SA picks up India’s BPO slack

India is no longer the epicentre of business process outsourcing (BPO) and call centres, with the retrenchment of 300 or more people, with one month’s notice, now becoming a more familiar occurrence. This is according to Andrew van Niekerk, a director of Teleforge...

Mxit expands into India

South African mobile social network Mxit has announced the first phase of its expansion strategy for the emerging market with the launch of Mxit in India and the release of Mxit 7 for Android and BlackBerry users. Available for download across more than 8,000 mobile...

IBM helps India build smart cities

IBM and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) have announced a futuristic roadmap for the Dighi Port Industrial Area in Maharashtra, India. IBM is working hand-in-hand with the DMICDC to help the Indian government build smarter and more...

India has potential to lead in IT

India has the potential to lead the world in the adoption of the nexus of forces, which is the convergence and mutual reinforcement of social interaction, mobility, cloud and information. However, for this to happen, a number technological and socioeconomic shifts...