Deepak D, a business head at an IT infrastructure solutions provider, began to feel the pinch as clients started tightening their purse strings at the height of the recession in 2009. He thought of shifting jobs. However, with declining business, job opportunities were few. It was at this point that Deepak was approached by a Bangalore-based Energy Consulting Firm through LinkedIn.

IT-BPO firms hunt for profiles on social media sites

Business Standard

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked Syniverse Technologies to get ready for implementing mobile number portability (MNP) across the country, as it may have to withdraw the licence of Telcordia Technologies, the other selected company, after the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) rejected its proposal.

DoT likely to withdraw  Telcordia's mnp licence

Research In Motion Ltd (RIM), whose BlackBerry smartphone faces ban in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, risks losing out on expansion in emerging markets after saying it won&rsquo;t reveal codes for reading users&rsquo; communications.

No special treatment for any country: RIM

The Centre has appointed 15 certified global agencies for managing security issues which marred the entry and expansion of foreign telecom companies in India.

Govt appoints global agencies to check operations of foreign telcos

Universal Music has got into an exclusive partnership with Reliance Communications (RCom) to provide its catalogue of music on the operator&rsquo;s platform and develop other music-related properties. While the deal will let Universal make money by sharing its digital library, RCom will get a share of the revenues as subscribers use the offerings.

RCom ties up with Universal Music

Indian small and medium businesses (SMBs) are increasingly becoming concerned about data loss and are taking steps to ensure that their information is protected, security software maker Symantec today said.

Indian SMBs focusing on ways to protect data: Symantec

Press Trust of India

&quot;Steps have been taken by BSNL to recover outstanding dues... In respect of landline and mobile telephones (which) have been reduced to Rs 2,478.43 crore and Rs 628.18 crore respectively, as on March 31, 2010,&quot; Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

BSNL cuts phone bill arrears by over 1k cr in FY10

Amid an outcry against unsolicited tele calls and messages, leading operator Bharti Airtel today said imposing a termination charge on bulk messages would help curb the practice of tele marketing companies intruding into the privacy of subscribers.

Bharti for termination charge on bulk SMSes

Delhi-based information technology (IT) company HCL Technologies expects to sign around four deals in the retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) space across geographies this year. The deals are likely to be signed in the Middle East, Australia, South Africa and South America.

HCL Tech to close 3-4 clients in retail space by year end

DQ Entertainment (International) Limited, a Hyderabad-based animation, game art and entertainment company, is targeting to garner $5 million (approximately Rs 23.5 crore) revenues from &lsquo;Keymon Ache&rsquo;, its first local animation production for kids channel Nickelodeon (Nick), a part of Viacom 18 Media.

DQE aims at Rs 24 crore from Keymon Ache

Facebook&rsquo;s biggest advertisers have boosted spending by at least 10-fold in the past year as the social network crossed the half-billion user mark, becoming more alluring to marketers that want to reach a broad online audience.

'Facebook advertisers boost spending 10 fold'

Last year, Acer India&rsquo;s revenues grew a little over 14 per cent owing to the muted demand in the wake of the global economic slowdown. Though, industry analysts peg the growth of the PC industry in the lower double digits this year, Acer India expects its growth to be twice that of the industry average.

Servers, smartphones to drive Acer India growth

Intensifying the ongoing tariff war, Tata Teleservices today announced half a paise per second tariff for domestic long distance (STD) calls for its CDMA prepaid users, making it cheaper than locals calls.

Tata Tele offers STD calls cheaper than local calls

Telecom service provider Idea Cellular has issued a whopping 3,640 connections to one person and the company he owns, Limco Sales Corporation.

Idea issues 3,640 connections to one person

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is still negotiating with Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, to address security concerns over the use of BlackBerry handsets even as the communications minister hopes that the issue would be resolved soon.

Raja hopes BlackBerry row will be resolved soon

The US is in touch with India, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to understand their concerns over the security features of BlackBerry with these countries seeking greater access to messaging data. &ldquo;There are issues attached to freedom of information, the flow of information, the use of technology. We are in touch with these governments,&rdquo; State Department Spokesman P J Crowley told reporters at his daily news briefing.

US in touch with India, others

Cellular operator Aircel today announced the launch of its GSM mobile service in Punjab and said that it would scale up its investment to Rs 1,000 crore by end of 2011 on network expansion in the state.

Aircel enters Punjab, plans to roll out 3G by year-end

Amid the uproar against pesky calls and messages in the corridors of power, Tatas today proposed commercial penalties on operators for unsolicited telemarketing calls and alleged that rivals were resorting to pressure tactics to challenge its dominance.

Telcos slug it out over unsolicited SMSes

The world of techie communication gets weirder by the minute &mdash; only this morning, I had an SMS from Sai Baba (or someone purportedly acting on his behalf) offering &ldquo;daily alerts in quotes, trivia and prayers&rdquo; from the holy man himself at Rs 30 a month. Tarts, real estate tycoons and many others are also in daily touch with me despite my best efforts to block their unsolicited calls, messages and emails.

Sunil Sethi: Life under the Net

After investing about Rs 350 crore to launch its GSM (Global System for Mobile) services in Punjab, GSM mobile service provider Aircel has further plans to inject Rs 650 crore in Punjab by the end of 2011, for rolling out new services and expanding the base.

Aircel to invest Rs 650 cr in Punjab

Indian IT firms may pay $250 mn more annually.

US work permit costs double

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