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News He cited Singapore's NFC trials last year with the EZ-Link-StarHub and NETS-SingTel tie-ups, and a recent announcement by Indian company ALW that it will work with six banks in the country to trial NFC payments in India. [09 Jun 2008]
What scores in the global tech league?
Comment When I was at the conference of Indian tech body Nasscom earlier this year I was stunned by the sheer number of countries that had gone to Mumbai, attempting to pinch business from under the nose of the Indians. [03 Jun 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment So Sarin's decision to invest big bucks in places such as Turkey and India was not always popular with shareholders - even if analysts now laud the $10.9bn bid for a controlling stake in Indian operator Hutchison Essar. [29 May 2008]
India edgy about outsourcing newbies?
News It said the decision was taken in the face of hard lobbying by Indian outsourcing industry group Nasscom, which had warned that not extending the tax holiday would result in the loss of 400,000 jobs as outsourcers went elsewhere. [06 May 2008]
Photos: India 999
Photo The Indian government will help fund the rollout of a scheme created by an Indian outsourcing veteran to provide the country's first dedicated ambulance service. Some African and Asian governments are in talks about buying a spin-off of the service... [01 May 2008]
Indian techies snubbing US jobs in favour of home
News Indian tech graduates are increasingly turning their back on western countries in favour of finding work at home. Graduates from the Indian Institutes of Technology so called 'IITians' told Evalueserve that India was fast catching up with the US... [29 Apr 2008]
Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract
News In February 2007 silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. EDS will be the operational integrator for the contracts, with approximately 1,500 Shell IT staff and contractors to join EDS... [31 Mar 2008]
India's Wipro to create hundreds of UK tech jobs
News In a trend becoming known as 'reverse offshoring' Wipro and Indian rivals Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) are using this tactic as they are forced to expand deeper into western countries to extend their global reach. [20 Mar 2008]
UK 'seriously underestimating' tech skills crisis
News India produces slightly more than half a million engineering graduates a year - compared to 75,000 in the US - and Premji said this is because there is still a huge amount of parental influence on Indian children to focus on maths, which is a... [18 Mar 2008]
Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys
News Co-founder of Indian outsourcing giant Infosys, foundation board member of the World Economic Forum, co-founder of the Indian National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom), one of the Time magazine's 100 most influential people... [03 Mar 2008]
India losing status as offshore king?
News In February 2007 silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. The competitive Indian labour market is driving companies to alternative destinations, say Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) in its... [03 Mar 2008]
Legal Eye: Scrabble-Facebook row spells trouble
Comment The Scrabulous application, created by Indian brothers Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, has been credited with sparking a revival of the original Scrabble board game. Take into account also that Scrabulous is purported to make its Indian creators £13... [29 Jan 2008]
India top choice for UK outsourcing
News Indian outsourcing companies were ranked in four out of the top five positions for client satisfaction in the survey of 320 of the UK's top IT spenders. In February last year silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore... [11 Jan 2008]
Outsourcing growth expected in 2008
News Research VP at Gartner, Ian Marriott, said other countries will continue to emerge as challengers to India, and added that strong demand is putting a strain on the Indian labour force, with staff attrition and cost increases remaining high. [10 Jan 2008]
The rise of the 'Brics'
Comment The cheap and cheerful offshoring story has already worn thin with Indian service companies and is unlikely to be adopted by other regions as a 'competitive advantage'. Indian service providers are now ready to step into the big league of services... [18 Dec 2007]
