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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Short txt ur messg and save on tariff
DIET-SMS. New Delhi, Sept.8 Taking the mobile tariff war to another level, Tata DoCoMo has announced a scheme wherein its subscribers will have the option to pay for SMS on a per-character ...

OUTLOOK: New players may pay 3% of revenues for 3G spectrum
Existing 2G players will pay current rate plus 1%. New Delhi, Sept. 8 New players winning spectrum for third generation mobile services will have to pay as much as three per cent of their annual revenues as spectrum charges to the ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Special voting rights for Govt in Tata Comm mooted
Corporate Affairs Ministry wants change in shareholder agreement. New Delhi, Sept. 8 The Ministry of Corporate Affairs thinks the Government should include a provision in the shareholders’ agreement with the Tata Group, which would give ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Ness sets up SEZ in Bangalore
60,000-sq-ft facility will serve global customers. Bangalore, Sept 8 IT services firm Ness Technologies Inc has set up here its first special economic zone (SEZ) in India ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: HCL Infosystems’ Q4 net dips 7%
New Delhi, Sept. 8 HCL Infosystems Ltd on Tuesday posted a 7.2 per cent year-on-year dip in consolidated net profit for quarter ended June 2009, on the back of dampened consumer ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Raja to discuss Bengal township issue with State IT Minister
New Delhi, Sept. 8 A day after the West Bengal Government decided to scrap the ambitious IT township project at Rajarhat, the Union Minister for IT and Communications, Mr A. Raja, said he would “discuss” the issue with the State ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Alcatel-Lucent opens IP test centre in Chennai
New Delhi, Sept. 8 Alcatel-Lucent announced the launch of an Internet Protocol Transformation Centre (IPTC) in Chennai for developing and testing end-to-end IP networking solutions. The centre will be made accessible to all ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: EMC Corp in pact with IIIT-B for research study
Global information management and storage solutions provider EMC Corporation’s India Centre of Excellence (COE) and the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, on Tuesday signed an agreement to start joint ...

NEW BUSINESS: Etisalat deal gives revenue visibility to Tech Mahindra
Tech Mahindra’s large deal win from Etisalat DB enhances revenue visibility for the ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Cognizant buys Pepperweed Advisors
Chennai, Sept. 8 Cognizant Technologies Ltd, a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing services, today announced the acquisition of “substantially all of the assets of Pepperweed Advisors, the ...

PEOPLE: Indian to head Nokia Siemens’ services biz
New Delhi, Sept. 8 Two of the top executives at Nokia Siemens are ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Microsoft, TCS in virtualisation alliance
Chennai, Sept. 8 Microsoft India and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – a leading IT services, consulting, business solutions and outsourcing firm today announced a strategic alliance between the two companies to launch ...

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES: Idea Cellular gets HC nod to demerge passive infrastructure
Mumbai, Sept. 8 Aditya Birla Group company’s Idea Cellular has received the approval from the Gujarat High Court for demerging its passive infrastructure to its wholly-owned subsidiary Idea Cellular ...

PEOPLE: Ramalinga Raju ‘stable’
Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, the former Chairman of Satyam Computer Services, is recovering from a heart attack he suffered on Monday night. He has been admitted to the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS). Mr Raju, who is serving ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Mahindra Satyam to revive variable pay
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PEOPLE: CEO appointed for Cyberpark
Mr Binu Pazhoor has been appointed CEO of Cyberpark, the new IT park and centre of excellence being developed by the State Government. Cyberpark is the third in the series of IT hubs, predecessors being Technopark-Thiruvananthapuram ...

NEW BUSINESS: Four Soft arm gets Panafresh deal
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From eWorld

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Who says there are no free lunches?
Web sites offering free SMS are alive and clicking. eWorld takes a look at what keeps them ticking.. It’s true. Here, much as you might fear a catch, there is none. Web sites offering free SMS abound. And, there are no comebacks! One of ...

CONVERGENCE: Move over, SMS
Here’s the other side to the story above: Google sees a huge data explosion happening on the mobile, which may signal the end of texting.. The mobile phone is on the brink of a huge data explosion in India, believes Google. An explosion ...

SECURITY: Twitter’s travails
Recent attacks on the popular networking site raise questions of security.. It’s a bit like 15 fat men trying to get through a revolving door at the same time — nothing can move. — Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant ...

TAXATION: Software and taxing issues
Inclusion of certain transactions under the service category ‘IT Software Services’ is confusing. A look at the scenario and a possible solution.. Information Technology (IT) Software services was brought into the ambit of taxable ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Take the plunge
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INTERVIEW: Lighting up R&D at GE
John F. Welch Technology Centre says Indian talent is a big strength in its innovation push.. From carrying out basic research to developing products in areas such as power generation and medical imaging to aircraft engines and financial ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Voice your need
A feel of the IVRS service being offered by SBI Mutual Funds.. All the information you want at the push of a phone button. This was the promise on which the Interactive Voice Response Service (IVRS) took ...

INTERVIEW: IT, key business enabler in downturn
Virtusa on reaping productivity gains.. In today’s difficult environment, prudence in spending is driving organisations to cut costs, and IT (information technology) is helping them to make that possible, says Yamajala Krishna Murty, ...

PHOTOGRAPHIC & ALLIED PRODUCTS: In a snappy mood?
Go ahead, just click.. Today, almost everyone is a photographer, from professionals to amateurs, thanks to digital developments in photography. The surge in sales of digital cameras and camera-enabled phones, coupled with Internet penetration, ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V. V. Ramanan. 1. Which electronics major is making its debut in the netbook market with ...

BOOKS: Bill Gates at the Great Wall
Chapter titled ‘Microsoft and Metro’ recounts the difficulties the Redmond giant faced in China.. The Chinese sent delegation after delegation to Bangalore and Hyderabad to study and learn from India’s software success, but ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Coyote launch
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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Radiation guard
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