Early this month, when Sunil Bharti Mittal, in an interview with the Times of India, mentioned that many telcos had quit during an adverse phase, while his own brand grew against all odds, it raised the hackles of Rajya Sabha MP and former promoter of BPL Mobile, Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

Could China and India become the new IT partners? Two Gartner analysts seem to think so.

More and more women are displaying a flair for starting up on their own.

Notwithstanding the alleged spectrum scarcity, new applicants have queued up for unified licences, which will allow them to offer everything from mobile telephony to fixed telephony to internet services.

Forget low-cost, IBM is here to innovate.

Some sectors have underperformed, but are bouncing back. Where to find undervalued gems.

The market for semiconductors in India will almost double to $5.49 billion by 2009, says a new Frost & Sullivan report. What does that mean for the local chip industry? BT brought together a panel of experts to get the answers.

IIM-Ahmedabad once again retains its top perch, but there are some surprise entrants in the Top 15. What’s happening? As much as the B-school grads, recruiters are hunting for the best bargains. A BT-Nielsen Study.

M&A deals in the country are in for a dose of regulation. If the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has its way, global M&A deals involving assets exceeding Rs 500 crore and a turnover in excess of Rs 1,500 crore in India, will require the approval of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

It's well known for its insurance ventures with the Tatas (and arguably better known for being Manchester United's principal sponsor). Now, however, the world's largest insurer is going the whole hog in the Indian financial services arena, with forays into mutual funds, real estate funds, mortgage guarantee and asset reconstruction.

With new industries and businesses taking off, the war for top management talent has pushed CEO salaries to record levels. But the fact is, not every CEO is getting paid obscenely and certainly not as much as what some CEOs in the US take home.

As scale becomes critical, the bigger BPOs are bulking up by buying captives and other smaller outfits. And like in IT, the top three companies may become the dominant force.

With foreign vendors striking big-ticket domestic deals, will their Indian rivals start paying attention to the home market?

Indian IT went from $5 billion to near $50 billion in just a decade. But growth hereon will need vastly different strategies.

Telecom operators are hiving off their infrastructure into separate companies, which are commanding heady valuations. Why are they worth so much?

Online cricket coverage grabs viewers and advertisers.

Dotcoms are booming once again, and so are internet jobs.

Advertising for the chewing gum may have bagged numerous awards, but the country's agencies-despite robust growth in recent times - would appear to have little reason to smile.

In less than two years, Wipro’s Azim Premji has snapped up 11 different companies, mostly abroad. Why is the tech czar in a tearing hurry? It’s all part of his grand plan to make the soaps-to-software Wipro a truly global corporation, write Venkatesha Babu and Rahul Sachitanand.