Value Added Services firm Comviva today said it has entered into a strategic partnership with airtel Bangladesh to provide messaging solutions.

Comviva enters into pact with airtel Bangladesh

Press Trust of India

New telecom operators facing threat of cancellation of licences due to missing roll-out obligations today got support from GSM lobby COAI, which said that delays in starting services at times was unavoidable as they (operators) don't get all clearances in time.

COAI throws weight behind telcos facing licence cancellation

Uninor, a JV between Unitech and Norway's Telenor, today approached telecom tribunal TDSAT for the second time within a week against DoT's seeking penalty for missing roll out obligations in six more circles.

Uninor moves TDSAT again, against DoT penalty on more circles

Phaneesh Murthy, once the blue-eyed boy of Infosys, is back on the Indian information technology firmament after a gap of eight years. The Nasdaq-listed iGate, of which he is chief executive officer, has finally sealed a deal to buy Patni Computers.

$1.22 bn puts Murthy back on the IT map

Business Standard

Around last September, when senior partners at Apax got a call from Credit Suisse, advisors of the Patni family and General Atlantic, with a potential sale mandate, it was d&eacute;j&agrave; vu time for Shashank Singh, Apax Partners&rsquo; co-head in India. Apax, the $15-billion global private equity fund specialising in media, technology and retail sector investments, had looked at Patni in 2007. It was then a different deal.

Patience reaps dividend for Apax

Phaneesh Murthy, CEO, iGATE believes in doing ones karma and leaves the rest to destiny. After failing in his earlier attempt to acquire Hyderabad-based Satyam Computer Services, he has succeeded in snapping the Patni Computer Systems deal. In a discussion with Bibhu Ranjan Mishra, Murthy shares the roadmap ahead.

Q&A: Phaneesh Murthy, CEO, iGate

Started in 2002, the project covered 219 departments and processed 100,000 tenders amounting to more than Rs 3 lakh crore and has resulted in savings of Rs 15,000 crore, according to a company release. With e-procurement, the average tender processing time came down from 120 days to 36 days, it said.

C1 India transfers e-procurement project to APTS

Rajan Anandan, the newly-appointed vice-president for India sales &amp; operations at internet giant Google, is a high achiever with a sharp focus on targets.

BS People: Rajan Anandan

Hexaware Technologies, the Mumbai-based information technology services company, today announced a 1:1 bonus share issue and a 50 per cent special interim dividend to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Hexaware announces bonus issue

It is one of the few European firms to have used its India centre successfully for innovation.

Capgemini promotes 3 Indian executives to global positions

The government has given conditional approval to Telcordia Technologies to implement mobile number portability in India. The move comes after FIPB had rejected the company&rsquo;s proposal on security grounds.

Telcordia gets conditional nod for MNP rollout

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has increased its stake in Bharti Airtel, India&rsquo;s largest mobile service provider, to 32.15 per cent from 32.04 per cent. In a regulatory filing to the Singapore stock exchange, SingTel said it had purchased 4.07 million shares of Bharti Airtel from the open market for Rs 136 crore.

SingTel hikes stake in Bharti Airtel

Tata Communications today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire BitGravity, a California-based content delivery network (CDN). The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Tata Comm to acquire BitGravity

Nasdaq-listed iGate today made an open offer to acquire another 20.6 per cent in Patni Computer Systems. iGate will be paying Rs 503.5 per share.

iGate offer for 20.6% in Patni

Rajan Anandan, the former managing director (MD) of Microsoft, has joined search giant Google as the vice president (sales and operations) and head of India region.

Ex-Microsoft India MD Rajan to head Google India

&quot;The topline (during the quarter) grew by 66 per cent on annual basis while on sequential basis it was 28.8 per cent,&quot; said Haragopal M, global head, Finacle.

Infosys Finacle Q3 sales up 66% at $81.8 mn

After gaining a considerable market share in the personal computer (desktop and notebook) segment, Dell is now ready to showcase its new product line.

Dell eyes a bigger slice of the Indian digital pie

Jaap Haartsen, the inventor of Bluetooth technology, believes Bluetooth will get its due attention with gadgets like tablet PCs and smartphones. Haartsen made his entrepreneurial debut with Tonalite BV that makes wireless wearable products, in 2010. On his maiden trip to India to address students at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, he spoke to Shivani Shinde on his entrepreneurial venture and the evolution of Bluetooth. Edited Excerpts.

Q&A: Jaap Haartsen, Chief Technology Officer, Tonalite BV

Reliance Communications (RCom), India&rsquo;s leading telecom service provider, today announced the launch of Reliance 3G services in Punjab.

Reliance rolls out 3G services in Punjab

Opera Software, known for its efficient browsers for entry-level mobile phones is on an expansion mode.

Opera sets stage for more Indian handsets

&ldquo;I am no longer the promoter of the company. If you have any questions, please speak to my brothers.&rdquo; That was the only comment from Narendra Patni, founder and one of the promoters of Patni Computer Systems, as he finally exited the company.

Newsmaker: Phaneesh Murthy

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