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Date: 1/3/2010
HP Unveils Ultra-thin,
Touch-enabled Convertible Tablet and Notebook PCs for Small and Midsize
Businesses
HP today introduced its first
multitouch-enabled tablet for business users as well as notebook PCs
tailored for both enterprise and small and midsize businesses (SMBs).
"The HP business touch tablet is the latest addition to the broad mix of
choices that HP offers business customers to best improve manageability,
productivity and mobility,” said Chua Hwee Koon, vice president, Mobile
Business Unit, Personal Systems Group, HP Asia Pacific and Japan. “HP
continues to implement the latest innovations to help large companies
and SMBs exceed productivity expectations.”
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Date: 23/2/2010
HP Launches State-of-the-Art
Solutions for Emerging Businesses
Tailor made solutions for
Business, Education and Retail sectors
HP, the world’s largest IT company, today unveiled a series of
state-of-the-art products and solutions specially designed to help over
8 million small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) in India leverage IT
for business growth, achieve sustainability through green IT and create
immersive experiences for better customer intimacy.
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Date: 22/2/2010
MYWay IPTV and Utiba take us one step closer to the
Future of Service retailing in India
MyWay
IPTV Uses Utiba’s platform for Electronic Top-Up Solution
Barcelona,2010: Utiba, a leading global supplier of mobile commerce
platforms for mobile operators and financial institutions, today
announced its association with MyWay IPTV for its electronic top-up
solution. This association highlights the capability of utilizing a
retail presence enabled by electronic media to distribute or collect
payment for an electronic commodity and marks the beginning of an
interesting trend in the country.
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Date: 10/2/2010
Tikona Digital Networks launches its operations in
Delhi
Tikona Digital
Networks (TDN), India’s foremost wireless broadband service provider
having an All India Class A ISP license has launched its product
Tikona Wi-Bro – the Wireless Broadband service in 10 cities of India
and plans to roll out its network in 50 cities in 2010. Tikona with
its product Tikona Wi-Bro – The Wireless Broadband service which is
powered by OFDM and MIMO 4th Generation technologies aims
at providing a fixed broadband experience wirelessly.
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Date: 4/2/2010
HP Broadens Champion Mini Notebook Range
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Hewlett-Packard India, country’s leading PC brand, today
expanded its outstanding Mini notebook portfolio with the launch
of new HP Mini210 notebooks. With thin, striking designs and
colours, the new models are engineered to provide an unsurpassed
customer experience for technology enthusiasts looking for
performance, design, style and innovation. Available in the HP
Mini’s broadest range of color and design options to date, the
affordable HP Mini 210 provides all-day computing, optional
high-definition (HD) video playback, mobile broadband
connectivity, and is global positioning system-capable (GPS).
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Date: 4/2/2010
Schneider Electric launches In-Diya
– a highly energy-efficient LED based Lighting System
Aims to
illuminate the lives of 500 million Indians having no access to
electricity, with special focus on rural India
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Schneider Electric, the global
specialist in energy management, today launched
In-Diya,
a highly energy-efficient LED based Lighting System, to provide
lighting to people living with no or unreliable electricity in
India.
In-Diya
is a specially designed LED based lighting system that can
operate on main supply and/or solar, and provides backup ranging
from 8 – 15 hours for indoor applications.
In-Diya
LED based Lighting System is available in nine different
variants. The basic model with 45 LEDs is available for Rs 550/
-. It is powered by an external chargeable battery which can be
rented from a battery charging station managed by a local
entrepreneur. The high-end variant is a 90 LED Solar Home
Lighting System which is compatible with the electrical grid and
is priced at Rs. 4500/- .
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Date: 3/2/2010
Tata Communications appoints Whygo as
channel sales partner for its Telepresence Service
Broker of public
videoconferencing facilities will provide customers with immersive
meeting options using Tata Communications’ affordable public
Telepresence suites
Tata Communications and Whygo, a global specialist in public
videoconferencing facility scheduling, today announced that they will
team up to provide Telepresence solutions to Whygo customers.
The partnership allows
Whygo to sell Tata Communications’ public Telepresence Suite hours, to
its customer base, providing an additional option to videoconferencing
users who prefer a life-like face-to-face meeting experience. Customers
will also be able to quickly and conveniently schedule their
Telepresence bookings online via Whygo’s portal.
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Date: 27/1/2010
Tata Communications
maximizes digital media opportunities in the new global Media &
Entertainment ecosystem
Tata Communications, a leading
provider of the new world of communications, today announced its Global
Media & Entertainment Solutions (GMES) group. Tata Communications launched
its dedicated global video network - Video Connect and unveiled its media
management platform – Mosaic – which Tata Communications recently acquired
from BT Group plc. As part of the GMES portfolio, Video Connect and Mosaic -
will complement Tata Communications’ existing Media and Entertainment
services, offering media companies an integrated end-to-end solution that
enables global collaboration across the media ecosystem.
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Date: 22/1/2010
Lenovo rolls out SMB strategy in India
Targets
SMB with the ThinkPad Edge Series Announces ThinkPad X100e, a
breakthrough ultraportable PC for business users
Lenovo
today announced an aggressive business strategy to pursue the
significant growth opportunity in the Small and Medium Business (SMB)
segment in India’s PC market. After having sold over 51 million
ThinkPad PCs globally and establishing it as an ultimate business
tool, Lenovo now extends the ThinkPad brand promise to SMB users
through its “ThinkPad Edge Series” laptops, which
combine the solid reliability of the ThinkPad with style and
affordability. It also declared its go-to-market strategy for the
SMB segment in India, focusing on Value Added Resellers (VAR),
System Integrators (SI) and Retail, covering 150 cities initially.
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Date: 22/1/2010
Schneider Electric India targets to double its market share and quadruple
the turnover by 2013
The company unveils
five major technological
innovations at ELECRAMA 2010
Schneider
Electric, a global specialist in energy management, unveiled five major
technological innovations in the span of two days at ELECRAMA 2010. The
company introduced these products in its power, energy efficiency, ISC
(installation systems and control), and industry business. The five key
products launched at ELECRAMA include Masterpact MVS, Lexium 32, Sympholux, Varplus range of LV Capacitors,
and Compact CVS.
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Date: 21/1/2010
Alcatel-Lucent to
highlight future of mobile broadband with live demonstrations of Long
Term Evolution (LTE) and
European debut of the ng Connect “LTE Connected Car”
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) offered a glimpse into the
future of mobile broadband with live demonstrations of a Long Term
Evolution (LTE) network in the 2.6 GHz spectrum band and the European
debut of the ng Connect “LTE Connected Car.” The event which took place
on January 19 at the company’s campus in Vélizy, just outside of Paris,
for reporters, analysts and Alcatel-Lucent customers also featured
demonstrations of exciting new applications conducted in cooperation
with other companies in the LTE “ecosystem” including mobile device
maker LG Electronics, mobile gaming company FishLabs, digital signage
leader SIGNEXX and mobile security and
digital security leader
Gemalto.
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Date: 20/1/2010
Tata Communications launches its Largest Indian data centre at Pune
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Tata Communications,
today unveiled its largest data center in the country. Spread
across nearly 55,000 net square feet, the data center would
offer services including Co-location, Managed Hosting & Storage
and a suite of complementary services including Managed Security
Services and CDN services. The Pune IDC will reside on Tata
Communications’ Tier-1 IP backbone enabling it to provide high
capacity Internet, MPLS and global Ethernet services.
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Date: 19/1/2010
Xerox strengthens its association with the INDIAN printing
fraternity
New Delhi, January 19 – 22,
2010:
Reiterating its commitment
to the Indian printing fraternity, Xerox India announced its
association with India’s prestigious printing industry events –
PAMEX 2010 and 5th National Awards for Excellence in
Printing (NAEP). NAEP is one of the most coveted printing awards
organized by the All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP), to
recognize the best talent in the printing industry.
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Date: 15/1/2010
Photon Plus Now at Your Doorstep!
Introducing a
convenient method of purchasing Photon Plus, Tata Teleservices
Limited (TTSL), India’s fastest-growing pan-India dual-technology
telecom service provider, has announced the launch of industry first
‘Call and Buy’ service exclusively for Photoners.
A dedicated toll free number 1800 420 8282 will guide the
customer on every aspect of the product from enquiry, current offers
and purchase to home delivery.
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Date: 13/1/2010
HCL
Infosytems Partners with Central Bank of India to provide Computer Loans
HCL Infosystems India’s premier hardware, services and ICT system
Integration company today announced signing of a strategic business
partnership with Central Bank Of India for enabling consumer finance for
purchase of computing devices and accessories under the ‘cent computer
loan’ scheme. The scheme is being offered to all individuals including
students, professionals and permanent salaried persons at interest
charge of 12 % per annum with no processing charge levied. The tenure of
the loan process is of 36 months with 75% financing being offered by
the bank which is subject to maximum of Rs 1,00,000/-. The warranty
period on the product is 12 months from the date of installation or 13
months from the date of invoice whichever is earlier. This scheme will
be available initially across 91 Central Bank of India branches across
the country.more... |
Date: 11/1/2010
VIRGIN MOBILE vFlash: ALL SET TO REVIVE THE INTERNET EXPERIENCE
India’s Wireless Internet experience is about to be rejuvenated as
Virgin Mobile announces the launch of its stylish Hi-speed USB modem
device - vFlash. It’s a new, hip and portable, plug and play
device that offers the convenience, portability and super fast internet
services along with the surfing speed of up to 3.1 Mbps and generous
storage slot of up to 8GB. Always on, it provides faster access to
e-mails, large file transfers, games and superior experience of audio
and video streaming and download. The vFlash comes bundled
with various features such as vFlash TV, and On-demand download
services. more... |
Date: 2/12/09
Tata Teleservices Launches
Photon TV
Tata Teleservices Limited, today announced the launch of Photon TV, an
exciting new application that allows Tata Photon Plus subscribers to
watch live television channels on their laptops while on the move, and
on their personal computers at home and in the office. An industry-first
service built on the country’s fastest mobile broadband service—Tata
Photon Plus—the Photon TV service is exclusively available to Photon
Plus users. A personal computer- and laptop-based video-streaming
application, Photon TV allows Tata Photon Plus users to view live TV
feed from various sports, news, entertainment and regional channels, and
to watch recorded TV shows from the library (viz Coffee with Karan,
Zoom, Pogo, etc), movies, music and videos on demand.
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Date: 2/12/09
New dimensions of Projection
Acer launches
mainstream DLP® 3D ready projector
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Acer, the world’s
second largest technology giant, introduced a highly innovative
3D ready DLP® projector. The X1261 3D ready DLP® projector is a
break through in projection technology adds to the diverse
product categories on offer by Acer. DLP® technology uses
million of microscopic, digital mirrors that reflect light to
create a stunning picture via the all new Acer X1261 DLP® 3D
ready projector. This imaging technology is so fast, it can
actually produce TWO images on the screen at the same time: One
for the "left” eye and one for the “right” eye using a single
projector. Then 3D glasses combine the two images to create an
amazing 3D effect.
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Date: 30/11/09
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe introduces 2 New Quiz
Based Games for the PS2™
Sony
Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced the launch of -
World Quiz and Medical & Engineering Joint Entrance Quiz., targeted at
the vast student community in India, with 2 new India based quiz games
Developed by Bangalore-based game development studio – Candella these
games will be available for the PS2 for only Rs.499-/- .
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Date: 25/11/09
HP Raises
the bar with All-in-One PCs
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All-in-One PCs
are the latest rage! Hewlett-Packard India, country’s
leading PC brand, today announced high-end consumer desktop
solutions for technology enthusiasts looking for performance,
design and innovation, including new touch and non-touch
all-in-ones PCs. HP’s new range of All-in-One
PCs combine the monitor and CPU and the result is a powerful,
sleek and elegant desktop that adds style anywhere its place.
Building upon its
nearly 30-year history
of touch innovation, HP has ushered
in the next era of multi-touch computing for
consumers with
the introduction of HP TouchSmart300
All-in-One Desktop PC, HP
TouchSmart600
All-in-One Desktop PC and HP Pavilion MS200
All-in-One desktop PC.
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Date: 28/10/09
HP introduces ‘Thinspiration’
Thin and sleek is in this season!
So, while everyone is going for the lighter, leaner look Hewlett-Packard
India, country’s leading PC brand unveiled its ‘Thinspiration’ notebooks to
go with your look! With stunning new designs and features, the exquisitely
thin and ultra portable new notebook portfolio from HP includes the limited
edition HP Mini by Studio Tord Boontje, the HP Pavilion dm1 and dm3 - slim,
stylish notebooks and the ultra-slim HP ProBook 5310m that deliver an
optimal balance of mobility and cater to a wide spectrum of consumers.
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Date: 24/9/09
HCL Unveils
new HCL
ME
range of leaptops
HCL Infosystems Ltd, India’s premier hardware, services and ICT system
Integration Company today announced the launch of ‘HCL Mobile
Excitement’, one of company’s largest marketing initiatives since
its inception in 1976. The multi dimension initiative includes more focused
marketing strategy towards today’s nomadic customer and saw the launch of a
new logo and TV commercial focused around Mobility and life–on–the-go.
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Date: 8/9/09
SatGuide Launches Device
With Worldwide Maps
PDA with GPS Navigation and
Office Assistance that works all over the world!
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SatNav Technologies,
pioneers in GPS Navigation in India since 2005, today launched a
navigation product that will work all over the world, with current
map options of India, USA, Canada, Eastern and Western Europe. This
is the first time an Indian GPS service provider has launched a
single product that empowers the buyer for all multiple regions.
Consumers travelling to these regions will now have access to a
detailed road network across more than 250 provinces in USA and
Canada and 21 countries in Europe in addition to India maps with 404
cities and more than 16 lakh destinations (points of interest) on
SatGuide P360 PDA (Personal Digital
Assistant). more... |
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Date: 25/8/09
HCL Launches HCL Digischool to Empower Learning in Indian Schools
HCL Infosystems Ltd, India’s premier information enabling, ICT System
Integration company today announced the launch of ‘HCL DigiSchool’, its
state-of-the-art solutions designed for Indian schools that offer modern
multimedia classroom with world class content. HCL announced this new
initiative at ‘eIndia’, a three day international conference on ICT
applications being held at Hyderabad. The event brings together Industry,
media and education analysts from across the globe. HCL Digischool solutions
are designed & customized as per Indian school curriculum including all K12
boards.
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Date: 10/8/09
SatNav Technologies & Survey of India
Announce Strategic Agreement
SatNav Technologies, pioneers in
GPS Navigation in India, today announced a strategic tie-up to use Survey of
India (SOI) maps and build value added products for consumers. SOI is
India’s principal mapping agency. The agreement allows SatNav Technologies
to release the SOI-approved digital maps and custom map content within the
public domain for commercial use in a range of navigation and location-based
solutions (LBS) in the mobile and personal navigation system.
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Date: 9/8/09
Airtel launches Data Card services
for its prepaid customers in Delhi & NCR
Bharti Airtel,
Asia’s leading integrated telecom services provider, today announced the
launch of the Airtel wireless data card for its prepaid users in Delhi & NCR
circle. The Airtel Data Card will enable anytime, anywhere instant wireless
Internet connectivity for laptops and other computing devices, thereby
significantly benefiting the business users, roamers and travelers. The data
card is GPRS & EDGE compatible, works on Airtel networks all across the
country and also when roaming internationally on GSM networks. The
introduction of the high-speed data card adds to Airtel’s suite of
m-business solutions for its customers.
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Date: 4/8/09
Samsung strengthens its LED TV Lineup in
India
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Digital technology leader,
Samsung India today raised the bar for flat-panel TVs with the launch of
its revolutionary 8000 series of LED HDTV in the Indian market. Samsung
which has met with tremendous success for its LED TVs in the India
Market, today, launched its 8000 series of LED TVs in 55” screen size
and added 32” screen size to its 6000 Series and 55” screen size to its
7000 Series lineup, thereby strengthening its LED TV offerings for the
Indian market. more...
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Date: 2/7/09
VIRGIN MOBILE ENTERS THE DATA DEVICES SEGMENT WITH vLINK
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In sync with its commitment to offer innovative products and
services catering to the lifestyle of the Indian youth, Virgin
Mobile today made its entry into the data devices segment with the
launch of vLink. The sleek white colored device priced
at Rs 2100/- only will be the first in the data devices segment to
offer style and dual purpose of CDMA USB Modem and
1 GB data storage. The uber cool vLink comes with all the
drivers (no CD installation required) and one month free unlimited
data usage. Virgin Mobile youth customers who do not want a cap on
their data usage can now surf the internet anywhere with Virgin
Mobile’s unlimited monthly data plan of Rs. 801/-. This is
the most economical package available in the market offering a speed
of upto 153 kbps. vLink is aimed at meeting the wireless
connectivity needs of Indian youth who own laptops as well as PCs.
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Date: 30/6/09
Lenovo
rejigs the Indian consumer PC market with a multi-segment, 7 product launch!
Lenovo
today announced clear intentions of leading the transformation in the Indian
consumer PC market by launching 7 new products across multiple segments. The
ambitious product line-up caters to a broad segment of consumers – from Lenovo C300, the ultra-sleek, affordable, All-in-One PC, to the trendy, thin
and light Lenovo IdeaPad U350, Y450 and Y550 notebooks that are loaded with
cutting-edge features that defy size, to the aggressively priced Lenovo G
Series notebooks for value conscious consumers, and the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2
netbook – the new range has it all !
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Date: 19/6/09
WHO YOU GONNA CALL? PLAYSTATION®!
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), Sony Pictures Consumer Products,
and Atari Europe announced that Ghostbusters: The Video Game
for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) and PlayStation®2 is to be published in India by
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe in June, meaning that owners of PS3 and
PlayStation 2 will get their hands on the game that reunites the cast of the
hit movies. more...
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Date: 22/4/09
WiMAX
Forum® Brings Together Emminent Speakers for WiMAX Forum Congress
Asia
The
WiMAX Forum® today announced its 2nd annual WiMAX
Forum event in Singapore, the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 09 to be held from
April 28th- 29th, 2009.
This year’s Congress Asia will be even more successful, with an
impressive speaker line-up of more than 100 industry thought leaders
including 29 operators. Part of WiMAX Forum’s series of global tradeshows,
the event is the largest and most successful WiMAX event in the region with
more than 4,000 high level representatives in attendance from the
entire WiMAX ecosystem across Asia and throughout the globe.
more…
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Date: 15/4/09
Thin is in’ this summer at Lenovo
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Lenovo today introduced its range of slimmest entertainment
PCs in India yet - the very sleek, Lenovo IdeaCentre A600 all-in-one
desktop and the super slim Lenovo IdeaPad Y650 notebook1. The
two products are not only the thinnest in their respective categories, but
are loaded with some game-changing features, not seen in the Indian
market. “At Lenovo, we always keep pushing the limits of good design,
balancing form and function, as exhibited in our Lenovo IdeaPad Y650, the
super-thin and light 16-inch laptop and Lenovo IdeaCentre A600, the
slimmest and fully loaded all-in-one desktop.
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Date: 7/4/09
Experience dual entertainment with LG’s
Monitor TV
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LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. (LGEIL),
announced the launch of its first ever Monitor TV today. The innovative
product is all set to provide more fun and entertainment for its consumers.
This new addition in the already exciting range of exclusive LCD monitors -
Monitor TV, will get consumers to experience dual entertainment. This new
concept promises to give TV lovers full entertainment while also keeping a
track of their work. By launching this unique product, LG has once again
proved to be a creative thinker when it comes to offering consumers
something of their choice. The Monitor TV will not only allow consumers to
easily watch their favourite TV programme, catch on with the news or tune
into their favourite music channel, but also play games and watch movies.
So, if you get bored at your workplace you can simply amuse yourself with
this amazing entertainment box.
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Date: 26/3/09
‘Hanuman – Boy
Warrior’ Launched on PLAYSTATION®2
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe announced
today the launch of Hanuman: Boy Warrior - the 1st game ever to be
completely developed by an Indian Game Development Studio –Aurona Technologies
Limited, on PS2™. Hanuman: Boy Warrior comes with a number of firsts: First
PS2™ console platform game to be completely developed by an Indian Game
Development house, First game with Indian mythology content to be published
by SCEE, First console game to be playable in Hindi ( as well as in English
). The
story is a classic “Win of Good over Evil” tale targeted at children and
young teens. It is a narrative of Hanuman that allows the audience to
easily identify with the character as he goes through the game that
reflects the time period in the players’ lives. Contrary to most games,
Hanuman subtly illustrates the values of respect, love and most of all the
- power of good, to the players.
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Date: 19/2/09
VerizonBusiness Takes
Complexity Out of Building NetworksAcrossBorders
Single-SourceProvider Model Answers Multinational
Enterprise Need for Simplified, GlobalEquipment-Procurement and Support
Services
Provides multinational enterprises with a simpler, cost-effective way
to build,support and manage their global networks, Verizon Business is
rolling out a newsingle-source model for the procurement of customer premises
equipment (CPE) andother support services in 122 countries and territories.
Thenew model bolsters and simplifies the services
that Verizon Business provides tosupport CPE – from billing and contracting
to logistics and financing. Inaddition, the company has reached an
array of global agreements with sevenleading equipment manufacturers,
distributors and resellers, thus enablingenterprise customers to take full
advantage of volume discounts and otheradvantageous terms.
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Date: 5/2/09
Punjab National Bank sets a Milestone for the Indian Banking Industry by
completing
100% core banking implementation
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Punjab National Bank (PNB),
India’s second largest public sector bank today
announced that it has completed 100% core banking implementation
at all its 4604 branches and extension counters through the
Finacle Universal Banking Solution from Infosys, on Sun infrastructure and
the Oracle Database setting a significant milestone for themselves and a
new benchmark for the Indian banking industry.
Completed in November 2008, 4 months
ahead of schedule, the bank implemented industry-leading Finacle core
banking solution from Infosys across its operations running a flexible, and
scalable database platform from Oracle and innovative and cost-effective Sun
SPARC enterprise servers from Sun Microsystems.
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Date: 8/1/09
ZTE Unveils World’s First WiMAX
Mobile Video Surveillance Terminal
Easy to install WiMAX device ideal for deployment in strategic public
areas
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”), a leading global provider of telecommunications
equipment and network solutions officially announced today its latest Mi100
device, the world’s first WiMAX Mobile Video Surveillance Terminal. The new device
is the result of ZTE’s relentless R&D efforts and expertise in developing
state-of-the-art WiMAX equipment and solutions.
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Date: 24/12/08
WIN
WITH XEROX THIS FESTIVE SEASON
Keeping
up with its endeavor to engage with its customers in a better way, Xerox
India, today announced exciting customer schemes for Christmas and New Year
on 5 of its machines. ‘The Winning Spree’ offer from Xerox is running
on the purchase of Xerox Phaser 3117, Xerox WokCentre 3119, Xerox WorkCentre
PE 220, Xerox Phaser 6110B and Xerox Phaser 3200B. Xerox consumers can now
take home an assured gift with every purchase. This gift could be a 2GB Pen
Drive, wrist watch, Reliance Color phone (LG 3500) or a HOTS Gold Membership
Card that entitles the winner to a complementary 2Nights/3 Days stay at any
of the Signature Crest Properties. The winner can choose from over 30
domestic holiday destinations or 24 international destinations.
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Date: 23/12/08
BHARTI AIRTEL PARTNERS WITH
VIRTELA TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL MPLS CONNECTIVITY
Bharti Airtel, India’s
leading integrated telecom service provider today signed a strategic agreement
with Virtela, a leading global managed service provider, to significantly
enhance its international managed MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching)
connectivity outside of India to more than 5,000 PoPs (Point of Presence)
across 190 countries. Under the agreement, Bharti Airtel and Virtela have
integrated their networks through connection points in Southeast Asia and
Europe in order to expand Bharti’s MPLS based IP-VPN (Internet Protocol
Virtual Private Network) capabilities around the world. Bharti Airtel will
now be able to offer its enterprise customers seamless managed MPLS
connectivity and advanced managed network solutions to key business customers
on a truly global basis.
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Date: 22/12/08
HCL
Inaugurates New Software Development Center at Jaipur
HCL
Infosystems, India's premier information enabling and leading ICT System
Integration Company inaugurated its Software Development Centre ‘Center of Excellence
for BFSI Software’ at Jaipur. HCL has established the centre with the
objective of designing & developing customized software solutions for the
Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) Segment. Currently with 300
professionals, HCL plans to double its workforce at this newly inaugurated
centre over the next 2 yrs. The centre was inaugurated by Mr. Ajai Chowdhry,
Founder - HCL, Chairman & CEO, HCL Infosystems Ltd at Jaipur. Spread over
an area of 4,175 Sq. meters, the ‘HCL Center of Excellence for BFSI software’
is the first software development centre to be opened by any of the major ICT
companies, in the state of Rajasthan.
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Date: 18/12/08
SUN MICROSYSTEMS
ROLLS OUT ITS FIRST MAJOR INITIATIVE FOR EMERGING MARKETS REGION
In a move to leverage
opportunities and expand its customer base across its Emerging Markets(EM)
geography, Sun Microsystems today announced the roll out of a regional
telecoverage model. The model will help reach high growth SMBs, startups and
Web 2.0 companies in emerging economies, fueling Sun's drive toward
profitable growth. more...
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Date: 18/12/08
ZTE Successfully Tests End-to-end WiMAX and IMS System at GMI 2008
ZTE, a leading global
provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today
announced its successful participation in the GMI 2008 (Global MSF Interoperability) event held by the MSF
(MultiService Forum) to advance the development of next generation networks
(NGN). more...
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Date: 17/12/08
A Landmark Customer
Service Initiative in the Indian ICT Industry
HCL Infosystems, India’s premier information enabling,
ICT System Integrator and Distribution Company today announced a pioneering
initiative in the Indian ICT sector to further strengthen its customer care
services. In an unprecedented move, HCL today announced the launch of ‘HCL
TOUCH’ its 24X7 round the clock, service & support for its
Leaptop customers. HCL Touch offers round-the-clock service to Leaptop
users across India through a universal customer care number.
Support is offered in 11 regional languages, in addition to Hindi
& English making it a very customer centric service addressing the needs
of consumer both in Metros and the interiors of India.
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Date: 15/12/08
HCL Introduces
Safe
State -
Integrated Security Technology Solutions to Secure &
Protect Lives, Infrastructure & society
HCL Security Ltd a 100% subsidiary of HCL Infosystems,
India’s
Premier System Integration Company today
introduced the unique
concept of a ‘Safe
State’. The Safe State
is
an architechure that leverages technology to build a security framework that
will safe guard life, infrastructure & society. ‘Safe State’ is
an integrated technology solution that can help secure a state , city and
critical / vulnarable area, building or facilities like Hotels, Hospitals,
educational institutions, Transport, Railways, IT - ITeS
establishments, Utilities, Sez’s etc.
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Date: 15/12/08
ZTE Secures More than Half of
China Unicom GSM Value-Added Service System 2008 Tender
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) the
leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network
solutions, has clinched more than 55% share in China Unicom’s 2008 bulk purchase
of GSM value-added service [VAS] systems, according to the recently announced
tender result. The China Unicom tender involves the provision of key service
platforms of GSM network that will allow the operator to offer high-quality
mobile services nationwide. By securing more than half of the tender bids,
ZTE further proves its expertise and leading market position in the VAS
technology arena. more...
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Date: 15/12/08
ECI
Telecom Receives Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 Global Product Differentiation
Innovation Award for World IPTV Access Market
ECI
Telecom, a global provider of networking infrastructure solutions, today announced
that it has received Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 Global Product
Differentiation Innovation Award for the World IPTV Access Infrastructure
market. Frost & Sullivan awarded ECI for the company’s Hi-FOCuS™
Multi-Service
Access Node (MSAN), as well as its product differentiation and commitment
to innovation and future-proof capabilities.
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Date: 12/12/08
BenQ Ranked No.1 Projector Brand
in India
BenQ, a leading player in digital
network devices and World’s No.1 Digital Light Processing (DLP) projector
brand, today achieved No.1 position in the projector market in India,
according to the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Q3 report 2008. BenQ has
acquired 16 % of the market share in Indian projector market and has become
the most preferred projector brand in India.
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Date: 11/12/08
Cisco Introduces Technologies and Solutions to Drive
New Generation Medianets Optimized for Video and Rich Media Experiences
Cisco introduced new technologies and solutions that will
enable Internet Protocol (IP) networks to become the platform for a new generation
of video and rich media applications and services. This new class of
technologies is designed to enable advanced communications, collaboration and
entertainment experiences through video- and rich media-optimized service
provider, business, and home networks, known as “medianets.”
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Date: 10/12/08
HCL launches high speed Infiniti
Challenger Series workstations for media, gaming and animation industry
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HCL Infosystems Limited, India's
premier Information Enabler and country's leading ICT System Integrator
unveiled its HCL
Infiniti Challenger Series
range of workstations based on Intel Core i7 Quad
core processor
with faster, intelligent
multi-core technology that applies processing power dynamically when needed
most, thus delivering an incredible breakthrough in workstation
performance. An unprecedented four-core, eight-thread design with Intel
Hyper-Threading Technology & with more than double the memory bandwidth
ensures faster memory access & incredible performance.
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Date: 10/12/08
Cisco
Delivers Advanced Network-Based Media Processing Platform
Cisco®
today announced a media processing platform that simplifies live and
on-demand media sharing across PCs, mobile devices and other digital screens,
by seamlessly formatting video and rich media for viewing on any device. The
create once and share anywhere Cisco Media Processing platform provides media
conversion, real-time post production, editing, formatting, and network
distribution capabilities in a single networked solution to help businesses
develop targeted visual communications that drive intimacy with employees and
customers.
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Date: 9/12/08
Micro Technologies launches Bike Security System
Recognizing the need for a reliable security system for
two-wheeler segment in the market, Micro Technologies launches Micro Bike
Security System (Micro BSS); an innovative security system for
motorbikes and scooters. ‘Micro Bike Security System’ is a small
hardware device developed for the security of all type of two wheeler
vehicles. Micro BSS comprises of a compact hardware unit which is fitted on
to the bike, along with a small receiver unit. In the event of movement or
tampering of the bike, the owner is immediately alerted through an alarm.
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Date: 4/12/08
Lenovo
launches ThinkCentre A62 desktop for the Indian market
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Lenovo today announced the
launch of the ThinkCentre A62 in the Indian market, a cost-effective,
environmentally-responsible and manageable desktop PC that provides
enterprise and SMB customers with improved total cost of ownership
throughout a longer PC lifecycle. The ThinkCentre A62 is equipped with
unique features that increase user productivity and simplify fleet
software-image creation, deployment and maintenance.
Dash 1.1, a highly touted remote management system and
Express Repair, which allows the system to rapidly fix many system
corruptions, are key features to emphasize.
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Date: 12/11/08
Bharti Airtel Enhances Managed Services Agreement with Nortel
Extends Contact Centre Technology
Solution to Drive Customer Care
Bharti Airtel, India's leading integrated telecom services provider, and
Nortel today announced an enhanced managed services agreement under which
Nortel will continue to provide its contact centre technology (CCT) solution.
This is a two-year extension to the initial contract announced in March 2006.
Bharti Airtel plans to extend the efficiencies achieved through this enhanced
agreement to its customers, who will benefit from this service option by
getting more power in their hands. Nortel’s CCT solution for Bharti Airtel
features interactive voice and video response capabilities, providing a 24x7
‘virtual storefront’ where customers can complete routine transactions and
subscribe to new services through an auto attendant that interacts naturally
in English, Hindi and four other regional languages. More than 70 percent of
Bharti Airtel customer requests are handled through this virtual storefront,
resulting in greater availability, flexibility and responsiveness to
subscribers. more...
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Date: 12/11/08
Cisco
Delivers the Carrier Ethernet Foundation for the ‘Zettabyte Era:’The new
Cisco Aggregation Services Router 9000
Designed
for Service Provider IP NGN Needs, Cisco ASR 9000 Offers Unsurpassed Scale,
Nonstop Video Experience and Reduced Carbon Footprin
Cisco today announced a major leap in
networking technology at the service provider network edge with the
introduction of the Cisco® Aggregation Services Router 9000 Series (ASR
9000). The Cisco ASR 9000 is designed to deliver massive scale, non-stop
video experience and a reduced carbon footprint. The Cisco ASR 9000
meets service providers’ need to increase the speed, longevity, services
richness and efficiency of the network edge, a demand spurred by the massive
spike in video and data traffic across wireline, cable and mobile networks.
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Date: 30/10/08
HCL
EQUIPS DELHI POLICE WITH TECHNOLOGY TO FIGHT CRIME
HCL
Infosystems Limited, India's premier Information Enabler and country's leading
ICT System Integrator and Distribution Company has provided technology to
equip the police force to access automated information that travels faster
helping the Police to reach crime scene immediately. Honorable Union Minister
Mr. Shivraj Patil in presence of Hon’ble Lt Governor of Delhi Mr. Tajendra
Khanna recently inaugurated the new Central Police Control Room at PHQ,
Delhi. The control room consists of the state of art multimedia contact
centre. The modern Control Room can also track all PCR vans fitted with GPS
devices and coordinate their movement to help public. more...
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Date: 29/10/08
Hughes
bags orders for providing connectivity to 1800 sites from Banking sector
Hughes
Communications India Ltd., the world's leading provider of satellite
broadband services, Managed Network Services and products for businesses,
governments and consumers today announced that it has won orders to deploy
1800 satellite broadband terminals for leading banks - Bank of India (BOI),
Canara Bank and Yes Bank to run their core banking solutions.
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Date: 23/10/08
HCL
Infosystems First Quarter Results JAS-08
HCL INFOSYSTEMS REPORTS CONSOLIDATED REVENUE OF RS.
3125.8 CRORES FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2008.
Profit after tax reported for the quarter at Rs. 66.1
crores.
The Board of Directors has declared quarterly Dividend of Rs. 2/- per
share. The company has declared 100% quarterly
dividend in last 14 quarters.
System Integration a growth area
for HCL. The company bagged over Rs.700 crores worth of orders, during the
first quarter.
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Date: 23/10/08
ZTE Records Highest Industry
Growth for Optical Networking Solutions in Asia Pacific
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”), a leading
global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has
recorded another sterling industry sales growth in the area of Optical
Networking (ON) in Q2 2008, according to an Ovum report entitled “Market
Share: 2Q08 Asia-Pacific ON”. The report shows that ZTE has the fastest ON
annual sales growth in Asia Pacific, with an 8% market share, the 4th
highest in the region. In Q2 2008, ZTE had 12% market share of ON in the
region, placing the company on the third spot among other ON providers.
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Date: 22/10/08
ECI
Telecom’s Carrier Ethernet Switch Routers Receive ‘Best New Product’ Award
from Light Reading
ECI
Telecom, a global provider of networking infrastructure solutions, today
announced that its 9700 series of Carrier Ethernet Switch Routers (CESR) was
chosen as the winner in Light Reading’s Leading Lights Award for the
2008 ‘Best New Product’ category. ECI's 9700 series was selected for
this prestigious award for its highly innovative proposition and considerable
value it offers service providers as they migrate to next-generation
networks. The state-of-the-art 9000 family of Carrier Ethernet Switch
Routers, part of the company's recently announced 1Net business framework,
provides operators with an optimal solution for Carrier Ethernet metro
network deployment. more...
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Date: 21/10/08
Reliance Communications offers Free Laptop with Reliance
NetConnect - Internet Data Cards
Reliance Communications, India’s largest integrated
telecom service provider, today announced a strategic alliance with leading
IT giants Acer, Asus, HCL, Intel, and Lenovo to offer branded laptops powered
by Intel’s “Atom”, absolutely free with its hi-speed Internet data card
service branded Reliance NetConnect. The initiative, in line with the
national Internet penetration targets, would offer a laptop free with unlimited
Internet package with price as low as Rs.1500 per month (excluding Service
Tax) for two years with no hidden costs. Reliance NetConnect
is India’s leading Wireless Internet Service, with over One Million
customers is available across 20,000 towns and 4.5 lakh Indian villages.
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Date: 17/10/08
Samsung Presents 'World Cyber
Games 2008'
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New Delhi, October 17, 2008: Digital technology leader, Samsung India today
announced the launch of the most eagerly awaited Cyber Olympics event in
India – the World Cyber Games 2008 (WCG 2008). The eighth edition of
the World Cyber Games (WCG), world's first cyber gaming festival, is
supported worldwide by Samsung Electronics and is being held in India in
association with Indiagames. The WCG India preliminary rounds will be held
in Delhi (17th-18th October) and Mumbai (23rd
– 24th October), with the national finals being held in Mumbai on
October 25th. The national winners will represent India at
Cologne, Germany for the grand finale of World Cyber Games 2008.
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Date: 16/10/08
YOU Telecom sets up India’s first
training centre for cable broadband technicians
YOU Telecom, a Citigroup Venture
Capital funded leading Cable Broadband operator, is setting up YOU Academy,
country's first training centre for cable broadband to train cable TV
operators and their technicians, in Pune, Maharashtra. The first of its kind
in the country, this Academy proposes to train the cable TV operators,
technicians from broadband and video fields, and other related professionals
for technological proficiency and service efficiency.
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Date: 7/10/08
Airtel makes its
television debut - Set to redefine home entertainment with Airtel digital
TV
Bharti Airtel Limited today
announced the launch of Airtel digital TV, its Direct To Home (DTH)
Satellite TV service. Airtel digital TV, which is a perfect blend of latest
technology, unique features, and great content, promises to redefine the
digital home entertainment experience. The service will be available to
customers through 21,000 retail points including Airtel Relationship Centres
in 62 cities across the country starting October 9, 2008.
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Date: 3/10/08
SAMSUNG INDIA APPOINTS OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST ABHINAV
BINDRA AS BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR ITS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BUSINESS
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Digital technology leader, Samsung India today,
announced the appointment of Olympic Gold Medalist Abhinav Bindra as Brand
Ambassador for its Consumer Electronics business in India. Announcing
Abhinav Bindra as SAMSUNG’s Ambassador for the CE category, states Mr. H.
B. Lee, President & CEO, SAMSUNG South West Asia Headquarters,
"The SAMSUNG brand stands for qualities of innovation and excellence
in performance. And these very same qualities are epitomized by Abhinav
Bindra, whose Olympic Gold medal feat has made him a youth icon today. We
are indeed very proud and privileged to have him as our Brand Ambassador
for our Consumer Electronics Business.”
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Date: 3/10/08
ZTE Receives WiMAX Forum Wave2 Certification for System and
Terminal Solutions
ZTE
Corporation (“ZTE”), a leading global provider of telecommunications
equipment and network solutions, today announced that its WiMAX 16e System
equipment has been awarded Wave2 Qualification Certification by WiMAX Forum,
the second time that the company obtained similar recognition – the first
Chinese company to ever achieve dual award for its network equipment and
terminal products from the same organization. The company first received the
certification for its WiMAX 16e Terminal solutions from WiMAX Forum in August
this year. more...
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Date: 1/10/08
Cisco Research
Reveals Common Data Loss Mistakes
Global
study explores behavioral risks based on country, culture – from accessing
unauthorized facilities and networks to intentionally leaking corporate
information
Cisco® today
announced findings from a new global security study that spotlights numerous risks
taken by employees that can lead to one of the most prominent security
concerns for businesses: the loss of corporate information. The study
identifies common data leakage mistakes among workforces around the world and
is based on surveys of more than 2,000 employees and information technology
professionals in 10 countries. The findings show that behavioral risks of
employees can vary by country and culture, creating opportunities for
businesses to tailor risk management plans that prevent incidents locally
while remaining global in scope.
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Date: 1/10/08
ZTE SDR Product
Wins InfoVision Award at Broadband World Forum Europe 2008
ZTE Corporation, a leading
global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has
received InfoVision award for its Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology at
the Broadband World Forum (BBWF) Europe 2008. This award further reinforces
ZTE’s position as a market leader in network innovation.
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Date: 30/9/08
ECI Telecom's Hi-FOCuS Series Ranked #1 Broadband Access Platform
ECI Telecom, a global provider
of networking infrastructure solutions,
announced today that Current Analysis, a leading independent
research firm, has ranked ECI’s Hi-FOCuS™
Multi-Service
Access
Node (MSAN) as
the top platform in the CO DSLAM category for the second consecutive
year. The rating is based on five major buying criteria: scalability,
standards, capacity, QoS support and pricing.
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Date: 29/9/08
WiMAX Forum®
Announces India’s First WiMAX™ Exposition
The WiMAX Forum, in cooperation with
India’s premier trade and commerce chamber, ASSOCHAM, has gathered prominent
industry leaders at the WiMAX Summit in New Delhi’s The Oberoi on Oct 15-16,
2008. The premier WiMAX Summit will demonstrate ecosystem readiness and
maturity for accelerating India’s broadband penetration levels. The WiMAX
Forum and ASSOCHAM created the summit recognizing the impact of India's
ecosystem to the success of WiMAX technology worldwide, as well as the true
potential WiMAX products and networks will serve to extend broadband services
within India. The event was designed with the aim of transforming ‘Narrowband
India’ to ‘Broadband India’ with WiMAX Technology as well as to enable the
country to meet its viable target of 20 million broadband connections
nationwide by 2010. more...
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Date: 24/9/08
SANDISK EXTREME IV COMPACTFLASH
CARD SHIPS AT DOUBLE CAPACITY AND INCREASED SPEED
SanDisk today announced that it is
now shipping an upgraded family of SanDisk Extreme® IV
CompactFlash® (CF) memory cards to better meet the needs of
professional digital photographers. The entire series of SanDisk
Extreme IV high-performance memory cards has received a 12.5-percent speed boost
up to 45 megabytes per second (MB/s) 1 and the newly-released
16-gigabyte (GB) 2 card is twice as large as previous capacities.
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Date: 20/9/08
Xerox revolutionizes
the Office segment in India
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Xerox
India, a part of Xerox Corporation, ranked 148th on the Fortune 500
list, today unveiled five top of the line office products in the Printer &
MFD category under the concept ‘Color-In-Office’ series. With this
launch, Xerox has set a new benchmark by offering color printouts at the
most economical industry price of Rs.2/- per print with the Xerox Solid
Ink® 8860, besides offering a comprehensive range of color product portfolio.
The new products are targeted at Corporates, Large enterprises, SMEs,
Advertising & Design houses where color has a growing usage. The launch
of a wide range of affordable color products are aimed to help increase
color penetration in the office segment in the A3 and A4 category.
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Date: 16/9/08
Digitizing India -
"A
Perspective Roadmap for the Future"
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Mr Ajai Chowdhry,
Chairman & CEO, HCL Infosystems speaking on
"A Perspective Roadmap for the Future"
at the
MAIT Silver Jubilee Celebrations
and Annual Sessions said "What
we mean by Digitizing is making available “right information” to people, at
the click of button and empower them to use the information and act on it;
again at the click of button. The information could be absolutely anything,
his essential bills, exam results, piece of news, travel bookings, product
information, usage information, service … etc. Digitizing is
important because GDP growth is closely linked to Digitizing, PC, and
Internet penetration."
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Date: 9/9/08
Axis, Bosch and Sony announce Open
Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF)
Axis Communications, Bosch
Security Systems and Sony Corporation announced their cooperation to create a
global open forum for the development of a standard network interface for
network video products. Today the forum is introduced as ONVIF (Open Network
Video Interface Forum). By creating an independent, non-profit organization
the three founding members ensure the openness needed to develop
an open industry standard. Interested
parties may register to participate via the web site at www.onvif.org. The
site provides information about the benefits of a global standard and answers
to frequently asked questions.
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Date: 8/9/08
Alcatel-Lucent reaffirms fixed broadband access
market leadership in 2Q 2008
Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that, according to the Dell’Oro
2Q’08 access report*, the company remains the worldwide leader in DSL with
7.7 million DSL lines shipped in 2Q’08. With a cumulative market share in DSL
port shipments of 39%, more than three times that of its nearest competitor,
and a worldwide installed base of 173 million DSL lines, Alcatel-Lucent
continues to lead the fixed broadband access market.
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Date: 5/9/08
Lenovo unveils the legendary Think brand of PCs for SMBs in India
Lenovo today announced the launch
of ThinkPad SL Series, a complete computing solution for Small and
Medium Businesses (SMBs) in India. The ThinkPad SL Series includes a
combination of three new notebook PCs - ThinkPad SL 300, ThinkPad SL 400 and
ThinkPad SL 500, along with unique software tools and new levels of
service and support. The solution and offerings have been tailor-made, taking
into account the IT and business needs of SMBs in the country. This is the
first time that the legendary Think brand has been made available at an SMB
price point in India. more...
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Date: 5/9/08
SANDISK BOOSTS SD CARD SPEED BY
FIFTY PERCENT — SETS NEW SPEED RECORD FOR SD FLASH MEMORY CARDS
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK)
today set a new speed record of 30 megabytes per second1 for SD™ flash memory
cards with the introduction of the SanDisk Extreme® III 30MB/s
Edition line of SDHC™ Cards. The new cards, expected to be available in India
in October in 4-gigabyte (GB)2,
8GB and 16GB capacities, are designed to deliver peak performance when used
with the new digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera, Nikon D90.
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