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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Bharti, MTN extend talks up to Aug 31
Merger deal delayed; changes in structure, terms not ruled out. New Delhi, Aug. 3 Bharti Airtel and South Africa’s MTN have agreed to extend the talks for a possible merger up to ...

OUTLOOK: Wipro expects more cuts in telecom R&D budgets
Plans to make offerings more solutions-centric. Bangalore Aug. 3 Wipro Technologies plans to reposition its Product Engineering Services (PES) business for the telecom sector by making it more solutions-centric, even as it expects a further ...

CONVERGENCE: BSNL plans convergence services
Invites bids for setting up fixed-mobile device. New Delhi, Aug. 3 Taking a leaf out of UK telecom giant BT’s book, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd is planning to introduce fixed-mobile convergence ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: HCL Tech completes US data centre buy
New Delhi, Aug. 3 HCL Technologies on Monday announced that it had completed the acquisition of a 35,000 sq ft data centre from a Fortune 500 organisation in New ...

OUTLOOK: Mahindra Satyam to bid for Rlys HR deal
Hyderabad, Aug. 3 Notwithstanding the cancellation of a contract by the Railways, Mahindra Satyam has decided to pitch for the human resource management contract from ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Cambridge posts loss
Bangalore, Aug. 3 Charges relating to restructuring of its US operations and higher provisions towards lease contracts and related asset impairment ragged Cambridge Solutions Ltd into the red for the June quarter ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: MTS expands network in Kerala
MTS, the telephony brand of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL), has announced enhanced network capacity that will enable its mobile telephony services to be available across all the 14 districts, covering 425 towns. This marks the completion ...

PEOPLE: John Dowd is Mastek CEO
IT solutions company Mastek has named Mr John Dowd as Group President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr Dowd will be responsible for Mastek’s strategic direction. He would also be accountable for the firm’s worldwide operations ...

From eWorld

VENTURE CAPITAL: From gush to trickle
Venture capitalists are getting more selective about funding tech start-ups as the meltdown cools spirits.. If you thought getting venture capital funding for your technology start-up would be a cakewalk, the repercussions of the global ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: HR in the times of e-slowdown
The ‘Florence Nightingales of the corporate world’ dwell on what it takes to shore up employee confidence.. Human resources management, after nursing, is the most stressful job ...

SHOPPING: Not sold on service
Some electronic goods stores seem to have a penchant for putting ...

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS: Bank on voiceprint
Voice ID promises a secure way to do online banking.. With the growth of online banking and frauds thereon (including phishing and pharming scams), customers and financial institutions seem united in their quest for a secure ...

TECHNOLOGY: e-smile
Nobel Biocare, a restorative aesthetic dentistry company, is delivering its training and educational material through iTunes. The free material can be accessed by students, dentists, dental specialists ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Go for quality with customer centricity’
This is the key to growth in the software arena, stresses expert.. It is a warm afternoon when I meet K.K. Raman, Executive Director of IT Advisory Services, KPMG. And he is unusually pensive. “We need to really reflect whether we have ...

BOOKS: Requirements engineering, a domain-neutral discipline
Good RE practices help in the context of compliance too.. That any subject-matter expert can become a ‘requirements engineer’ is the first of the three misconceptions dealt with in Software & Systems Requirements Engineering: In ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. Which telecommunications giant has picked up the wireless assets of bankrupt Nortel Networks for $1.13 ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Server on offer
Plustek, the image and communications solution provider, has announced the launch of MiniStation MFA500, a multi-purpose server specifically designed for the SMB and small office home office (SOHO) segments. “This is a server solution ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: 3D printer
DesignTech Systems Ltd, country wide distributor of Stratasys Incorporated, has launched uPrint™, a Personal 3D Printer from its Dimension Series, in India. “uPrint™ will appeal to designers, engineers, architects, ...






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