Infosys chief and co-founder S Gopalakrishnan today said the Indian IT industry would tide over the current downturn and may surpass the US in terms of having the largest number IT professionals in the world in the next three years.

IT industry will tide over current downturn: Infosys

Press Trust of India

Giving a new dimension to the internet, the Indian research arm of the US-based IT giant IBM has developed a technology that will allow users to talk to the web and create voice sites using mobile phones.

IBM develops new protocol, users can talk to web

The income tax (I-T) department has widened the scope of the investigation of the tax liability on Vodafone-Essar, India&rsquo;s fourth-largest mobile service provider, to other offshore transactions associated with Vodafone&rsquo;s buyout of Hutchison Whampoa&rsquo;s 67 per cent stake in an $11.08 billion deal in 2007.
Sources close to the development said the department had sent a notice to the company seeking details and clarifications on a host of issues besides the original agreement

I-T widens scope of Hutch-Voda tax scrutiny

Business Standard

Prakash Software Solutions, a part of the Vadodara-based Prakash Group, in association with Itmc of Denmark, has launched User Management Solution (UMS), a tool for automation in user management and access control, in India.

Prakash Software, Danish firm unveil UMS

Infosys Technologies Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director S Gopalakrishnan believes that IT is &ldquo;as exciting as ever&rdquo; and there is still money to be made and wealth to be created in this sector.

IT as exciting as ever, says Infosys CEO

Hyderabad based BodhTree Consulting, a provider of&nbsp; information technology enabled services, has entered in to a strategic partnership with Red Hat as an independent software vendor (ISV). Bodhtree&rsquo;s Midas, the multi industry data anomaly solution, is now available on Red Hat JBoss enterprise platform.

BodhTree partners with Red Hat

The total PC sales (including desktops and notebooks) for the quarter October-December 2008 was 14 lakh a decline of 19 per cent over the same period last year, said the Quarterly Industry Performance Review by Manufacturer&rsquo;s Association of Information Technology (MAIT).

PC sales decline 19% in third quarter: MAIT

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) aims to provide WLL (wireless in local loop) services and Village Public Telephones (VPTs) in five places of Ganjam and Gajapati districts in South Orissa.

BSNL to expand WLL service in south Orissa

HCL&rsquo;s Rs 1,780 crore deal with Reader&rsquo;s Digest is latest among seven big deals signed this year.

IT outsourcing story is intact...

Sales of personal computers (laptops and desktops) between October and December 2008 were only 1.4 million units, a 19 per cent decline compared with the same period last year.

Notebook sales negative for first time

Australian telecom services provider Telstra is understood to have terminated its IT outsourcing contract with Satyam. The contract is believed to be worth $32 million (around Rs 160 crore) a year.

Telstra ends $32 mn contract with Satyam

Phaneesh Murthy, CEO of the Freemont (California)-based IT services provider, iGate Corporation, flip-flopped twice before his company officially filed an expression of interest to acquire the troubled Satyam Computer Services. The reason, according to the ex-head of global sales &amp; marketing of Infosys Technologies, is lack of availability of Satyam&rsquo;s financials. He feels there is significant value erosion in the company.

'Getting Satyam will catapult us into a different league'

A Nielsen survey reveals that the anonymous throng of cyber caf&eacute; audience has a profile much sought-after by marketers.

Cyber cafe audience: Captive power

American Tower Corporation (ATC) today said it will acquire Indian telecom infrastructure firm XCEL Telecom for an undisclosed amount.

American Tower to buy XCEL Telecom

The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia will be trimming its workforce by 1,700 employees worldwide, as part of the company's cost cutting efforts.

Nokia to slash 1,700 jobs

BPO firm Spanco, formerly known as Spanco Telesystems and Solutions, has approved the proposal for fund raising of Rs 50 crore for the long term working capital requirements of the company.

Spanco approves fund raising plan

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia today said the planned 1,700 job cuts worldwide would have minimal impact on its India operations.

Job cuts to have little impact in India: Nokia

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) today entered into an agreement with Micromax for sale and distribution of 3G data cards to its subscribers.

BSNL, Micromax ink deal for 3G data cards

At a time when venture capitalists (VCs) are diversifying into sectors other than technology, Qualcomm Ventures &ndash; the venture capital arm of telecommunications major Qualcomm &ndash; will continue to invest in firms catering to the mobile and semiconductors ecosystem.

Qualcomm Ventures keeps faith in mobile

The much-awaited return of the &lsquo;King of Pop&rsquo; Michael Jackson will see the mobile technology used by AEG Live &ndash; which provides concert promotion, special event and tour services &ndash; to manage the presale registration process for concert ticket sales.

Tanla offers registration for Jackson's comeback tour

BPL Mobile Communications, the country&rsquo;s oldest mobile telecom service provider, has changed its name to Loop Mobile (in the picture), following the expiry of its brand-use agreement with the TPG Nambiar-owned BPL Group.

BPL Mobile changes name to Loop Mobile

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