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News India has overtaken the UK in terms of mobile sales for the world's biggest handset manufacturer, Nokia. Nokia, who sells one in three of the world's mobile phones, has revealed the growing importance of sales in India in a recent filing with the... [13 Mar 2007]
India calls for Asian "united front" on outsourcing
News India is trying to enlist support of its Asian neighbours and friends to lobby against the outsourcing backlash spreading in Western countries. Information technology minister Arun Shourie used a conference of Asian IT ministers taking place in... [14 Jan 2004]
India still holds outsourcing aces over China
News China is still some years away from threatening India's position as the software outsourcing powerhouse of Asia, according to an IDC report. Although there are substantial outsourcing projects in the US every year, China's IT companies are weaker... [14 Apr 2003]
India's Wipro to create 500 new UK jobs
News Wipro revealed its expansion plans on Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown's visit to India last week. We will send them to India for several months to become fully trained in our methods and processes. [23 Jan 2007]
India to get $400m Microsoft investment
News Microsoft plans to spend $400 million over the next three years to boost its presence in India, chairman Bill Gates revealed today. Today, India is of strategic importance to our business and will continue to be so as its developer and skill base... [12 Nov 2002]
India cheers Vodafone mega-deal
News The Times of India, which last month launched a campaign called 'India Poised', likened the deal to another announced over the weekend with the headline 'Double Sundae'. As the paper pointed out: "For Vodafone and its India-born CEO Arun Sarin, it... [12 Feb 2007]
India "dismayed" at US anti-offshoring law
News A new US law that will ban the outsourcing of US federal public sector work to low-cost offshore countries has been slammed as protectionist by India's IT industry. The law is not likely to have a major effect on India's burgeoning offshore IT... [26 Jan 2004]
India struggles with US spam invasion
News India's rapid adoption of new technology has left its PC users struggling to cope with very high levels of spam, according to a report released on Wednesday. Paul Wood, security analyst at MessageLabs, said: "There is booming technology in India... [02 Mar 2006]
India core to future IT sourcing strategy
News India will be one of the key factors in all IT sourcing decisions over the next five years as a low-cost and flexible option for skills and resources, according to CIOs. Many large businesses, such as Welsh Water and Reuters, have already made... [12 Apr 2007]
Opinion: India sets its sights on Europe
Comment The issue of skyrocketing costs in India is one that many in the industry see as being of major importance. There are some competences where India is world-beating, and IT is becoming one of those. I'm a frequent visitor to India and I've watched... [24 Feb 2006]
India President hosts free software guru
News Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, met with Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam on Thursday to discuss "the ethical issues related to the use of proprietary software", according to the Free Software Foundation of India. [02 Feb 2004]
India's outsourcers have China in their hands
News The Chinese tech economy has been racing forward, but neighbour India has a comfortable lead in the field of software outsourcing. India, by contrast, has fewer than 3,000 software services companies, McKinsey said. [04 Feb 2005]
India faces offshore IT skills crisis by 2010
News A huge IT skills shortage and poor physical infrastructure could threaten India's position as the leading offshore outsourcing location by 2010, according to a new report. The report by consultant McKinsey and Indian IT body Nasscom warns that... [12 Dec 2005]
India sees mobile gaming boom
News India's booming wireless-game market will continue to expand, generating annual revenue of $336m by 2009, according to new data released this week. The market researcher said that because software services are a booming business in India, the... [25 Nov 2004]
India to exploit UK tech skills at Midlands car plant
News India's Tata group is to exploit UK technology skills in a new automotive engineering and technology development centre near Birmingham. The Tata group is one of India's largest conglomerates operating in various business sectors including IT... [29 Nov 2005]
