The Essar group is seeking a refund of the $883 million (Rs 4,426 crore) Vodafone Plc withheld as tax to pay the income-tax department while buying 22 per cent stake in Vodafone Essar from Essar.

Essar to seek tax refund in Vodafone stake deal

Business Standard

Apprehending that the government may appeal against the TDSAT order which dismissed its plea that the telecom tribunal has no jurisdiction over the intra-circle 3G roaming pacts, private operators have filed caveat in both the Supreme Court as well as the High Court.

Pvt telcos file caveat in SC, HC on 3G roaming

Press Trust of India

As a part of its 2015 Roadmap, India is going to be one of the crucial geographies for IBM, both as a delivery centre and as part of emerging market focus. IBM has six delivery centres in India.

India key in IBM's 2015 roadmap

The government-initiated world&rsquo;s cheapest tablet computer project has run into a headwind. Leading handset manufacturers have blasted Datawind&rsquo;s Aakash tablet on the ground that it is based on outdated technology and inadequate specifications, a charge the Canada-based firm has dismissed.

Aakash runs into storm as firms, Datawind trade charges

The results of the Indian software leaders, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys Technologies (Cognizant, which is now number three, does not publish comparable Indian GAAP figures), in the last quarter have been boosted by the recent depreciation of the rupee. But under active policy intervention by the central bank, the rupee has started to rise again. On present reckoning, the conversion rate used by Infosys for the third-quarter results for the US dollar, Rs 52, is unlikely to rule at the end of this financial year. So the sharply improved performance may be a bit transient in nature, due to exogenous factors. But still, the recovery from the trough created by the global financial crisis is nothing short of spectacular. In the third quarter of 2009-10, Infosys&rsquo; topline fell by 0.8 per cent. Precisely two years on, it has grown by 30.8 per cent. Over the same period, TCS&rsquo; topline growth has transited from 2.9 per cent to 36.8 per cent.

Depreciation has helped

From compromised machines to mass email lists for spamming, electronically-transferring funds out of bank accounts to phishing attacks&mdash;India&rsquo;s 100 million internet users have become prime targets for hackers across the globe.

Cyber crime is now a booming industry

Android has replaced Apple&rsquo;s iOS in terms of importance to developers in the Asia-Pacific region in the last 12 months, according to Ovum.

Android replaces iOS as key platform to developers: Ovum

Some 1.7 million phone subscribers with Etisalat DB have been cut off following a dispute between the telecom operator and Reliance Communications (RCom).

Corporate row cuts off 1.7 mn mobile phone users

Reuters 

If you are one of those who frets about the health hazards caused by mobile phone radiation, then help &mdash; in the form of a chip &mdash; is at hand. Syenergy Environics has developed a product called Enviro chip that claims to guard you and your devices against harmful electronic radiation. The company, which has been working on environmental radiations and their impact on health, launched the product after research and tests that lasted over a month on over 300 people.

A 'guardian' chip for your health and gizmos

Telecom honchos Sunil Bharti Mittal, Anil Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Vittorio Colao are expected to meet IT and Communications Minister Kapil Sibal tomorrow to discuss various issues impacting the sector.

Telecom honchos to meet Sibal today

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has reserved order on operators' plea to stay the penalty imposed on them by the government for failing to complete the directive to reverify prepaid connections in Assam and North East service areas.

TDSAT reserves order on telcos' plea against DoT penalty

Apple Inc coasts into 2012 with a strong wind in its sails, a clutch of envelope-pushing products in its hold, a record share price, and a steady hand at the tiller.

Apple 2012: Smooth sailing, for the most part

Indian enterprises' IT spending across all industry markets is forecast to surpass USD 39 bn in 2012, a 10.3 per cent increase from the previous calendar year figure of USD 36 bn, says Gartner Inc.

Indian enterprises' IT spend to grow 10% in 2012: Gartner

The spat between Telenor of Norway and homegrown real estate developer Unitech&mdash;both partners in mobile telephony provider Unitech Wireless&mdash;is out in the open. Telenor, a 67.25 per cent shareholder, wants a right issue to fund the expansion, while Unitech thinks debt is the way ahead.

Uninor's 'barebones' strategy helps it thrive

Barely about four months of the launch of web portal, npasource.com, Ahmedabad-based Atishya Technologies claims to have brought non-performing assets (NPAs) of the banks worth Rs 1,000 crores for resolutions.

NPAsource.com to expand ops to Middle East and Europe

Facebook, the world&rsquo;s largest social networking site, has just launched a new initiative under which advertisements will appear in the form of &lsquo;stories&rsquo; or posts about a product in its news feed labelled as &lsquo;featured&rsquo;. Marketers can only pay for these adverts to appear in a user&rsquo;s feed if the user has already &lsquo;liked&rsquo; the page. And the advertiser does not have the option to add its own additional message once the post is live.

Indian brands warming up to Facebook ads in news feeds

Most times, you won&rsquo;t even know it&rsquo;s there. But then, that is the beauty of cloud computing &ndash; you just concentrate on your core competency and stop worrying about the operating system, the traffic your IT system or website faces or about resources lying waste. This is especially true for a place and market such as India, where the IT literacy is low, but growing. How companies will manage to leverage the numbers to their advantage is the question.

Cloud computing: Clearer skies ahead? 

Telecom bigwigs, including Bharti&rsquo;s Sunil Bharti Mittal and Reliance Communications&rsquo; Anil Ambani and heads of other operators, knocked on communications minister Kapil Sibal&rsquo;s door again to express their concerns on various issues &mdash; like one-time fee for excess spectrum, new mergers and acquisitions norms &mdash; involving the sector.

Telecom honchos call on Sibal over policy issues

Smartphone shipments touched 10 million units in the first eleven months of the calendar year 2011, estimates CyberMedia Research (CMR). In its report titled 'India Monthly Mobile Handsets Market Review', CMR claims that November last year was the third consecutive month when smartphone shipments in India crossed one million units and saw the launch of 23 smartphone models.

Smartphone shipments cross 10-mn mark in 2011

Since Google Inc introduced its Android operating system in 2007, the company's strategy has been simple: Give it to developers for free and make money when consumers click ads on the Web or through apps. That model is hitting a snag.

Amazon Fire takes Android, leaves Google apps

Apple's recent foray into education seems to have hit the right notes. In just three days of iBooks 2 release, almost 350,000 e-books were sold. While India is yet to see the launch of iBooks 2 and iBooks Author, independent developers in the education space are already eyeing the digitised space.

Students brace for digital storm, as e-book revolution likely

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