| ICICI, Infy among best firms for nurturing talent | 23-NOV-09 |
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| As many as five Indian companies, including ICICI Bank and Infosys Technologies, rank among the top 12 companies in the Asia Pacific region for being instrumental in building leadership capability within their organisation. |
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| PowerGrid gives telecom network to BSNL on rent | 18-NOV-09 |
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| Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has initiated talks with the public sector telecom service provider, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), to see if the latter is interested in leasing space from its towers, of which the former has around 500,000.
Speaking to Business Standard, S K Chaturvedi, chairman and managing director, PGCIL, who was here to launch the country’s largest tower testing facility set up by Larsen & Toubro at Kanchipuram near Chennai, said the corporation has |
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| AT&T, Intel join telcos in pre-bid meet for 3G spectrum auction | 17-NOV-09 |
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| US telecom major AT&T and the world’s largest chip maker, Intel, were among the foreign players that showed interest today in the pre-bid conference for third generation (3G) spectrum, which kick-started the process for the 3G auction in the country. |
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| Network quality more imp than price war: Nielsen | 16-NOV-09 |
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| Network quality remains the top priority for consumers when choosing an operator, even as most telecom operators are busy lowering call rates to outdo rivals, according to research firm Nielsen. |
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| RCom launches mVDO for mobile users | 16-NOV-09 |
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| Telecom operator Reliance Communications (RCom) today announced the launch of its value-added service 'mVDO', which will allow its mobile subscribers watch, share, search and upload videos online. |
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| Rich Jaroslovsky: Google Goliath confronts David in BT's Ribbit | 15-NOV-09 |
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| If a telephone company had a heart, Google Inc would be inspiring terror in it. As the newspaper, book and video industries can attest, Google has a knack for invading established markets and turning them upside down. Next up are the phone companies: Google Voice, still in testing, provides a free, powerful suite of Internet-based services that makes it a personal communications hub. |
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| Tata Communications Limited files annual report on Form 20-F | 13-NOV-09 |
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| The annual report on Form 20-F of Tata Communications Limited (the "Company"), which includes the audited financial statements of the Company prepared under U.S. GAAP as of and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 (the "2009 20-F"), was filed with the U.S. |
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| Logitech International to acquire LifeSize Communications | 11-NOV-09 |
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| Logitech International, a leader in PC video communication, today announced that it has agreed to acquire privately held LifeSize Communications of Austin, Texas for $405 million in cash. LifeSize is a global leader in high definition (HD) video communication solutions, with more than 9,000 video conferencing customers across 80 countries in large enterprises, small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and public healthcare, education and government organizations. |
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| Accenture to hire 8,000 in India by end of 2010 | 10-NOV-09 |
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| “We are 42,000 right now and we imagine we will be about 50,000 by the end of 2010,” Accenture Chairman and Chief Executive Officer William D Green said on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit. |
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| Go long | 09-NOV-09 |
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| The increased competitive intensity between wireless telephony service providers has not only had a dampening effect on the stock prices but is also reflecting in their September 2009 quarter results. India’s largest wireless telecom companies by subscribers—Bharti Airtel (Bharti) and Reliance Communications (Rcom)---have seen their revenues and net profits register a drop in growth for the first time in the last three quarters. |
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| Vendors to share BSNL's 3G ad spend | 08-NOV-09 |
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| Communications Minister A Raja is pushing an innovative plan under which vendors which supply equipment for 3G mobile services to state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will share the bill for advertising and marketing the services in the first six months of the launch. |
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