Fresh developments have taken place in the legal battle between the Essar Group and UK telecom giant Vodafone on the proposed reverse merger of Essar Telecom Holdings Pvt Ltd (ETHPL) into listed entity Indian Securities (ISL).

Essar asks Madras HC to junk Vodafone objection to its reverse merger

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If prices of 3G services are something of a cause of worry for consumers, here's a reason for them to heave a sigh of relief.

Mobile handset makers to ride on low-cost 3G phone wave

Private GSM cellular operator Vodafone Essar today launched its Third Generation (3G) service in Uttar Pradesh (East) circle, which is one of the largest telecom circles in the country with around 60 million subscribers.

Vodafone launches 3G service in Uttar Pradesh

Mid-cap information technology services and products company 3i Infotech is in talks to sell its US subsidiary, Regulus. The deal size was expected to be Rs 450-500 crore, said sources close to the development.

3i Infotech in talks to sell its US arm

Four out of five e-mails received are spam, quarter of a million spam e-mails are sent out per hour, 85% of legitimate website have malicious attackers tailing them

Rogue websites grow by 600%

Even as US President Barack Obama spoke of reducing tax incentive to US firms which offshore jobs, as he delivered his State of the Union address, Jack Markell, Governor of Delaware, was busy convincing the Indian IT services players to set up operations in his state.

US state woos IT players

With the new launches, the computer major is targeting to achieve a double-digit growth

Dell launches products in Chandigarh

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Infosys is looking to solve contemporary technological problems that businesses face, with the help of Australian research organisation NICTA

Infosys, Australia's NICTA to solve tech problems

New kinds of businesses and evolving customer expectations urgently demand a re-appraisal of its focus and agenda

Sudin Apte: Why Nasscom needs a new program

Finland-based mobile handset maker Nokia today came heavily on the Indian Income Tax (I-T) Department stating that the authorities actions are excessive, unacceptable and inconsistent with Indian standards of fair play and governance. The company also said that the department officials have violated the laws during the search at the factory for possible tax evasion

I-T officials violated the law: Nokia

Disney UTVâ€™s Indiagames today said it has crossed 200 million downloads on the Nokia Store and that it is the only company in the world to reach the milestone on the Nokia app store.

Indiagames crosses 200 million downloads on the Nokia Store

Indians are increasingly taking to smartphones and the number of such devices in the country touched 40 million last year with almost half of the users younger than 25, says a survey

50% of smartphone users in India are under 25 yrs: Nielsen  New Delhi, Feb 12 (PTI) Indians are increasingly taking to smartphones and the number of such devices in the country touched 40 million last year with almost half of the users younger than 2

Exports from India's IT outsourcing sector are expected to grow between 12 and 14% in the fiscal starting April to as much as $87 billion, according to the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), the industry lobby.

Indian IT exports to grow 12-14% in FY14: Nasscom

Online travel portal Travelocity has ceased its India operations in the wake of intense competition and thin margins

Online portal Travelocity shuts India site

Leading IT solutions and consulting firm Cognizant has as entered into a three-year agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Digital Business to fund research on the impacts of new technologies in communications, information, media and entertainment (CIME) industries.

Cognizant ties up with MIT

After a phone-tapping scandal took centre stage in Parliament in May 2010, the government has again come under a cloud, following reports of finance minister Pranab Mukherjeeâ€™s room allegedly being â€˜buggedâ€™. Itâ€™s not surprising then, if the thought, â€˜Is my phone being tappedâ€™ crosses oneâ€™s mind.

Is your phone being tapped?

At a time when digital media and search majors like Yahoo and Google are struggling with the monetisation of platforms that they have already built, Yahoo India is looking to introduce at least 5 new languages to its content search options by the end of the year.

Yahoo India bets big on regional languages

Indiaâ€™s largest information technology (IT) services provider, TCS, is setting up a greenfield business process outsourcing (BPO) centre in Ahmedabad that can house 2,000 people. The centre would be located at the companyâ€™s upcoming 35-acre campus, Garima Park. It will also house TCSâ€™ IT operations.

TCS to open 2,000-people BPO centre

MTV, the youth brand of Viacom18, has expanded its portfolio of consumer products with a new two-year licensing deal to enter in the â€œaspirationalâ€ smartphones, fablets, and tablets market.

MTV inks two-year licensing deal for tablets

Amazon.com on Thursday flowed into India â€” not on its own but by using one of its offshoots. The worldâ€™s largest online retailer dusted off a website, Junglee.com, it bought 14 years ago and launched it in the country.

Amazon flows into India via Junglee route

The issue of which technology to use in wireless broadband services, TD-LTE or WiMax, is becoming keener.

BSNL plans High-speed wireless broadband

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