On an acquisition spree, Essar Group's BPO arm Aegis Ltd is looking to acquire a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company in Africa. &quot;We are looking to acquire one BPO company in Africa. However, we can't disclose further details now,&quot; Essar Global Chairman Shashi Ruia said. Aegis BPO's Chief Executive Aparup Sengupta had said earlier that the company would like to expand its footprint in South Africa, which is a developing market.

Aegis BPO eyeing African firm

Press Trust of India

Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications (RCom) has started preliminary talks with China Mobile, the world&rsquo;s largest mobile company, for a strategic alliance and possible equity participation of 5 to 6 per cent.

RCom, China Mobile in tie-up talks

Business Standard

Don&rsquo;t just go ahead and seek means to buy the new Apple iPhone 3Gs. Instead, download the free iPhone 3.0 OS update for your iPhone 3G and spend some time with the new software. Yes, there are some huge jumps in the hardware of iPhone 3Gs when compared with the last year&rsquo;s iPhone 3G, but a software update will fill in plenty of gaps on your iPhone 3G or iPod Touch (the update has been priced at $9.95).

A must-have upgrade

Partly an answer to downturn, political pressure; trend should shift again, say analysts.

IT firms shifting more work to India to cut costs

It&rsquo;s no secret that every top executive and CEO practically sleeps with his mobile phone under the pillows and laptop on the stand-by mode. But for many executives, the geek story has moved well beyond BlackBerries and Push emails.

Corporate geek: What tickles CEOs

Telecom operator Tata Teleservices (TTSL) today announced the launch of its mobile broadband service in New Delhi.

Tata Indicom rolls out mobile broadband services in Delhi

UST Global, a US-based IT services company, is planning to invest $100 million (around Rs 500 crore) over the next 36 months in India.

UST Global to invest Rs 500 cr

The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) of the finance ministry has sought details from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on the $23-billion deal between Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel and South African telco MTN.

DEA asks for details on Bharti-MTN deal from DoT

Leading Indian telecom players Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications have joined the race to acquire the African business of the Kuwait-based Zain Group, says a media report. Zain is in mobile telephony.

Airtel, RCom eyeing Zain&#39;s African biz: Report

In a top-level shuffle at the Hyderabad-based IT firm Satyam Computer Services, re-branded as Mahindra Satyam, C P Gurnani is expected to take over as the chief executive officer of the firm. Sanjay Kalra, presently President Strategic Initiatives at Tech Mahindra, is expected to be elevated to the role of CEO of the firm.

Management rejig at TechM, Mahindra Satyam

After growing at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 30 per cent for the last five years, the Indian IT and ITeS industry is set for a correction. The second phase or growth phase 2.0 of the industry which has been plagued by the global economic recession, will see a moderate CAGR of 13.9 per cent in the next five years (2008-13), analyst firm IDC India said in a report.

IT/ITeS industry to grow at CAGR of 13.9% in 5 years

Reliance Communications (RCom), the flagship company of Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is in advanced talks to forge a technical alliance with Hyderabad-based Apalya Technologies to offer MobiTV services on its GSM network. &ldquo;Under the tie-up, Apalya will offer its proprietary platform &lsquo;Mimobi&rsquo;, enabling RCom to offer mobile TV services on its GSM network. Besides, it will offer RCom a bouquet of about 25 TV channels,&rdquo; the company said in a release .

RCom to tie up with Apalya Tech

Mahindra Satyam gets new CEO, CFO

State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is looking at Africa in order to expand its global foot print. After African telecom major MTN enticed Indian telecom operators like Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications, BSNL is also looking at the continent to acquire new licences and partners.

Now BSNL wants to connect to Africa

Global systems and services company Dell, in partnership with the The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), on Tuesday launched &lsquo;The Climate Eduxchange&rsquo; &ndash; an IT-enabled initiative to improve environment education in schools across India.

TERI, Dell launch 'Climate EduXchange'

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, or DIPP, has given three clearances under press notes 2 and 4, issued in February this year, which changed the way indirect foreign equity is treated while computing the total foreign investment.

DIPP clears Bharti, Tata Tele proposals under new policy

Intel Corp, the world&rsquo;s largest chipmaker, will sell processors to Nokia Oyj for mobile devices, marking the biggest breakthrough in Intel&rsquo;s expansion into the phone market, a person familiar with the matter said.

Intel to sell processors to Nokia for cellphones

Tata DoCoMo, the joint venture between telecom majors Tata Teleservices (TTSL) and Japan-based NTT DoCoMo today forayed into GSM operations by launching its service in Chennai and Tamil Nadu circles today. The telecom operator has earmarked around $2 billion (around Rs 10,000 crore) on its pan-India GSM network rollout.

Tata DoCoMo rolls out GSM service in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Targetted at non-skilled customers in the lower middle class and low income groups, leading cellular player Airtel has launched an innovative 'Job On Mobile Service' in Karnataka to enable those looking for a blue collar job.

Airtel launches blue collar job search services on mobile

Playing an online game is fun. But how about going a step further to chatting and interacting and challenging one another while at play? Welcome to the new virtual world of social networking-based gaming &nbsp;&mdash; massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) and its big brother massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs).

Chat, challenge and play

Reliance Communications is in advanced talks to sign a technical alliance with Apalya Technologies to offer mobile television (MobiTV) on its recently launched GSM network.

RCom to expand mobile TV offerings on GSM network

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