&nbsp;Deal structured to account for S African laws, RIL objections.
&nbsp;Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG)-promoted Reliance Communications (RCom) has offered a deal under which the promoters led by Anil Ambani will pick up 51 per cent in South African telecom company MTN group through a cash and share swap.

ADAG eyes 51% in MTN via share swap

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Information technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) company Mphasis is looking at entering the rural parts of the country to tap the largely untapped workforce in the next three to four years.

Mphasis to tap rural workforce

Firms are flooded with credit crisis-related litigation jobs from American law companies.

Sub-prime swells coffers of Indian LPOs

Buoyed by affordability and mobility, the Indian notebook market grew by 114 per cent over the previous year and crossed 1.8 million units for 2007-08, according to MAIT&#39;s Industry Performance Review.

Notebook sales more than double in 2007-08

Aware of the issues general entertainment channels usually face, Colors, the new general entertainment channel from Viacom 18 (a joint venture between Network 18 and Viacom), has made plans for the second phase of programming even before the scheduled launch date of July 21.

'Self-distribution affords us flexibility'

The exclusivity agreement between South African telecom giant MTN and Anil Ambani group's Reliance Communications (RCom) on talks for a possible merger has not been extended, according to Press Trust of India, which quoted sources familiar with the development, at the time of going to press.

RCom-MTN exclusivity deal may lapse

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has decided to hike four-fold the reserve price for broadband wireless access services in the country.

DoT hikes reserve price for broadband services

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), which has granted 120 new telecom licences to 575 firms, is now giving the cold treatment to 343 other applications that are pending with it.

343 applications for UASL licence still pending

Press Trust of India

Telecom companies are likely to have new accounting norms soon for recording transactions such as issuance of life-time validity cards and full value pre-paid cards.

Telecom companies likely to have new accounting norms soon

GSM cellular operators added more than 2.5 million subscribers in the last fiscal in Punjab.

Punjab added 2.5 mn subscribers last fiscal

Maharashtra State government is in the process of upgrading the present IT policy.

Maha govt to announce new IT policy by year-end

Accenture, IT services and consulting firm, expanded its Global Delivery Network with the opening of its delivery centre in Noida.

Accenture opens 13th delivery centre in Noida

The Supreme Court today allowed the request of Tata Industries (TIL) to appoint arbitrators in its dispute with A V Birla group firm Grasim Industries over Idea Cellular stake sale.

SC appoints arbitrators in Tata-Birla Idea row

Aviva, the UK-based insurer may drop plans of absorbing the outsourcing operations from its existing vendors, including WNS Global Services, EXL Services and 24x7 Services, sources who declined to be identified said.

Aviva may not absorb vendors` operations

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MTN extends deadline for RCom talks

Experts say the games' interactive nature may be utilised as a platform for product testing; these also have potent market research capabilities.

Advergaming: The emerging brand recall tool for advertisers

24/7 Customer, the Bangalore-based business process outsourcing (BPO) firm, started operations at a time when the very concept of offshoring jobs was not much known.

'It is really expensive to do BPO business in India'

Bangalore-based JSoft Solutions Ltd, the IT/ITeS captive arm of the Rs 14,700 crore JSW Group, is all set to become a third party service provider.

JSW IT arm to be third party service provider

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has decided to allocate one block of 3G spectrum in each service area except Delhi and Mumbai to state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) at a price equivalent to the highest bid in the respective service areas.

Bidding to decide 3G price for BSNL, MTNL

Yahoo! Inc, amid criticism from billionaire investor Carl Icahn for failing to keep up with Google Inc, is inviting outside developers to tinker with its Internet search software to lure more users.

Yahoo lets outside firms tinker with search engine

Scientists have developed what they claim is a small scratch on a piece of glass, which will make the Internet nearly 60 times faster and give users unlimited, error-free access anywhere in the world.

Scientists develop Internet that is 60 times faster

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