Sunil Mittal-promoted Bharti Teletech has been presented the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council award for achieving the highest exports in telecommunications equipment during 2001-02.
Thirty-one Indian companies, under the aegis of Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council, will showcase their capabilities at the Gitex Dubai 2007, the largest IT show in the region.
With major IT markets in US, Europe and Japan expecting to witness a slowdown, Indian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is now turning to South Africa and West Asian markets in a bigger way.
The event will showcase India's cutting edge IT capabilities and outsourcing strengths to the global IT and business community.
The west Asian region remained the top destination for India's consumer electronics goods last year with exports doubling to $175 million in 2005-06, from $90 million of 2004-05.
Russia on Wednesday invited Indian entreprenuers to participate in the Information Technology programmes which have been launched in that country to enhance Internet penetration.
Software exports are expected to register a growth of 33 per cent in terms of dollar and 23 per cent in terms of rupee in the current financial year, according to an estimate by the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC). In absolute terms, exports during FY08 will workout to $45 billion (Rs 180,000 crore).
Exports of computer software and services is likely to post a 29 per cent growth and reach close to Rs 100,000 crore
Electronics and hardware exports clocked year-on-year growth of 3.90 per cent to touch Rs 8,000 crore (Rs 80 billion) this fiscal, Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council said on Monday.
India's electronic hardware and computer software services registered a growth of 35 per cent in dollar terms at $6.5 billion during the first half (April-September) of the current fiscal.
The Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council said on Monday that the offshore operations in computer software and services are on the rise and the share for 2002-03 is estimated at 60 per cent.
Tata Consultancy Services, with exports worth $806.1 million is the largest software exporter during 2001-02, while Celetron India led the race in exports of computer hardware.\n\n\n\n
India's computer software and services exports registered a growth of 28 per cent in 2001-02 at $7.652 billion despite a series of negative developments.
Indian software industry is targeting the middle-east market as it seeks to raise the information technology exports from $8 billion last year to $50 billion in 2008.
Infosys has bagged Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council award in computer software and services sector for 2000-01
India's computer software and services exports is estimated to have touched Rs 31,200 crore (Rs 312 billion) in the first nine months (April-December) of the current fiscal, reflecting a 22 per cent increase over the year-ago period
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met leading NRI investors in UAE, who briefed him about various projects they are investing in India.
A 15 per cent corporate tax rate for services companies in SEZs, setting up a fund for deep-tech startups and establishing clusters to demonstrate design-to-manufacturing capabilities of tech firms were some of the key demands made by the IT sector at the pre-Budget consultation on Monday. The participants shared their views and suggestions regarding Big Data, incentives for encouraging setting up of data centres, fiscal incentives for data localisation, incentives for pushing digital penetration in rural areas, and corporate guarantee to startups for competing with other nations.