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INFO-TECH
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
BSNL too offers per second billing
Under per-minute scheme to charge 49 paise for all calls. New Delhi, Nov. 6 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has joined the ongoing mobile tariff war by announcing a slew of initiatives including a scheme based per second ...
TAXATION:
Windows 7 to be available off the shelf soon
CBEC clarification on taxes on packaged software to free consignments at ports. New Delhi, Nov. 6 Microsoft’s latest Operating System Windows 7 will soon be available off-the-shelf and so will a host of other new software ...
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS:
Patni Computer plans $200-400 m acquisition
Likely to close deal in next three months, says CEO. Chennai, Nov. 6 Patni Computer Systems Ltd plans to spend $200-400 million in acquiring an IT company that is into EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) space and specialising in the ...
SOFTWARE:
Govt can’t help Price Waterhouse on class-action suits in US: Khursheed
The Government has ruled out involving itself in the class-action suit that the auditor Price Waterhouse (PW) is facing in the US in the Satyam ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Idea Cellular to complete pan-India rollout this month
Move to help leverage strength in first 11 circles. Chennai, Nov. 6 From the middle of this month, Idea Cellular will be truly pan-India, as the operator is in the final stages of roll-out in the last couple ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
S Tel gets Rs 953-cr funding from 8 banks
Achieves financial closure of its GSM project. New Delhi, Nov. 6 S Tel Pvt Ltd, one of the new entrants in the Indian GSM space, has announced that it has accomplished financial closure of its project with Rs 2,000-crore outlay. Eight major ...
SOFTWARE:
NComputing plans India production base as support centre for Asia-Pacific
Mumbai, Nov. 6 NComputing, the California-based provider of ultra low-cost computing solutions, intends to set up a manufacturing base in India within the next 24 ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Intex launches mobile phones in Kerala
Kochi, Nov. 6 Intex Technologies (India) Ltd, a New Delhi-based company, has launched its mobile phones in the Kerala ...
SOFTWARE:
Web Development plans overseas centres
Kolkata, Nov. 6 Kolkata headquartered IT manpower solutions provider and software development firm Web Development Company Ltd is planning to set up overseas offices in Singapore and China ...
ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES:
Infosys ties up with Oracle for HR platform
Bangalore, Nov. 6 Infosys Technologies Ltd has teamed up with Oracle through the ‘BPO powered by Oracle programme’ and is launching a comprehensive managed services platform for multifunction human resource services through ...
SOFTWARE:
Ramco Systems plans foray into tier II, III towns
Ahmedabad, Nov. 6 Taking advantage of the “waning recession”, software products and services provider Ramco Systems Ltd plans to expand its presence in India. It plans to penetrate tier-II and III towns and attain a growth rate of ...
HUMAN RESOURCES:
GlowTouch Technologies plans to recruit more people
Mangalore, Nov. 6 GlowTouch Technologies, a technology company headquartered in Louisville in the US, which has a development centre in Mangalore, is planning to hire nearly 400 people in the next six ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Mobile number portability is ‘elitist talk’: Idea
Chennai, Nov. 6 Number portability is an “elitist talk”, says Mr Himanshu Kapania, Director, Operations, Idea ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Reliance Webstore to sell cellphones
Mumbai, Nov. 6 Reliance Webstore Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications, is venturing into the distribution of mobile ...
SOFTWARE:
Orbitech cuts stake in Polaris Software
Chennai, Nov. 7 Orbitech Limited, an arm of Citibank Capital Venture, on Friday sold shares in Chennai-based Polaris Software Lab Ltd in a deal valued at Rs 17.35 ...
HUMAN RESOURCES:
TCS hires 300 associates in Ohio
Tata Consultancy Services has taken on board 300 associates at its software delivery centre at Cincinnati in Ohio, the US. The centre offers IT solutions, consulting, business process outsourcing and engineering services for TCS customers ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Decision on Vodafone stake sale deferred
New Delhi, Nov. 6 The Foreign Investment Promotion Board has recommended that the proposals from Mr Analjit Singh and Mr Asim Ghosh to part-sell their minority stakes in Vodafone Essar be deferred due to objections by the Department of ...
NEW BUSINESS:
EXL bags American Express deal
The company expects the transaction to close first quarter next year. "This acquisition also adds an experienced management team and an additional delivery center to EXL," ...
ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES:
Hitachi solutions for casting ind
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Tata DocoMo talk time offer
Tata DocoMo, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices, has introduced an offer for its prepaid customers, under which, a customer will receive full talk time on each recharge of Rs 100 and above. There will be no service tax or processing fee ...
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS:
Fishing for small deals
The tech M&A scene is stirring to life again but vendors are looking for a modest catch.. If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” posed the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The oft-quoted line underlines humanity’s ...
SECURITY:
An eye for security
How Microsoft keeps a protective eye on its employees and premises.. It was a Friday evening and it being the last working day of the week all but one employee had left the Colombo office of Microsoft Corporation. The woman staffer had to ...
SECURITY:
eLife after death
Suppose I kick the bucket now, what happens to my data in all the social networks, e-mail sites and photo and video sharing sites? How will the sites know I am dead? How long will they keep my data? What if some hacker gets access to my ...
SECURITY:
Positive step forward
The IT Amendment Act 2008 will fill many lacunae in the law as it stood.. Close observers of the cyber crime scene in India had, for long, carried on a strident campaign in favour of making penalties under the IT Act 2000 very stringent. The ...
STORAGE:
Efficiency in store
A feel of the action at the automated distribution centre of Redington.. A warehouse is no longer a dumping place with large volumes of goods scattered all over. It is now an efficient storage place with technology at the core ...
INTERVIEW:
‘Wrong technology can mean poor ROI’
Sybase explains why databases need to support superior performance.. Currently, the absence of a 3G/4G next generation network within India has slowed down the process of adopting mobile applications, feels Sunil Jose, Managing Director, India ...
INTERVIEW:
Services Computing in spotlight
IBM’s research official explains why it is key for future growth.. Services Computing is gaining importance in the Indian IT sector as the country increases its share in the global services sector. IEEE, the world’s leading ...
BOOKS:
Transforming data into insight, profitable decisions
That is the challenge where IT will be a critical contributor to success.. As principles-based enforcement takes hold, senior management in capital market firms will have to develop the capability to demonstrate accountability over the outcomes ...
NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES:
It’s for ‘ME’
HCL Infosystems Ltd has launched its new series of Notebooks and Netbooks under the brand name ‘ME’ i.e. ‘Mobile Excitement’. HCL’s new range comes with features such as ‘Split Me’ where one can ...
NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES:
Wireless router
Netgear has announced the availability of its “RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNDR3700.” The latest wireless router has features such as “ReadyShare for high-speed access to a USB hard drive from any device on ...
CYBER QUEST:
Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 1. Which European nation has become the first country in the world to declare Internet broadband access a ...
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