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Is short-termism holding back public sector outsourcing?
Comment Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys India losing status as offshore king? The research conducted by Compass Management Consulting found many outsourcing suppliers... [20 Aug 2008]
Indian outsourcing takeover is imminent
News Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys India losing status as offshore king? The US outsourcing giants will be knocked off their throne by the emerging Indian... [14 Aug 2008]
Indian outsourcing giant builds £154m site
News Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys India losing status as offshore king? Indian IT outsourcing giant Infosys is building a £154m campus in Hyderabad that will... [11 Aug 2008]
£400m outsourcing deal faces employment tribunal
News Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys India losing status as offshore king? Two local councils and IBM face legal action over claims a £400m outsourcing joint venture... [06 Aug 2008]
Switch from oil to silicon
Comment The recurring cost of manufacturing CDs, shipping them to shops and selling them, with all its dependencies on the price of raw materials, transportation, fuel, retail space and shop assistant wages, disappears when digitised. [31 Jul 2008]
Indian outsource giants feeling the pinch
News Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys India losing status as offshore king? India's outsourcing giants are suffering sluggish growth in contrast to record-breaking... [18 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News Earlier this year, Reding warned the industry it had until 1 July to make credible, voluntary price cuts in this area - and to cut costs and improve pricing clarity for data roaming - or it would face regulation. [16 Jul 2008]
EC to outline slash in roaming rate
News Operators say they could not introduce co-ordinated price cuts to similar levels for fear of triggering antitrust probes. EU telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding will outline plans today that include extending price caps on roamed voice calls for... [15 Jul 2008]
Exclusive: Barclays to offshore 1,800 UK tech jobs
News Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys India losing status as offshore king? Barclays is to cut 1,800 IT posts in the UK as part of plans to create centrally managed... [14 Jul 2008]
Aviva strikes $1bn BPO deal
News Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys India losing status as offshore king? Insurance giant Aviva is to sell off its offshore operations and outsource $1bn worth of... [11 Jul 2008]
Healthcare Consultant Uses Data Analysis Tool to Save Clients $1.5 Million in Costs
White Paper When Towers Perrin sought to expand its healthcare consultancy from enterprise clients to midmarket companies, it needed a tool to offer high-quality analysis at a lower price point. The tool cuts the time for data gathering and reporting from four... [03 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News European mobile operators should brace themselves for enforced price cuts for SMS roaming, predicts an analyst. And while operators have made some moves to reduce the costs of data roaming, they have failed to make voluntary price cuts for text... [02 Jul 2008]
¿Dónde está el iPhone 3G?
Comment We heard about the SDK; the enterprise benefits of licensing of Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol (aka getting push email, contacts, calendar); the fact 3G will mean the iPhone is faster - truly a revelation that one; the price cuts ("we want to get... [01 Jul 2008]
Mobile operators warn over termination rate cuts
News But mobile operator body, the GSMA, has cautioned any move to accelerate rate reduction could force operators to make cuts in services, increase prices or even end handset subsidies. The consumer pays the price for these gaps between national... [30 Jun 2008]
‚¬100bn of consumer cash wasted on mobile termination fees
News The European telecoms regulatory lobby group ECTA (European Competitive Telecommunications Association) has urged the European Commission information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding to force mobile operators to cut mobile termination... [26 Jun 2008]
