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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Investors turn selective ahead of IT companies’ results
Mid-cap companies witness buying interest. Mumbai, April 17 IT shares had a mixed day ahead of the results that several of the companies will be issuing next ...

MARKETING: Telecom players not looking at just volumes
‘Grab the cream with premium services is the mantra’. Despite the fact that lower tariffs have resulted in higher growth in mobile subscriber base, telecom players in the country continue to price any new service or technology they ...

INTERVIEW: ‘It is a tribute to Team Satyam & their capability’
New Delhi, April 17 The easy smile is so characteristic of the man himself. And yet, this time around, it also comes with the satisfaction of having scripted the sale of a company that many believed was beyond repair just a quarter back. Mr ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Tatas start work on IT SEZ in Chennai
Facility to house convention centre, residential complex, luxury hotel. Chennai, April 17 Work on the Rs 3,600-crore IT SEZ and convention centre by the Tata group company, TRIL Infopark Ltd, has commenced ...

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: KG Design develops prototype technology demonstrator
Solar thermal energy plant planned in Sivaganga district. Coimbatore, April 17 KG Design Services, a division of KG Information Services Private Ltd (KGISL), has developed a prototype Technology Demonstrator in the area of solar thermal ...

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT: Infosys sets up subsidiary in Sweden
Bangalore, April 17 Infosys Technologies has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary in Sweden that would help the company expand its market reach in Europe. The company is yet to capitalise the ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Sonata Soft net rises, revenues fall in Q4
Bangalore, April 17 IT services provider Sonata Software Ltd reported a 1.9 per cent increase in net profit for the March quarter though revenue declined 4.1 ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: COAI sets up 1,600 outlets to provide IMEI number
New Delhi, April 17 The Cellular Operators Association of India has tied up with Mobile Standard Alliance of India to set up 1,600 retail outlets across the country to provide international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number on ...

SOFTWARE: Frontier’s green facility
MUMBAI: IT infrastructure company Frontier Business Systems said on Friday that it has invested $4 million to setup a green facility in Bangalore. This facility will showcase Frontier’s Green Virtualisation Solutions, ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: MTNL 3G services in Mumbai
NEW DELHI: MTNL has postponed the launch of its 3G mobile services in Mumbai to May. The response to its 3G services in Delhi has been lukewarm, forcing the company to delay the Mumbai launch, earlier scheduled for February. ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Vodafone Essar raises Rs 10,000 cr
NEW DELHI: Vodafone Essar has raised a debt of about Rs 10,000 crore from SBI to fund network expansion plans and bidding for 3G licences. The loan is spread over five years. — ...

From eWorld

PHOTOGRAPHIC & ALLIED PRODUCTS: ‘Snapping’ at each other’s heels?
Is the camera phone eating into the digital camera market, or vice versa? eWorld talked to industry players for a clearer picture.. Eight megapixels, face detection, smile detection, image stabilisation, advanced shake reduction, variable ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Keep IT going with e-gov’
AMD says it makes sense to look to the Government’s needs during tough times.. If Dickens were around today, he surely would describe the slowdown context as “the worst of all times.” The word ‘recession’ is now ...

TECHNOLOGY: Just tag it
RFID can make a difference in many segments, says this player.. Prasad was restless. He had been waiting for over an hour to collect his baggage at the Chennai International Airport, only to learn that the carrier in which he flew into India ...

INTERNET: Sample these!
I just have to write about this year’s fool’s day pranks on the Web. It so happens the best ones are from Google, as so often before. (See: And you thought big companies don’t have a sense of humour? ...

SECURITY: Armed with information
In the civilian sector, a network failure may cause inconvenience and monetary loss in most cases. In the case of the military and defence corps, the slightest system downtime may translate into a national security threat - an intolerable ...

INTERVIEW: ‘IT opportunities outweigh challenges’
There is going to be a surge of innovative ideas and services during the slowdown, sys e4e India.. On the last day of the bygone fiscal, March 31, 2009, I had an interesting guest, Narasingarao Dataram, President, e4e India (
WEBSITE REVIEW: What’s the good word?
This service aims to help the user build vocabulary through the mobile phone.. Are you finding yourself at a loss for words? Then, it’s time to fight the Limited Vocabulary syndrome. The problem can be chronic but if you have a mobile ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V.Ramanan. 1. With which American giant has Intel announced an alliance to develop and market home-based health technologies to ...

BOOKS: `We are what we click'
... as we continue to become more interactive with the information on our screens and at our fingertips, the way we live our lives will change.. If you want an example of how the Internet is changing the way we experience, look no further than ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: As cool as it can be
One For All says its Aircon Universal Remote will allow the user to control up to three air-conditioners and that it works across leading brands, however obsolete or recent the model ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Getting better at the game
ASUS has unveiled the ASUS EAH4890 Series — “the world’s first graphics cards to utilise Voltage Tweak ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
“No school from today! I’ve started a Web site that all my teachers ...






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