Halloween, the trick-or-treat celebration for children and adults alike, is almost here (October 31). And, Indian gaming companies are readying new frightful-and-yet-fun-filled offerings to send a chill down the gamer&rsquo;s spine. The move is designed to attract more subscribers, especially from the US, and the advertising money that accompanies them.

Gaming firms add frightful fun to Halloween!

Business Standard

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday released a consultation paper on telecom rates, with an aim to bring more transparency in those offered by telecom operators. The paper will look into the various plans offered that confuse consumers, misleading advertisements and rates of premium calls and messages.

Trai to rework rate plans

Cybercriminals in India are increasingly looking at creating botnets, networks of computers aimed at attacking and &lsquo;capturing&rsquo; PCs to spread viruses through them to other systems, a Microsoft report said.

Cybercriminals use botnets to capture PCs

Press Trust of India

Bangalore&rsquo;s Outer Ring Road spanning from Hebbal to the Silk Board Junction has been recognised as the amongst the India&rsquo;s fastest growing IT/ITeS growth corridors, according to a report by Vestian Global Workplace Services.

ORR among fastest growing IT corridor

FaceMash.Com, the Facebook prototype which Mark Zuckerberg founded before he launched the famous social networking site, is up for auction by Indian investment banker who bought the domain late last year.

FaceMash.Com, the forerunner to Facebook, up for auction

The total number of GSM-based mobile phone users in the country has gone up to 494 million with the addition of 12.4 million new users by telcos in September, according to new data released by an industry body.

GSM operators add 12.4 mn new users in Sept

Information technology (IT) giant Infosys posted a good set of numbers for the September quarter on Friday, with an across-the-board improvement. The sequential growth of 10.2 per cent in dollar-denominated revenues (rupee-based revenue grew 12.1 per cent) for the quarter was ahead of analysts&rsquo; expectations and aided by a robust 7.2 growth in volumes.

Infosys' cautious optimism prevails

Back to double-digit growth, Infosys Technologies, India&rsquo;s second largest information technology services exporter, has revised its revenue and per-share earnings expectation upwards for the full year. It has set an aggressive hiring target as well. S (&lsquo;Kris&rsquo;) Gopalakrishnan, managing director &amp;CEO, speaks to Bibhu Ranjan Mishra and Debasis Mohapatra on the overall environment and the opportunities they expect to tap into.

Q&A: S Gopalakrishnan, MD & CEO, Infosys Technologies

Having already launched Wimax broadband service in all the major cities and tehsils of Punjab and also in Chandigarh, now State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.(BSNL) is in the process of strengthening its Wimax services in order to provide seamless service in the state.

BSNL to raise towers to strengthen WIMAX

Vodafone said on Friday it had filed a petition in the Bombay High Court defending itself against a new step by tax authorities treating the telco as an &ldquo;agent&rdquo; of the seller in its $11-billion (about Rs 50,000 crore) takeover of Hutchison Telecom in 2007. The Bombay High Court had earlier dismissed a petition filed by Vodafone and ruled that the tax office had jurisdiction to tax its 2007 deal.

Not an agent of Hutch, Vodafone tells HC

Net profit increases 13 per cent, company revises guidance
Signalling the &lsquo;turning point&rsquo; for India&rsquo;s $60-billion export-driven information technology (IT) services industry, IT bellwether Infosys Technologies today posted double-digit growth, both in rupee and dollar terms, for the first time since 2008. This has also prompted the country&rsquo;s second-largest IT service company to revise its expectation (guidance) upward for the third-quarter and the year ending March

Infosys Tech back to double-digit growth

Technology and business process company Zensar Technologies has set up its sixth Global Delivery Centre (GDC) in Shanghai, China. This centre will provide infrastructure management, application support and product engineering services in chosen verticals like manufacturing, health care and government. The Shanghai center will also focus on providing local service to customers in the region and is expected to create more business opportunities for Zensar locally.

Zensar sets up development centre in China

Infosys Technologies, India&rsquo;s second-largest IT services company, has revised upwards its hiring estimate for the current financial year to 40,000 &ndash; up 11 per cent from the 36,000 projected earlier &ndash; as the company ramps up capacity to capitalise on emerging opportunities.

Infosys Tech to hire 40,000 in current year

Spice Mobility today said it will launch 8-9 models and invest about Rs 25 crore in marketing and promotional activities during the festive season.

Spice Mobility to spend Rs 25 cr on promotional activities

Home appliances major Jaipan Industries today disclosed its plans to foray into the mobile handsets business where it is eyeing up to five per cent market share in a year's time.

Jaipan forays into mobile handset biz

With more number of working people logged on to social networking sites, the chances of sensitive corporate information getting leaked to rivals are high, feel experts.

High networking sites' usage poses threat of info leakage

The current rules prohibit sale of promoter&rsquo;s equity in telecom service providers for three years after bagging the licences. However, both the companies had applied for a merger before the new regulation came into force.

DoT may allow Etisalat DB to merge with Allianz Infra

The Indian animation market, estimated at $494 million in 2008, will likely grow at compounded annual growth rate of 22 per cent till 2012, an industry official has said.

India's animation ind may hit $1 bn by 2012

DoT may allow Etisalat, Allianz Infra merger

Millions of Indian households are setting up wireless networks not just for PCs, but for other WiFi enabled devices, too.

Going wireless, the WiFi way!

Nokia made a lot of noise over the launch of its latest smartphone. You may wonder what the big deal is. But make no mistake with the N8 &mdash; a new operating system, an evolved form factor and a swanky set of mobile apps makes this latest Nokia device absolutely future-ready. The rise and fall of a smartphone hinges on its hardware, software, and the apps and services available. Nokia intends to walk the talk on all three.

Nokia applies capacitive touch in smartphones

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