As the real estate market has started showing signs of stability, several IT and telecom companies have already started actively looking at space in the city, especially in Rajarhat and Salt Lake Sector V areas, for setting up operations.

IT companies look for commercial space

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Company inaugurates product compliance centre.

Wipro sees recovery in H2 of FY10

Public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched netPC in the Uttar Pradesh (east) circle in association with Chennai-based Novatium Solutions to provide affordable Internet connectivity, especially in rural areas.

BSNL launches netPC in UP

At a time when most IT firms are freezing recruitment, the research and development (R&amp;D) arms of non-IT companies like GE, Chrysler and Volvo are in the ramp-up mode.

In-house R&D units of non-IT cos in hiring mode

A year ago, Virgin Mobile, the Indian arm of UK-based industrialist Richard Branson&rsquo;s aviation and communication group, entered India as a franchisee of Tata Teleservices. In a first, Virgin designs, markets and services Tata&rsquo;s offerings for the youth. Hit by the recent regulatory changes in telecommunications, M A Madhusudan, India head, talks to Ishita Russell about the reduction in termination charges and the road ahead for the company, now that it has completed a year in the country.

'We have economies of scale a new entrant cannot achieve'

Hyderabad-based animation, gaming and entertainment company DQ Entertainment International will see a direct co-production service cash revenue of about 7.13 million euro (approximately Rs 47 crore) for delivering specialised computer-generated imagery (CGI) work to the 3D animated television series &lsquo;Little Prince&rsquo;. DQ is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the AIM-listed DQ Entertainment Plc.

DQE looks to earn Rs 47cr from Little Prince

Away from home and looking for a way to keep in touch with your elderly parents? Travelling with family and worried about your home security? With Rovio, a Wi-Fi-enabled robotic webcam, you will always be just a click away from your loved ones. And, Rovio will also double as a dog in the night (a roving home surveillance system).

Buddibot launches mobile webcam in India

California-based NComputing, a provider of ultra low-cost computing, today announced a special education pricing scheme to encourage private educational institutions throughout the country to experience its low cost and high performance solutions.

NComputing launches computing seats for as low as Rs 3750

Industry-leader Bharti Airtel has nearly got 100 million customers. As it readies to reach the next 100, it has appointed company veteran Sanjay Kapoor as the deputy CEO in charge of running the company on a daily basis. Kapoor tells Surajeet Das Gupta and Ishita Russell the company will require brand new strategies to get the next 100 million customers, three-fourths of whom will be from rural areas.

&#39;Three-fourths of new users will be rural ones&#39;

Expressing concerns over the possible measures by foreign countries, especially the US, to restrict off-shoring and movement of work visa-holders, Indian IT bellwether Infosys has said that such steps could adversely impact the company's business.

Anti-offshoring, H-1B visa cap may affect biz: Infosys

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Soma Networks, a US-based provider of mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) products and services, plans to launch compact WiMAX-enabled devices in India within six months. It will co-market the product along with telecom service provider state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL).

Soma Networks to launch compact WiMax-enabled devices in India

Microsoft has laid off 1 per cent of its India workforce on May 5 as part of the global software maker&rsquo;s second wave of layoffs. Microsoft India has sent notices to its employees in Bangalore and Hyderabad that it would be eliminating their jobs, informed sources said.

Microsoft lays off 1% of India staff

Digital technology major, Samsung Electronics, strengthened its touch screen mobile phone portfolio by launching three new products &ndash; Star, Star 3G and BeatDJ &ndash; in the Indian market recently.

Samsung lines up more touch screen phones

Companies can ill-afford to ignore consumer issues raised online, say experts.

Make or mar brands in cyberia

Consider the last 130 days that we have come in 2009, and you will realise that a global slowdown has not affected the mounting number of mobile phones that can easily put last year&rsquo;s phone models to shame. While the most important decision is how much to spend on a new phone and what features to watch out for, remember that more features also mean a higher price tag.

Handy handsets

Exactly two years ago, IIT graduate Saurabh Bhatia received a call that changed his life. It was two of his fellow alumni, Chhavi Upadhyay and Srikanth Kakani, calling from Stanford, the US. Upadhyay and Kakani had just won a coveted award for their business plan.

Success, bit by bit

Free social networking and micro-blogging service Twitter recently announced a new commercial venture &mdash; ExecTweets &mdash; aimed exclusively at the corporate sector. Sponsored by Microsoft, it allows users to find and follow top business executives on Twitter. Several top CEOs, who are already Twitter enthusiasts, include Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, AMD's CMO Nigel Dessau, Cisco's CTO Padmasree Warrior, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. They are all accessible through the service.

When twitting turns serious business

This is a period fraught with uncertainty for the employees of the wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of Sun Microsystems after database giant Oracle announced the acquisition of its parent for $7.4 billion on April 29. Sun Microsystems has around 1,200 employees in India and an estimated turnover of around Rs 1,300 crore (Sun does not give break-up of India numbers). In an exclusive interview to LESLIE D&rsquo;MONTE, VP and MD (India) GEM of Sun Microsystems, Anil Valluri, says he&rsquo;s taking solace from Oracle global chief Larry Ellison&rsquo;s assurance to a section of the global media that &ldquo;we want to hold on to Sun&rsquo;s experienced team of first-rate hardware engineers&rdquo;. Even as he keenly watches the global developments unfold, Valluri gives his take on the acquisition while detailing the India picture.

'We were never overstaffed. Of course, we remain wary'

Citrix Systems, the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced that Redington India Limited, provider of IT products and support services would serve as their national value added distributor, effective from May this year.

Redington India is natnl value added distributor for Citrix

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Limited and the only provider of services oriented storage solutions, today announced platinum partnership with Wipro Infotech.

Hitachi Data Systems announces Wipro Infotech as partner

Software giant Microsoft will lay off about 55 employees in India, which is one per cent of its Indian staff, as slowdown hits the sector, affecting business and profitability.

Microsoft to lay off 55 employees in India

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