To promote new technological developments in rural and remote areas, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), is planning to set up a telecom entrepreneurship development centre (TEDC) in a public-private partnership mode.

DoT mulls entrepreneurship development centre

Business Standard

The Supreme Court today pulled up telecom company S Tel for writing to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on issues pending before the court. The SC was hearing an appeal moved by the government against the Delhi High Court judgment in the controversial spectrum allocation matter.

SC raps S Tel for writing on pending matter

Keeping an eye on expanding into a tier-I data center by next year, Kendle, the fifth largest clinical research organisation (CRO) in the world, is all set to start its Asia Pacific data management centre at Ahmedabad's Rs 1200 crore IT SEZ Mindspace in May this year. With this, Gujarat's first IT SEZ will kickstart operations.

Kendle to light up Mindspace in May

Just when you thought dual-SIM handsets would suffice, manufacturers are planning to offer triple and even multi-SIM handsets.

Mobile makers' calling card: pack in more SIMs

The IT and ITeS Industry Association of AP (formerly Hysea) is anticipating a growth of about 20 per cent in exports from Andhra Pradesh in the next financial year, according to its president Narasimha Rao. Software exports from the state touched Rs 32,500 crore last year and according to an estimate, the figure crossed Rs 30,000 crore this year in December.

ITsAP sees 20% growth in exports in FY11

Unions oppose move, even as the telco gets ready to offer voluntary retirement.

BSNL clears 30% divestment

Over the last one year, Advait Kulkarni, a self-confessed 34-year-old sports enthusiast, has been glued to the internet at work and home. &ldquo;I have been increasingly visiting sports sites like ESPN and the sports sections of MSN and Yahoo! to get a ball-by-ball account of cricket and even the hockey matches. Now, with IPL3 almost on us, it is likely that fans like me will try to catch critical matches and individual player&rsquo;s feats online,&rdquo; he says.

Traffic on sports sites doubles as IPL nears

Imagine this scenario. Pyarelal Shankar a grocery store owner in Haryana is not computer literate. Yet, he manages to regularly update his inventory online.

Cutting-edge tech for all from Indian labs

Information technology (IT) major Infosys Technologies has witnessed an increase in outsourcing deals as all major markets are back on the recovery track, a top company official said.

Infy seeing increase in deal inflows

Press Trust of India

The Maharashtra government has formed a joint venture with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to step up its efforts to provide online citizen services.

Maharashtra govt, TCS form JV for online citizen services

Bangalore-based IT consulting and BPO services provider MphasiS has set up a Global Command and Control Centre (GCCC) in Pune. The centre is expected to enhance the company's infrastructure-outsourcing capability and extend its services to customers in India as well as in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions. In a chat with Hrishikesh Joshi, MphasiS CEO Ganesh Ayyar reveals how the centre fits into the expansion plans of the company, besides touching on related subjects.

'We plan to acquire small- or mid-sized companies'

EXL Service saw its net income more than double to $7.5 million (Rs 34 crore) for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009, compared with $3.4 million (Rs 15 crore) in the corresponding quarter a year earlier.

EXL's net income more than doubles

KMD, a Denmark-based IT company, has renewed its offshore contract with Mahindra Satyam (earlier Satyam Computer Services).

Mahindra Satyam renews pact with Danish firm

The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) today signed a $10-million (around Rs 46 crore) deal with the city-based Opus Software Solutions to upgrade its ATM network.

Opus bags $10-mn SBI deal to upgrade ATMs

Satyam Computer Services Limited founder B Ramalinga Raju needs continuous treatment as in-patient for four to six more weeks as he carries a very high risk for morbidity, according to Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) professor and head of gastroenterology department Dr Ajit Kumar.

Raju needs continuous treatment for six weeks: NIMS

A senior official at the STPI Mohali apprised that they were in the process of taking feedback from the units registered with them about the restructuring of STPI. The STPI Mohali caters to the units located in Punjab, Chandigarh and parts of Haryana.

IT players concerned over extension of STPI Act

Like the rest of the industry, Bharti Airtel may be seeing revenues flattening, and analysts may argue it needs to complete acquisitions like Zain to de-risk its business from the slowing Indian market, but its new CEO displays no such fears.

'Our dependence on voice is going to fall'

Mahindra Satyam, the erstwhile Satyam Computer Services, today said it had signed a four-year offshore contract with KMD, a Denmark-based information technology company, for $48 million (about Rs 218 crore).

Mahindra Satyam signs $48-mn pact with Danish firm

Bharti Airtel, India&rsquo;s leading telecom service provider, today announced its foray into the digital media business, where it would distribute content to a range of users, including producers and media companies.

Bharti Airtel gets into digital media business

British scientists have developed a computer that can read human minds, a key breakthrough which they claim takes telepathy a step closer to reality.

And now, a computer that can read your mind!

The special audit conducted on leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel at the instance of the government has found no fraud, though it talks of some irregularities as prevalent in the industry.

Special audit gives virtually clean chit to Bharti's accounts

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