Interestingly, in December 2014 also, the DoP had issued an order blacklisting HCL Infosystems and its subsidiaries for a period of five years.
IT major HCL Infosystems on Tuesday said it will launch a third generation (3G) tablet PC in August this year for around Rs 18,000.
The move is part of the company's plans to expand its hardware, services and ICT systems integration and distribution business.
Shares of IT company HCL Infosystems plunged over 7 per cent on Monday after its Managing Director and CEO Harshavardhan Madhav Chitale resigned from the company.
HCL Infosystems has reported a 33.81 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 61.73 crore (Rs 617.3 million) the year ended June 30, 2003 when compared with Rs 46.13 crore (Rs 461.3 million) in FY02.
Only Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are ahead of her.
HCL Infosystems has emerged as the best employer in the information technology industry in India, according to a survey conducted by Dataquest-IDC (International Data Corporation).
HCL Infosystems on Monday entered into a strategic, but non-exclusive agreement, with Apple Computers to distribute desktop computers and digital musical device iPod.
Telecom services provider Reliance Communications (RCom), in a consortium led by IT firm HCL Infosystems, is believed to have bagged the Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) contract for government's national identity card programme, Aadhaar.
HCL Infosystems has denied its association with Sakshat project of the ministry of human resource development to manufacture access and computing device to be priced $35 a piece.
Asked about US President Barack Obama's proposal on tax restructuring, Chowdhry said he does not expect the move to affect Indian companies.
Ajai Chowdhry, chairman and CEO, HCL Infosystems, tells Kirtika Suneja the environment may improve in three to six months, as the economy has bottomed out.
IT company HCL Infosystems on Wednesday announced entering into partnership with state-run telecom operator BSNL for offering low-cost broadband-enabled computers in rural areas to bridge the digital divide.
HCL Infosystems Ltd, an information-enabling company, plans to set up three more career development centres in Gujarat.
Intel Corporation, the world's biggest chipmaker and HCL on Saturday announced the nationwide launch of Intel-powered classmate PC in India.
HCL Infosystems is planning tie-ups with global companies to market their digital lifestyle products.\n\n
The company has enrolled 5,000-6,000 students in these centres.
Aiming to make laptops a mass product, IT company HCL Infosystems on Tuesday introduced an ultra portable range of laptops at a starting price of Rs 13,990.
After HCL Infosystems, another IT major Wipro has decided to shut down its manufacturing of computers and servers due to changing market scenario and consumer preferences.
The company has been manufacturing personal computers, both desktops and laptops, netbooks and tablet PCs.
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The task force constituted to suggest steps for stimulating growth in the IT, ITeS and electronics hardware manufacturing industries has submitted its recommendations.
It provides an option of data connectivity through USB dongles.
A new generation is being groomed to take over some of the top companies in India.
Several companies have hit on the idea of offering college freshers pre-job training to make them more employable.
Once the requisite approvals have been received, the joint venture would be primarily engaged in selling value added services for mobile devices.
HCL Infosystems has posted a 234 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 34.35 crore for the third quarter ended March 31, 2003 as against Rs 10.28 crore for the corresponding quarter last fiscal.
The venture, on the lines of Kishore Biyani's Future Ventures India, will focus its investments in the information technology sector, said a source familiar with the development.
Electronics, IT goods makers HCL Infosystems, HP, LG Electronics and Zenith are raising prices of personal computers (laptops and desktops), LCDs and plasma TVs, and IT peripherals for the first time this year by as much as 13 per cent to offset higher cost of inputs triggered by a falling rupee. The move may nudge inflation further crimping consumer spending.
Microsoft Corporation and HCL Infosystems on Friday announced a series of joint initiatives, including launch of world's cheapest ultra portable laptop and setting up of a centre of excellence, which will employ over 500 professionals. Priced at Rs 16,990, MiLeap brand of HCL laptops with Microsoft Windows XP Home operating system is the lowest priced among the MS operating system powered laptops, the company officials said.
Infosys chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy has been given the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' by IT magazine Dataquest for building an institution that has changed the IT scenario in the country.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has retained its number one position in terms of market share of total PC (personal computer -- both desktops and notebooks) shipments in the first quarter of calendar year 2009, according to research firm IDC.
WLC College India is offering a traineeship programme and a study abroad programme in several locations around Mumbai.
RoHS-compliance is still at an awareness stage in India.
Audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, which has major companies like HCL Infosystems, GMR Group, Bosch, and Maruti Suzuki among its over 100 clients in India, faces a possible axe after its role has come into question in the Satyam fraud case, of about Rs 7,800 crore (Rs 78 billion).
It all started with the advent and success of smaller laptops or netbooks, as they are called, in June 2008. Now, Indian and multinational PC makers like Asus, HCL Infosystems and Wipro are ready to give a push to the retail sales of even smaller desktops or Nettops, based on Intel Atom processors. Others like Dell, HP and Lenovo are expected to follow.
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