 | Tata Tele merges tower business with Quippo
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| Hindu News January 06, 2009
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| NEW DELHI: Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTSL) is gearing up to launch its pan-India GSM service. The company on Monday made a strategic move by merging its passive infrastructure business (mainly towers) with tower company Quippo Telecom to create a strong telecom infrastructure company.
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| Tata Teleservices set to launch GSM
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| Hindu News January 06, 2009
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| NEW DELHI: CDMA telecom service provider Tata Teleservices will roll out GSM services by the end of this year on an investment of $2 billion, the
company said on Monday.
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| HCL, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant in fray for Satyam
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| Money Conrol.com January 06, 2009
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| With each passing day we see a new name thrown into the ring of Satyam’s suitors and now analysts are working on the various permutations and combinations of who would fit best and who would not.
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| Was Apple 'Adequate but Late' on Jobs?
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| Business Week January 06, 2009
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| Apple (AAPL) investors got answers to some of their nagging questions about the health of the company's chief executive, Steve Jobs, on Jan. 5 when Jobs disclosed in a letter that he is suffering from a hormone imbalance that has caused rapid weight loss over the past year.
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| Nikkei index hits two-month high
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| BBC News January 05, 2009
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| Japan's stock market has ended its first session of 2009 up 2.1% and at its highest level for nearly two months, buoyed by new year hopes.
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| TCS Kalinga Park inaugurated
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| Statesman News January 05, 2009
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| BHUBANESWAR, Jan. 4: "The Tier-II and Tier-III cities are going to be the engine of growth for the next phase in the IT sector despite the meltdown," said Mr S Ramadorai, CEO of TCS while Dr S Pani, secretary Planning Commission disclosed that Bhubaneswar will be one of the nodes of the national knowledge network .
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| PwC may review its 'continuance' with Satyam Computer
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| Times of India January 05, 2009
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| HYDERABAD: The statutory auditor for Satyam Computer Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), may review its “continuance” with the troubled software
firm. The company’s image has been tarnished after its scuppered bid to buy two firms linked to its promoter B Ramalinga Raju.
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| Meltdown near-virtual for IT cos
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| Economic Times January 05, 2009
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| The global recession may not be such a bad thing for the country’s $50 billion IT-BPO sector. Industry players believe that the ability to grow up
the value chain – and also the emergence of some new businesses – will see Indian companies emerging stronger in 2009, despite uncertainties in the markets that bring most of their revenues.
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| RCom starts GSM mobile in Mumbai; offers Rs 900 free talktime
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| Economic Times January 05, 2009
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| MUMBAI: In a move that could trigger another tariff war among mobile operators, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communication today launched GSM services
in Mumbai and offered free talk-time worth Rs 900 spread over three months.
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| Top 10 predictions for IT/ITeS market
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| Economic Times January 02, 2009
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| The domestic Indian IT/ITeS market will grow at 13.4% in 2009, the slowest since 2003, according to intelligence firm, IDC India. The forecast suggests that important structural changes, taking place on the back of a global economic meltdown, will propel a new 'market order' in the domestic Indian IT/ITeS industry.
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| Satyam: big question over renewal of contracts
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| Hindu News January 02, 2009
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| HYDERABAD: A big question mark is staring at the battered Satyam Computer Services over the renewal of contracts by the existing prestigious clients across the globe.
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| Infosys to integrate IT & BPO operations to cut costs, add value
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| Economic Times January 02, 2009
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| MUMBAI: Infosys Technologies is looking at ways of increasing synergies with its BPO arm. In addition to easier movement of executives between the
IT and BPO arms, the tech bellweather is also working on integration and business plans to maximise profits.
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| RCom rolls out GSM operations
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| Hindu News December 31, 2008
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| MUMBAI: Leading CDMA mobile telephony player Reliance Communications Ltd. (RCom) on Tuesday announced the roll-out of its much-awaited GSM mobile telephony operations from December 31 across the country.
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| Is Hewlett-Packard eyeing stake in Satyam?
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| Times Of India 31 December, 2008
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| BANGALORE: Hewlett-Packard (HP) is evaluating the possibility of acquiring a stake in IT services provider Satyam Computer, attracted by the
latter’s lucrative business software practice.
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| Rahul Bajaj buys 28.2% in Bajaj Hindusthan
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| Times Of India 31 December, 2008
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| MUMBAI: Bajaj Group chairman Rahul Bajaj bought 39.9 mn shares, or 28.2%, of sugar producer Bajaj Hindusthan in two block deals transacted at the
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Tuesday. Family investment firms Bachhraj Co and Jamanalal & Sons sold 34.7 mn shares at Rs 64 and 5.2 mn shares at Rs 66, respectively, as part of inter-se transfer among the promoters.
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| 25% increase in IT revenues in dollar terms: Nasscom
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| Hindu News November 20, 2008
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| BANGALORE: Revenues of Indian software and business process outsourcing (BPO) industries have increased by 25 per cent in dollar terms in the first half of the current financial year, according to the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom).
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| TCS among six Indian firms named on 'FinTech 100' list
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| Economic Times November 19, 2008
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| NEW YORK: Tata Consultancy Services along with five other Indian firms has been named among the top 100 global entities offering IT solutions for
the financial services industry worldwide.
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| Infosys targeting rural banks for higher growth
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| Economic Times November 19, 2008
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| CHENNAI: Software major Infosys Technologies Ltd, which offers its core banking solution under the brand 'Finacle', is targeting regional rural
banks to achieve higher growth, a top company official said here Wednesday.
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| Facebook application plan rankles some developers
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| Economic Times November 19, 2008
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| NEW YORK: Facebook plans to start charging for verifying applications built for the social network, an optional process that has upset some
developers despite the company's assurances it will bring plenty of positive benefits.
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| SAP sees slight 2009 licence sales growth at best
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| Economic Times November 19, 2008
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| BARCELONA: SAP, the world's biggest maker of business software, is preparing for slight growth at best next year in licence sales as the global
economic crisis continues to hurt its business, it said on Wednesday.
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