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As coronavirus lockdown paves way for work from home, internet gets clogged

The average mobile phone data speed nowadays is down over 20 per cent. Fixed broadband has seen an eight per cent decline in speed.

What lessons has India Inc learnt as it prepares for life after lockdown

The social distancing imperative has prompted the company to consider rejigging shifts, so that there is no overlap of workmen between two shifts

Virulent times for the faceless millions, now on the road to uncertainty

Would we in the upper class place ourselves in the hands of the government in times such as these? And if not, why do we expect that the poor would? The Indian state is weak and lacks capacity

Working from home? HR experts offer a few tips on staying productive

You will have to revamp both your work practices and technology tools to stay as productive working from home as you are at the office

Priority is to shift 90% of over 4-mn workforce to WFH model: Debjani Ghosh

In a big country like India, everything is not going to work properly from day one, but things have been moving fast, says Ghosh

Work from home: Ensuring data security a challenging task for businesses

Both employers, employees are liable for data breach from home

Since you're at home

As someone who's been operating a Small Office Home Office (SOHO) since 2002, I think I'm eminently qualified to comment on WFH

Coronavirus lockdown: TV channels introduce re-runs of shows, web content

Not just TV shows and web shows, viewers can access performances by artists such as Prateek Kuhad, Vir Das, Karsh Kale, Kamakshi Khanna, music band Indian Ocean on their Instagram accounts

Indians opt for mobile data over broadband in early days of lockdown: Study

India went into a 21-day lockdown beginning Tuesday as concerns over spread of coronavirus increase

Coronavirus: Digital industry to flip to SD from HD on work-from-home surge

Data consumption the past few days has gone up by 15-20% and consumption of high definition data requires 6-7 times higher bandwidth

How telecom sector is coping with a 10% data demand spike amid Covid-19

Data demand sees a 10% surge as people step up work from home over Covid-19, Here's how telecoms are responding to the demand and encouraging more people to work from home

Covid-19: Airtel urges uninterrupted internet in outreach to other telcos

Calls for joining hands and paving the way for intra-circle roaming pacts as country goes under lock down in war against coronavirus

PhonePe extends 'work from home' to offline sales, customer service agents

All PhonePe employees, including over 8,500 offline sales agents and more than 1500 customer service agents including third-party contract workers, have been mandated to work from home

Covid-19: CEOs working from home conduct meetings via video conferencing

Mailers have gone from the CEO offices that no staff should be asked to travel and only the 'mission critical' staff should be asked to come to work

Need of the hour: Explore work from home option for future application

The work from home option should be explored not only during such a crisis but even after it subsides

MTNL offers to double data in broadband plans, help in coronavirus crisis

The new scheme will be provided to customers in Delhi and Mumbai where the company operates.

Quarantined lives

In countries with a wider coverage of digital communication, overuse of the internet is causing the opposite problem

Away from office, on the job

While there is a reason the siesta happens in the middle of the day but its benefits are not equal for all and some of us cannot sleep in the daylight

Surviving togetherness

We're an educated family, I said, let's not act like the mindless hordes who spread misinformation over WhatsApp

Working from home? BSNL is offering free broadband services for a month

New customers opting for copper cable based connection will not have to pay even installation charges but will need to buy modem for the service