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TAXATION: IT companies reconciling to pay more tax as STP exemption ends
Bangalore/Mumbai, July 23 IT firms such as TCS, Infosys and Wipro expect their effective tax rates to go up in the coming years as more of their delivery units come out of Software Technology Parks of ...

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: Promoters of new telecom firms cannot sell stake for 3 years
New Delhi, July 23 After going back and forth, the Department of Telecom has finally decided to impose a three-year lock-in period on the equity stake held by promoters of new telecom ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Bharti Airtel’s Q1 net rises 24% on subscriber growth
But ARPU, minutes of usage fall. New Delhi, July 23 Bharti Airtel Ltd has reported a 24-per cent increase in net profit to Rs 2,517 crore for the first quarter ended June 2009 compared to Rs 2,025 crore in the corresponding period last ...

BROADBAND: TRAI for ‘redefining’ floor broadband speed at 2Mbps
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today indicated that the Government should redefine broadband services making it mandatory for operators to offer at least 2Mbps ...

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS: GTech sets up panel on global relations
Thiruvananthapuram, July 23 Group of Technopark Companies (GTech), an association representing IT companies in Kerala, has announced the launch of an initiative to build global linkages for the State’s IT ...

INTERNET: Portal to help transition to IFRS launched
New Delhi, July 23 The Nasdaq-listed Corporate Executive Board (CEB), a business advisory platform, has come up with an online resource — IFRSPortal.in — to help Indian companies make a smooth transition ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Zensar Tech net income up 20%
Pune, July 23 Zensar Technologies recorded a nine per cent growth in revenues for the first quarter of the current ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: GoM on 3G to meet on July 31
New Delhi, July 23 The Government has notified that the first meeting of the Group of Ministers on 3G spectrum auction will take place on July ...

SOFTWARE: US SEC team meets Mahindra Satyam CEO
Hyderabad, July 23 A team of US Securities and Exchange Commission held discussions with Mr C. P. Gurnani, Chief Executive Officer of Mahindra Satyam, and its top executives here ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Placements for UoH students
The slump in the job market seems to have had little impact on the students graduating from the University of Hyderabad (UoH), here. About 73 per cent of the 84 Computer Science students got placed in top software companies such as IBM ...

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Finisar sets up base in Hyderabad
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Vodafone package for students
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From eWorld

INTERNET: Networking — but not working?
Obsessive use of social networking tools on the Internet can make people lose touch with reality, hurting them on the personal and professional front.. In touch with everyone but oneself! Very likely this is what happens when one goes on a ...

INTERVIEW: A ‘browser’ for SMS
Shorthand Mobile talks of simpler way to connect users to mobile content and services.. A mobile widget platform to let you enjoy ‘seamless access to branded content and services such as Facebook and Google without the need for a data ...

INTERVIEW: Progress on plans
IT Secretary updates eWorld on rollout of common service centres and other projects.. Be it the ambitious Special Incentive Package Scheme (SIPS) to encourage investments in semiconductor fabrication and other micro and nano-technology ...

MARKETING: In site, out of store
My friend N has the knack of ‘finding’ products before the company decides to release them in ...

INTERNET: Business buddy
"bit.ly will be conducting system maintenance Saturday morning. Learn ...

INTERVIEW: No slowdown hiccups
TCS is bullish on its life sciences and healthcare vertical.. The Life Sciences and Healthcare vertical accounted for 5.2 per cent of TCS’ revenues at the end of fiscal year 2008-09. Recently, TCS, the country’s largest software ...

WEBSITE REVIEW: Get an online green signal!
Try this site’s services for secure and quick team work when you coordinate away from office.. Imagine this. You are on a business trip to meet clients and you may have to take decisions for which documents are absolutely necessary. But ...

SECURITY: An eye for security
The role of an observation camera is changing from mere watching to intelligent surveillance.. You walk into a shopping mall near your house, dine at a restaurant or walk into an airport. Wherever you go, the small TV placed in a corner of the ...

BOOKS: ‘Does Google really do no evil?’
Different people have different definitions of evil and Google has changed its own definition, says this book.. One of the lessons from the Google story of Larry Page and Sergey Brin is that a high-quality education system is an important ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Store more
Transcend Information has announced the availability of the StoreJet 18M, a new addition to its line of StoreJet Portable Hard Drives in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Home, safe home
Zicom Electronic Security Systems Ltd, through its subsidiary company Zicom Retail Products Pvt Ltd, has introduced ‘Safe Homes,’ a wireless home alarm ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 1. Name the Indian, vice-president of product management, who broke the news about the upcoming Chrome OS on the Google ...






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