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Pacnet goes to Vietnam via new partner
News update Telecommunications service provider Pacnet inks alliance with FPT Telecom, gaining entry points to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Tags: Networking technology, Mobile, Asia, Vietnam, Telecommunications, cable system, Singapore, Broadband, Pacific Internet, Pacnet
MNCs turn to India, China to combat recession
News Global companies tap strong business opportunities in emerging markets by launching new products and services tailor-made for these segments.
Tags: Best strategies, Business development/management, Business, India, Sun Microsystems Inc., e-mail, Emerging Market, recession, Philips Electronics N.V., foreign direct investment
Politics, economy hurting Malaysia's IT sector
News Impact of country's March elections and global credit crisis cause 30 percent revenue dip for members of local IT association Pikom, says its chairman.
Tags: Politics, IT budgeting, Microsoft Corp., Business, Business Process, BPO, Malaysia, Government, public sector, software
India tops global outsourcing nations list
News Country trumps outsourcing nations ranking with six cities making the top 8 outsourcing destinations, according to global study.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, India, Philippines, BPO, CIO, Chennai, outsource, foreign direct investment
Software, services set to drive Vietnam IT
News Country has won over global IT players for its domestic demand and low-cost labor, but its software and services looks set to power its next wave of growth.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Strategy, Hewlett-Packard Co., Alcatel, Vietnam, Telecommunications, Southeast Asia, 3G, IT outsourcing, software service
Malaysia yet to grow world-class ICT firms
News Government may have taken on too much in leading local industry, resulting in the private sector being too inactive and in need of "handholding", says official.
Tags: Innovation, Local Government, Outsourcing, Sector, Asia, Information And Communication Technology, Malaysia, CEO, Kuala Lumpur, multimedia
Jordan's Internet minister on piracy, open source, outsourcing
Insight newsmaker Bassem Al Rousan talks about his plan to transform a resource-poor Middle Eastern country into a home for software, hardware, and Internet companies.
Tags: Open source, Piracy, Government, Web sites, Web 2.0, Law, Tax, telecommunications, Lebanon, Outsourcing
India approves AOL Time Warner's plan to invest US$99m
News India approved plans by AOL Time Warner Inc, the world's largest media and Internet company, to invest 4.6 billion rupees (US$98.8 million) over five years for setting up an Internet business in the country.
India approves AOL Time Warner's plan to invest US$99m
News India approved plans by AOL Time Warner Inc, the world's largest media and Internet company, to invest 4.6 billion rupees (US$98.8 million) over five years for setting up an Internet business in the country.
U.K. on track to be global talent hot spot
News In five years only, the United States will be ahead of the United Kingdom, according to a study identifying world's best locations for attracting talent.
Manufacturing investment in Malaysia set to double this year
News Malaysia is on course to attract more than twice as much manufacturing investment this year as in 1999, said Yeow Teck Chai, a deputy director of the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority.
Free up IDD services, global body urges
News GSM Association calls for more countries to liberalize their international gateway markets, citing a new study that revealed economic benefits in doing so.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, VoIP/IP telephony
Kerry report: U.S. Economy 'threatened' by offshoring
News Presidential candidate's position paper calls for expanding a federal program to help tech workers hurt by offshore outsourcing.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Offshoring
India@61: From low-cost to high-value
News As the nation commemorates its independence from British rule Aug. 15, we look back at India's journey toward becoming an IT super power and offshore hub.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Innovation, India, Telecommunications, phone, software, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Indian Institute of Management, R&D
Do US and Europe need the Nano?
Blogs During the mid- and late-1990s, multinational carmakers were launching older editions of their hot-selling cars in the I...
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