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India's mobile phone demand to continue growing
Nov. 18, 2008
India's mobile phone demand is forecast to continue growing next year, despite the global economic slowdown, according to research firm iSuppli.

Tata opens services delivery center in China
Nov. 18, 2008
India's largest outsourcer, Tata Consultancy Services, has set up a services delivery center in Tianjin, China.

India to make satellite data available online
Nov. 17, 2008
The National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC) of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) plans to set up a public portal to publish images and other data captured by the country's satellites.

Novell's FOSSA architecture document out by December
Nov. 13, 2008
Novell plans to publish later this month or in December the architecture document of FOSSA, its long-term strategy for the management and deployment of resources both within and outside the enterprise.

Hiring slows for Indian IT services and call centers
Nov. 11, 2008
India's IT services and call center industry is likely to hire tens of thousands fewer workers for the Indian fiscal year running from April 2008 through March 2009.

Satyam acquires Motorola development center in Malaysia
Nov. 10, 2008
Satyam Computer Services, a large Indian outsourcer, is acquiring a software development center of Motorola's in Malaysia. The center is part of Motorola's Home and Networks Mobility business.

IBM aims to counter researcher shortage in India
Nov. 06, 2008
IBM India Research Laboratory (IRL) unveiled Thursday its Blue Scholar Program, which aims to encourage computer science graduates in India to take up research as a career. The move follows shortages of researchers in ...

HP Labs making web browsing similar to using an appliance
Nov. 06, 2008
HP Labs India is researching how to remove complexity from Web browsing and Web transactions.

Bill Gates introduces DreamSpark free software in India
Nov. 05, 2008
Microsoft unveiled on Wednesday its DreamSpark program that offers some of the company's development and designer tools free to students.

Indian outsourcing industry jittery after Obama win
Nov. 05, 2008
India's outsourcing industry is in private a little jittery after Senator Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election. But there is the expectation in industry circles that in the end economic pragmatism ...

Nokia introduces phones and content targeted at rural users
Nov. 04, 2008
Nokia will offer information services on mobile phones targeted at users in rural or emerging markets.

Wipro delays Atlanta center
Nov. 03, 2008
Indian outsourcer Wipro is delaying establishing a software development center in Atlanta, Georgia, reflecting the impact of the global economic downturn on the company's expansion plans.

Bharti Airtel grows as Indian mobile market booms
Oct. 31, 2008
Indian operator Bharti Airtel reported strong revenue growth for the quarter ended September 30, boosted by 8.2 million new subscribers during the period.

Telenor to acquire majority stake in Indian startup
Oct. 30, 2008
Norwegian telecom operator Telenor has entered into an agreement with an Indian mobile services startup that will give it a 60 percent stake in the company.

Job cuts in India's call centers and BPO likely
Oct. 29, 2008
Call centers and business process outsourcing providers are among industry sectors in India that are likely to cut more than 25%of their staffing in the next 10 days, according to a report by a trade body.

India adds 10M mobile subscribers despite economic downturn
Oct. 24, 2008
India added 10.07 million mobile subscribers in September, according to data released Friday by the local telecom regulator.

Microsoft not to release Fallout 3 in India
Oct. 23, 2008
Microsoft is not releasing gaming software Fallout 3 for the Xbox 360 in India, citing cultural sensitivities.

Wipro posts revenue growth, but profits stagnant
Oct. 22, 2008
Wipro, India's third largest outsourcer, reported Wednesday growth in revenue for the quarter ended September 30, but its profits stagnated.

Indian IT worker arrested for e-mail threats to president
Oct. 17, 2008
A software professional working at Indian outsourcer Infosys Technologies was arrested by the police in Chennai in south India after he was found to have sent threatening e-mail messages to the country's President, ...

Cisco training top networking professionals in India
Oct. 16, 2008
Cisco has launched a program in India to train people in high-end technical skills, as well as the communication skills required to interact with customers.

Google India hosting developer event
Oct. 15, 2008
Google is hosting its first Google Developer Day in Bangalore on Saturday, to share information with Indian developers about the company's tools and about Web application development in general.

Cisco plans more globalization centers
Oct. 14, 2008
Cisco will set up more globalization centers in the next two to three years, a company executive said on Tuesday.

Cisco introduces mobile testing for certification program
Oct. 14, 2008
Cisco is introducing a plan that uses what it calls mobile labs to make testing and certification of networking professionals available more easily to candidates in emerging markets.

Indian schools adopt virtual desktops from NComputing
Oct. 13, 2008
Schools in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh are deploying virtual desktop technology that lets several users share the computing capacity of a single PC.

Infosys revenue, profit growth slows
Oct. 10, 2008
Infosys Technologies, India's second largest outsourcer, Friday reported slower growth in revenue and profits for the quarter ended September 30, reflecting the impact of the economic crisis in the U.S., its largest ...