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

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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

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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

The push to high-definition (HD) television has been prompted by the government&rsquo;s decision to broadcast the 2010 Commonwealth Games only in the HD format. In fact, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, in an interview to Business Standard, emphasised that Doordarshan studios would be upgraded in time to provide HD feeds to TV channels.

High on entertainment

Walk into any electronics store and you will see two words &mdash; high definition (HD) &mdash; emblazoned on every flat panel display. And you might also notice the much sharper picture quality on these monstrous panels. That&rsquo;s because, instead of using the conventional 576 lines of picture cells (pixels) to plot a TV picture, high-definition TVs use 720 or 1,080 lines. In addition, the pixels in each of these lines are closer. This results in a hugely improved picture quality, clarity and colour definition.

Crystal-clear viewing

The lack of any new foreign telecom company&rsquo;s application to join the April 9 auction for third-generation (3G) spectrum may be due to uncertainty on spectrum availability, coupled with higher cost of rolling out services.

3G bids: Uncertainty may've led to new foreign telcos' absence

Boosted by recovering demand from the enterprise segment, sales of personal computers, including netbooks and desktops, soared 42 per cent to 20 lakh units in October-December 2009-10, industry body the Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT) said today.

PC sales jump 42% in Q3; may cross 73 lakh units in FY10: MAIT

President Barack Obama will not be the only one celebrating the passage of the US healthcare reforms Bill by the US House of Representatives. Indian IT companies are equally jubilant. That&rsquo;s because the Bill, which proposes to create Electronic Health Records (EHRs) for all Americans by 2014, is expected to open up a $20 billion market opportunity for Indian IT services firms like Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Firstsource and MindTree.

US healthcare reforms to spawn $20-bn market for IT players

Synopsys, a global provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software for semiconductor manufacturing, is gung-ho about the engineering talent available in India. The $1.3-billion group has acquired 48 companies globally &mdash; including half-a-dozen that have a significant presence in India &mdash; over the last 20 years. The company says it has the wherewithal to acquire more companies as it has zero debt and cash reserves of nearly $1 billion on its books.

'India is a good place to acquire talent&#39;

Betting big on India, global PC maker Dell today said it has taken the first lead in putting India on the map of branded computer exporting nations.

Dell sees India as export hub

AT&amp;T Inc, the largest telecom services provider in the US, has acquired an 8.07 per cent stake in Pune-headquartered Tech Mahindra for $34.5 million (around Rs 160 crore) by exercising a 2005 option agreement to buy a stake in the company. Its stake at today&rsquo;s prices on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), however, is worth around Rs 900 crore.

AT&T acquires 8.07% stake in Tech Mahindra for Rs 160 crore

Google Inc defied China&rsquo;s self- censorship rules by redirecting mainland Chinese users to an unfiltered Hong Kong Web site, threatening its ability to operate in the world&rsquo;s largest Internet market.

Google ends self-censorship, defies China govt

With the tariff for mobile services in the country hitting the rock bottom following the rolling out of the revolutionary pay per second billing plan, the average revenue per user (ARPU) of the operators has been on the decline, seriously impacting their revenues.

Orissa ranks low in per user revenue of mobile operators

Michael Dell, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of computer major Dell, today said its annual revenues from India were growing at 100 per cent, faster than the market rate.

India business growing at 100%: Dell

Acting on the advice of the Sam Pitroda panel, state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has started the process of preparing a new procurement model for equipment in small tenders instead of the current large ones.

BSNL changes procurement model, opts for small tenders

At a time when technology innovation in computing and mobile telephony is being driven by factors such as &#39;form' and &#39;features', global consulting firm Deloitte has come out with its predictions on the technology trends that are expected to be seen across technology, media and telecommunications sector. The Deloitte predictions (in their ninth year) often become a benchmark for technology innovations by vendors service providers. Paul Lee, director, Deloitte Research, who leads Deloitte&rsquo;s annual predictions spoke to Bibhu Ranjan Mishra in this regard.

'Net-ready tablet PCs to flood market in 2010'

The odds appear to be heavily stacked against telecom services provider, Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS), which completes a year of its operations in India today.

MTS plays data card

IT services company MindTree expects its Chennai centre to close the current financial with a revenue of $11-12 million (Rs 50.6-55.2 crore), an increase of 50 per cent compared with last year.

MindTree eyes Rs 55 cr from Chennai centre

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