Romita Majumdar &Amp;Amp; Debasis Mohapatra

Stories by Romita Majumdar &Amp;Amp; Debasis Mohapatra

Which jobs will go at Cognizant?

Which jobs will go at Cognizant?

Rediff.com   7 May 2019

This time, not only would the job cuts be higher, but they would be even more broad-based, encompassing various levels of employees.

TCS, Infosys, Wipro add 7 times more jobs

TCS, Infosys, Wipro add 7 times more jobs

Rediff.com   2 May 2019

'Young people are digital natives.' 'Hence, their ability to learn coding and to become a full stack engineer is far more.' 'The demand for such people is more as we feel that if we hire people from campuses, we can train them to become what we want.'

Wipro: 'Our deal pipeline is strong'

Wipro: 'Our deal pipeline is strong'

Rediff.com   25 Apr 2019

'We are not seeing any macro headwinds.'

Can Vodafone Idea reap synergy benefits?

Can Vodafone Idea reap synergy benefits?

Rediff.com   23 Apr 2019

India's largest telecom operator in terms of subscriber numbers has been struggling to raise its share of subscribers in the market for fourth-generation technology services.

Reliance Jio transfers fibre and tower infrastructure

Reliance Jio transfers fibre and tower infrastructure

Rediff.com   3 Apr 2019

The optic fibre cable infra was with Jio Digital Fibre and the tower infra with Reliance Jio Infratel

Non-metros see surge in number porting requests

Non-metros see surge in number porting requests

Rediff.com   1 Apr 2019

The highest number of requests are in Karnataka (39.18 million) and Tamil Nadu (35.56 million).

How Amazon plans to take on rivals in grocery space

How Amazon plans to take on rivals in grocery space

Rediff.com   1 Apr 2019

At present, other large players in the grocery and food retail space include Flipkart Supermart, Bigbasket, and Grofers.

Larsen & Toubro all set to launch its 'Nxt' disruption

Larsen & Toubro all set to launch its 'Nxt' disruption

Rediff.com   30 Mar 2019

Honed and utilised in-house for over three years, the engineering major's new arm - L&T-Nxt - will focus on AI, IoT, vitual reality and cyber security among other fields of digitisation.

Infosys to buy 75% stake in ABN AMRO Bank subsidiary

Infosys to buy 75% stake in ABN AMRO Bank subsidiary

Rediff.com   29 Mar 2019

The all-cash transaction is likely to be complete in the first quarter of 2020, subject to regulatory clearance.

How Tech Mahindra plans to use 5G to boost revenue

How Tech Mahindra plans to use 5G to boost revenue

Rediff.com   25 Mar 2019

Tech Mahindra is building 5G use cases with US-based hospitals to help manage devices remotely and eventually manage remote surgeries that will require seamless network connectivity.

How Mindtree plans to thwart L&T's takeover bid

How Mindtree plans to thwart L&T's takeover bid

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2019

Mindtree plans to recommend to its investors not to subscribe to the open offer, citing low offer price, among key reasons. The founders were exploring several other options, including coming out with a counter open offer, with the backing of a financial investor.

IT services firms eye larger share of global engineering deals

IT services firms eye larger share of global engineering deals

Rediff.com   21 Mar 2019

According to Nasscom, engineering services exports had grown at 13 per cent in 2017 compared to six per cent rise in IT services exports and eight per cent in business process management (BPM). It had also recorded the highest growth in the last three years, reports Debasis Mohapatra.

How Wipro plans to beat Street estimates in profit terms

How Wipro plans to beat Street estimates in profit terms

Rediff.com   8 Mar 2019

It had reorganised its India business by carving out public sector undertaking and government businesses. Besides the company had also split its India and West Asia businesses.

Why H2 will bring little cheer to India's IT firms

Why H2 will bring little cheer to India's IT firms

Rediff.com   5 Mar 2019

Tepid growth in verticals like banking and finance, healthcare, retail and automotive will drag overall IT spends in the current year, reports Debasis Mohapatra.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw fined by Infy for 'insider trading'

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw fined by Infy for 'insider trading'

Rediff.com   1 Mar 2019

The penalty collected from Mazumdar-Shaw will be donated to a charitable organisation of her choice.

Want a high paying job? Here's what you should specialise in

Want a high paying job? Here's what you should specialise in

Rediff.com   20 Feb 2019

Global companies, e-commerce platforms and software product firms all want skilled digital workers.

IT majors' product plans put them at risk of cannibalisation

IT majors' product plans put them at risk of cannibalisation

Rediff.com   19 Feb 2019

Their plan to build a product portfolio will discourage global software vendors such as Oracle, Microsoft and Fidelity, among others, from building a strategic relationship with these big Indian IT firms, reports Debasis Mohapatra.

Cognizant to pay $28m in US to settle India bribery case

Cognizant to pay $28m in US to settle India bribery case

Rediff.com   16 Feb 2019

The company, which had made voluntary disclosures about the bribery incident to the US authorities, also said with this resolution, there was no pending investigations against Cognizant.

Telcos eye loyal customers to boost revenue gains

Telcos eye loyal customers to boost revenue gains

Rediff.com   12 Feb 2019

With telecom disruptor Reliance Jio not raising tariffs, incumbents Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are focusing on the minimum monthly recharge and higher first recharge offers to ensure they retain only loyal and revenue-incremental subscribers, reports Romita Majumdar.

Telcos face a new challenge: More voice calls, but less revenue

Telcos face a new challenge: More voice calls, but less revenue

Rediff.com   10 Feb 2019

From spending a little less than three hours on making voice calls, Indians are spending well over 5 hours. So, while people make more calls, they are spending less than ever, reports Romita Majumdar.