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OUTLOOK: Ministry may dump spectrum panel’s proposal on 2G auction
New Delhi, June 10 The Communications Ministry is likely to reject the recommendations made by the Spectrum Committee to auction spectrum for GSM-based cellular services and favour maintaining status quo on the existing ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Stand in the sun for extended talk time
SAMSUNG’S POWER PACK. New Delhi, June 10 Samsung India has come out with a solar-powered phone, the Samsung Solar Guru (Guru E1107). But to charge the battery fully via the solar panel, the phone needs to be kept in the sun for 40 ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: NTT DoCoMo open to hiking stake in Tata Tele
To tap application developers in India. New Delhi, June 10 Japanese mobile company NTT DoCoMo is open to picking up further stake in Tata Teleservices if it gets the right ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Hello and hard sell
As mobile phone services get commoditised, telecom companies look for advertising that will give their brands the edge.. If everyone is selling basically the same thing, how do you convince consumers to buy your product? Through some smart ...

SOFTWARE: TCS saves Rs 125 cr through R&D
Mumbai, June 10 The country’s largest software exporter, Tata Consultancy Services, achieved cost savings of $26 million (about Rs 125 crore) last fiscal thanks to in-house ...

OUTLOOK: Raja moots task force to promote IT sector
Briefs PM on future agenda, wants tax sops to continue. New Delhi, June 10 The Communications and IT Minister, Mr A. Raja, has told the Prime Minister that a task force will be set up to chart out the future roadmap for the IT ...

NEW BUSINESS: IBM bags Eureka Forbes deal
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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Reliance E-Lite plan
Reliance Mobile and Research In Motion have introduced the ‘Reliance E-Lite’ plan for BlackBerry® smartphone users in India. With this plan, users can have unlimited access to e-mail and instant messaging (IM) on their ...

INTERNET: Chat service from Indyarocks
Social networking site, Indyarocks, has announced the launch of a service that enables users to chat with their friends on various sites from one single place. The service is named “Socially integrated multi service instant ...

STORAGE: Sun Micro bets big on open storage systems
Hyderabad, June 10 Sun Microsystems is betting big on its new 7,000 series first open storage appliances, which were rolled out in the country ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: NetEnrich to hire 500 more for India operations
$15-m investment over next year planned. Hyderabad, June 10 NetEnrich Inc, a US-based IT services provider, plans to hire around 500 professionals for its Indian ...

OUTLOOK: Zensar to expand global delivery network
Bangalore, June 10 Pune-based IT and BPO services provider Zensar Technologies is looking to expand its delivery network across the world in the next ...

SOFTWARE: Geometric seeks to create reserve for investments
Mumbai, June 10 Geometric Ltd has sought shareholder approval to create a Rs 130-crore separate investment reserve as part of its ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: RCom, Kribhco in joint venture
New Delhi, June 10 As part of its rural thrust, Reliance Communication has formed a joint venture with Krishak Bharti Cooperative Ltd (Kribhco) for offering value-added services to mobile users in villages. The joint venture, called ...

OUTLOOK: Wipro sees muted growth
Wipro Ltd expects revenue growth to be muted in the current financial year as compared with 18 per cent growth in previous fiscal even as the company continues to face pricing pressure. “In the fourth quarter we saw negative revenue ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Sistema Shyam MTS coverage
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OUTSOURCING: Genpact in pact with Bhutan govt
Business Process Outsourcing company Genpact signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Royal Government of Bhutan to train local talent and help in the development of the IT-ITeS industry in the kingdom.The Royal Government ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BSNL in pact with Akshaya centres
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From eWorld

OUTSOURCING: IT’s on hire
BPO players are favouring the ‘hosted model’, using infrastructure offered by a third party provider instead of investing on their own. Heed the call to cut costs.. Talk of cause and effect. The prevailing economic downturn, besides ...

INTERVIEW: A career path in the BPO industry?
Just what the expert sees despite the slowdown.. When the Buffalo vs Bangalore debate fills the air, it may not be possible to feel too optimistic about the BPO (business process outsourcing) industry in India. However, what P.G. Raghuraman, ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Let market decide India’s choice’
Ericsson on the 3G vs WiMAX debate and the wireless technology that might suit India best.. The $25-billion Indian telecom equipment market is the hot spot for most global vendors. Swedish manufacturer Ericsson is a key player in this industry ...

SECURITY: Invitation or bait?
Use your head while hooking up to social networking sites, caution security experts.. Got an invitation recently to join social networking sites? Yes, it is fun teaming up with friends, kin and strangers on sites such as Facebook, Orkut, ...

LINGUISTICS: Beyond words...
I received a letter - by post - from one of my friends last month. If you think there is nothing great about this, you are mistaken. This was the first letter I was receiving in years from a human being. (I keep receiving impersonal letters from ...

WEBSITE REVIEW: Play your own game
This portal offers to connect you with fantasy cricket.. The IPL might be over but that's no reason for cricket buffs to curl up in despair. With the T20 World Cup on, Dream11 Gaming Pvt Ltd recently announced the launch of the Dream11.com, ...

BOOKS: Lack of transparency in call centres
This book sees gap between claim and reality.. Through induction training, ongoing socialisation, performance evaluation mechanisms and other elements of organisational design, call centre employers cultivate the notion of professionalism in ...

EVENTS: Game for the challenge?
The CodeChef contest is open to programmers and tech buffs.. Gamers rejoice! Directi, an Internet products company, recently announced the launch of the CodeChef Gamers Challenge. The contest invites students, programmers and technology ...

CYBER QUEST: Cyber quest
V.V. Ramanan. 2. Name the now-discontinued ‘lightweight dependency injection framework for Java 5 and above, brought to you ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
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