The Supreme Court today admitted the appeal of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) against the order of the Telecom Disputes and Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) in the controversy over dual spectrum allocation policy.

SC admits appeal of Cellular Operators Association

Business Standard

Tata Communications has signed a major voice services agreement with BT Group that will allow two of the world's largest providers of voice and IP services to benefit from shared resources as part of a global supply arrangement.

Tata Comm in global voice services agreement with BT

Press Trust of India

Companies see opportunity in e-governance and smart card initiatives.

STPI tax holiday extended

The proposed alliance between Bharti Airtel, India&rsquo;s largest telecom company, and South African telecom giant MTN crossed the first hurdle after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) exempted MTN from making the mandatory open offer to Bharti Airtel shareholders under the takeover code.

Sebi exempts MTN from open offer to Bharti shareholders

Infosys BPO Ltd, the business process outsourcing (BPO) operation of Infosys Technologies, is looking at raising its headcount in the Americas through inorganic growth. The company is understood to be scouting for a strategic acquisition in the $40-60 million range either in Canada or the US, according to industry sources.

Infy scouting for BPO firm in Canada

The Hyderabad Software Exporters Association (Hysea), the apex body with more than 300 members representing the software in Andhra Pradesh, on Monday said steps like the increase in minimum alternative tax (MAT) from 10 to 15 per cent are going to have an adverse impact on the industry in the short run and this is something the Centre could have avoided.

MAT will have adverse impact: Hysea

In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google is expected to announce the launch of its own operating system for personal computer, The New York Times reported.

Google to challenge Microsoft with launch of own operating system

Networking and information technology giant, Cisco, expects a bigger share of business from education and manufacturing sectors and is in the process of customising new solutions for its clients.

Cisco eyes bigger pie in edu, manufacturing sectors

With the environment still challenging, IT firms are likely to turn in a muted set of results for the June 2009 quarter; volumes are expected to come down sequentially with no uptick in pricing. The accompanying commentary will almost certainly be cautious given that the order pipeline is more or less flat, customers are taking their time to close deals and also because clients continue to expect further cuts in pricing.

IT Services: A quiet quarter

Mapunity uses technology to track, outline and display evolving trends around social issues.

Making maps talk sense

The battle over standards for the multi-billion dollar e-governance projects is once again hotting up. IT majors like IBM, Sun Microsystems and Red Hat have shot letters to industry bodies &mdash; Nasscom (for software) and MAIT (for hardware) &mdash; and the Department of Information Technology (DIT), protesting over the inclusion of clauses which allow for &lsquo;multiple standards&rsquo; and &lsquo;royalty on software&rsquo; versus a &lsquo;single&rsquo; standard and &lsquo;free&rsquo; software.

Battle for multi-billion dollar e-governance projects hots up

Bo Mamo, the story of a baby mammoth, will be India&rsquo;s first ever 3D animation TV series.

A 'mammoth' TV serial

Around 10 per cent of all global phishing activities are being targeted at India. RSA, the security division of EMC, points out that the evidence of this trend lies in the fact that several Indian banks came under attack in 2008, and there have been over 400 phishing scams in the last few months.

Around 10 per cent of phishing attacks target India

IMImobile, a Hyderabad-based provider of value-added services (VAS) for mobile operators and content providers, has acquired Mobytec in a part-cash, part-stock deal for an undisclosed amount &ndash; marking its foray into the social aggregation and phone book management services space.

IMImobile acquires Mobytec

&nbsp;Aegis, the BPO arm of the Essar Group, is close to acquiring South Africa-based firm Call Centre Nucleus (CCN) for about Rs 90 crore (ZAR 150 million).

Aegisset to acquire South Africa's CCN for Rs 90 cr

Nasdaq-listed EXL Service has acquired the operations of European logistics provider Schneider Logistics in the Czech Republic.

EXL acquires Schneider' BPO firm in Czech Republic

&nbsp;The Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has dismissed Reliance Communications&rsquo; (RCoM) application for additional GSM spectrum.

TDSAT dismisses RCoM application for more GSM spectrum

Idea Cellular today received shareholders nod to demerge its passive infrastructure to its wholly owned subsidiary Idea cellular Towers Infrastructure. The AV Birla group company is following the trend among wireless telephony operators in the country to separate their infrastructure operations, thereby allowing for infrastructure sharing among themselves, which in turn leads to reduction in capital costs.

Idea Cellular to demerge infra operations

Essar Group's BPO arm Aegis today said it has acquired South Africa-based outsourcing firm CCN Group to expand its presence in the African country.

Aegis acquires CCN to expand footprint in SA

Cordys, a Netherlands-headquartered business processes management software provider, on Thursday launched Business Operations Platform (BOP-4), a cloud technology platform that enables companies to make their business operations more customer-centric.

Cordys launches new cloud tech platform

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