Logitech to go beyond mice and webcams

Logitech, estimated to have nearly half of India’s PC peripherals market, said it will increasingly focus on ‘living room’ products such as ‘TV peripherals’ as its core market of assembled PCs shrinks. The firm, which refuses to share its India-specific numbers, said it has achieved sales of around 4 million pieces of ‘pointing devices’ or […]

Anand Sharma opposes removing industry from ‘public purpose’ definition

Trade and Industry minister Anand Sharma has spoken out in uncharacteristically blunt terms against a Parliamentary Committee report suggestion on the policy for land acquisition for industries. The report had suggested excluding “manufacturing and industrial activity” and public-private project (PPP) from the definition of ‘public purpose’ for land acquisition. The recommendation, if accepted, would make […]

India’s IT infrastructure market to grow 10.3% this year: Gartner

The Indian IT infrastructure market comprising of servers, storage and networking equipment will reach $2.05 billion in 2012, a 10.3 percent increase over 2011, according to Gartner, Inc. The IT infrastructure market is expected to reach $3.01 billion by 2016, the research agency said. Revenue growth will be primarily driven by ongoing data center modernization, […]

Cut Cellphone Tower Radiation by 90%: Gov to Mobile Operators

Indian government has extended by five months the deadline for cutting radiation from cellphone towers by 90%, the government informed the Lok Sabha today. The directive cutting radiation limits for cellphone towers was issued after a multi-year consultation between the government, the industry, scientific bodies and consumer associations. The directive was supposed to come into […]