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Nomura acquires Lehman Indian back office
Oct. 06, 2008
Nomura Holdings, a Japanese financial services group, announced Monday that it has entered into an agreement with ailing Lehman Brothers Holdings to acquire Lehman's back office and IT operations in Mumbai, India for an ...
UK SAP consultancy Axon recommends HCL's offer
Oct. 02, 2008
Axon Group, an SAP services provider in the UK, will support an acquisition bid it received last Friday from Indian outsourcer HCL Technologies, the company said Thursday.
Skype messages being monitored in China, group says
Oct. 02, 2008
Tom-Skype, a joint venture in China between eBay's Skype unit and Tom Online, has been known to operate a text filter on text chats, but a new report says that the data is stored insecurely and the text messages and ...
India's HCL outbids Infosys for Axon
Sep. 26, 2008
Indian outsourcer HCL Technologies has outbid larger rival Infosys Technologies for Axon Group, a U.K. vendor of SAP-related consulting and services.
Orkut removes communities supporting Indian terrorists
Sep. 26, 2008
Google's social networking site Orkut has blocked access to a community on the site that supports the Indian Mujahideen, the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for bomb blasts in various Indian cities including ...
Indian outsourcers will be hit by US financial crisis
Sep. 25, 2008
Indian outsourcers will be hit by the continuing crisis in the U.S. financial services sector, according to analysts.
India adds over 9 million mobile subscribers in August
Sep. 24, 2008
India added 9.16 million mobile subscribers in August, taking the total number of mobile subscribers to over 305 million, according to data released Wednesday by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
IBM launches four new cloud computing centers
Sep. 24, 2008
IBM opened up cloud computing centers in four countries on Wednesday to let enterprises, universities and governments test Web-based services and applications.
High prices hamper iPhone 3G sales in India
Sep. 18, 2008
There's a simple reason that most people in India who have iPhones are sticking with an "unlocked" first-generation model bought from a U.S. source instead of one obtained for a higher price from Vodafone Essar or ...
Tata launches BlackBerry service in India
Sep. 18, 2008
Tata Teleservices, a mobile services company in India, launched BlackBerry mobile services in the country Thursday, after a long controversy over whether the service poses a security threat to the nation.
India wants to secure Wi-Fi hotspots, citing terror threat
Sep. 17, 2008
Security experts and other citizens in Mumbai, India, are planning a drive to make people in the city and the rest of the country more aware of the need to secure their Wi-Fi networks.
Some in IT say India is over-hyped as an innovation hub
Sep. 17, 2008
India has been portrayed as a beehive of innovation, where engineers at Indian subsidiaries of global technology companies design sophisticated new products for global markets.
Indian IT market will be $110B by 2012, Gartner says
Sep. 12, 2008
India's IT spending will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.8 percent to US$110 billion by 2012, according to Gartner. Most of that spending will be on telecommunications services and equipment which is ...
Growth slows in India's PC market
Sep. 11, 2008
Growth in India's PC market slowed down in the second quarter on account of rising oil prices and inflation, political uncertainty in the country, and news of an impending economic slowdown in the US, according to ...
IBM testing voice-based Web
Sep. 11, 2008
IBM is testing a voice-based Web to make information accessible to users who may not be able to read or write, or who do not have access to the Internet.
EDS' Indian subsidiary sets up new facility
Sep. 04, 2008
MphasiS, an Indian outsourcing company in which Electronic Data Systems (EDS) owns a majority stake, is setting up a new software services and development facility in Hyderabad in south India. The facility will ...
Intel demos prototype in India of US$114 Atom device
Aug. 28, 2008
Intel Thursday showed a prototype of a range of low-cost "nettops' that are to be introduced in the country over the next several months. The devices, will be offered in the country by domestic and multinational PC ...
Dell puts Linux and Atom in Vostro PCs for emerging markets
Aug. 27, 2008
Dell unveiled Wednesday two new laptops and two desktops in its Vostro range designed to meet the needs of small and medium-size enterprises (SME), governments, and educational institutions in emerging markets in Asia, ...
India adds 9.22 million mobile phone connections in July
Aug. 26, 2008
India added 9.22 million mobile phone connections in July, but some of the gains may have come from the replacement of existing fixed line connections.
Infosys plans to acquire UK services company
Aug. 25, 2008
Indian outsourcer Infosys Technologies said Monday that it has agreed to terms for a recommended cash offer for Axon Group, a vendor in the U.K. of consultancy and services around software from SAP.
In India, iPhone 3G more likely a consumer device
Aug. 21, 2008
As India prepares for the launch of Apple's iPhone 3G on Thursday night, analysts and potential users here said the product will more likely be a device for consumers rather than a business phone.
Like Vodafone, Airtel asks $715 for iPhone 3G in India
Aug. 20, 2008
Bharti Airtel will be selling the iPhone 3G phone from Apple from Aug. 22 at prices similar to those announced by Vodafone Essar on Tuesday.
Vodafone to offer pricey iPhone 3G in India
Aug. 19, 2008
The iPhone 3G from Apple will be available in India from August 22 through Vodafone, but it comes at a hefty price of 31,000 Indian rupees (US$715) for an 8G-byte flash drive model.
HP draws Greenpeace ire in India
Aug. 19, 2008
HP has been targeted by Greenpeace in India for not offering a service there for recovering used equipment from consumers.
India may remove restrictions on Internet telephony
Aug. 18, 2008
India's telecom regulator has recommended removal of restrictions on Internet telephony, paving the way for cheaper phone calls in the country.
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