The Chinese telecom gear makers have overcomesecurity and quality concerns to corner a growing chunk of the Indian market. In2011-12, Huawei was ahead of Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Network, the Europeantelecom equipment makers which have long held the top two spots in the country,by revenues.

When Debjani Ghosh took over as Intel South Asia Managing Director, Sales and Marketing, in January, she felt the company lacked the speed a technology company should have.

India's auto market has changed rapidly in the last two years, with the share of petrol cars in total sales falling to 50 to 60 per cent from 85 per cent.

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N.V. 'Tiger' Tyagarajan, President and CEO, Genpact says PE firms like Bain Cap love companies with strong cash flows and revenue growth, as well as a business model that focuses on understanding clients' requirements and delivering accordingly - all of which his company has.

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As drinkers of Indian-made Indian liquor get more prosperous, makers of country liquor such as Globus Spirits, Radico Khaitan, Chandigarh Distilleries and GM Breweries are slowly moving up the ladder, upgrading their technology and packaging.

I was very proud to read this fortnight's cover package. We decided to travel across India and look at how different states and regions were coping with the downturn.

In this podcast, BT's Sunny Sen turns a keen eye on the growing popularity of investing in fine wine and whisky.

Fine wines and whiskies do not just enrich your evenings. They can also make you rich.

Qualcomm announced in May that Bharti Airtel had picked up a 49 per cent stake in Wireless Business Services, the chipmaker's BWA licensee here in India. The deal shows Airtel is serious about broadband wireless.

Multi-SIM phones become a market rage. More phone buyers want dual-SIM handsets today than ever before.

It may have received some bad press of late following reports of serious defects in implants made by a French company, but breast augmentation is a booming business in India. In fact, it is the third most common aesthetic surgery procedure in the country today.

In an interview to Business Today, Steve Ballmer recounts the journey, why the $70-billion Microsoft is looking stronger than ever before, and how he intends to tackle Google.

One afternoon, in the last week of November 2010, Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah went for lunch at a cafe in a mall in Gurgaon. The visit changed the way they thought of their business.

Young, talented Indians are developing them galore as the entry barrier is low. The developers don't need a sales force to market apps which can be put up at online marketplaces.

Chaitanya Kalbag says competition tell us why long-time incumbents drowse at the top of the tree; why value-conscious Indians are willing to spend big bucks on newer devices and wheels; why the user experience is so important to coming up with the best products.

Audi is no longer an also-ran in the luxury car race. By 2015, Audi hopes to become the number one luxury car brand in the world as well as in India. In fact, everyone in the company wears a tiny badge on her lapel that says No 1.

And, the pain won't go away soon. Samsung's Goliath-beating journey in the Rs 55,000-crore mobile phones business is as much luck as nose-to-the-grind execution. The luck was in the call it made two years ago on smartphones.

The company has already received pre-booking orders for 3 million units of Ubislate 7+ and they are still coming in. Though DataWind has tied up with new manufacturers, it may have trouble meeting the demand for the Rs 3,000 tablet.