The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 13, 2008

INFO-TECH

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Japan’s DoCoMo acquires 26% stake in Tata Tele
Deal valued at Rs 13,070 cr; open offer for 20% stake on cards. Mumbai, Nov. 12 Japan’s largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo on Wednesday became the latest entrant in the world’s fastest growing mobile telephony market when it picked ...

OUTLOOK: DoCoMo’s entry to set off race for mobile applications
‘Osaifu-Keitai’, ‘Imadoco’ may become Indian cell-phone user’s rage. New Delhi, Nov 12 Mobile applications such as ‘Imadoco’ and ‘Osaifu-Keitai’ could become Indian rage ...

BUYBACK: No buyback for now: Satyam
‘All options are constantly reviewed’. Hyderabad, Nov. 12 Putting to rest speculation about the likely buy-back offering, Satyam Computer Services has made it clear that the company is not contemplating that option ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Nokia’s rural odyssey
The cell phone maker kicks off mobile services for non-urban areas by launching Life Tools.. A thin sheet of fog hangs over the bright winter morning in Dankaur, Uttar Pradesh, a town with a population of 15,000 people. In this small, ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BSNL plans to launch 3G services in TN
Chennai, Nov. 12 BSNL is planning to launch 3G services in Tamil Nadu by January and will partner Univercell for the roll-out of the services, said Mr M.D. Velusamy, Chief General Manager of Chennai ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Rising valuations don’t deter foreign players
BL Research Bureau Tata Teleservices’ (TTSL) sale of a 26 percent stake to Japanese telecom market leader - NTT DoCoMo - for a reported $2.7 billion is yet another case of a foreign player seeking a toehold in the Indian market, ...

OUTLOOK: Steria keen to expand Indian client base
‘Xansa buy has helped us on delivery side’. New Delhi, Nov. 12 Even as it plans to double India headcount to nearly 10,000 in three years, European IT services firm Steria said it will look for contracts in Indian telecom, banking, ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Mahindra Group, SAP in deal
Business software maker SAP AG said the Mahindra Group has signed an enterprise agreement with SAP for consolidation of systems and transformation across the company. The company and SAP will work together to design and implement a ...

HARDWARE: Cartridge World opens 3 stores
Cartridge World, an Australian specialty cartridge retailing chain, has opened three stores in Hyderabad at Ameerpet, Begumpet and Balanagar. The stores will offer services that will include refilling inkjet cartridges and reloading laser ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Bharti Airtel extends deal with Nortel
Canadian firm to provide customer care solutions. New Delhi, Nov. 12 Bharti Airtel and Nortel announced an enhanced managed services agreement under which Nortel will continue to provide its contact centre technology (CCT) solution. This is a ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Cyberpark planned for Kozhikode
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 12 A cyberpark on the lines of Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram and Infopark in Kochi will be set up ...

SOFTWARE: Wipro tool for US health insurer
Bangalore, Nov. 12 Wipro Technologies said its supply chain practice is helping Health Care Service Corporation, the largest customer-owned health insurer in the US, to transform their strategic sourcing and procurement ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: SanDisk partners HCL Info
New Delhi, Nov 12 SanDisk Corporation India today announced a partnership with HCL Infosystems, for distribution of SanDisk’s mobile phone memory cards in the Indian ...

IT TRAINING: Many cos using NIIT’s English test
New Delhi, Nov 12 NIIT has said 24/7 Customer, Genpact, Inventurus and Wipro are among the companies that have utilised its TOEIC English-language assessment test, as criteria of employee communication ...

SOFTWARE: AppLabs in Deloitte’s Fast 50
Hyderabad, Nov. 12 AppLabs, testing, quality management and certification solutions company, has said that it figured in Deloitte’s Fast 50 Program for Greater Philadelphia, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, ...

From eWorld

SOFTWARE: Develop a yen for Japan
With US and European markets facing a slump, now is the time for the Indian tech sector to target Japan in right earnest, say industry watchers.. With the financial hurricane pounding US and European shores — the cornerstone of the ...

INTERVIEW: Mobile users as content creators
That is the role Tunespray wants them to play.. Sample these observations: Out of 200 students, only one of them did not have a mobile phone, and he too was planning to buy one during Durga Puja. Over 60 per cent of the students currently use ...

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS: Platform 9³/₄
JK Rowling readers know of this platform’s magical properties. Can the Indian tech sector climb aboard Platform BPO?. If there is one thing Indian BPO can never be accused of, it is the inability to come up with new buzzwords. Having seen ...

INTERNET: Visualise it!
A picture can tell a thousand words. An animation can tell you more, maybe? I have always been fascinated by infographics and have been a great fan of good work done by Gapminder (
BOOKS: Risks of offshore outsourcing
Decline in employee morale tops the list. Decline in employee morale tops the list of ‘risks of offshore outsourcing’ in Information Systems Project Management by David Avison and Gholamreza Torkzadeh ( ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. Which Web server software is used the most to deliver Web pages to ...

INTERNET: Your bit for your teacher
Isn’t it true that teachers who lay the foundation for what you achieve in the future rarely get any prizes for their efforts? It’s never too late to make up. If you have school-going children then here’s a way for them to ...