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BSNL staff protest divestment plan (08 November 12:00) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 7 The employees union of Bharat Sanchar Nigma Ltd said that the Government’s proposal to list profitable PSUs was totally against the interest of the companies and the wor... |
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BSNL too offers per second billing (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 billing. |
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Windows 7 to be available off the shelf soon (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 packs. |
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Patni Computer plans $200-400 m acquisition (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 insu... |
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Govt cant help Price Waterhouse on class-action suits in US Khursheed (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 scam. |
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Idea Cellular to complete pan-India rollout this month (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 of |
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S Tel gets Rs 953-cr funding from 8 banks (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 m... |
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NComputing plans India production base as support centre for Asia-Pacific (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 months. |
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Intex launches mobile phones in Kerala (07 November 12:00) |
| Kochi, Nov. 6 Intex Technologies (India) Ltd, a New Delhi-based company, has launched its mobile phones in the Kerala market. |
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Web Development plans overseas centres (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 i... |
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Infosys ties up with Oracle for HR platform (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 multifun... |
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Ramco Systems plans foray into tier II III towns (07 November 12:00) |
| 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... |
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GlowTouch Technologies plans to recruit more people (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 th... |
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Mobile number portability is elitist talk Idea (07 November 12:00) |
| Chennai, Nov. 6 Number portability is an “elitist talk”, says Mr Himanshu Kapania, Director, Operations, Idea Cellular |
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Reliance Webstore to sell cellphones (07 November 12:00) |
| Mumbai, Nov. 6 Reliance Webstore Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications, is venturing into the distribution of mobile handsets. |
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Orbitech cuts stake in Polaris Software (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 crore. |
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TCS hires 300 associates in Ohio (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 outsou... |
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Decision on Vodafone stake sale deferred (07 November 12:00) |
| 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 de... |
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EXL bags American Express deal (07 November 12:00) |
| 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," he |
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Hitachi solutions for casting ind (07 November 12:00) |
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Tata DocoMo talk time offer (07 November 12:00) |
| 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. ... |
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Sudha Murty raises Rs 440 cr for Catamaran (06 November 12:00) |
| Bangalore Nov. 5 Catamaran Investment Pvt Ltd, the venture capital fund floated by the Infosys Chairman and Chief Mentor, Mr N. R. Narayana Murthy, got a shot in the arm on Thursday after hi... |
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Genpact Q3 net income falls on higher tax outgo (06 November 12:00) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 5 NYSE-listed BPO major Genpact Ltd on Thursday posted a 1.7 per cent dip in net income (attributable to common shareholders) at $33.1 million for the third quarter ended Se... |
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Online solution (06 November 12:00) |
| (from left) Mr Sanjay Manchanda, Director, Microsoft Business Division; Mr George Paul, Executive Vice-President, HCL Infosystems Ltd; and Mr Stephen Elop, President, Microsoft Business Grou... |
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Unique ID body working on draft legislation for statutory powers (06 November 12:00) |
| New Delhi, Nov.5 The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is working on a draft legislation that will arm it with statutory powers to hand out a unique identification number to... |
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Nasscom-backed fund gets first closing corpus of Rs 40 cr (06 November 12:00) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 5 Software association Nasscom said on Thursday that the India Innovation Fund (IIF) garnered its first closing corpus of Rs 40 crore, with TCS, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Knowled... |
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No move to halt SFIOs Satyam probe Khursheed (06 November 12:00) |
| Hyderabad, Nov. 5 The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has not been asked to stop its probe into the Rs 7,136-crore Satyam Computer |
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CSC launches cloud adoption service (06 November 12:00) |
| The NYSE-listed CSC has launched the Cloud Adoption Assessment Service to help companies migrate to the cloud by identifying the right business process and the required IT services for that ... |
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Acer bullish on smartphone market (06 November 12:00) |
| Bangalore, Nov. 5 PC vendor Acer hopes to make smartphones accessible to the mass market. |
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PowerGrid makes top-level changes at telecom arm (06 November 12:00) |
| Mumbai, Nov. 5 Power Grid Corporation of India has effected top-level changes at Powertel — its telecom focused special business |
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Dassault Systemes in tie-up with Defiance Tech (06 November 12:00) |
| Mumbai, Nov. 5 Product life cycle management company Dassault Systemes has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Hinduja Group’s Defiance Tech to jointly promote and market its |
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HPs infrastructure convergence tool (06 November 12:00) |
| HP today announced a new ‘infrastructure convergence’ solution software that aims to help businesses thrive in unpredictable times by seamlessly scaling up and down as the need dictates.... |
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Phone subscriber base crosses 500-m mark (05 November 12:00) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 4 The number of telephone subscribers in India has increased to 509.03 million at the end of September with nearly 15 million subscribers being added in the month. This beat... |
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IBM to set up new business analytics centre in Bangalore (05 November 12:00) |
| New York, Nov. 4 In a move to strengthen its capabilities in business analytics and optimisation segment of the IT industry, the $104-billion IBM Corporation today announced the creation of ... |
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LG forays into education segment with new line of IT solutions (05 November 12:00) |
| Chennai, Nov. 4 Targeting schools, colleges and other institutions, consumer electronics major LG Electronics India has forayed into ‘education segment’ with a range of products such as ... |
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Aditya Birla Minacs plans rural BPOs (05 November 12:00) |
| Bangalore, Nov. 4 Aditya Birla Minacs, the BPO subsidiary of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd, is planning to set up rural delivery centres to cater to its growing business in the domestic market. |
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American Tower buys Transcend Infra (05 November 12:00) |
| American Tower Corp (ATC) has announced that it has acquired 100 per cent shares of Transcend Infrastructure from Insight Infrastructure Ltd of Singapore for about Rs 95 crore. Transcend own... |
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Sybase Wipro Infotech extend tie-up (05 November 12:00) |
| Sybase Software, the Indian subsidiary of Sybase, and Wipro Infotech have announced the extension of their partnership towards promoting Sybase Technologies for business continuity (disaster... |
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RCom extends new tariff plan (05 November 12:00) |
| Reliance Communications has extended its Simply Reliance Initiative, with two new tariff variants, effective November 5. The variants include 1 paise per second for short duration calls and... |
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Panel on telecom manufacturing (05 November 12:00) |
| The Communication and IT Minister, Mr A. Raja, has constituted a committee under the Secretary, Department of Telecom, to suggest ways to boost local manufacturing. The panel has been asked ... |
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EXL appoints head of outsourcing (05 November 12:00) |
| Nasdaq-listed BPO firm ExlService Holdings Inc on Tuesday announced the appointment of Mr Vikas Bhalla as head of outsourcing. He will lead outsourcing operations for all EXL delivery centre... |
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IT sector is a major contributor to quality of life in Kerala Study (05 November 12:00) |
| The information technology sector has contributed to the quality of life across all sections of society in Kerala with its huge employment potential for the educated youth. |
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Dell to connect classrooms digitally (05 November 12:00) |
| Pune, Nov.4 Technology and services provider Dell India is set to launch a service to digitally connect classrooms across the country and enable the use of technology to deliver quality edu... |
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IT vendors see volume growth coming from Europe (05 November 12:00) |
| Bangalore, Nov. 4 Europe continued to be muted during the September quarter even as the large Indian IT vendors reported better-than-expected numbers for the period, largely due to the ‘la... |
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BPO firm WNS posts 16 rise in net income (05 November 12:00) |
| Mumbai, Nov. 4 Back-office firm WNS Holdings Ltd on Wednesday reported a 15.6 per cent rise in quarterly adjusted net income for the period ended September 30. |
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Nucleus in channel partnership with Senior Solution in Brazil (05 November 12:00) |
| Nucleus Software Exports Ltd on Wednesday announced that it has entered into an alliance with Senior Solution as its channel partner in Brazil. |
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No major change in clients IT spends says Cognizant (05 November 12:00) |
| Chennai, Nov. 4 Cognizant Technology Solutions does not expect any significant change in its clients’ IT spends. |
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Mahindra Satyams deal certifies revenue visibility (05 November 12:00) |
| BL Research Bureau Mahindra Satyam’s deal with defence and security solutions company Saab brings in long-term revenue visibility for the former. |
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Mahindra Satyam names Japan biz head (05 November 12:00) |
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Cognizant Q3 net income rises 22 on strong organic growth (04 November 12:00) |
| Chennai, Nov. 3 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, the US-based provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, expects to end the year be... |
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