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- Slicing The Spectrum (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
By pricing fairly stiffly any extra slices of the spectrum, TRAI is seeking to goad existing players into using whatever they have more effectively.
- Tcs Inks $140m Deal With Bsnl (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced a transformation deal of Rs 574 crores worth to build next generation networks for India’s largest telecom operator, BSNL. TCS will lead manage the overall engagement along with a large team of . . . .
- Sonia, Indra Nooyi Among World's 10 Most Powerful Women (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
Congress party president Sonia Gandhi has been placed sixth, a notch behind Indra Nooyi, the Indian American chairman and chief executive of PepsiCo, in the Forbes list of the world's 100 most powerful women.
- Sonia, Nooyi Among World's 10 Powerful Women (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
Congress party president Sonia Gandhi has been placed sixth, a notch behind Indra Nooyi, the Indian American chairman and chief executive of PepsiCo, in the Forbes list of the world's 100 most powerful women.
- Size Does Not Matter (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 31, 2007)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is against restricting the number of operators in a circle. While this is good news for the consumer, it will also project the regulator as being genuinely committed to consumer satisfaction.
- India May Lose Services Edge In Wto Bargain (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
In a move which could shrink India's negotiating space on service sector liberalisation at the WTO, members of the multilateral trade body have opted to delink talks on opening up sectors like finance, telecom and more visas for IT . . . . .
- Rapid Rupee Appreciation A Challenge, Says Infosys Ceo (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
Company looking at de-risking measures
Pushing customers to look at China as an option
European firms leverage offshoring opportunities
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Aug 29, 2007)
The latest warning to the UPA government from the Left should leave nobody in doubt.
- The Bottlenecks (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
The economy seems to be doing fine at one level, despite myriad problems like the global financial crisis, domestic unrest and growing Naxalite and terrorist attacks.
- Indian M&as Fail To Fructify (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
India has emerged as Asia-Pacifics second-biggest target after China in terms of official or unofficial intentions expressed for takeover deals from across the world this year,according to a study by international M&A deals tracking firm Mergermarket..
- Introduce Number Portability (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 28, 2007)
Nearly 18 months after the telecom regulator TRAI mooted the idea, the government now says it is ‘actively considering’ number portability, which means that the subscriber retains his mobile number even if he switches to another service provider.
- Sun-Earth Karaoke (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Aug 27, 2007)
Do solar waves shake the Earth in symphony, or is it a researcher's fantasy?
- India Inc Raised $15 B Via Ecb In 5 Months (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Indian companies have borrowed about $14.97 billion through external commercial borrowing (ECB) and foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCB) within a span of five months from January to May 2007.
- Us Tech Status An Indian, Chinese Invention (Hindustan Times, PRAMIT PAL CHAUDHURI, Aug 25, 2007)
Behind the US's status as a tech superpower are its patent filings and behind its patents are its Asian immigrants.
- To Teach Telemarketer A Lesson, Talk On (Hindustan Times, Nandini R Iyer, Aug 25, 2007)
From Mid-OCTOBER, you can hit back at a telemarketer harassing you on your mobile merely by talking on.
- Tatas' 'Idea' Of Arbitration Frivolous: Birlas (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Tatas agreed to a joint venture, competed with it, later walked out and are now filing "frivolous" petitions against it, Birlas told Supreme Court in reply to Tata Industries' plea for arbitration on mobile firm Idea Cellular.
- India Gets $801m Of Vodafone-Hutch Deal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Vodafone's buyout of Hutchison's stake in Hutch Essar, which fetched Hutch a near 700% return on its equity investments in India, has become a telling example of India's failure to attract and retain large-scale FDI in telecom.
- Free Market In Telecom (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 22, 2007)
Trai is reportedly against a cap on the number of players, favours a technology-neutral licence and easier M&A norms for the telecom sector.
- Stronger Rupee — What It Means For Fdi Growth (Business Line, S. Majumder , Aug 22, 2007)
With GDP poised to grow annually at 10 per cent in the next five years, FDI will play a key role in sustaining this growth. And given the rise in rupee value, telecommunications, electronics, automobile and banking are the front-runners in the. . .
- Fdi Pours In, But Where? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The inflows are not going to the sectors that need them the most — infrastructure, power and agro-based industry.
- Tata Sky, Sun Settle Channel Sharing Row (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The Direct to Home (DTH) service provider Tata Sky and Sun Network have resolved their more-than-a-year-old dispute over pricing of channels.
- 'China's Interest Is Our Interest' (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 21, 2007)
The current opposition of the leftist parties--particularly, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)--to the agreement (the so-called 123 agreement) with the US on civil nuclear co-operation and to India's developing strategic relations . . . . .
- The Manchurian Candidates (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The current opposition of the Left to the Indo-US nuclear deal and to India’s developing strategic relations with the US takes one’s mind back to the days before the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to India in November last year.
- Bsnl Set To Hike Traffic Charges On Lanka Cable (Indian Express, MANOJ GAIROLA, Aug 21, 2007)
The public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is set to increase charges for carrying international voice and data traffic through its submarine cable between India and Lanka.
- Free Market In Telecom (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
Trai is reportedly against a cap on the number of players, favours a technology-neutral licence and easier M&A norms for the telecom sector.
- India-Israel Tango Gains Pace (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 20, 2007)
The economic engagement between India and Israel is set to move into higher gear, as recent high-level interactions indicate.
- India's Outsourcers Move To Next Level (Asia Times, RAJA M, Aug 20, 2007)
"Join the competition before it becomes serious competition" seems to be the hot new strategy for India's business processes outsourcing (BPO) industry, with global leaders such as Wipro - India's third-largest software company - setting up its . . . .
- Thais Vote To Ban One-Party Rule (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
Thailand’s voters today approved a new army-drafted constitution, paving the way to elections in December, but a large number of “No” votes suggested ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra remains a political force.
- Coming, Guidelines To Police Tv On The Net (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
You may no longer have to depend on cable operators or Direct-to-Home service for watching television. The government is now ready to bring in a regulation for television through Internet and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV).
- Fdi Inflow Crosses $10 Billion Mark (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
The FDI equity inflows during 2006-07 stood at $15.7 billion, as compared to $5.5 billion received during 2005-06, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said.
- Pakistan Needs Me: Musharraf (Daily Times, Qamar Jabbar, Aug 18, 2007)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Friday he had decided to contest the presidential election for another term because the country needs him.
- Cross Talk (Frontier Post, V. Sridhar, Aug 18, 2007)
THE lone publicly owned nationwide mobile phone operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), is caught in the crossfire of a factional feud within the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
- Fdi Inflow Trebles In First Half At $11.4 B (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the country have more than trebled in the first six months of calendar year 2007 to $11.4 billion as compared to inflows of $3.6 billion received in same period last year, registering a growth of 218 per cent.
- Where India Scores Over China (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Aug 18, 2007)
India still holds a lead over China in the software domain. However, China’s technical people “are extraordinarily competent and very hardworking,” Infosys Founder and Chief Mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy said at a special session of “Opportunity India” . .
- Is This The Moment To Buy Shares? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 17, 2007)
Is this the moment to buy shares? Morgan Stanley’s analysts think so, and their recent record is good.
- Silver Software To Expand India Development Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
Silver Software, a leading provider of Software and Safety Engineering services for High Integrity Systems,
today announced the expansion of its India development centre (IDC) and plans to hire nearly 500 people over the next three years.
- India's Outsourcers Move To Next Level (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
"Join the competition before it becomes serious competition" seems to be the hot new strategy for India's business processes outsourcing (BPO) industry, with global leaders such as Wipro - India's third-largest software company - setting up its own . . .
- Costing Body Plans `Accounting Technicians' Course (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 16, 2007)
In addition to the present shortage of 25,000 qualified finance professionals, there will be a demand for 10 lakh accountancy-trained personnel in the next 10 years at a the junior level, says Mr Chandra Wadhwa, the newly elected President of the . . . .
- Those Left Behind (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
In his speech on the occasion of India’s 60th anniversary of independence from British colonial rule, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has rightly stressed the need to focus on socio-economic upliftment of the common man.
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Advaita Philosophy of Sri Adhi Sankara: Amarakavi Ramachandra; Hayagreeva Publication, Triplicane, Chennai-600005.
- Internet Is Now 12 Years Old In India (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Aug 14, 2007)
In the post dotcom era, the internet's ability to deliver various web-based services has become real and powerful.
- Capital Investments May Top Last Year’S Levels: Rbi (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Despite rising interest rates and appreciating rupee, capital investments by Indian companies in the current fiscal could exceed last year’s level, according to a study by the Reserve Bank of India.
- Centre Loses Rs 2,000cr Per Operator On Spectrum Fee (Asian Age, PAWAN BALI, Aug 13, 2007)
The war of words between CDMA players and GSM operators over spectrum refuses to die down. CDMA operators have found loopholes in the GSM operators’ claim that they paid huge sums for getting the additional spectrum.
- Raja To Seek Vacation Of Unutilised Spectrum From Defence Forces (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Aug 11, 2007)
Indian Telegraph Act states that Communications Ministry is sole owner
DoT rules out possibility of merging
BSNL and MTNL
- Unpa Will Press For Vote On Nuke Deal (Asian Age, Venkat Parsa, Aug 10, 2007)
The UNPA on Thursday decided to press for a debate and division in Parliament under Rule 184 on the bilateral 123 agreement that seeks to operationalise the India-US nuclear deal. The idea is that the country should know who is on which side.
- Scrap Crossholding Cap, Price Spectrum (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
We welcome the review of the 10% telecom crossholding limit and suggest it be scrapped.
- Rs 4,258 Crore For Flood Relief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday ordered quick disbursal of funds to provide immediate relief to flood-hit people in the country.
- Wal-Mart And Bharti To Launch Wholesale Stores In India (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Indian telecom firm Bharti Enterprises and US-based retail giant Wal-Mart on Monday announced a 50:50 joint venture for a new chain of wholesale stores in India to serve small retail shops.
- Bush Signs Law To Tap Phone Calls, E-Mail Without Warrants (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
President Bush signed into law on Sunday legislation that broadly expanded the government’s authority to eavesdrop on the international telephone calls and e-mail messages of American citizens without warrants.
- India Inc: Coming Of Age (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 07, 2007)
If the M&A deals struck in the first half of 2007 are any indication, it appears that the boom witnessed in 2006 is likely to continue. Corporate finance activity in India saw 382 deals worth Rs 1,047 billion ($26 billion) in the first half of . . . .
- Wal-Mart And Bharti To Launch Wholesale Stores In India (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Indian telecom firm Bharti Enterprises and US-based retail giant Wal-Mart on Monday announced a 50:50 joint venture for a new chain of wholesale stores in India to serve small retail shops.
- 3g: Auction Frequency Spectrum (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 04, 2007)
Trai’s suggestion that auction was the best way to allocate frequency spectrum is fundamentally sound.
- Up, Through Highs And Lows (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Aug 03, 2007)
542 points down. July 30/31: 316 points up. August 1: 615 points down.
- Bangalores Crumbling Infrastructure To Fore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
Besides review of agriculture and progress of the Vidarbha-type package, Karnatakas infrastructure sector will come under sharp focus at the meeting that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address in Bangalore on Friday afternoon.
- From Technocracy To Democracy? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2007)
Electricity regulators need to develop and defend norms of practice that include a more detailed scrutiny, proactive data collection, and a willingness to ask larger questions about achieving sectoral improvement.
- 3g: Auction Frequency Spectrum (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 03, 2007)
Trai’s suggestion that auction was the best way to allocate frequency spectrum is fundamentally sound. We support an open auction for allocating spectrum for 3G services in which both existing and new operators (telcos such as Verizon and AT&T . . . .
- Tata Tele Launches Phone With Dual Technology (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
Tata Teleservices is hoping to kill two birds with one stone, or rather, one phone.
- Look East And At The North-East (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 03, 2007)
From 1992, India has been pursuing successfully a ‘Look-East’ policy to enhance economic cooperation. with its eastern neighbours. There has also been a political and strategic shift in India’s foreign policy which for long focussed on the western . . . .
- Nokia India Sales Head Resigns (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
History is repeating itself at Nokia India. Earlier, it was former Nokia India MD Sanjiv Sharma who resigned when a foreign posting (Singapore) was offered to him. Now, it’s the turn of director sales, Sunil Dutt, who put in his . . .
- Impetus To Cement Import (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Aug 02, 2007)
India on Wednesday agreed to put cement import from Pakistan on fast track even as both nations decided to take a host of steps to multiply the bilateral trade to $10 billion by 2010.
- Celebrating War (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 02, 2007)
THE contrast between two major political events in Sri Lanka’s national capital on July 19 could not have been more striking.
- Tatas Take Av Birla Group To Court (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
More than a year after the Tata and AV Birla groups parted ways in Idea Cellular, the Tatas have started legal proceedings against the Birlas.
- Testing Open Markets (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 31, 2007)
Many countries, starting with Britain under Margaret Thatcher, have spent 25 years selling state assets to the private sector so they now question allowing those assets to be controlled by another country.
- 'India Advantage Is Not Just About Cost And Skills' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin, John Rockefeller, Bill Gates and Azim Premji. What does it take to reach this level?
- Trade Talks Resume Today With India (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jul 31, 2007)
India and Pakistan will resume their trade talks on Tuesday, exploring New Delhi’s ideas about more bilateral trade through their existing rail links. Pakistan’s Commerce Secretary Syed Asif Shah, who is due in New Delhi on Monday, says he is . . . .
- India-Pak Trade Talks To Begin Tomorrow (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
Aimed at taking bilateral relations to a new high, India and Pakistan will begin talks here tomorrow on establishing fibre optic telecom link, allowing banks to open branches and increasing trade volume via the Atari rail link.
- Rise And Shine (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
A Kumbhakarna waking in India after sleeping since 1991, would have rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
- Providing Cheap Eyeglasses To Poor Villagers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Scojo has joined forces with more than 20 private companies and non-governmental organisations in developing countries.
- A Million New Rings (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 30, 2007)
Every new subscriber lowers average revenues, yet telecom companies continue to post better results than most analyst estimates.
- Time To Bury The Hatchet And Seek Cooperation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
IN the last decade or so the most discussed topic in the global economy has been the rise of India and China as emerging superpowers that will compete for prominence in the 21st century.
- Bharti Q1 Net Doubles To Rs 1,512 Crore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
Riding on highest number of additions of mobile subscribers in the first quarter ended June 30, cellular operator Bharti Airtel, on Thursday, said its net profit has doubled to Rs 1512 crore for the period under review.
- The Collapsing Dollar (Business Line, Shanmuganathan N, Jul 27, 2007)
People tend to associate the word “collapse” with a big-bang event that happens over a short interval of time — a few minutes to a few days.
- Being Really Mobile (Deccan Herald, Victoria Shannon, Jul 26, 2007)
A vast majority of respondents said it was becoming more important for them to access the web while on the move.
- Now On Sonia Radar: A Reshuffle (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
The stage is set for a reshuffle in the top echelons of the Government and the Congress party.
- How Not To Counter Terror (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Jul 25, 2007)
India would be mistaken to pursue a `tough' anti-terrorist strategy post-Glasgow that rejects human rights and legality in the name of `national security'.
- An Era Of Vision (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Jul 25, 2007)
In April 1985, the well-known journal Nature ran an editorial titled "Self-reliance means self-denial", welcoming the new policy of liberalisation of import of technology by India under the new government headed by Rajiv Gandhi.
- Birla To Raise Its Stake In Hindalco (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla plans to take majority control of Hindalco Industries Ltd., Indias biggest aluminum producer.
- Of Poor Telecom Service And Indifferent Authorities (Tribune, Shariq Majeed, Jul 24, 2007)
Despite the Central government’s claim of bridging communication gap between urban and rural areas, many areas in this militancy-hit border district have slip-shod communication facilities which put residents to a lot of hassles.
- Intellectual Power Of India Takes Hold In Uk (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
In a drab 1960s office block on the unfashionable Pinner Road in Harrow, North London, a dozen or so lab technicians in white coats are poring over clinical research for Intas Pharmaceuticals.
- Facilitate The Internet Revolution (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 24, 2007)
"Regulators should regulate but not over regulate," observed the PM while addressing a conference of CMs on May 28 in the Capital. Although he made the observation in the context of the power sector, it applies to other sectors of our growing . . . .
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