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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Govt mulls auctioning four 3G slots in all circles sans spectrum
A committee headed by Mr Sam Pitroda, appointed by the Government to oversee the upcoming 3G auctions, is examining whether four slots can be auctioned in all circles even if there is no spectrum available ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Infosys BPO acquires US co McCamish for $38 million
Bangalore, Nov. 12 Infosys BPO, the business process outsourcing arm of Infosys Technologies, has agreed to buy all of the outstanding interests of Atlanta, Georgia-based McCamish Systems LLC, a business process solutions provider to the ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: L&T to sell part stake in Mahindra Satyam
Engineering major to shed a third of its 6.9% holding in IT firm. Mumbai, Nov. 12 Larsen and Toubro plans to sell a third of its holding in Mahindra Satyam on Friday or early ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Technolodges launch tomorrow
Accentia Tech to manage two facilities in Kollam district. Kerala’s first two Technolodges are ready in Kadackal and Perinad in Kollam district and a State-wide launch is scheduled at Kadackal on ...

INTERNET: Google pitches for unique ID project
‘Ready to lend our expertise, experience’. New Delhi, Nov. 12 A day after rival Yahoo! evinced interest in the unique identification (UID) project, Google too made it amply clear that it will be “happy” to lend its ...

EVENTS: Nurture tech innovation: Intel
Bangalore, Nov. 12 “There is no point beating our heads over physical infrastructure because the future belongs to digital ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: GSM subscriber base up 10 m
The GSM base increased by over 10.3 million subscribers in October, taking the total to 355.2 million. Vodafone Essar got the highest number (2.98 million) of additions. Bharti Airtel added 2.7 million subscribers. This is the third ...

SECURITY: ‘Extend ban to duplicated IMEI numbers’
25 m fake handsets face disconnection from Dec 1. The Centre should not just stop with the planned disconnection of fake mobile phones from the month-end, but extend the action to cover clones/duplicated IMEI numbers of genuine brand owners and ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Contractual hiring on the rise
TAPPING READY TALENT. Indian IT companies are to hire more and more on third party contracts from IT manpower solutions firms in the next couple of years, according to industry ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Cisco leadership not under threat in India
Mumbai/Bangalore, Nov. 12 The HP-3Com combine has the potential to become the second largest player in India’s enterprise networking market and prompt other players in this segment to evolve aggressive ...

OUTLOOK: Akamai bullish on Indian market
Bangalore, Nov. 12 Akamai Technologies, a player in powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, is bullish on the Indian market and is looking to expand its operations in the ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: SunTec, Polish co in pact for banking tool
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 12 SunTec Business Solutions has entered into a tie-up with Sygnity, IT solutions vendor based in Poland, to deliver relationship-based pricing and centralised billing solutions to banking and financial institutions ...

SOFTWARE: MS launches Exchange Server
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BT to launch conferencing tools on smartphones
New Delhi, Nov. 12 UK-based telecom major BT (formerly British Telecom) plans to launch enterprise conferencing solutions on mobile smart ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: McCamish to aid platform-based BPO revenues for Infosys
BL Research Bureau The acquisition of US-based McCamish Systems by the BPO arm of Infosys Technologies is expected to be revenue-accretive to ...

VENTURE CAPITAL: IMImobile gets $13-m funding
IMImobile, provider of value-added service solutions to mobile and online firms, has raised $13 million from Sequoia Capital and the existing investor, First Mark Capital. “The new financing will enable us to develop our cloud ...

AWARDS & HONOURS: IT firm bags exporter award
Diya Systems (Mangalore) Pvt Ltd, which has an IT development centre here, has been presented with the ‘Leading Exporter Award’ (Mangalore-Manipal region) for 2008-09 by Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and the Government ...

From eWorld

SECURITY: More teeth and byte to IT law
Changes to the IT Act will enable it to crack down on cyber offences strongly but the law is ‘soft’ in parts, say experts.. Nearly three years after it was introduced in the Lok Sabha and almost a year after it received a green ...

INTERNET: Orkut promises new look, feel
Says it has factored in the ‘care’ factor while helping its users network.. Social networking is gearing up for a wave of evolution. Not just in terms of features and functions but in the very way it is being used, if recent ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Big role for BIOS, boss’
The basic input/output system is playing a major role in embedded intelligence, says American Megatrends.. While most people tend to stop with bland statements, such as innovation is key in the technology industry, S. Shankar, President and CEO ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Waiting for the Wave
I was almost consumed by a great Wave last month. It is a miracle I am ...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Simplify man-machine interaction
‘Multimodal systems’ enable your computer to carry out your commands with less fuss.. Why can’t we interact with a computer as naturally as we interact with a fellow human being? Why do we have to learn to type, click, scroll ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Revival of Indian offshoring has begun’
Ashok Soota, Executive Chairman, MindTree, looks ahead at prospects for Indian IT.. I am privileged to have been given a third innings. I would like to make the most of it,” is the answer you get when you ask Ashok Soota what keeps him ...

BOOKS: Space technologies in defence
Future R&D: Space-based X-Ray lasers for dramatic capabilities in space applications and earth wars.. Outer space is internationally accepted as the common heritage of mankind, but it is increasingly getting used for military purposes, cautions ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 2. Name the USB flash storage device developed by Microsoft along ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: A Prodigy launch
Prodigy Electronics has announced the release of its Handheld Industrial Computer PE-HIC, powered by Samsung ARM9 processor and ported with Linux 2.6 operating system. The PE-HIC is available in two models: Basic Model and Printer Model, ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Solar recharge
Sanyo Energy Corporation, a subsidiary of Sanyo Electric Co Ltd, has announced the extension of the company’s eneloop series to include AA-, AAA-, C- and D-sized batteries and accompanying Universal Charger, as well as the ...






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