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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: We need your support for task ahead, Satyam chief tells staff
Independent director T.R. Prasad stays on board. Hyderabad, Dec. 30 The scrip and spirit of Satyam Computer Services management moved up today on positive news emerging from key FIIs and independent directors on ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: RCom launches GSM service
Roll-out done 6 months ahead of schedule. Mumbai, Dec. 30 The Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications on Tuesday announced the launch of its nationwide enhanced ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: IT employees in the firing line
Mumbai, Dec.30 The year 2008 would be remembered by employees of many IT firms as a ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BSNL plans disaster recovery centre in Pune
To raise mobile subscriber base; plans more smaller exchanges. Pune, Dec. 30 Setting up a disaster recovery centre, a new operational support and billing support centre and installation of ERP system are plans BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd) ...

TRENDS: M&A deals up 12%; Indian cos tap global opportunities
Trend to continue; slowdown throws up attractive valuations. Chennai, Dec. 30 The global slowdown in 2008 provided good opportunity for Indian software service providers to cherry-pick attractive companies at reasonable prices - be it to expand ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: New Cygnus tool
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: RCom redeems FCCB bonds
Bangalore, Dec. 30 Reliance Communications Ltd redeemed 250 Foreign Currency Convertible ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Europrint buys majority stake in PCB Power
‘We are excited about the Indian market’. The Europrint Group of Belgium, through its subsidiary Eurocircuits, has acquired a majority stake in PCB Power (India) Ltd, for an undisclosed consideration, the company announced here ...

PRIVACY: Online privacy concerns on the rise
Coimbatore, Dec. 30 “The networked world is continuously challenged by security loop holes, threats and attacks. So watch out. If you are not careful, you sure will be a victim,” Mr Ankit Fadia, Independent Computer Security ...

SOFTWARE: ‘ I intend to continue till confidence is restored’
The embattled Satyam Computer Services management got some support from one of its independent directors and the former Union Cabinet Secretary, Mr T.R. Prasad, who said that “resigning from the Board now is like deserting a ...

From eWorld

BROADBAND: Twin tracks to broadband nirvana
With the upcoming auction of spectrum in 3G and WiMAX Indian telecom is at historic cross roads. Anand Parthasarathy suggests why these technologies need to complement, not compete.. Remember the nursery rhyme about a child offered a choice ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Recession and telecom
No call for despondency, says this mobile retailer.. As most corporate honchos rack their brains wondering how to sail through the slowdown, D. Sathish Babu, founder of Chennai-based mobile phone retailer UniverCell (
BROADBAND: India enters the broadband era
Wireless tech pioneer shares his take. For his co-development of key technologies behind MIMO (Multiple In, Multiple Out), which sharply increases the speed of wireless systems, Dr A. Paulraj, Professor at the Information Systems Lab of Stanford ...

OUTSOURCING: Opportunity in the midst of crisis
BPO predictions for 2009. Predictions about the future are both easy and hard. Easy because no one can prove you wrong; hard because if you run a BPO business, as I do, you will end up making resource allocation decisions based upon your view of ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Take your call!
Well, no one would believe it, but I have been hit by my personal technologies’ obsolescence. The mobile phone I had for a very long time finally gave up and I had to buy a new ...

INTERNET: Fitness in store
Playgroundonline ( http://www.playgroundonline.com/index.aspx) is for sports buffs who have no time to run to the store to pick up sporting equipment and accessories. Besides offering ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
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2. What is the recently-launched full-fledged antivirus application from ...






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