The company is exploring fund raising options to start services in 22 circles in the next two years.
In an effort to make the world's cheapest car more affordable, Tata Motors is exploring the possibility of providing loans for the Nano either through Tata Motors Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary, or existing financing channels.
Tata Teleservices MD, Charles Anthony, has called it quits.
Despite wage hikes, an appreciating rupee, and fewer working days nibbling at their profit margins during the quarter ended December 31, 2007, the five IT majors Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys Technologies, Wipro, Satyam Computer Services and HCL Technologies posted revenue and net profit figures that were in line with market expectations.
In a desperate attempt to grab spectrum and start operations in new circles ahead of rivals, leading GSM operators have informed the government that they are willing to start services with less than 4.4 MHz spectrum. Vodafone Essar has intimated its willingness to start operations in new circles where the availability of spectrum is less than 4.4 MHz.
You can now pay all your bills with your phone.
Companies are developing new engine technologies to deliver the ultimate in fuel efficiency.
The company has launched a new card, the India One Pre-paid, under which users can make STD calls at a flat rate of Re 1 per minute. SMSes to any destination in the country would also be charged at a flat rate of Re 1 per message, BPL Mobile director and CEO S Subramaniam told Business Standard in an interview.
In fact, both the Classmate PC projects (from Intel) and OLPC pilots (with Reliance Communications) besides low-cost initiatives from players like Novatium, Encore, Xenitis and Allied Computers are gathering momentum independent of each other in the country.
Re rise against pound eats into their profits.
Global IT companies will add around 1.08 lakh employees in India by 2010, by increasing the headcount to 2.73 lakh. This would be a 65.25 per cent increase from the 1.65 lakh employed by the end of 2007.
India scored 1.9 points, which makes it an "extensive surveillance society". The US scored 1.5 points while the UK managed 1.3. Both countries are labelled 'Endemic surveillance societies'.
From wider adoption of software-as-a-service to a greater focus on biometric security measures, the year promises a lot.
DoT opposes the auction of 2G spectrum as anti-consumer and warns PMO that such a move can result in monopolising of mobile services in India.
The Anil Ambani group has already readied a war chest for the new initiative.
Company targets sale of one million handsets a year.
Rolta India is planning to set up a sensor manufacturing plant even as it aims to touch the Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) turnover mark by the end of financial year 2007-08.
Today, however, the major six IT MNCs alone -- IBM, Accenture, Capgemini, EDS, HP and ACS -- account for over 9 per cent of the Indian IT-BPO workforce. Overall, MNCs in India account for an estimated 14-15 per cent of the Indian IT workforce.
Farmers are now using video conferencing to procure good-quality seeds, fertiliser and other inputs. They are also using the technology to access market-related information, and market their products in some cases.
The Essar group firm is in talks with 7-10 companies for a "strategic fit", as it races to become a $500 million company by 2010. In some of these cases the due diligence process is in progress. Aegis is looking at firms in the US, South America and the Philippines.
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