guide for Poverty Fighters".

One important point to note from his article was that a drab article like the previous one by me may not sell as well as a video would.

Marketing anti-poverty should adapt newer technologies like Video, VOIP, etc to make an effect on the tech-savvy Gennext.

An instance of it is a video by Nike to spread awareness about educating girls. There is a whole channel on YouTube for this - http://www.youtube.com/user/girleffect.



Maybe, its time to change strategies - think VoIP, think Video. With mobiles becoming more and more complex, thanks to GPRS and 3GPP become the norm rather than an exception, modern technology adoption is the way to go - whether you are beseeching or doing business.

Digium Asterisk Training - 5 Day Course

Enterux (http://www.entvoice.com/training/) is conducting 5 Day courses (residential) in Mumbai for Asterisk users and admins. The courses are conducted in collaboration with MTNL (?) and are aimed to make Asterisk gurus of novices. d-Cap (Digium Certified Asterisk Professional) exam is also available to be taken at the end of the course. There is some cool stuff, freebies available with the course material. Enterux is Digium Authorized Training Center.

If you are trying to add value to your enterprise by upgrading skills of your employees or just want to upgrade your skills, I guess this is a must do for budding VOIP professionals.

I hope they start a center or was dabbling with the idea of Asterisk training courses in Hyderabad, Any takers!!!

800 PBX - Mantra Technologies - Hosted PBX Solutions Provider

Mantra technologies Hyderabad a.k.a 800PBX is a hosted PBX solutions provider for small and medium business customers in the USA.

A Virtual PBX service provider for all businesses including Small and Home based business at fraction of cost with latest technology and PBX features. Advanced features from 800 PBX include IVR solutions which makes easier to interact automatically with a phone system.

They have a host of innovative features being doled out of their development center from Hyderabad. Their motto is "Giving Smart Voice" to all businesses with advanced Virtual PBX, IVR solutions, group messaging and more automated phone services.

Some of the features available with their PBX solutions are Group Messaging, Email over phone, Automated appointment scheduling, Call reminders, Call Blast, Survey/polls, Reverse 411. Also available from them are new and innovative solutions like CRMByPhone - Phone enable your CRM (Sales Force, SugarCRM, Zoho are currently supported), Dial-A-Pizza application where you can customize your pizza and order for it over phone. Some features available for doctors include Automated Appointments, Easy Trans (a transcription service), Reminder services and Lab reporting.

The latest scoop is that 800PBX Inc is being re-christened and will take a new avataar soon - look out for Invox. Watch out for this startup for VOIP and Asterisk based solutions.

P3 Technologies Hyderabad

P3 Technologies and RI Networks are the leaders in the field of voice & data services. They have ILD license (International Long Distance) allowing them to bring voice and data in & out of India. They are headquartered in USA with branch offices in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai. Their parent company is SOLA 2000 Inc .

SOLA 2000 Inc, is a leading global consulting and IT services company that offers a wide array of solutions for a range of key verticals and horizontals. Starting from the strategy consulting right through to implementing IT solutions for clients, Sola2000 straddles this entire space. It has excellent domain competencies in verticals such as Telecom-Infrastructure-Media-Entertainment-Semiconductors, Automotive, Banking & Financial Service, Insurance & Healthcare, Medical, Manufacturing. As a diverse end-to-end IT solutions provider, offers a range of expertise aimed at helping customers re-engineer and re-invent their businesses to compete successfully in an ever-changing marketplace, with the final objective of giving clients the competitive edge in the marketplace.

P3 technologies has been hiring freshers recently with VOIP, Linux and Networking and related areas. Also available are jobs for NOC engineers with them. Check them out on the web and job portals and apply before its too late.

P3 technologies is based out of Nacharam Industrial Area, Nacharam, Hyderabad.