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Article | 4/03/2011 IBM uses mobile web to aid illiterate job-hunters

IBM is deploying its voice-based web technology in India to enable illiterate people in the state of Karnataka to find jobs by talking on their mobile...

Article | 25/02/2011 India plans to tighten rules for cyber-cafes

New rules proposed by the Indian government would require users at cyber-cafes to establish their identities, while placing the onus on cyber-cafe ope...

Article | 23/02/2011 India's MindTree offers remote IT management tools

MindTree, a mid-size Indian outsourcer, has developed its own remote IT infrastructure management service delivery platform, MWatch, in a bid to diffe...

Article | 23/02/2011 RIM says competition taking advantage of India problems

Research In Motion has accused unnamed competitors of trying to compound and profit from its problems in India by "suggesting or implying" that RIM's ...

Article | 23/02/2011 India's Parliament to investigate 2G scandal

India is appointing a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), consisting of representatives of the government and the opposition, to probe into an allege...

Article | 23/02/2011 Nokia's Ovi Store moves to rupee payments in India

Nokia has introduced rupee payments on its Ovi Store in India, in a bid to boost downloads from the store.

Article | 17/02/2011 India cancels satellite spectrum deal after controversy

India has decided to annul a controversial agreement to lease satellite spectrum to a private company, claiming that it needs the S-band spectrum for ...

Article | 17/02/2011 HP regains top position in India's PC market

Hewlett-Packard regained the top position in India’s PC market in the fourth quarter of last year, after falling behind Dell in the previous two quart...

Article | 15/02/2011 Tata introduces cloud service for SMB segment

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest outsourcer, is targeting small and medium-size businesses with a combination of hardware, networking,...

Article | 14/02/2011 India’s Satyam rebounds, but progress is slow

Indian outsourcer, Satyam Computer Services, which is on the recovery after a corporate scandal, said that revenue and net profits grew in the third q...

Article | 10/02/2011 Company in Indian spectrum satellite scam claims clearances

Devas Multimedia, the company at the center of a controversy over satellite spectrum allocation, said on Thursday that it has a legally binding agreem...

Article | 9/02/2011 Etisalat distances itself from Indian mobile license scam

Telecommunications operator Etisalat has distanced itself from an alleged scam in the allocation of second-generation (2G) mobile network licenses in ...

Article | 9/02/2011 India arrests top executive of Etisalat joint venture

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the vice-chairman of Etisalat DB Telecom, a mobile services joint venture.

Article | 9/02/2011 India’s space organization under scrutiny over spectrum

India is reviewing an agreement between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and a private communications company that aims to set up a satel...

Article | 9/02/2011 Mobile number portability flops in India

Mobile number portability has not taken off in India, with only about 1.7 million users applying for change of operator in the 15 days since the progr...