Despite its BPO edge of skilled manpower and low labour cost, India's 'Advantage BPO' position may not be sustainable in the long run as nations like China, the Philippines and Mexico are fast catching up, a ASSOCHAM-IDC survey says.
With 10-12 million users, India is a good market for smartphone security software companies.
Samsung recently introduced its "S bike" mode, a feature targeted at India's legions of motorbike riders that, when activated, notifies callers that the phone's owner is riding and cannot answer
Infosys, however, remains the 'dream company' in the IT arena, while MNCs occupy the maximum mindshare of professionals.
From the rollback of customs duty on key electronic components to fast tracking delivery of goods imported from China, players are looking for incentives on several counts.
The PC assembling segment has held firm despite stiff competition from branded players.
Strong demand from the government, banking and technology sectors saw shipment of personal computers in India grow at an impressive 29 per cent year-on-year in 2004-05 to touch 3.6 million units, according to IDC.
The Indian software and BPO segment will grow at a rate of more than 16 per cent to become a $ 132 billion industry by 2012, global infotech analyst International Data Corporation said. Together with IT and ITeS, and exports revenue of Rs 3,20,278 crore (Rs 3.2 trillion), the total IT and ITeS industry would grow to Rs 5,29,976 crore ($ 132 billion) by 2012, representing a growth of 16.5 per cent, said IDC. Exports continue to be the biggest segment at Rs 97,492 cr (Rs 974).
The amount of digital information consumed globally in 2006 alone, if stacked as books, can go to and fro from the sun 18 times
Estimates suggest subsidy outgo on these proposals would be at least Rs 1,000 crore
Specialised information security manpower will become a major requirement for the Indian IT sector with the demand for such professionals projected to rise to 77,000 in 2008 from 18,000 at present, Nasscom said.
Set up in partnership with Compal Electronics, the facility in Greater Noida will have an initial capacity of 60,000 units a month. This will be ramped up to 2,00,000 by the end of December.
The company will launch Google Android One phones priced at Rs 6,000-7,000 by September-end.
Powered by a seasonal government buying, the Indian PC market posted a 'solid performance' in the first quarter of 2004 while the Asia-Pacific market, excluding Japan, grew by 16 per cent touching 7.5 million units, according to IDC.
Salaries in the information technology sector went up by an average of 19 per cent in 2004 with senior level professionals gaining the most, according to Dataquest-IDC survey.
Satyam Venture Engineering Services Pvt Ltd, the engineering services group of Satyam Computer Services Ltd, has set up a dedicated India design centre for the United States-based automotive tier-I supplier Collins & Alkman.
The offshore development centre of information technology major Cadence Design Systems has dislodged Infosys Technologies from its top position to emerge as the best employer of the Indian IT industry in 2003.
Google Inc opened its first two data centres in Asia on Wednesday to cater to the world's fastest growing consumer technology markets, but the company has no plans to open one in China or India.
Indians may adopt wait-and-watch policy in first year.
Analysts say that Jio's substantial slowing down in net additions is possibly because the company has dramatically reduced its bundled 4G feature phone offering, which contributed an average 30-40 per cent of its net additions.
From Samsung to Apple iPhone XR, smartphone firms are showering discounts in April.
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The handset will be available from Wednesday through e-commerce major Flipkart.
Samsung on Monday launched its 'Note 5' in the country priced at Rs 53,990.
According to MAIT, the apex body representing India's IT hardware industry, training and R&D services sectors, tablet sales in 2012-13 stood at 1.9 million units as against 0.36 million units in 2011-12 witnessing a growth of 427 per cent.
Internal management tensions, stiff opposition from Chinese handset makers led to halving of the company's market share
Still, the earliest India will get to experience Apple online will be early 2020 and the company's first fully-owned signature store should be up around 2022 -- almost two decades after it had opened its first store worldwide, writes Nivedita Mookerji.
The Note 7 features 5.7-inch display, 12MP rear and 5MP front camera, 64GB onboard memory and 3,500 mAh battery
Google is expected to launch its much-awaited sub-$100 (around Rs 6,000) smartphones in India this month, which will further intensify competition in the booming multi-billion dollar smart devices market in India.
Budget smartphones will rule the market in 2015.
Honoured at British Council's Study UK Alumni Awards, Ruchi Shah's illustrations are now part of children's books across nine Indian languages.
However, the firm continued with its operation in the Indian market.
Motorola said it has crossed the three million device sales milestone.
Chinese handset maker OnePlus on Tuesday said it expects India to become its biggest market in the next few months.
There is a high demand for IT professionals who can envision, design and develop applications for the future.
The voice-assistant and intuitive text search are other features which Lalvani says would aid productivity.
Leading computer makers, including Lenovo and HP, are set to hike prices of their products by up to 10 per cent in coming weeks, hit by increasing input costs due to rupee's southward journey.
Also, after years of rumours and speculation, Apple unveiled its first wearable device, Apple Watch.
Lei Jun, founder and CEO of Xiaomi, in an internal letter on Wednesday, announced that the company has sold one million smartphones in the first 18 days of this month in India, state-run China Daily reported.
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