Having rolled out its 3G services in the Gujarat circle, state-owned BSNL is hoping to revive its subscriber base in the state. &nbsp;In next one year, the telecom major expects to register three lakh new customers for its 3G services itself over and above its 31 lakh subscriber base for 2G services.

BSNL expects 3 lakh 3G subscribers in one year

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Infosys Technologies Limited, the second largest exporter of IT services, is planning to invest around Rs 120 crore at its facility in Mahindra World City, Maraimalai Nagar, 45kms from Chennai. The proposed investment is to expand company&rsquo;s existing facility in the special economic zone. The company had said exports from this centre rose by 43 per cent.

Infosys to invest Rs 120 cr

Early movers in the Direct-to-home (DTH) market, Dish TV and Tata Sky, are caught in a technology bind. They desperately want to increase bandwidth to host more channels and high-definition (HD) content. However, they may not be able to do so unless they migrate to a newer compression technology at a higher cost.

Older technology may give Tata Sky, Dish TV bandwidth blues

Google&rsquo;s Chrome OS will soon challenge the software giant&rsquo;s stranglehold in the operating system market.

Google to challenge Microsoft's OS hegemony

Sridhar Maturi is on cloud nine these days. Reason: his is the only Indian company that is scoring heavily in this year&rsquo;s FIFA World Cup.

Mahindra Satyam scores heavily in World Cup

Tamil Nadu Telecommunication Limited (TTL) has said that the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR), at a hearing held on June 24, approved its draft rehabilitation scheme (DRS) and an order to this effect is expected in two weeks' time.

TN Tele recovery plan set to get BIFR nod

Infosys and its subsidiaries had 113,796 employees at the end of March. At today's closing price of Rs 2,788 a share on the Bombay Stock Exchange, the value of bonus for each employee will be Rs 13,940. At this price, the total value of the bonus works out to Rs 32 crore.

Return gift: Infy offers shares to staff on its 30th birthday

It's been a little over two years since Jim Whitehurst took over as the president and chief executive officer of Red Hat, the only open source solutions firm listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He has little cause to complain. In the first quarter ended March 31, Red Hat&rsquo;s subscription revenue for the quarter rose 20 per cent. While the company does not give country-specific details, its Asia-Pacific (Apac) business grew 16-20 per cent.

Q&A: Jim Whitehurst, President & CEO, Red Hat

Aditya Birla Minacs, a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Nuvo, looks to grow inorganically to become a $1-billion turnover company in the next three years.

Aditya Birla Minacs eyes buys in US, Canada

Global market for touch screen mobile devices will increase by 97 per cent to reach 362.7 million units in 2010 in comparison to 184.3 million units sold in 2009, a report by Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company said.

Touch screen mobile devices' sales to double

LGS Global Limited (formerly Lanco Global Systems Limited), a Hyderabad-based provider of IT services and solutions, will be raising $30 million (approximately Rs 140 crore) through issue of foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) to fuel its organic and inorganic growth plans.

LGS Global to raise $30m via FCCB issue

Chandigarh became the first city in India where the private sector YES Bank, in association with Nokia and Obopay India, global leader in mobile payment technology launched &lsquo;Mobile money services by YES bank.&rsquo; The bank started its service commercially today and it has plans to extend this across India in a phased manner.

YES Bank's mobile money services

Nokia India would roll out microfinancing schemes in Punjab and Haryana in an effort to push its mobile phone penetration in this part of the country and further making mobile phone affordable to the masses.

Nokia's microfinancing schemes

Apple was sued over reception problems with its new iPhone 4 by consumers who accused the company of unfair business practices and false and misleading advertising.

Apple sued over iPhone reception problems

Just as things started to look up for the Indian information technology (IT) services industry, a new report suggests that ongoing euro crisis will impact worldwide IT spending.

Firms may feel heat on lower IT spends, euro crisis

Milagrow, a consultancy firm for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) segment, today launched a slew of low-cost IT solutions, aimed at helping the smaller companies adopt technology.

Milagrow to offer low-cost IT solutions to SMEs

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The Indian information technology (IT) industry will need to move up the value chain to tackle competition from countries like China, Philippines and Vietnam, said Ratan Tata. The Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) chairman was addressing the 15th annual general meeting (AGM) of the company.

'Competition from low-cost countries to impact margins'

Software update on its 3G, 3GS and 4 models to be released soon.

Apple to change iPhone signal display, not reception

Sales of touchscreen mobiles to double

To invite expressions of interest by month-end.

BSNL to outsource 3G mobile services

The market for mobile phone operating systems hots up, with around six of these vying for your attention. The battle to conquer the market for mobile phone operating system (OS) is hotting up. From just three mobile OSes &mdash; Research in Motion (RIM), Symbian and Windows &mdash; available in India in 2006, the number has now reached six.

Smooth mobile operations

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