Gangtok to have 3 G services

June 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is set to launch third generation (3G) mobile services in Gangtok by Aug 15, the government has said. Announcing this in Gangtok Monday, Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot said the 3G services would be extended to three more districts in the state within 100 days of its launch, a government statement said here.

December 22nd, 2008 BANGALORE - India's second largest IT bellwether Wipro Technologies Tuesday announced acquisition of Citi Technology Services, the India-based captive provider of IT services and solutions to Citigroup entities worldwide, for $127 million in an all-cash deal. As part of the deal, Wipro and Citi will sign a Master Services Agreement for delivery of technology infrastructure services and application development and maintenance services for six years, which is projected to accrue $500 million during the contract.

September 23rd, 2009 HP re-brands EDS as HP Enterprise ServicesPALO ALTO, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard Co.

September 17th, 2009 Globecomm Systems gets $3.7 million gov't contractHAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Satellite-based telecommunications company Globecomm Systems Inc.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - vCustomer Corporation, a leader in delivering comprehensive customer care and technical support solutions, today announced that it had been recognized as one of the top 100 global service providers for 2009 according to Global Services magazine and neoIT, an outsourcing advisory firm. This list represents companies who have the maturity and capability to lead the next wave of services globalization.

October 6th, 2009 IBM signs $200M outsourcing contract with telecomSAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. says it has won a $200 million contract to handle some technology chores for a company called Datacom Solutions as it rolls out telecommunications services in India.

February 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Friday simultaneously launched its much-awaited third generation (3G) mobile services in 12 cities. The services have been rolled out on a commercial basis in Agra, Ambala, Jalandhar, Jaipur, Dehradoon, Shimla, Lucknow, Ranchi, Durgapur, Haldia and Patna and in Jammu as a soft-launch, a company statement said.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd (MTNL) Tuesday launched its third-generation (3G) telephony services in the national capital and Gurgaon as part of its second phase of expansion in this area. The state-run company also extended the 3G services to the pre-paid subscriber segment.

January 20th, 2009 BANGALORE - Wipro Ltd Wednesday projected $1.05 billion (Rs.51.73 billion) revenue from its global IT services for the fourth quarter (January-March) of this fiscal (2008-09). In regulatory filing to the stock exchanges, the IT bellwether said the outlook for this quarter (Q4) was based on revenue from its IT services in the third quarter (October-December) of this fiscal at $1.13 billion under the American accounting system (US GAAP).

February 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday inaugurated the third generation (3G) services of the state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), and said the subscribers of the telecom major would be able to make long distance calls for 50 paise per minute from next month under the proposed 'India-Golden 50' scheme.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Only three telecom operators can roll out third generation (3G) services in Delhi due to a spectrum crunch, Communications and IT Minister A. Raja said Monday.

January 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - India's largest bank, the State Bank of India (SBI), has decided to retain its contract with scam-tainted information technology (IT) firm Satyam Computer Services for maintaining its Internet banking services, a top bank official said here Thursday. 'We are not at all thinking of changing Satyam as our vendor for Internet banking services.

December 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - Successful bidders for spectrum allocation for third generation (3G) telecom services will also be eligible to get spectrum space for second generation (2G) services, as and when any space becomes available, the Telecom Commission said here Tuesday. 'New 2G spectrum will be allocated as and when it is available.

January 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) Friday said it will launch its third generation (3G) mobile services in Mumbai next month. 'We will launch 3G services in Mumbai in the first week of February,' MTNL chairman and managing director R.S.P.

June 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Telecom major Idea Cellular Tuesday signed a Rs.145-crore agreement with Firstsource Solutions, a business process outsourcing (BPO) service provider. As part of the agreement, Firstsource will provide for five years a suite of customer management interaction services, including customer service, billing, new product information and plan details to Idea from its centre in Coimbatore, the companies said in a statement.