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IT, Telecom and Electronics Sector in India
Monthly Update
January 2012
Top Story Government of India likely to tighten rules on encrypted data access The Union Government has put forward a legal provision that will bring encrypted data under its scanner. The new provision is intended mainly at companies such as kype Technologies SA and Google Inc, so as to protect privacy and guard national Ssecurity interests. Under the provision, companies shall have to locate their servers within India. It also states that investigating agencies should have ready access to the encrypted data on their servers. Further, individual data of Indian citizens, government organizations and firms residing on the servers will be barred from moving out of the nation, under this provision. Some of the other mandates that the provision is likely to bring forth comprises of the omination of a representative, responsible for ensuring the protection of data ecurity. ns Vodafone wins legal battle against tax authorities in India, anticipates enhanced IPO possibility Vodafone Group PLC won the long‐running legal battle after the Supreme Court ruled that the British telecommunications giant is not liable to pay any taxes for the deal struck to enter India in 2007. The panel led by three judges sentenced that the company won't have to pay more than INR 100~ bn in taxes for acquisition of a controlling stake of Hutchison, which was valued at INR 554.5~ bn. The court asked ax department to refund the INR 25 bn the company deposited, along with 4% tinterest. Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. is a Hong Kong based telecom company. The panel of judges shared, Indian authorities do not have jurisdiction to tax any deal structured as a transaction between two foreign entities. The step will encourage foreign companies which are concerned about the investment climate of India. The verdict came after a four‐year legal fight by Vodafone in India, overturning the ruling of a lower court in umbai. With this huge triumph and positive signs from telecom regulatory body in
tMIndia, the company expects a better possibili y in the area of IPO. odafone is the leading foreign corporate investor in India. It has about 148 mn ubscribers in the country and 400 mn subscribers worldwide. Vs
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General Bata India plans to revamp its online sales Leading footwear vendor, Bata India is keen on enhancing its online sales channel. As a part of its strategy, the company will primarily look into the areas of amplifying its online sales and enter into strategic business alliances with some of the major e‐Commerce sites. In order to support its online expansion spree, it is also expected to et up a dedicated team to cater to the needs of logistics and infrastructure needs such sas warehousing. Currently, 50% of the revenues are generated from its online sales. The company plans to increase its weekly sales from current 1000 pairs a week to 3000 pairs a week within a year. As of now, the company has tie‐ups with e‐Commerce majors such as ebay.com and Rediff.com, wherein it sells an array of licensed brands such as Hush Puppies, Oxford Street, Reebok, Scholls and Marie Claire for kids, men and women. Pepperfry goes live on the internet e‐Commerce startup Pepperfry marks its entry into the Indian e‐Commerce market, on the 3rd of January, 2012. Currently, Pepperfry will be offering a plethora of 25,000 products ranging across a wide range of categories including furniture, clothing, jewellery and home decor. Apart from a variety of products, the company will offer support services such as free shipping, cash‐on‐delivery and guarantees delivery ithin 2‐5 days. As of now, the company will provide free shipping to 17,000 pin w
codes spread across 300 cities and exports to 220 other countries. The startup firm received funds worth INR 269.62 mn from Norwest Venture Partners, in Dec 2011. It is currently following a business model wherein it will collaborate with SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises), artisans and other businesses o as to source its products. It has strategically selected Delhi, Mumbai and Jodhpur or the storage of products. sf Alberto Torresi to venture in Indian eCommerce market Alberto Torresi, a premium international footwear and shoe manufacturer is all set to venture in the Indian e‐Commerce market. The company has selected an array of steemed e‐Commerce websites such as fetise.com, brandmile.com, ebigshoebazaar.com and jabong.com, for their online sales. Banking upon the increasing popularity of e‐Commerce websites in India, the company is eager to showcase its range of products which will range from formal to casuals to winter boots, classics amongst others at reasonable prices. Currently, the company has been launched in the Indian domestic market by Virola Shoes Pvt. Ltd. and is available at various chain stores across India.
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Belkin India announced its partnership with SSK Belkin India, as a part of their plan to enhance their market reach has selected Shree Sant Kripa Appliances Pvt. Ltd. (SSK) as their regional distributor for West India. rimarily, the company wants to capitalize on the strong distribution network of SSK
h n t.Pso as to get a better foot old in the I dian marke Belkin will primarily market it accessories especially designed for Samsung. Additionally, it will also distribute Conserve Valet range of Power Packs and overlays amongst others. IBM strengthens its enterprise mobility portfolio IBM has introduced a dynamic range of social networking based mobile applications argeted at the enterprise users. The applications are intended to facilitate seamless treal‐time communication, online meetings and instant messaging services. As of now, the products launched by IBM comprise of ‘IBM LotusLive Meeting’, ‘IBM Sametime’, ‘IBM Lotus Symphony Viewers’, ‘IBM Lotus Notes Traveler’, ‘IBM Sametime Unified Telephony’, ‘IBM WebSphere Portal Mobile Experience’, ‘IBM Cognos Mobile’ and ‘COPLINK Mobile Plus’. Infibeam in association with ‘erupee’ to offer Infibeam vouchers e‐Commerce player Infibeam has collaborated with ‘erupee’, a network of physical retail touch‐points, wherein it will offer Infibeam vouchers to its customers. The vouchers can be redeemed against a purchase at Infibeam’s online portal. Customers an avail vouchers of their desired denomination in exchange of cash from erupee cpoints. As of now, Infibeam has set up a network of more than 200 erupee points across Bangalore and Pune and is expected to roll out the initiative across 40 other Indian cities by March this year. Tricom all set to raise funds worth INR 202.5 mn ITeS provider, Tricom is all set to raise funds worth INR 202.5 mn through preferential allotment for expansion. It has allotted 10 mn equity shares of INR 2/share at INR 13.5 and 5 mn convertible warrants of INR 13.5. The company plans to nvest this amount on normal capital expenditure, expansion, acquisitions, general icorporate purposes and working capital requirements. Earlier in 2010, the company had acquired Mastiff Tech Pvt. Ltd and Mastiff Internet Media Solutions Pvt Ltd for INR 25 mn. While in 2011, it acquired the US based ealthcare service provider GTESS Corporation through its US‐based subsidiary ricom Infotech Solutions Inc,. hT
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Tricom with its offices in India as well as the United States primarily focuses on non‐voice BPO service and IT enabled data management. Some of the key areas on which he company focuses on comprise of ERP, business intelligence, data warehousing, merging technologies and offshore product development. te Dell forays into cloud computing Dell recently announced its plan to foray into the cloud computing space. It has plans to allocate a budget of INR 52.78 bn for multiple data centres spread across the globe, wherein it is expected to provide services for both public and private cloud echnologies. The company will further invest in IP so as to enhance the cloud tadoption rate amongst consumers. Additionally, Dell will also offer value added services such as cloud backup and archival and industry specific solutions, such as learning management and medical archival. It also has a dedicated testing team on Java and .Net platforms which will focus solely towards developing, testing and integrating applications. Law & Kenneth signed on as brand and creative agency for eBay India eBay India, one of the leading e‐Commerce websites in India has selected Law & Kenneth as their brand and creative agency. eBay India is expected to have arrived at this decision after considering the impressive client base of Law & Kenneth and their ommendable understanding of e‐Commerce. Earlier, Law & Kenneth have bagged yet canother similar contract with the Italian coffee major, Lavazza. So far, eBay has shown prominent signs of their indulgence in marketing over the years. In 2007, it launched three 20 second TV commercials. During 2008, it took help of the print, outdoor and radio media for their publicity. In 2009, it had again focused on television commercials. 2010 onwards it started its online marketing, wherein it started off with its Facebook applications and an IPL microsite. Leaving no stone nturned, the company also utilized the mobile applications space and launched its obile application in association with Nokia.
um Concept Infoway launches application for Android Microsoft Gold Certified software development company, Concept Infoway Pvt. Ltd. ntroduced its latest mobile application, F1 world for Android. The application is idesigned to provide users with a comprehensive set of information about Formula 1. Primarily, the application will retrieve information via RSS feeds from a dynamic range of websites such as Crash.Net and formula1.com. The application is designed to rovide users with customized information about their preferred F1 driver, team or p
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car. Concept Infoway offers a dynamic range of products and services, some of which comprise of custom software development, web design & development, SEO,
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echnology specific development, custom CRM & CMS development, solutions for commerce and mobile app development.
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories implements Werum’s standard manufacturing execution system Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. successfully implemented the first phase of Werum’s standard manufacturing execution system, in its Hyderabad facility. This makes Dr. Reddy’s the first Indian Pharma company to implement electronic PAS‐X Manufacturing Execution System (MES). This comes as a part of the company’s trategy to enhance the quality and compliance and to optimize the efficiency and sproductivity of its pharmaceutical shop floor processes. PAS‐X will handle and control the Warehouse Management System and also carry out Weighing & Dispensing and Equipment Management operations. Using mobile terminals, PAS‐X will basically coordinate the barcode‐controlled process for material racking and tracing of containers. The system is integrated with the company’s texisting ERP. Werum Software & Systems AG mainly engages in the supply of (MES) for the harmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. As of now its product PAS‐X, caters o about 550 installations of 16 top pharmaceutical and biotech companies. pt Sify Technologies to invest INR 5 bn in the coming 23 users As a part of its expansion strategy, Sify Technologies has planned an investment of bout INR 5 bn in the ensuing 2‐3 years. It will primarily utilize the fund to expand its aexisting networks, data centres, provide cloud and managed service through partners. The company is also expected to ramp up its base stations during the same period as well. As of now, it has plans to double the strength of its base stations from the current strength of 1500, within the next 12‐18 months. Recently, it established its undersea landing station in Mumbai, with which the company is aims to venture into the data communications market in the Middle East, Gulf, Africa and Asia Pacific. Wipro in association with VendorNet to provide Next Gen OmniChannel Retail Capabilities Wipro Technologies announced their partnership with VendorNet, one of the leading providers of web‐based omni‐retailing and supply chain solutions for retailers. Together the companies would integrate the VendorNet Commerce Suite and Wipro’s
merce platform, so as to reproduce a concrete solution specifically for ENCORE e‐Comretailers. The solution is expected to resolve the prevailing hindrances of retailers pertaining to the adoption of omni‐channel business model. It will primarily enhance the linking of
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inventory across channels such as online, store, and dropship suppliers to source products from the most efficient locations. As of now, VendorNet’s Commerce Suite consists of automated cross‐channel integration, inventory visibility technology for best source fulfillment from any location, including stores, warehouses, and third‐party suppliers. Whereas, Wipro’s NCORE is capable of automating order routing and transmission, order status racking, shipping, invoicing, reporting and order lifecycle visibility. Et SAP banking on HANA for better business in India SAP India has shifted its focus on the in‐memory technology oriented HANA (High Performance Analytic Appliance). It has initiated multiple pilot projects based on HANA with some of the major corporate houses in India such as Essar and Infosys. As part of the strategy, SAP has prepared a list of prospective clients across verticals asuch as BFSI, Telecom, Retail, Oil & Gas and Media. HANA is primarily a super fast analysis tool which is intended to analyze massive amounts of data within a very short time period. It basically processes the data in the RAM (Random Access Memory) instead of fetching it from disks, which in turn educes the time consumption drastically and facilitates real‐time analysis of data and ence users can reap significant benefits of quicker decision making. rh Microsoft introduces Systems Center 2012 in India Microsoft introduced ‘Systems Canter 2012’, its latest cloud computing based offering n the Indian market. The product is expected to face a direct competition from a isimilar product from the house of Vmware. The product is basically a combination of 8 separate products into one unified solution. Some of the advantages of the product include a brand new pricing tructure, streamlined installation, reduced installation time and a comparatively ower price tag. sl Amazon might introduce an online marketplace in India Global online retail giant, Amazon might enter the Indian e‐Commerce market with an nline market place. This may come as the company’s strategy to overcome the oprevailing FDI norms on multi‐brand retailing in the country. The market place expected to be launched by Amazon will have similar features as that of eBay India, wherein merchants and customers can indulge in online ransactions. The company is said to be in talks with local retailers regarding the tartup of its marketplace. ts
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Wipro in association with Oracle to provide ‘Wipro SprintHR’ Wipro Technologies has announced the launch of ‘Wipro SprintHR’ a cloud based racle Fusion Human Capital Management service. The service is currently available O
on a SaaS model and is intended to reduce deployment and cost times by large extent. Some of the modules included comprise of major Fusion Human Capital Management odules such as Talent Management, Benefits Management and Core HR dministration. ma Datawind wants ‘Made in India’ clause in future tender for the lowpriced Tablet The popular lowest priced 'Aakash' Tablet maker, Datawind Ltd, shared its plan to request the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry of India to introduce 'Made in India' clause in the proposed tender for future low‐priced Tablet device. The company manufactured the little over INR 2,500 tablet ‘Aakash’ in India, overcoming various obstacles faced during the operation. Critical components such as microchips and software applications are being designed in India as well. Hence the company elieves other companies can similarly manufacture future variants of the device in bIndia which will encourage increased indigenous manufacturing operation. The Government of India is expected to procure large number of low‐cost mobile computing device to acquire benefit of broadband connectivity in universities and colleges in phases. In the first phase the government had issued tender to procure 100,000 devices in the name of project 'Aakash' which was won by Datawind. The ompany is hopeful to acquire license for the next version of the Tablet device as well nd promises most competitive price in the market. ca Tirupati Public School selects Novatium Partners Tirupati Public School has selected Novatium Partners, one of the leading cloud service providers in India, so as to enrich their educational services for students. tudents and teachers of the school will be granted access to Novatium’s cloud Swherein they can avail educational content. Novatium has deployed ‘Navigator’ in the school PCs which in turn will facilitate access to a gamut of dynamic and comprehensive set of educational content. The initiative taken by the school is intended to equip students with the latest and echnology so as to enhance their skills, talent and knowledge quotient thereby roviding a foundation for holistic development. tp Bluestone.com makes its entry in the Indian eCommerce market Bluestone.com has made its debut in the Indian e‐Commerce market. The website is asically dedicated for women shoppers wherein it will offer a dynamic range of fine ewellery and accessories online. bj
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With its entry, the website has also managed to attract some of the leading investors n the Indian market. It garnered funds worth INR 253.47 mn from Accel Partners and iMeena Ganesh, CEO and MD of Pearson Education Service. Primarily, Bluestone.com will offer women with a range of exclusive jewellery and accessories carved from rare gemstones and metals. The website has incorporated nternational third party laboratory certification in all its products which in turn will elp in overcoming the quality and standard issues faced by traditional stores. ih AMD inks alliance with TAG AMD, the leading computer chip maker has entered into a strategic alliance with the national distributor ‘Technology and Gadgets’. Together the companies will distribute he entire range of AMD professional graphics card including the AMD’s latest product t‘FirePro professional graphics ‘. AMD is keen on expanding its foothold in the Indian market and with the alliance coming in, it is expected that the company will be able to garner an increased customer base and foray into newer geographic segments. Kerala Agri University all set to adopt indigenous userfriendly ERP Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) is all set to acquire two Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools, UPAST (University Pension Administration System) and USIST University Sales Information System). These tools are based upon the earlier (modules of the indigenous ERP used by the university. KAU has primarily focused to keep the modules simple and user‐friendly so as to facilitate better work productivity and lesser time consumption. The basic function of the UPAST module is to enable any pensioner to monitor his/her pension benefits and communicate with the university over the internet. While, the USIST module will ainly focus on the billing of seeds, planting materials and various other products of m
KAU in multiple sales centres spread across the state. The university is also expected to roll out certain other modules such as HR & Payroll, Research Project Management System, e‐tendering, e‐administration, e‐documentation, e‐filing, academic (starting from online application registration to award of degree), e‐library, e‐recruiting, inventory and stores, purchase, supply chain anagement, extension management, training, package of practices and chat with armers. mf ICICI bank launches Facebook app ICICI bank has launched its application, ‘Your Bank Account’ on the popular social edia website ‘Facebook’. Users of this application will be allowed to conduct anking directly from the social network website. mb
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The application will operate through a secured SSL connection and will primarily cilitate users to view their account details, generate mini statements, request fa
checkbooks and even apply for debit cards. This move from ICICI comes as their strategic move to overcome the intense competition prevailing in the private banking space and garner a greater customer ase. With 30,000 ‘Likes’ garnered so far, the application is expected to reap ubstantial benefits for the company in the time to come. bs Publicis Healthware announced its entry in India Leading healthcare network provider, Publicis Healthware International (PHI) has announced its entry in India. The announcement came during Health 2.0 conference eing held in New Delhi. As of now, it is expected that the company will operate in bIndia from its office in Mumbai. PHI operates as a part of the Publicis Healthware Communications Group (PHCG), wherein it primarily focuses on delivering enhanced information technology oriented services such as consulting (innovation planning, change management and e‐business strategy), communications (digital marketing, web development, e‐detailing, e‐CRM, e‐learning, e‐science, health 2.0 and KOL management) and e‐Business solutions (software platforms, business solutions and proprietary tools to increase the deployment of digital tactics). Flipkart reportedly raises fund worth INR 50.04 bn Bangalore based, leading e‐Commerce player Flipkart.com has attracted an investment worth INR 50.04 bn from previous investors Accel Partners and Tiger Global Management. The current round of funding happens to be the fourth round, herein the company had garnered investments worth INR 1.55 bn in the previous w
three rounds of funding. As of now, the e‐Commerce company sells a wide range of products ranging from books, mobile phones, computers, televisions and other home appliances. It is expected that the company will venture into the sales of other products as well. Dell expected to invest INR 50 bn in India ell is keen on investing an amount of INR 50 bn in India so as to enhance its D
presence in the Indian market. The company plans to acquire a mid‐sized tech firm. The company has primarily planned to target any company with revenues ranging rom INR 25 mn to INR 50 bn or higher. It has also announced that the acquisition will e India centric and is expected to be conducted within the tier II space. fb
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Government to embrace secured private communication network Government of India is all set to implement a private communication network for its internal activities. This will be a PAN India project with initial investment of INR 4.5 bn from the government. Growing numbers of illicit network infiltrations and alicious network attacks from hostile nations have led the government to take m
information and cyber security seriously. The project will provide government individuals and administrative personnel with secured email services, Voice‐Over‐Internet‐Protocol (VoIP) or internet telephony services and other private network transactions. Unlike third‐party communication network services, this network will ensure network traffic is routed through the ational Internet Exchange of India (NIXI). NIXI is a government‐backed non‐profit rganization facilitating exchange of domestic network traffic. No Undersea cable landing station in Mumbai by Sify Sify Communications Ltd. has decided to transform from a broadband provider to a comprehensive Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company by unveiling an undersea cable landing station in Versova, Mumbai. Sify will offer Indian telecom companies and other enterprises with enhanced high‐speed data services between India and Europe, Africa, & the Middle East with the help of this facility. The company has started the operation in partnership with two cable companies, the Middle East submarine cable system and Gulf Bridge International operations. Another cable company, MENA Submarine Cable System SAE which is telecom perator in Egypt, is expected to join the operation in end of 2nd quarter or early 3rd oquarter in 2012. The Versova landing station has the capacity for four cable systems at a time. The company expressed willingness to extend the facility with two other cable systems and also to double the number of its base stations to 3,000 in the coming 12‐18 months. Sify Communications Ltd. provides digital trust services & solutions, application, transaction security and broadband solution. It operates as a subsidiary of Sify Technologies. Chinese banks to refinance Reliance Communications loan Reliance Communications (RCom), the third largest telecom company by revenue in India, has secured a loan of INR 61.2 bn from multiple of Chinese banks. The loan will nable RCom to repay the maturity value of its outstanding Foreign Currency e
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Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) which are due for redemption in Mar, 2012. RCom secured the loans from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China Development Bank Corporation (CDB) and Export Import Bank of China (EXIM) and other banks. It is said to be the largest refinance in the history of FCCBs by an Indian company. The company will be benefited from the lucrative interest cost of 5% along with the extended loan maturity period of 7 years.
Micro Technologies to handle INR 1.6 bn project, a highly secured communication system Micro Technologies India, an Information Technology company has bagged an INR 1.6 bn project called 'VOB' or 'Video over Broadband' which will be a highly secured communication system for a major public sector company. No information regarding the PSU was shared by the company. The system will consist of a security surveillance system with access control, disaster recovery center including supply of the high end nfrastructure. The infrastructure will run on high end servers and network facility to andle tens of millions clients simultaneously. ih Net4Nuts tiesup with French specialty company for mobile app services Ahmedabad‐based Net4Nuts Ltd., which is a mobile Value Added Services (VAS) and application company, has tied‐up with a French firm for mobile app services. The name of the firm remains a mystery as Net4Nuts refuses to disclose the same but hared that the French firm is an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) sexpert. Net4Nuts provides middleware technology and various mobile VAS to top mobile operators in India and South East Asia. The tie‐up will enable Net4Nuts to offer email and social networking accessibility via SMS and USSD gateway focused on catering to basic phone users. The company is also in talks with several telecom operators for providing email and social networking apps on their network. Classpad Tablet launched in India Classteacher Learning Systems has launched a Tablet for scholars named Classpad. The Tablet is specially made for school students in their standard 3 to 12. Available in 2 models, Trolley model for multiple students’ usage and one Tablet per Child (OTPC) odel, the Tablet expects to digitalize academic activities and make the learning m
process interactive and enjoyable. The Tablet houses a 1.3 GHz processor, 4 GB internal storage and expandable up to 8 GB via microSD card. The device will have a battery life of 7 hours. The tablet will allow teachers to make notes on the device and seamlessly share with the students for reference, conduct academic tests on the device, use e‐books for studies and also provide challenges for the students to enhance their learning. It will also come pre‐installed with applications for problem solving, creativity and language skills. The variations of the Tablet are expected to cost around INR 7,500 to 14,000. Spice launches dualSIM Android ‘Gingerbread’ phone in India Spice mobiles also known as S Mobility, launched a dual‐SIM phone in India powered y Google Android, named Spice Mi‐280. The phone is compatible with both 3G & Wi‐i. It is the fourth dual‐SIM Android smarthphone from the company. bF
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The device is the successor of the company’s earlier mobile device, Mi‐270 which had a resistive display. The Mi‐280 sports a 2.8 inch capacitive touch screen and runs on Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’. It houses a 600 MHz processor and 512 MB RAM. The mobile also boasts of a 3.2 Mega‐pixel rear camera and a 0.3 Mega‐pixel front camera. Priced at INR 5,123, it is the cheapest smartphone with front camera. It will be available via the exclusive stores of Spice and some e‐commerce sites. Samsung launches new Bada 2.0 smartphone, Wave Y Samsung India announced the arrival of a new smartphone, Wave Y. Wave Y will be powered by the company’s proprietary mobile operating system Bada OS version 2.0. he device is targeted at the youth with social integration features and pre‐installed Tapplications. The device houses a 832 MHz Processor, 150 MB of internal storage and microSD slot which supports upto 32 GB of external memory. It boasts of a 3.2 inches capacitive TFT touch screen with the resolution of 320 x 480 pixels and sleek body measuring 12.3 mm. It also sports a 2 Mega‐pixel rear camera with LED flash. 3G, Wi‐Fi and Bluetooth are also present for wireless connectivity. The 1200 mAh Li‐Ion battery is expected to provide 7 hours of talk time for the device. Samsung Wave Y is ompetitively priced at INR 7,950. c Nokia locks horns with competition, ties up with Vodafone Nokia India Pvt. Ltd. has tied up with Indian telecom company Vodafone India Ltd. to outsmart the smartphones of various platforms, especially Android phones. It is a strategic move to recapture the smartphone market in India which Nokia earlier use to dominate. With more mobile phone manufacturers such as Samsung, LG, Motorola and RIM coming up with smartphones at attractive price, Nokia is having a hard time regaining momentum with its newer mobile devices such as Lumia 710 and 800. okia Lumia is a touch screen smartphone series powered by Microsoft Windows N
Mobile 7. Vodafone, since late December 2011, is selling Nokia Lumia smatphones via its exclusive stores across the country. Consumers can avail special offers on price of the evice and wireless plan from the wireless service provider when buying via odafone store. The offers are applicable for both new and existing customers. dV Everest to provide Augere’s broadband wireless services viz ZOOSH Everest Brand Solutions has obtained the rights to mandate Augere’s business in India under the brand name ‘ZOOSH’. ZOOSH will capitalize on the market targeting youth. t promises to be different than the presenta broadband service providers which often ack in quality and consistency. Il
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Augere is an established broadband wireless services provider in many Asian and African countries, offering 4G services under the brand name Qubee. Augere Wireless Broadband India won BWA spectrum in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh circle via uctions held in 2011. It will be one of the first to launch LTE (4G) wireless roadband services in India. ab Free WiFi service by OZone in collaboration with Google Wireless broadband service provider O‐Zone Networks is all set to offer limited free Wi‐Fi service across India. Google India tied‐up with O‐Zone to promote web services of the former, Google+ and YouTube. Users will be entitled to complementary Wi‐Fi ccess for unlimited Goggle+ usage and weekly 10 minutes of YouTube videos, free of acharge. This facility will be available in any O‐Zone Wi‐Fi hotspot across the country. The offer can be availed at public hotspots of the company in outlets such as Café Coffee Day, McDonalds, Café Oz, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Costa Coffee, Subway and OM Bookshop to name few. Initially the offer will be active for 3 months. O‐Zone has xpressed its willingness to extend it for a longer period and is in talks with Google eregarding the same. O‐Zone Networks is funded by Access Industries and has a network of 5,000 WiFi access points in India. O‐Zone plans to own around 50,000 Wi‐Fi hotspots by 2013, which will put them in the position of largest Wi‐Fi service provider in India. The ompany expects wireless broadband services to grow alongside 3G and 4G in the ountry. cc The Economic Times launches mobile application for smartphones and Tablets India’s leading business newspaper, The Economic Times (ET) has decided to reach mobile and Tablet platforms like never before, in a mobile application format. With this move, ET is now available on all mobile platforms which include Apple iOS, Google Android, RIM BlackBerry, Symbian on Nokia and Miicrosoft Windows Phone. ithin a short period following its launch, it has achieved significant popularity in iOS W
and Android platform. The app will provide nearly real‐time news feeds on businesses and markets to the users. It will also provide in‐depth and analytical stock market coverage, along with live stock quotes from both BSE and NSE. The stock quote tickers can be customized according to user preference and interests. Also, Investors can further manage stock arket holdings with ‘ET Portfolio.’ Popular videos of the day from ET Now are also treamed on this app. ms
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Tikona may sell stake to leading Malaysian telecom operator Broadband service provider Tikona Digital Networks Ltd., may sell its stake to Malaysian telecom operator, Axiata. Axiata had earlier picked up a 5.91% stake in the fourth largest mobile operator in India, Idea Cellular. Axiata is in talks with key equity
stake holders of Tikona, including Goldman Sachs which is the largest shareholder, ak Investment Partners and Everstone Capital Advisors which together hold 70 per O
cent stake in the company. Tikona offers high speed broadband services across 20 cities by using un‐licensed spectrum which is sanctioned by the government. It has one mn subscribers across the country. The company has won 4G (BWA) spectrum in 5 circles India including Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh (east and west), for the otal amount of over INR 10.5 bn. Tikona is expected to rollout 4G services sometime uring the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2012. td UTV Indiagames reaches new high with mobile gaming India’s premier mobile gaming company, UTV Indiagames, reached new milestone in the mobile gaming. It has crossed 50 mn downloads landmark on Nokia app store while total downloads reached 57 mn. Company’s latest offering, Ra.One Genesis, has crossed 3 mn downloads in just 3 months. It is one of the most downloaded ollywood games in India. Also Cricket game titles including CricketT20 Fever, DLF BIPL T20 Fever Official Game, Cricket 2011 have crossed 9 mn downloads mark. Indiagames Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of UTV group and develops mobile and social games for multiple platforms for both smartphone and Tablets, & mobile web. It offers over 300 games belonging to genres such as sports, action, racing, Bollywood‐adoption, cricket etc. Some of its top games are Monster Truck Dash, Terror Attack, orce, D3 Commando, Mercury Meltdown, and Aladdin: The New Adventure amongst thers. Fo VoIP application launched in India by Freephoo Sweden‐based Freephoo launched VoIP application in India, for Android and iOS platform. It will offer users call facility from iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android phones free of cost, using Wi‐Fi or 3G connections. Using premium services from Freephoo, users can make calls to fixed lines and mobile phones as well, at a nominal charge. The application has a feature ‘SuperHD’ sound quality which delivers high uality audio during calls. Also free calls to Facebook friends and LinkedIn qconnections can be made with this application. Freephoo was founded in 2008 by entrepreneurs belonging to telecommunication sector in Sweden. The company has ever since been gaining momentum with its product offerings. Freephoo was mentioned on the Top Free Apps list, Top Social App list, as well as the Top Grossing app list, on Apple Application Store. Freephoo is also ne of the first applications on Apple App Store allowing user to purchase premium alk‐time via Apple’s own payment system. ot
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Mobile application for emergency alerts, launched in India Indianeye Security Pvt. Ltd., which is a Delhi‐based security services company, has launched a mobile application, which is operates as an emergency alert system. The mobile application, Eyewatch, works on various mobile platforms such as BlackBerry, ndroid and some Nokia Symbian S60 devices. The company is all set to roll out an A
iOS version of the app. It can be used in cases of ragging in colleges, road accidents, medical emergencies and other critical situations. Just like an emergency alert system, Eyewatch can be used to send multiple messages, images, videos, audio clips and other details such as locational information with a press of a button. Users can also press SOS button to lert 3 user‐defined contact persons listed as the emergency contacts via SMS and e‐ail. The app also features a web‐based personal control panel.
am Research Lab for Online Ads launched by Komli Media Komli Media India Pvt Ltd has launched Komli Labs, a center for online advertising research. Komli is a Mumbai‐based online advertising network and measurement solution provider. Komli Media recently launched ATOM, a real time bidding platform to get a better inventory on an ad‐platform. Now this is another product from the ompany catering to specific areas of online and mobile advertising with the objective cto facilitate it to global standard. The digital ad research lab will be located out of its Bangalore‐based R&D centre and will focus on areas such as online advertising optimization, trends, consumer targeting, real‐time bidding and traffic quality management amongst other areas. Information will be gathered on day‐to‐day basis to analyze and identify patterns of the consumers, specific sites they are referring for a particular product, factors they consider before zeroing in on one product and similar statistical details. The data will e used then to reach prospective consumers with efficiently in terms of time and ad ature. bn India operation announced as ‘Mobile Marketing Centre of Excellence’ by Mindshare Mindshare, a global media and marketing services agency, has announced its Indian operation as ‘Mobile Marketing Centre of Excellence’ of its network. This operation unit will act as a creation center for cellular contents which includes as mobile web sites, augmented reality and online advertising portal such as Apple iAds, amongst thers. Service offering of the country operation will extend to everything from o
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mobile media strategy to idea generation, to actual development. Mindshare is one of the world's largest media planning and buying organizations and has offices in more than 80 countries across the world. It assists advertisers implement ad campaigns effectively by providing options of the right media outlets. It also assists in purchasing necessary air time, print space, or digital format for the
campaign. The company has specialty units that focus on direct marketing channels, nteractive media, and public events sponsorships including sports. Mindshare is part f the GroupM media division of advertising giant WPP Group. io Blyk reaches 4 mn subscribers Blyk Ltd., the UK based mobile media company, has reached 4 mn subscribers globally. Blyk is available in India on Aircel network. The company shared that the recent churn reduction by 48% in India with ‘Blyk on Aircel’ alongside 14% increase in ARPU has helped the company reach such heights. It has broadened the service fferings for pocket internet users in India with expectation of further improvement oand enhancement of the subscriber base. Blyk was launched in India in Nov 2010 in partnership with Aircel. The company offers mobile advertising, audience engagement, and interactive text and multi‐media messaging campaign services, mobile messages (SMS and MMS) which include info, dvertisements, content, education, and entertainment. Its advertising products are ased on the most dominant pattern of mobile behaviour among young consumers. ab YOU Broadband and Reliance Infrastructure offers free WiFi service in Express Route stations Reliance Infrastructure in association with YOU Broadband & Cable India Ltd. is offering complementary Wi‐Fi internet service in stations along Reliance Metro Airport Express Route. The service is free of charge and available to 6 stations along the Express Route. The stations are New Delhi Railway Station, Shivaji Stadium, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi Aero City, Indira Gandhi International Airport and Dwarka Sector 1 stations. The company will also provide WiFi services inside the metro rail 2coaches. YOU Broadband & Cable India Ltd is a leading cable broadband service provider in India. It offers high speed broadband internet services across 11 cities in India. The ompany owns and operates over 990 kms of Optic Fibre cable & over 4,100 kms of runk coaxial cable network. ct Nokia Asha 300 available via ecommerece website Nokia has launched a new entry‐level 3G smartphone, Asha 300, in India. It is available via e‐commerce website, Flipkart at INR 6,835. The company formally aunched the Dual SIM Touch and Type phone in India at a price of INR 7,409 in Dec l2011. The smartphone boasts of a 2.4 inch TFT resistive touch screen with 256 colour support, 1 GHz processor and 128 MB RAM. Internal storage capacity of the phone is 140 MB and external storage is expandable by SD Card of up to 32 GB. The device also houses a 5 mega‐pixel fixed‐focus rear camera with no flash. The 1110 mAh Li‐Ion
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b3attery is expected to provide 7 hours of talk time on 2G networks and 4.5 hours on G networks approximately. A transport assistance mobile application free of internetdependence A mobile App called ‘Chennai MTC Info.’ Has been developed which is not mobile internet dependent. The application currently caters to only Chennai city but the developer has expressed interest in countrywide implementation. Similar apps are lready available for Mumbai city transports and publishers claim to have achieved a1,000 downloads. It gives details of Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus routes, the source and destination of all buses and their stops, journey time and even the fare. The Android App is free and once downloaded it does not require an Internet connection. Developers believe that providing real‐time information on bus and train movements ould be the next objective of mobile application companies. Similar services are lready available in the cities of US and Singapore. wa Interactive news with augmented reality mobile app India’s leading newspaper Times of India is all set to launch its augmented reality supported mobile application ‘IntARactive’. The mobile application will turn dull news into an interactive story with images, audio and video clips. Newspaper version of news which may carry a QR code can be scanned using a smartphone’s camera and it will take the user to associated ‘IntARactive’ content. Also newspaper advertisements will be associated with the app which will offer exclusive contents nd special promotional offers to the users. Using the GPS of a smartphone that app
ell. awill be able to suggest commercial point of interests to the users as w Users have to download the application from the company website depending upon mobile platform such as Android, Blackberry, iOS, Symbian and Windows Mobile. User ill require mobile 3G or Wi‐Fi service and preferably GPS activated for location ased news and point‐of‐interest services. wb Vodafone launches webbased comics on its ‘Zoozoo’ brand Vodafone India’s digital agency OgilvyOne Worldwide has created comics with its ‘Zoozoo’ character. The comics will be exclusively available on the company’s acebook page and mobile website for its subscribers. Non‐subscribers will be able to Faccess the contents as well. The content will introduce readers to black and white Zoozoo universe and its prime protagonist Super Zoozoo. Super Zoozoo first made its debut in 2011 to promote 3G campaigns of the company in a series of newspaper, banner and television advertisements. The company expects to promote its brand with the popular character which replaced the earlier ‘Chinese Pug’ which was equally popular. The
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Facebook page of Zoozoo already has nearly 3 mn ‘likes’ and the company expects the number to increase further with time. News Update
Regulatory Government of India likely to offer moderate subsidy for cloud adoption The Government of India is likely to offer a moderate amount of subsidy for cloud adoption to small and medium enterprises in India. This initiative taken by the overnment is intended to push the cloud adoption amongst SMEs, thereby aiding to gthe overall development of the SME sector. The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is expected to bring his initiative into operation soon. It has also proposed the creation of a common latform for e‐filling registrations of MSME entrepreneurs. tp Kerala Government shows promising signs for IT parks and industries operating in the State Kerala State Government in its effort to project Kerala as an appropriate IT investment destination has made plans for the IT parks and industries operating in he state. Ministry of IT and Industries has also chalked out an IT policy which is tintended to attract investments in the state. As of now, some of the initiatives planned so far comprise of the reduction of the working costs of IT companies operating in the state‐run IT parks, selection of Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode as special investment regions, set‐up a separate knowledge in the Malappuram region. It has also assured the timely opening of the forth coming ‘Smart City’ IT park in Kochi, which is expected to provide employment to about one lakh people. Some of the other initiatives taken by the Kerala Government include the provision of ubsidy to IT companies and the establishment of ‘Technocity’, which is being eveloped across a 450 acres plot in Pallipuram. sd Bangalore likely to get revised ICT policy in education Department of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT) announced the expected revision of ICT policy in education this year. The statement was made by the irector of DSERT, Mr. H.S Ramarao during seminar on ICT in Education for d
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Sustainable Development, in Bangalore. It is anticipated that the revised policy will make computer education a regular subject in the curriculum for both primary and secondary education. A dedicated
team has also been set‐up to facilitate the process of developing the e‐content, herein the final draft of the e‐content is expected to be submitted to the government ithin 3‐4 months.
ww TRAI revises restriction on automatedSMS Telephone Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) after considering the pledges of various companies, has decided to revise its restriction on automated‐SMS. It has xcluded all machine‐to‐machine and person‐to‐machine messages from the limit of eby 200 per day per SIM. Companies often provide product or service information such as details of drivers or taxis on booking of radio taxis, the tentative date of delivery of goods, tentative date of attending to complaints, the contact details of person attending to the complaint, among others. These essential services were earlier restricted by TRAI as unwanted PAM text message but realizing the necessity of the services TRAI was quick to evise its regulation on the matter. Sr Entry fee for PANIndia mobile permit could cost INR 200 mn Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed to fix the entry fee for PAN‐India mobile permit to INR 200 mn. The permits will not have spectrum or airwaves bundled to it. Companies have to participate in auctions to buy radio requencies. Entry fee for state‐level permit may ranges from INR 2 mn to INR 20 mn fand district level permit it may cost INR 1.5 mn. Earlier the fees for the mobile permit use to cost INR 16.58 bn and was bundled with of start‐up GSM spectrum of 4.4 MHz or CDMA airwaves of 2.5 MHz in all 22 regions in the country. The new license will enable companies to provide any form of communication service ‐ mobile, landline, long‐distance services, internet, and satellite amongst others, with just one permit. Currently, telecom operators need eparate licensees for different services such as GSM, CDMA, 3G, 4G, wireless roadband, internet, DTH and radio amongst others. sb Telecom companies to operate towers on hybrid power source Government of India, as suggested by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has asked telecom companies to shift to hybrid powers for their telecom towers operation. Telecom operators have until 2015 to ensure at least 50% of the rural towers and 20% of the urban towers are powered by hybrid source. In the second phase, the telecom companies must convert 75% of the rural towers and 33% of the rban towers to run on hybrid power. India has around 500,000 telecom towers and u
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60% of them are dependent on diesel. The new directives are the result of TRAI recommendations on 'green telephony' aiming at reducing diesel consumption by telecom towers and government approval for the same. Operators will need to aim at carbon emission reduction for wireless
network of 5% by 2012‐13, 8% by 2014‐15, 12% by 2016‐17 and 17% by 2018‐19. elecom companies also have to ensure that they are 'Green Passport' certified by 015. T2 News Update
Expansion Plans Infor focuses on better revenue generation from its Hyderabad facility Leading business applications software provider, Infor has shifted its focus on its yderabad facility. It plans to increase its services revenue generation by 20% from H
its Centre of Excellence, Hyderabad. Currently, the company is planning to initiate a recruitment drive, wherein it is xpected to appoint a total of 400 people, out of which 300 will be appointed for the yderabad facility of the company.
eH HP India targets SMBs in Uttar Pradesh Hewlett‐Packard has selected the state of Uttar Pradesh for its expansion in India. It has mainly selected the Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) for this purpose. HP will follow a business model wherein it will collaborate with channel partners for its xpansion in these tier II cities. It has launched its range of monochrome and color
) and SMBs in elaser printers for small office home office (SOHO the state. Uttar Pradesh being the second largest Indian economy and with its MSME (Micro Small and Medium Enterprises) population crossing the 3 mn mark will provide HP ith a fertile market space to garner better market share and generate greater evenue. wr CSC continues its expansion spree in India CSC announced the opening of its 18th delivery centre in India. The facility is established in Indore and has a total seating capacity of 300 heads. With this establishment the company has furthered strengthened its network of offices, which s currently spread across major cities such as Noida, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, iBangalore and Vadodara. CSC is a NYSE listed company which primarily focuses on IT services including cloud computing, cyber security, mobility, applications and infrastructure management, to usiness and technology consulting, systems integration and industry‐specific olutions. bs
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MTS extends mobile broadband service in Kerala MTS, which operates under Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL), expanded its mobile services in Kerala. MBlaze, the high‐speed mobile broadband service was launched in ten towns in Kerala. The towns are, Mahe, Peringanur, Neyyattinkara, Ambalappuzha, Aroor, Mannarkkad, Irinjalakkuda, Edappal, Taliparamba and Payyannur. The company’s high‐speed mobile broadband service is delivered by a obust network consisting of over 32 branded retail outlets, 3065 mass retail outlets rand 80 organized retail outlets in the said towns. With this MBlaze service has been extended to 50 towns in Kerala. MTS in Kerala circle has retail strength of 40 branded retail outlets, 7500 mass retail outlets and 100 rganized retail outlets. MTS is also offering mobile TV service via its high‐speed data etwork, providing access to Live TV and Video on Demand. on Vserv to expand mobile advertising network to emerging foreign markets Mumbai based Vserv Digital Services Pvt. Ltd. has decided to expand its mobile advertising business to emerging markets abroad. Vserv is all set to open its first office in Singapore in the first quarter of 2012, with the objective of increasing its reach in South‐East Asia. While developers form foreign market has opted for ad ervices from the company as a result of online marketing, this move will encourage smore business from such markets. Vserv offers multiple advertising formats & targeting services for mobile web, applications, games, videos & mobile campaigns. One of its products, ‘AppWrapper’, enables third‐party developers to add ads to their mobile apps meant for feature phones or smartphones seamlessly. Company officials claim that over 10,000 apps use ‘AppWrapper’ at present. The company is expected to open more offices in the oming years to stimulate growth of its mobile ad operation significantly, and also to chieve more competitive position in the market. ca Industry Expert Speak Indian SMBs are the focal points today – Adil Doctor, Director SMB Sales India and SAARC, Avaya IP Office “Indian SMBs are the focal points today. As per a study, 95% of the enterprise units are SMBs and 40% of the industrial output is driven by them. This is the sector, which is responsible for 70% of industrial employment. Last but not the least, 35% of exports are done by these companies that represent various vertical industries including, auto ancillaries, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, textiles, retail, engineering, logistics, Software and IT services, handicraft, travel and tourism etc. Given this fact, penetration of IT is very low at only 15‐18% in this sector, which gives
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us a huge opportunity to reach out to customers and provide the right solutions and nsure better RoIs for them.” e Value added solution selling for a healthy bottom line – Sudesh Prabhu, Director, Services and Presales, Sybase “BI has moved on from query and reporting tools, though standardized and efficient reporting remains the best way to start any BI project. Areas that are getting advantages from BI initiatives include customer management, risk, product management etc. CIOs these days are talking about how their core business can get he agility needed to act profitably in as real time a manner as possible and are tlooking at all areas within their enterprises for leveraging such profit. With an increasing array of skills and resources available in the market, the solutions have become user‐friendly, with training programs being introduced by vendors to ducate customers and the increase in technology partners coming with tools
m leavailable for easier i p ementation; usage has definitely become simpler. Mobility will begin to move business intelligence out of IT into the hands of the usiness decision makers. We expect a significant architectural impact for most nterprise IT providers.” be How Reliance Capital Plans to Tackle 2012 – Sam Ghosh, Group CEO, Reliance Capital “Virtualization is a big play for us. We have already deployed server and storage
We are now looking at thin clients or desktop virtualization. We are cloud enabled and are also piloting the public cloud to make IT
virtualization. lready privateacosts variable. We’ll also look at mobility as a game changer. We are empowering our employees, customers, and distributors with these end‐point devices. Our commercial finance usiness has used award‐winning mobility initiatives to achieve superior outcomes bfor recoveries by field collectors. The third part of our strategy will be analytics; gaining customer insights and increasing the persistency of customers. For example, customers in our life insurance business sometimes tend to delay premium payments. We need to ensure they pay it n time to derive maximum benefits. BI helps us predict which customers are likely to o
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default and helps us focus our efforts on this smaller population. Collaboration is another big priority. We are deploying a single platform that combines instant messaging, multi‐video‐conferencing, web‐casting, e‐learning, Intranets, and social media to boost collaboration between employees, senior management, distributors and customers. Connecting the feet‐on‐street workforce to
decision‐making to risk management to the delivery of product and quality services bler.” will be a key ena
Making IT Big – Gagan Rai, MD & CEO, NSDL “I believe that for a country like India, financial inclusion is the way forward. Banking and financial services should be offered to people at the bottom of the pyramid. Around 83 percent of India’s pincodes are covered in the addresses of investors of NSDL. Second, we need to lower costs to facilitate financial deepening. And lowering cost is only possible with the help of IT. The days of warm banking are gone. The time is coming when ATMs have to be at all places. Slowly, we are progressing towards off‐the‐shelf banking. Transactions should be online and automatic and IT facilitates that. It also brings down the cost of each transaction. For instance, NSDL has reduced settlement fees charged to participants eight times in the last 14 years. Today, the per transaction cost (cost per debit) is only Rs 4.50 irrespective of the value of a transaction. Even if you transfer one million shares of Reliance, our charge is only Rs 4.50.Transaction convenience is equally important. In this regard, one of facilities that NSDL provides is the speed‐e facility through which somebody sitting at home can arry out transactions via the Internet. Thus, with the help of IT, customers can debit
ffice.” ctheir accounts and sell securities sitting at home or at the o We are focusing on R&D to build capabilities around us – Brian Householder, Senior VP, Worldwide Marketing & Business Development, Hitachi Data Systems “The solution‐based approach has been a global trend for the past seven years. Around a decade back, it was all about selling hardware. Today, customers need integrated solutions. That’s why we are focusing on software R&D in order to build apabilities around services. At a time when IT budgets are still flat and data growth is onsiderable, software services clubbed with hardware are the way out.” cc Focus is on Rural and Small Towns – Shivaji Chatterjee, Senior Vice PresidentEnterprise Business, Hughes Communications India “Most service providers are looking at tapping the semi‐urban and rural market increasingly‐‐ to keep their growth going. In urban areas, where there is a reach of fiber and fiber extension through RF, there is a good backhaul infrastructure. However beyond that, there is a strong case for satellite backhaul. Satellite backhauling could be properly exploited by the cellular and FM industry. In other developing countries, satellite‐based backhauling is used extensively. The mobile enetration in India is only 60 percent and there is a big rural market which can only pbe tapped by using satellite backhaul. With the advent of FM Phase 3, there will be over 800 new FM stations‐‐ mainly oming up in smaller towns and cities. Satellite backhaul will play a key role in ombination with satellite broadcast capabilities. cc
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For the imminent rollout of 4G/LTE services for broadband access, satellite will help hese service providers reach out to smaller towns and cities quickly to enable ationwide broadband reach.” tn
IT: Transactions (November – January 2012)
Date Buyer Target Deal Size (USD mn) % stake Deal Status
Type of Transaction
24th Jan 2012
IMS Health PharmARC NA NA Completed M&A
19th Jan 2012
Sequoia Capital Knowlarity 7.06 NA Completed M&A
4th Jan 2012
IBM Green Hat NA NA Completed M&A
23rd Dec 2011
Securities Trading Corporation of
India Ltd Tulip Telecom Ltd NA 5.34 Completed M&A
13th Dec 2011
Global Angels ShopClues.com 2 NA Completed PE Funding
12th Dec 2011
Nokia Growth Partners
Innovis Telecom NA NA Completed PE Funding
12th Dec 2011
MobileWave Group plc
Ariose Software 1.2 100 Expected M&A
30th Nov 2011
Seed Enterprises InnovizeTech Software
0.87 NA Completed Capital Venture
28th Nov 2011
Yet to be finalized Accentia
Technologies 10 NA Expected
Capital Venture
23rd Nov 2011
C Cube Simbus
Technologies NA NA Completed M&A
23rd Nov 2011
Polaris Software IndigoTX NA 49% Completed M&A
21st Nov 2011
Aditi Technologies Cumulux NA 100% Completed M&A
17th Nov 2011
SAIF Partners A2 Media 5 NA Completed Capital Venture
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Telecom: Transactions (November 2011 – January 2012)
Date Buyer Target Deal Size (USD mn) % stake Deal Status
Type of Transaction
2nd to 8th Jan 2012
Way2Online Inte dia ractive Me 160by2.com NA 100 Expected M&A
23rd Dec 2011
Securities Trading
Corporation of India Ltd
Tulip Telecom Ltd NA 5.34 Completed M&A
13th Dec 2011 Global Angels ShopClues.com 2 NA Completed PE Funding
12th Dec 2011
Nokia Growth Partners Innovis Telecom NA NA Completed PE Funding
12th Dec 2011
MobileWave Group plc Ariose Software 1.2 100 Expected M&A
IT: Annual Financial Results – Revenue (INR mn)
Companies FY ‘08 FY ‘09 FY ‘10 FY ‘11
3i Infotech Ltd. 12,052.6 22,856.4 24,485.4 25,697.5
Accenture Plc 1,106,226.9 1,134,103.0 1,084,959.8 1,254,814.9
Alcatel‐Lucent, S.A. 1,153,637.6 1,008,149.6 956,757.1 N.A.
Allied Digital Services Ltd. 2,970.4 5,557.5 6,730.5 7,149.3
Amazon.com, Inc 931,668.9 1,137,462.7 1,525,669.4 N.A.
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. 984,494.9 884,975.9 657,499.0 N.A.
Avast Software B.V. 727.7 1,174.6 2,163.1 N.A.
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AVG Technologies N.V. 5,533.9 8,445.1 9,689.0 N.A.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
1.1 39,30
2.2 42,90
0.4 48,97
71.3 66,1
Citrix Systems Inc 76,967.6
74,909.8
83,619.3
117,082.2
Cognizant Technology Solutions 136,901.9
152,162.8
204,843.5 N.A.
D Link Corp 48,984.3
44,989.0
51,793.5
N.A.
Epicor Software Corporation 23,716.0
19,010.7
19,638.8 N.A.
F‐Secure Oyj 7,673.8
8,323.8
7,782.7
N.A.
Google Inc 1,059,514.5
1,097,642.9
1,307,863.2
2,011,428.8
HCL Technologies Ltd. 75,627.8
102,294.1
121,362.9
157,304.3
Hewlett‐Packard Company 5,849,371.3
5,381,653.1
5,599,646.2
6,194,286.7
iGate Corporation 10,635.9
8,961.7
12,516.0
41,371.9
Infosys Ltd. 166,987.8
236,369.8
215,747.6
269,277.6
International Business Machines Corp
5,037,506.2
4,444,128.9
4,454,701.4
5,673,497.5
JDA Software Group Inc 18,974.2
17,905.0
27,530.6 N.A.
McAfee Inc 77,780.0
89,447.5
92,100.7 N.A.
Microsoft Corporation 2,594,465.0
2,815,202.5
2,901,444.5
3,126,452.1
MicroStrategy Inc 17,518.9
17,533.1
20,276.4 N.A.
Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc 831,190.9
512,830.5
511,173.3
693,241.2
Mphasis Ltd. 32,683.2
42,638.8
50,365.2
50,677.0
Netgear Inc 36,134.3
31,864.9
40,236.0 N.A.
NetSuite Inc
7,411.9
7,729.1
8,615.4 N.A.
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Oracle Corporation
952,456.3
1,097,610.6
1,243,509.3
1,60 2.0 9,40
Qlik Technologies
5,748.9
7,303.0
10,104.0 N.A.
Ramco Systems Ltd. 2,030.988
1,876.5
1,730.001
2,092.353
Salesforce.com
29,440.8
52,579.2
60,298.3
76,087.5
Samsung Electronics Ltd.
4,668,021.5
5,426,752.7
6,153,179.1 6,630,125.5
SAP AG 786,231.5
709,835.2
745,500.1
981,125.1
Sify Technologies Ltd
6,006.2
6,162.2
6,710.2 6,886.6
Sonata Software Ltd.
14,330.0
15,981.2
13 .7 ,893 14,049.5
Sybase Inc 55,023.7
54,326.1
N.A. N.A.
Symantec Corporation
233,142.0
307,146.4
267,170.4 275,331.2
Tata Consultancy Services
228,001.9
281,539.7
304,885.1 379,620.2
Teradata Corporation 85,651.7
79,314.7
86,355.3
N.A.
Trend Micro Inc
54,530.7
48,035.9
52,442.4 N.A.
TVS Electronics Ltd
2,149.307
1,950.14
1,996.19 1,828.515
VMware Inc 91,437.7
93,930.9
127,451.8
199,900.9
Wipro Ltd.
197,428.0
255,837.0
271,115.0 309,535.0
Zenith Infotech Ltd.
1,307.4
2,229.7
3,130.2 3,670.1
Zensar Technologies Ltd. 7,857.2
9,080.8
9,527.6
11,382.9
2ergo Group plc 2,591.9 1,808.5 1,544.9 1,318.7
Advanced Micronic Devices Ltd. 524.2 585.8 660.0 718.2
American Tower Corporation 77,461.0 80,016.1 88,555.9 114,736.1
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Apple Inc. 1,742,338.0 2,057,080.2 2,946,865.6 5,34 8.0 6,41
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 328,423.0 301,694.2 279,134.4 NA
Bharti Airtel 270 9.3 ,24 369,615.5 418,472.0 594,672.0
BS TransComm Ltd. NA 3,372.6 5,149.0 8,702.8
Dell Inc. 2,392,164.9 2,983,592.4 2,443,278.8 2,817,962.6
Garmin Ltd. 165,987.9 137,038.9 121,436.0 132,693.1
GTL Infrastructure Ltd. 1,245.8 2,208.4 3,479.5 10,075.7
Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd. 4,145.6 6,630.2 7,331.8 8,826.1
HTC Corporation 225,808.8 209,585.5 426,440.3 753,508.9
Idea Cellular Ltd. 67,199.9 101,312.9 123,978.8 154,384.0
LG Electronics Inc. 2,435,350.8 2,208,983.8 2,218,601.9 2,291,078.0
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. 47,757.1 41,837.0 35,513.0 36,778.0
Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. 831,190.9 512 0.5 ,83 511 3.3 ,17 693 1.2 ,24
Navteq Corporation 36,431.4 NA NA NA
Net 4 India Ltd. 1,351.6 1,606.7 1,951.4 3,035.7
Nokia Corporation 3,444,474.9 2,726,001.4 2,538,791.6 2,66 2.9 5,07
Palm Inc. 55,996.2 34,736.8 49,193.8 NA
Reliance Communications Ltd. 188,273.9 225,245.4 214 3.8 ,96 224 3.5 ,30
Reliance Infratel Ltd. 14,566.2 49,198.2 NA NA
Research in Motion Ltd. 240,300.7 564,929.1 686,866.1 901,787.1
* Financials of Zenith Infotech Ltd. for FY 11, exhibit figures as of 30th September 2011
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IT: Annual Financial Results – Income (INR mn)
Companies FY ‘08 FY ‘09 FY ‘10 FY ‘11
3i Infotech Ltd.
1,765.7
2,820.1
334.6
2,525.1
Accenture Plc
73,930.4
77,820.7
83,655.2
10 .4 4,488
Alcatel‐Lucent S.A.
(354,228.7)
(34,853.2)
(19,977.3) N.A.
Allied Digital Services Ltd.
435.6
769.1
966.0
466.8
Amazon.com Inc
31,353.8
41,861.8
51,385.0 N.A.
ASUSTeK Computer Inc
24,390.9
18,100.8
25,223.4 N.A.
Avast Software B.V.
274.0
405.2
767.6 N.A.
AVG Technologies N.V.
1,427.6
2,435.8
2,583.2 N.A.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
15,748.1
16,592.6
20,198.3
28,865.6
CISCO Systems Inc
340,507.0
295,658.8
360,388.8
286,630.8
Citrix Systems Inc
8,666.1
8,865.1
12,358.5
18 .2 ,908
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
20,943.6
24,827.6
32,719.6 N.A.
D‐Link Corp
1,779.2
742.0
1,868.7 N.A.
Epicor Software Corporation
(167.8)
(57.5)
(269.1) N.A.
F‐Secure Oyj
1,328.1
1,246.9
912.0 N.A.
Google Inc
205,476.6
302,593.2
379,365.5
516,693.9
HCL Technologies Ltd.
10,514.1
13,196.3
12,591.9
16,465.1
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Companies FY ‘08 FY ‘09 FY ‘10 FY ‘11
Hewlett‐Packard Company
411,606.7
359,866.8
389,251.2
344,362.3
iGATE Corporation
1,502.3
1,326.2
2,308.5
2,731.1
Infosys Ltd.
46,505.5
64,934.5
58,966.8
66,817.9
International Business Machines Corp
599,561.9
623,054.3
661,626.0
84 .6 1,345
JDA Software Group Inc
151.9
1,222.4
790.3 N.A.
McAfee Inc
8,371.2
8,048.4
8,212.3 N.A.
Microsoft Corporation
759,231.0
701,861.6
871,120.6
1,03 5.0 4,80
MicroStrategy Inc
2,033.5
3,473.2
1,953.3 N.A.
Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc
(144,324.6)
(62,282.2)
(3,836.0)
(13,213.2)
Mphasis Ltd.
5,064.6
9,086.8
10,907.5
8,218.0
Netgear Inc
877.4
433.1
2,270.8 N.A.
NetSuite Inc
(771.2)
(1,081.5)
(1,225.1) N.A.
Oracle Corporation
234,441.0
264,017.6
284,449.3
38 .5 6,153
Qlik Technologies
145.6
318.4
602.9 N.A.
Ramco Systems Ltd.
104.883
20.208
18.784
23.076
Salesforce.com
721.8
2,120.6
3,728.0
2,960.3
Samsung Electronics Ltd.
212,664.9
381,024.8
628,688.4 N.A.
SAP AG
125,457.4
116,266.1
108,320.0
237,146.6
Sify Technologies Ltd. (4.7)
(900.6)
17.0
(519.5)
Sonata Software Ltd.
585.2
765.7
798.7
856.1
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Companies FY ‘08 FY ‘09 FY ‘10 FY ‘11
Sybase Inc
6,233.7
7,612.0 N.A. N.A.
Symantec Corporation
16,273.1
(338,909.8)
31,873.0
26,554.6
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
50,260.2
52,564.2
70,006.4
90 .4 ,680
Teradata Corporation
12,152.6
11,788.1
13,426.1 N.A.
Trend Micro Inc
10,319.4
8,793.9
6,993.0 N.A.
TVS Electronics Ltd.
378.892
(78.096)
(1.12)
14.897
VMware Inc
14,103.5
9,147.3
15,943.6
38,415.7
Zenith Infotech Ltd.
400.5
496.2
39.0
141.2
Zensar Technologies Ltd.
640.3
865.6
1,275.6
1,317.3
* Financials of Zenith Infotech Ltd. for FY 11, exhibit figures as of 30th September 2011 Telecom: Annual Financial Results – Revenue (INR mn)
Companies FY ‘08 FY ‘09 FY ‘10 FY ‘11
2ergo Group plc 2 ,591.9 1 ,808.5 1 ,544.9 1 ,318.7
Advanced Micronic Devices Ltd. 524.2 585.8 660.0 718.2
American Tower Corporation 77,461.0 80,016.1 88,555.9 114,736.1
Apple Inc. 1 ,742,338.0 2 ,057,080.2 2 ,946,865.6 5,34 8.0 6,41
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 328,423.0 301,694.2 279,134.4 NA
Bharti Airtel 270 .3 ,249 3 69,615.5 4 18,472.0 5 94,672.0
BS TransComm Ltd. NA 3,372.6 5,149.0 8,702.8
Dell Inc. 2,392,164.9 2,983,592.4 2,443,278.8 2,817,962.6
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Garmin Ltd. 1 65,987.9 1 37,038.9 1 21,436.0 132,6 93.1
GTL Infrastructure Ltd. 1,245.8 2,208.4 3,479.5 1 0,075.7
Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd. 4,145.6 6,630.2 7,331.8 8,826.1
HTC Corporation 2 25,808.8 209,585.5 426,440.3 753,508.9
Idea Cellular Ltd. 67,199.9 101,312.9 123,978.8 154,384.0
LG Electronics Inc. 2, 435,350.8 2 ,208,983.8 2 ,218,601.9 2 ,291,078.0
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. 47,757.1 41,837.0 35,513.0 36,778.0
Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. 8 31,190.9 512 0.5 ,83 511 3.3 ,17 693 1.2 ,24
Navteq Corporation 36,43 1.4 NA NA NA
Net 4 India Ltd. 1,351.6 1,606.7 1,951.4 3,035.7
Nokia Corporation 3, 444,474.9 2 ,726,001.4 2 ,538,791.6 2,66 2.9 5,07
Palm Inc. 55,996.2 34,736.8 49,193.8 NA
Reliance Communications Ltd. 1 88,273.9 225,245.4 214 3.8 ,96 224 3.5 ,30
Reliance Infratel Ltd. 14,566.2 49,198.2 NA NA
Research in Motion Ltd. 240,300.7 564,929.1 686,866.1 901,787.1
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd 4,6 .5 68,021 5,426,752.7 6, .1 153,179 6,6 .5 30,125
Sify Technologies Ltd. 6,006.2 6,162.2 6,710.2 6,886.6
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB 7 63,737.4 451,505.8 376,445.4 359,304.7
Tata Communications Limited 84,150.0 100,718.9 1 10,255.6 119,3 19.9
Tata Teleservices Ltd. 17,748.8 20,469.4 22,395.6 22,724.6
Tulip Telecom Ltd. 12,189.8 16,144.0 19,664.0 23,510.5
Vodafone Group Plc 2,818,469.3 2,985,386.3 3,030,479 .5 3,282,688.8
*Change in financial year
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Telecom: Annual Financial Results – Income (INR mn)
Companies F Y ‘08 F Y ‘09 F Y ‘10 FY ‘11
2ergo Group plc 2 01.8 ‐14.7 ‐35.6 ‐ 191.4
Advanced Micronic Devices Ltd. 10.4 14.9 2.6 17.4
American Tower Corporation 16,879.8 11,444.5 16,634.8 13,489.0
Apple Inc. 284,371.3 394,827.1 633,107.4 1,28 87.6 0,2
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 30,093.9 5,748.5 ‐18,226.5 NA
Bharti Airtel 67,008.2 84,699.1 89,768.0 60,467.0
BS TransComm Ltd. NA 123.7 235.4 509.6
Dell Inc. 115,3 17.6 121,0 02.0 66,183.1 120,7 48.9
Garmin Ltd. 34,814.3 32,740.7 26,391.9 24,114.5
GTL Infrastructure Ltd. ‐594.7 28.1 ‐25.8 ‐3,780.2
Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd. ‐668.1 ‐916.1 ‐801.0 ‐312.7
HTC Corporation 42,441.6 3 2,794.1 6 0,477.3 1 05,902.4
Idea Cellular Ltd. 10,423.1 8,815.8 9,539.4 8,987.1
LG Electronics Inc. 1 6,877.1 91,059.9 48,824.3 ‐25,605.2
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. 5,664.0 ‐1,430.0 ‐25,553.0 ‐32,895.0
Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. ‐144,324.6 ‐62 2.2 ,28 ‐3,836.0 ‐13 3.2 ,21
Navteq Corporation 6,969.0 NA NA NA
Net 4 India Ltd. 94.8 84.0 115.0 211.3
Nokia Corporation 270,884.8 59,263.8 110,652.7 ‐80,243.8
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Palm Inc. ‐4,476.5 ‐34,562.9 ‐9,177.8 NA
Reliance Communications Ltd. 54,011.4 60,449.3 46,550.0 13,456.5
Reliance Infratel Ltd. 4,212.6 15,850.2 NA NA
Research in Motion Ltd. 51,738.5 96,648.1 112,862.3 154,518.3
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd 212 .9 ,664 38 8 1,024. 62 .4 8,688 53 8 0,649.
Sify Technologies Ltd. ‐4.7 ‐900.6 17.0 ‐519.5
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB ‐4,951.1 ‐55,594.0 5,411.1 ‐17,027.7
Tata Communications Limited 103.0 3,158.0 ‐5,977.4 ‐7,769.0
Tata Teleservices Ltd. ‐1,257.4 ‐1,699.4 ‐3,180.0 802.3
Tulip Telecom Ltd. 1,871.2 2,497.8 2,304.4 3,053.3
Vodafone Group Plc 529,088.6 224,029.5 589,100.9 570,056.3
*Change in financial year
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