Reliance Communications announced today that it was partnering with Polycom, a global leader in tele-presence and video conferencing services. This partnership would introduce high-resolution wireless video-conferencing services, to be marketed by Reliance Webstore, the retail arm of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.

RCom-Polycom launch wireless video conferencing

Business Standard

The government-appointed special auditors have found no major accounting discrepancy in the Birlas-owned Idea Cellular, although they failed to get full details to assess additional liability.

Idea gets special auditors' clean-chit; liability Rs 26 cr

Press Trust of India

When contacted spokerpersons of both the companies said Vodafone and RCom have submitted their applications. RCom has applied for 22 circles, while Vodafone is also believed to have submitted the application for 3G licence for pan-India.

Vodafone, RCom file 3G bid applications

State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) today said it has decided to drop its plans to acquire a majority stake in Zambia Telecommunications (Zamtel).

BSNL pulls out from race to acquire Zamtel

Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) has reached a subscriber base of 17.5 lakh in the Orissa circle by the end of January 2010, according to the data of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).

Tata Tele subscribers in state at 17.5 lakh

The recent appointment of Keshav Murugesh as the CEO of India&rsquo;s second largest BPO firm, WNS, heralds the second phase of growth for the company. Murugesh is not new in the BPO sector or IT industry; he was with Nasdaq-listed Syntel for close to eight years, first as CFO and then as CEO, and by the time he left, the company had become a $420 million firm from a $175 million one.

'Pricing levels in BPO are stable, a bit better&#39;

New entrant on the block Etisalat DB (formerly Swan Telecom) today submitted its application to bid for a 3G licence, along with the usual Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar, Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications.

Etisalat to bid for 3G; more new entrants for broadband auction

The Corporate Services Corps (CSC), a suite of investments and programmes to help IBM employees enhance their skills and expertise, has tied up with five non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and not-for-profit organisations in Hyderabad. The programme brings 10 IBM professionals from seven countries (Denmark, US, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Austria) to Hyderabad to work on critical projects for them. Hyderabad, Pune and Bangalore are among the 17 cities around the world hosting the Phase-I of IBM&rsquo;s CSC programme this year. &ldquo;For IBM employees, CSC is a great learning &ndash; working at the grassroot level,&rdquo; IBM director (India, South Asia) Ramesh Narasimhan, told mediapersons here on Thursday.

IBM programme to foster NGOs in Hyd

In what could give hopes to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee of generating handsome funds, top telecom firms, including Bharti, Vodafone, Reliance Communications (RCom) and Tatas-- have put in their applications for acquiring spectrum for both 3G mobile and wireless broadband services.

Telcos line up for spectrum for 3G, BWA

After becoming the country's largest e-greeting cards service provider through its www.123greetings.com website, IntraSoft Technologies Limited is now foraying into e-invitation cards segment. &nbsp;The company believes the market for e-invitation is twice as large as e-greeting cards.

Intrasoft Technologies to foray into e-invitations

It&rsquo;s agony to watch my mother use her wonderfully portable piece of junk.

An Apple a day

Foreign companies, except those already present in India, have stayed away from the auction of third-generation mobile spectrum, or 3G, though two new ones are keen on broadband wireless access (BWA).

Only old faces in 3G fray

Mahesh Bhalla to become India GM; Samir Garde to get larger role in Asia-Pacific and Japan region.

Dell to effect leadership changes in India

State-run telecom major Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) would get a tax refund of Rs 1,380 crore for five assessment years.

MTNL to get Rs 1,380-cr  tax refund; shares up 3%

The Indian accounting sector regulator said on Saturday it is meeting this month-end to decide on disciplinary proceedings against tainted chartered accountants involved in the nearly Rs 8,000-crore Satyam Computer fraud.

Satyam CAs to face action on March 30

The board of Bharti Airtel today gave its nod to the proposed acquisition of the African assets of Kuwait-based Zain Telecom for $10.7 billion. Executives from SingTel, which holds 31 per cent in Bharti Airtel, were also present at the board meeting. This has brought into the final lap the largest cross-border acquisition from India in the telecommunications space.

Bharti board clears decks for Zain buy

US-based telecom equipment maker Motorola is in talks with top cellular service providers here for deployment of WiMax, a technology that has potential to offer data downloads at speed twice as fast as 3G.

Motorola eyes WiMax deals in India; talks with top telcos on

Technology major HP seeks to retain its leadership position in digital printing space in the country even as the segment is poised for an explosive growth trajectory.

HP seeks to retain top position in digital printing

You have to hand it to Communications Minister A Raja. Instead of acting on the RCom audit report, which showed it had paid Rs 316 crore less by way of licence/spectrum fee in 2006-07 and 2007-08, he muddied the waters by ordering audits into other telcos like Bharti, Vodafone and Idea.

Sunil Jain: Till the next audit report

Infosys Technologies has announced the national winners of Aspirations2020, an online programming contest organised by the Infosys Campus Connect Program.

Infosys announces winners of programming contest

Bharti Airtel said it had arranged the funds for its proposed acquisition of the African assets of Kuwait-based Zain Telecom. This brings it a step closer to sealing the deal. It has arranged $8.3 billion (Rs 37,750 crore).

Bharti Airtel ties up funds worth $8.3 bn for Zain

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