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India Inc. Special
What attracts Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Intel Chairman Craig Barrett to India and announce billion dollar plus investments? Is India Inc., now the No. 2 destination for Foreign Direct Investment, more confident than ever before?
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Deal Watch
Satyam Computer Services Ltd sold its stake in Sify Ltd, India’s third largest ISP, for $63 million, while IBM acquired Bangalore-based IT consultancy services firm Network Solutions for about $90 million. A comprehensive scorecard on M&As, private equity, VC funds, IPOs or secondary offerings.
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TMT Radar
India’s largest telecom company BSNL is to increase GSM lines by 60 million new connections and is set to invite suppliers to bid for contracts worth as much as $4.2 billion. Not to be left behind, the country’s CDMA operators also plan to increase capacity and spend $3.6 billion in the process.
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Policy Watch
What does the Finance Ministry do to end the dispute between the GSM and CDMA mobile operators? In another telecom related dispute, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has forced government-owned companies BSNL and MTNL to standardize connectivity charges.
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Corporate Monitor
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Intel Chairman Craig Barrett announce their multi-billion dollar India investment plans. AMD-SemIndia combine announced the set up of India’s first chip plant.
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Sector Focus: The game of M&As
India’s M&A activity is expected to reach record levels with transactions worth $17 billion in the year to Mar. 2006. The tally for the first six months to Sept. 2005 was $6.9 billion driven by consolidation in the IT & IT Enabled Services, Media, Telecoms, Banking and Pharmaceutical industries.
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Company Watch: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
A close look at TCS, India’s largest IT services company with expected revenue of $3 billion this year. It has been in the limelight due to a number of acquisitions and contract wins.
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People Watch: Subodh Bhargava
A profile of Mr. Bhargava who was appointed in April as Chairman of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), the former Indian monopoly provider of international long distance (ILD) phone services.
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Market Watch
The Indian stock market reached record highs attracting renewed interest from Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and the excitement generated by strong national economic data.
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