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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Russian Govt may pick up 20% stake in Sistema Shyam
Deal could be aimed at bailing out Sistema. New Delhi, March 18 The Russian Government may pick up a 20 per cent stake in Sistema Shyam Teleservices for close to $700 ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: 6 tower infra firms make the cut for BSNL project
GTL, Spanco, Acme among lowest bidders for $1-b work. New Delhi, March 18 Telecom infrastructure companies including Acme, GTL Infra, Spanco and KEC have emerged as the lowest bidders for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd’s project to roll out ...

HARDWARE: Intel sees revival in demand in India
‘Positive buying interest in Jan-March quarter’. Bangalore, March 18 Computer chip maker Intel Corp has begun to see a revival in demand in the Indian market driven by the buying interest from segments such as consumer, government ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: UniverCell opens first concept store in Chennai
Listen, shoot, play and connect at Live showrooms. Chennai, March 18 Learning from Nokia, the pioneers in experiential marketing, mobile retailer UniverCell recently launched the first-of-its-kind mobile touch-and-feel concept store, UniverCell ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: iGATE in pact with Japanese co
iGATE Corp has entered into an alliance with the Tokyo-headquartered CAC Corporation to offer integrated technology and operations services to the latter’s Japanese clients for their global operations, targeting a revenue of over $50 ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BSNL launches 3G data cards
New Delhi, March 18 BSNL and Micromax have entered into an agreement for sale and distribution of 3G data cards. 3G services of BSNL are currently available in 11 cities and the company plans to take this to 700 cities in the next 2-3 ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: TCS asks remaining campus hires to join
Mumbai, March 18 Tata Consultancy Services will complete the process of bringing on board the campus recruits of 2008-09 by this month-end, much to the relief of the 1000-odd freshers waiting in ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BSNL, MTNL not to halt 3G services
New Delhi, March 18 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has told the Government that it will not stop offering third generation services even as security agencies have raised concerns about lack of adequate monitoring facility. BSNL has said that ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Maxis to invest $5 b more
New Delhi, March 18 Malaysia’s Maxis Communications Bhd said Wednesday it plans to invest $5 billion more in its Indian joint venture, Aircel Ltd., to expand its network. The company has already invested $ 5 billion in the ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Tata Tele Maha GSM services later this year
Mumbai, March 18 Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) is expected to launch GSM services in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa by the second half of ...

SOFTWARE: ICSA bags Rs 464-cr orders
Hyderabad, March 18 ICSA India Ltd, which offers embedded technology solutions for the power sector, has received work orders worth Rs 464.17 crore from different State ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BPL Mobile is now Loop Mobile
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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Q3 results: Satyam seeks more time
Satyam Computer Services has asked the SEBI to extend further the deadline to restate and announce third quarter results ended December 31, ...

SOFTWARE: Crane tool for L&T arm
L&T Finance Ltd, a subsidiary of L&T that provides financial products and services for trade, industry and agriculture, has chosen Crane Software International’s banking solution BR.net to power its microfinance initiatives. BR.net ...

From eWorld

OUTSOURCING: Still above the water
BPOsitive! This seems to be the message from the BPO industry, which is holding its chin up, for now.. In times uncertain, the silver lining has never vanished for BPO vendors. Notwithstanding the impact of the global downturn, the business ...

SOFTWARE: Technology makes the grade
Anna University Coimbatore is putting in place an integrated system to handle the examination process — from start to finish.. If you are a student of Anna University, Coimbatore, then you will be the first to reap the benefit of the ...

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT: ‘No choice but to offshore’
All the more reason why clients should let vendors manage their processes rather than insist on price comparisons, says this veteran in the offshoring advisory space.. The best compliment a company could get is for an analyst evaluating it to ...

CONVERGENCE: ‘E-mails on any mobile phone’
Bitla Software on making ‘the common man’s BlackBerry dream’ come true.. Dash was my lunch-hour guest on Saturday, February 28. Lest you wonder if I left the name blank for you to guess, let me clarify that it’s short for ...

INTERVIEW: More space for India
MySpace talks of plans for the Indian market.. MySpace, which describes itself as a social portal, has embarked on a drive to make its brand more prominent in the Indian space. In January, MySpace unveiled the Black Curtain Screening programme ...

INTERVIEW: Share, ‘unshare’
Seclore Tech says its software can help companies share information with other companies or clients without compromising on security.. Seclore Technology, incubated at IIT Bombay, provides information rights management services to enterprises. ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Innovation calls
The mobile screen is set to offer more for rural Indian consumers, says Nokia.. Astrology, Bollywood and cricket might not be a thing of the past, but the Indian mobile application developer community has certainly moved beyond these three ...

INTERNET: Focus on career
Another networking site? ApnaCircle says it’s different.. You must be sick of the word social networking now, what with constant talk of the action in the space. So, what’s new that’s happening here, you ...

INTERNET: Virtual less real?
After last week's revelation of what I'd been missing because I was fiddling with my pda phone during the commute rather than listen to a loved one or a good friend or even simply sitting watching to the world go by, I decided to take an ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 2. Which retailer recently paid $5.1 million for the Toys.com ...

BOOKS: Hire corporate software officer
And give him/her some resources, as well as your ear, exhorts this book.. There is enough and more of bad news already around, so you may not like to know more on how not to succeed. Yet, here is a book with 52 ways to go under in business by ...

CARTOON: 404
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