INTEL BANKS ON 3G AND WIMAX IN INDIA

As India is all set to take a final call on the spectrum allocations in January 2010 for the much-awaited 3G and WiMax licenses, Intel hopes for more demand of its products and solutions in the computing and Internet space.

Recently, Intel has come out with new devices and solutions that provide mobile and wireless broadband Internet access. For instance its Nettops with Atom processor is a low-cost computing device with a good computing performance, available at the market price of around Rs.10,000 in India.

The company considers Nettops as a key affordable computing device along with boosting Internet penetration in the rural parts of the country. Since its launch, Intel already has sold over half a million units.

Besides, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in association with HCL, Intel and Microsoft has launched BharatPC to boost Internet penetration under the National Broadband Penetration Project (NBPP).

Microsoft pips Infosys, SBI in most reputed firms list

US software giant Microsoft has topped the list of most reputed companies in India ahead of homegrown major Infosys and public sector banking giant State Bank of India.

The Economic Times
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Yahoo! to double India headcount in 2008

The long drawn takeover battle and exodus of top executive ranks notwithstanding, internet major Yahoo! expects to more than double its employee strength in India to close to 2,700 by the end of 2008.

The Financial Express
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Google winner as Microsoft, Yahoo face off

Neither Microsoft Corp nor Yahoo Inc wants to blink first in the software giant's proposed $41.7 billion takeover of the Web pioneer but as the gamesmanship drags on, archrival Google Inc, the merger's raison d'etre, is the biggest beneficiary.

The Financial Express
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Indian internet firms say ready for Microsoft-Yahoo behemoth

With IT giant Microsoft bidding $44.6 billion to acquire internet major Yahoo to take on growing competition from Google in the fast-growing online advertisement market, domestic players in this arena today said they are ready for the new challenge.

MINT
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