The US government is going full throttle against outsourcing, but the small enterprises and individual entrepreneurs have a different story to tell.

Freelance Online work gains traction

Business Standard

Two years ago, after the&nbsp; country&rsquo;s leading CDMA operators &mdash; Reliance and Tata Teleservices &mdash; decided to hedge their bets by climbing aboard the GSM technology bandwagon, analysts wrote the epitaph for US telecom giant Qualcomm and its domination of CDMA technology.

Qualcomm is sending out strong signals

The Orissa information technology (IT) department has sought three per cent of the allocation of the State Budget for implementation of e-governance projects of different departments.

IT dept seeks 3% of state budget for e-governance projects

24x7 Customer, an independent third party standalone BPO player backed by Sequoia Capital, aims to take a solution-led approach as it prepares for the next phase of its journey. The first player in the BPO space to win a US patent for its customer contact management system recently, 24/7 Customer derives about 10 per cent of its revenues by using the solutions built at its innovation lab located in Bangalore, and plans to double the same in the near future.

24/7 Customer's own solutions to drive business

Lawful interception of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service will only be possible after three-four months, but the makers of the smart phone have refused to provide any technology for accessing its mail service as sought by authorities, citing security issues.

BlackBerry's no to intercepting mails

Press Trust of India

Will consolidate IT environments to lower cost of ownership.

Airtel inks deal with IBM for Africa operations

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) has announced Post Graduate Certificate in Advertising Management and Public Relations in Gujarat. The course aims at developing skills among working professionals and graduates who want to enhance skills and develop a career path in the field of advertising industry.

MICA offers certificate course in ad mgmt

Outsourced software product development services provider PersistentSystems said it recently started its campus initiative Techstart a programme launched to help students learn bleeding-edge technology and to provide a practical channel to their creative talent.

Persistent Systems kick-starts its campus initiative

Global software giant Microsoft has been dragged to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) by Delhi-based Singhania and Partners, a law firm.

Law firm takes Microsoft to CCI

Information technology (IT) service provider Religare Technova is planning to foray into the healthcare information solutions sector.

Religare Technova plans healthcare IT foray

Genpact, the country&rsquo;s largest business process outsourcing (BPO) company, is spreading its wings to West Asia. The company is exploring Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon for setting up centres to serve local clients.

Genpact all set to enter West Asia to serve local clients

When Vivek Paul left Wipro in 2005, the company&rsquo;s IT business employed about 51,000 people, including some 14,000 for its BPO business. About six years since, the company employs over 131,700 people for its IT services business. It&rsquo;s not just the case with Wipro, but almost all other IT services companies too have seen their headcount go up quite significantly during the last few years.

Vivek Paul claims solution to burgeoning headcount

The floods in Thailand has led to steep increase in price of the computer hard disc drives (HDD), an important peripheral, by 150 per cent.

Thai flood hits computer market in state

Debt-laden mobile operator Reliance Communications posted its ninth straight drop in quarterly profit, with investors awaiting a deal to sell its tower unit and bring in much needed funds.

RCom net falls 43.5% to Rs 252 crore in Q2

Huawei, a China-based leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, is considering Gujarat for setting up its manufacturing base. The move which is seen as a fallout of Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi's recent goodwill visit to China also has the company considering on a move to set up an research and development center (R&amp;D) with specific focus on e-Governance and a future technology solutions lab in Gujarat.

Huawei to consider state for setting up manufacturing base

Last month, Arjun Malhotra, co-founder of HCL Technologies and CEO Headstrong, an IT consulting firm, donated around Rs 5 crore to his alma mater Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur.

IITs remain big daddy of fund-raisers, Bombay leads the pack

Strengthen their networking platforms to reach out to young employees.

Companies sign up for in-house networking

&quot;Motorola Defy+ offers protection with its water-resistant, scratch resistant and dust proof design,&quot; Motorola said in a statement.

Motorola launches new Defy+ Android mobile phone

The country's second largest software exporter Infosys today retained its guidance of 17-19% revenue growth in FY12 notwithstanding the persisting euro zone debt crisis.

Infosys sticks to revenue guidance amid euro zone crisis

The department of telecommunications (DoT) is examining whether the government would face any financial implications owing to the 3G roaming agreements between Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular.

3G roaming pacts: DoT looks at implications

Reliance Communications (Rcom) on Monday said the company would welcome the entry of Reliance Industries into the telecom sector. &ldquo;If there is a responsible player going to expand the data pie, it's a very good news,&rdquo; Syed Safawi, president &amp; chief executive of RCom&rsquo;s wireless business unit said.

RCom okay with RIL in telecom

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