WPP’s Sorrell says Europe a sideshow ahead of US
LONDON (Reuters): Martin Sorrell, head of the world’s largest advertising company, warned on Monday that the debt crisis gripping the euro zone was merely a sideshow to the United States which will face its own funding crunch in 2013.
Rohan bestowed with Marketing Professional of the Year award
General Manager-Sales and Marketing of D Samson & Sons (Pvt) Ltd, immediate past President of the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing and senior marketing professional. Rohan Somawansa has been bestowed with the coveted “Marketing Professional of the Year” award.
Patent firm says to stop HTC German 3G phone sales
Reuters: German patent firm IPCom said on Friday it plans to ban as quickly as possible the sale and distribution of all HTC 3G devices in Germany following an earlier ruling against the Taiwanese firm.
HTC to tough out slowdown as strategy doubts grow
TAIPEI (Reuters): HTC Corp’s promise of “competitive” new models early next year may not be enough of a strategy shift to convince investors it can regain the innovative streak that catapulted it from an obscure contract maker to the world’s No.4 smartphone brand.
Sony aims to boost non-consumer sales to 2 t yen
TOKYO (Reuters): Sony Corp aims to boost sales of non-consumer products including electronic devices to an annual two trillion yen ($26 billion) from 1.5 trillion yen now within five years, the executive in charge of the business said on Monday.
A model poses with Galaxy…….
A model poses with Galaxy Note of Samsung Electronics during a local launch event for Samsung’s mobile devices at the company’s headquarters in Seoul 28 November 2011. Samsung Electronics expects to beat its 2011 smartphone sales target thanks to brisk sales of its Galaxy smartphones, a mobile executive said on Monday – Reuters
‘e-Diriya’ national ICT literacy initiative officially inaugurated in Kegalle
The ‘e-Diriya,’ the national ICT literacy initiative, was officially inaugurated at the Kotiyakumbura Vidyasagara Pirivena Buddhist Temple premises in Kegalle at 10 a.m. on 26 November, under the patronage of Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and Hambantota District MP Namal Rajapaksa.
IDD call rate increases has no impact
Alcatel-Lucent Managing Director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives Upendra Samaratunge answering a question on IDD rate increases in the Budget and its impacts on the local market stated that there would only be a minor impact.
Economy to benefit from ICT and telecom growth says Alcatel-Lucent
By Cheranka Mendis
With mobile penetration directly linked to increasing economic growth in a country, Sri Lanka with its bullish growth prospective stands to benefit heavily from the ever-expanding ICT and telecommunication sector.
Virtusa named in 2011 FinTech 100 List again
Virtusa Corporation, a global IT services company that offers a broad range of information technology services, including IT consulting, technology implementation, and application outsourcing services, announced yesterday it has been recognised by American Banker, Bank Technology News and IDC Financial Insights on the 2011 FinTech 100 List.
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