State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam&rsquo;s (BSNL&rsquo;s) tender for 5.5 million GSM lines, worth Rs 2,000 crore, has hit another hurdle. European vendor Ericsson has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to put an immediate stop to the ongoing evaluation and finalisation of the tender to ensure fair competition and transparency. Regarding this, Ericsson sent a letter to DoT Secretary R Chandrashekhar.

Halt BSNL's GSM tender process: Ericsson to DoT

Business Standard

Ericsson has bagged a contract from Aircel for rolling out its 3G network infrastructure across six circles. The company, however, did not disclose the financial details of the contract. The company will provide core, radio, and transmission network equipment, along with network rollout, network technology and consulting and other support services.

To deploy 3G network for Aircel

U Venkateswarlu, the then manager of the Bowenpally branch here, said the company availed of a Rs 2.8-crore bank guarantee and still had an outstanding amount of Rs 1.9 crore. Total transactions during the period were about Rs 6 crore. The Central Bureau of Investigation asked the court to record the transactions of Satyam with various banks during the said period. On consolidation of various accounts, it would be evident by how much Satyam had inflated its balance sheet, CBI said.

BoB says firm has Rs 1.9 cr outstanding

Wipro Infocrossing, a Wipro group company, today said it will set up a data centre in North Carolina, US.

Wipro Infocrossing to open data centre in US

Press Trust of India

The country&rsquo;s largest telecom service provider, Bharti Airtel, which recently acquired the African operations of telecom firm Zain, expects to cross the 100-million mobile subscriber mark in Africa in the next two years, from the 40 million at present.

Bharti targets 100 million Africa users in two years

With an aim to attract maximum clients, Nashik-based ESDS Software Solution Pvt Ltd, a group of web hosting companies based in UK and US, is planning to provide dedicated servers at affordable rates.

ESDS to offer servers at affordable rates

The Valuable Group's digital satellite cinema and distance education systems have evoked interest from the US administration.

US administration eyes Valuable Group's satellite technology

At a time when the debate on intellectual property rights (IPR) has taken centre stage globally, current Indian patent laws have ensured an outflow of innovation and ownership registration in the information technology (IT) sector.

Indian IT firms look West for patents

Genpact, the country&rsquo;s largest business process outsourcing (BPO) company, plans to double its India headcount by the end of financial year 2012 under its &quot;India for India&quot; initiative. The company currently has slightly less than 3,000 people in India and the company plans to increase this to 6,000 by the end of 2012. Genpact follows a January to December accounting year.

Genpact to double India headcount

Focussed on the small and medium enterprises (SMEs), search engine giant Google today said it has set up a call centre in Hyderabad to expand its reach for offering advertising solutions across the country.

Google bets big on SMEs; sets up call centre in Hyd

Founders of the Garden City&rsquo;s technology companies are learning the art of patience when it comes to meeting CSR objectives.

Putting money where their heart is

The department of telecommunications (DoT) will soon start looking into the issue of ineligibility of recent licensees such as Unitech, Loop and Datacom, in the wake of the Comptroller and Auditor-General&rsquo;s scathing report. And, take action, if it thinks it is required.

DoT to examine CAG report

Ness Technologies, an Israel-based IT services provider, is looking at acquiring two companies in India in the area of OPD (outsourced product development) and financial services space by the end of next calendar.

Ness Tech scouts for 2 buyouts

Hyderabad-based Smaat Aqua Technologies, a water and air treatment technology provider, is targeting a Rs100 crore turnover by 2013 from the current Rs 25 crore.

Smaat Aqua targets Rs 100-cr turnover

Vodafone Group Plc, France Telecom SA and other phone companies have been eclipsed by Apple, Google and Facebook in one of the most lucrative pieces of the booming smartphone market: services.

Vodafone, France Tel push to regain app edge from Apple

The country&rsquo;s largest mobile service provider Bharti Airtel is all set to overhaul its look and come forth in a new avatar tomorrow.

Airtel set to change look with new logo

ESDS to offer dedicated servers at affordable rates

IT major Wipro made the maximum number of offers across multiple roles in consulting, eco-energy and corporate finance at the end of cluster three of summer placements at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). However, the institute, which is conducting a cohort-based summer placement process for the first time this year, refused to divulge details about the number of offers.

Wipro makes most offers at IIM-A's 3rd summer cluster

Delhi-based information technology (IT) services company HCL Technologies has signed its first $100-million contract in the country for implementing smart grid solutions in the power sector.

HCL Tech signs $100-mn deal for smart grid solutions

Mobile operator Uninor today said it expected to get spectrum for the Delhi region in the first half of next year. Uninor, a joint venture between Norway&rsquo;s Telenor and Indian realty firm Unitech, currently has operations across 13 of the 22 circles in India.

Uninor expects spectrum for Delhi by June 2011

Focussed on the small and medium enterprises (SMEs), search engine giant Google today said it had set up a call centre in Hyderabad to expand its reach for offering advertising solutions across the country.

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