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News Those holding off upgrading their mobile have an even greater treat in store according to Indian tech giant Infosys, which revealed its holographic handset that it hopes to launch on the unsuspecting public in just two years.silicon.com also went... [02 Jul 2008]
Europe embraces outsourcing in 2008
News About 12 suppliers expanded their operations, with offshore activity concentrated in India, the Philippines, Czech Republic and Romania and potential destinations emerging in Thailand, El Salvador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Honduras and the Dominican... [27 Jun 2008]
UK students outsource IT coursework to India
News Birmingham City computing lecturer Thomas Lancaster said the practice is spreading as more websites spring up, particularly in India and Romania, and that it could be more prevalent as it is very difficult to detect. [25 Jun 2008]
Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin to retire
News A good part of Sarin's energies have been devoted to addressing Vodafone's concentration of its business in mature Western European markets by expanding into emerging markets - including Romania, Turkey and India. [27 May 2008]
Orange cuts voice and data roaming costs
News The offer is currently available in France and Romania and is being extended - albeit with possible local variations - to Belgium, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and the UK across the summer, with Poland also joining in the autumn, according to Orange. [20 May 2008]
Euro e-health getting the right attention
News However, broadband provision differs widely across the Union - with Demark having the highest penetration of GPs using broadband (91 per cent) and Romania the lowest (around five per cent). An EC e-health survey has found the vast majority (87 per... [28 Apr 2008]
eBay warns of Romanian phishing threat
News Online auction site eBay has hit out at the lack of interest in cybercrime enforcement in countries including Romania, warning that not enough is being done to stop fraudsters targeting auction sites. [10 Mar 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News All EU states except the Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ireland, Romania and the UK are part of the border-free area, to which non-EU members Norway and Iceland also belong. Under plans to strengthen checks at European borders laid out by the European... [14 Feb 2008]
Revealed: The top 30 offshoring destinations
News Romania Analyst group Gartner assessed 30 countries for their suitability for offshoring to help sourcing managers who are "daunted" by the task of choosing the right location. Green IT from A to ZClick on the links below to find out more. [11 Dec 2007]
DoS attack could shut down the net
News Silva said that although DoS attacks are difficult to trace, there are "a couple of well-known groups in Russia, China and Romania" that may be acting with their government's knowledge. Denial of service attacks are growing faster than bandwidth is... [26 Sep 2007]
Betfair taps Romania for offshore software skills
News Online betting and gaming company Betfair has set up an offshore software development centre in Romania to cope with the demands of its rapidly expanding product portfolio. Although the cost of the staff is around 25 to 30 per cent cheaper than in... [28 Jun 2007]
eBay cracks down on Romanian con artists
News Online auction site eBay has made public the details of a three-year-long campaign to curb online fraud being perpetrated by criminals in Romania - an effort that has resulted in several hundred arrests. [28 Jun 2007]
Vodafone's books looking less red
News The mobile operator is also focusing on emerging markets and reported organic revenue growth in Egypt (41 per cent), Romania (28 per cent) and South Africa (22 per cent). Vodafone has slashed operating losses but European red tape and mobile phone... [29 May 2007]
Offshore cost-advantage to last for 20 years
News Bulgaria and Romania are the rising stars of the Eastern European 'near-shore' bloc of countries but a weak business environment is responsible for Russia and the Ukraine featuring low down in the rankings of outsourcing locations. [19 Mar 2007]
Dot-gov safest domain around, says McAfee
News The most risky large country domains are Romania (dot-ro) and Russia (dot-ru), of which 5.6 per cent and 4.5 per cent, respectively, require a warning, McAfee said. The safest websites on the internet end in dot-gov, according to McAfee. [13 Mar 2007]
