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STORAGE
Samsung brings out India-specific packs of storage media devices
SAMSUNG Corporation has introduced India-specific packs to counter the grey market in the storage media device segment. In a release to the media, the company said it had a 27 per cent share of the branded market in the segment. Mr Rajiv ... More

OUTSOURCING
ICICI OneSource to raise funds from Temasek, WestBridge
ICICI OneSource Ltd has signed agreements with Temasek Holdings of Singapore and WestBridge Capital for raising fresh capital. ICICI OneSource, a business process outsourcing (BPO) company, did not specify how much it was raising by way of ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet backbone project — BSNL awards $8.2-m contract to UTStarcom
UTStarcom is set to bag another contract from BSNL for its broadband project. More

Hutch's Mumbai clients pay the highest
HUTCHISON'S subscribers in Mumbai pay the highest mobile bills in the country at an average of Rs 670 a month. While average revenue per user for cellular operators have been on the decline by over 6 per cent, Hutch's revenue per subscriber in ... More

Idea Olympics contest
HYDERABAD: Idea Cellular has announced SMS based updates and contest on Olympics for customers in Andhra Pradesh. While the sports lovers can receive updates on their Idea mobiles for the Olympics and find out the schedules, medals ... More

HARDWARE
Zenith aims to double market pie with new laptops
ZENITH Computers Ltd expects to double its share in the Indian laptop market to around 6 per cent in the current financial year, following the launch of its new range of seven laptops on Wednesday. Priced attractively between Rs 32,000 to Rs ... More

SOFTWARE
Hexaware plans development centre near Chennai
It has acquired about 25 acres of land at Siruseri Industrial Park on the Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai's information technology corridor. The investment in the land would be around Rs 5 crore, Mr Atul Nishar, Chairman, Hexaware, has ... More

TCS develops quality mgmt system
TCS has designed and developed an integrated Quality Management System (iQMS) that will serve as a common framework for achievement of existing quality models and new models. The company today announced that it was the first organisation in the ... More

CSC plans India expansion
COMPUTER Sciences Corporation (CSC), the $15-billion IT services provider, is expanding its IT global infrastructure services (GIS) team in India to provide technology support to its clients across the globe as a part of its "World Sourcing ... More

Uma Bharati woos IT majors
IT may be coincidental but the timing of Ms Uma Bharati's investment promotion visit to Bangalore these past two days couldn't have been more significant than now. The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister has spent the two days wooing IT and corporate ... More

  • Acer division for SMBs
  • Telesis ties up with OSS
  • Comsat Max bags OUP deal

    HUMAN RESOURCES
    Coping with attrition
    ATTRITION, now a well established bane of the IT industry, has to be understood in the light of the unique characteristics of the sector, says Dr Nandkishore Rathi, Assistant Placement Officer, IIT, Mumbai. He highlighted some of the findings ... More

  • Linc Soft to raise headcount

    SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT
    Microsoft tech initiative to empower women
    IT major Microsoft on Wednesday rolled-out its global `Unlimited Potential' initiative in India by announcing a cash grant of about $261,500 to two non-profit organisations, which would be utilised towards empowering women through the use of ... More

    IPOS
    TCS may be listed on August 25
    TATA Consultancy Services will most likely list on the stock exchanges on August 25, said Mr S. Ramadorai, CEO, on the sidelines of a press conference here on Wednesday. The company's IPO opened on July 29 and closed on August 5. The issue, ... More




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    Looking back
    Aug. 8-Aug. 14
    Bank guarantee for mobile operators to be cut 50 pc

    TRAI calls for telecom ombudsman

    BSNL awards 11-m lines contract to Nortel, Nokia

    PC sales up 35 pc in April-June: Gartner

    Big telecom mergers on cards: Mittal

    Reliance Infocomm slashes prepaid tariffs


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