This milestone reiterates the emergence of India as one of the world’s top telecom markets, says Sunil Mittal.
Saturday, May 16, 2009:
Bharti Airtel
has crossed the 100 million customers mark, making the company the
third largest single country mobile services operator and sixth largest
in-country integrated telecom operator in the world.
The company had crossed the 75 million
customer mark in August 2008 and 50 million mark in October 2007. The
first 25 million was achieved in July 2006.
Commenting on the
occasion, Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman and group CEO, Bharti
Enterprises, said, “The Indian telecom sector, seen as providing the
most affordable services in the world, has grown by leaps and bounds in
the last decade. We are proud to have led the telecom revolution that
made a positive impact on the lives of people in every corner of th
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As part of the reorganisation, Randy Allen, senior
vice president of AMD's computing solutions group, will be leaving the
company.
Saturday, May 16, 2009:
AMD
has announced a new operating model that centres the organisation on
four equally critical functions -- products, technology, marketing and
customers. The new structure, according to the company, is designed to
better optimise AMD’s operations to drive performance graphics and
microprocessors and further integrate the company’s x86 processor and
graphics technologies. The restructuring marks the company's latest
move to claw back market share lost to arch-rival Intel Corp.
AMD has recorded consecutive quarterly
losses for more than two fiscal years now. The company reported a net
loss of $416 million for the first quarter of 2009, compared to a loss
of $364 million in the first quarter of 2008. <
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Following two incidents in which overheated batteries caused damaged to property, the company has announced a worldwide voluntary recall and replacement programme for battery packs used in certain HP notebook PCs.
Saturday, May 16, 2009: HP, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and other safety regulatory authorities, is voluntarily recalling some 70,000 laptop batteries due to a fire hazard. HP and the battery cell manufacturer believe that certain battery packs shipped in HP notebook PC products manufactured between August 2007 and January 2008 may pose a potential safety hazard to customers. The batteries being recalled are made in China. The company, however, did not disclose the name of the battery manufacturer.
The recalled lithium-ion batteries are from: nine models of HP Pavilion, nine m
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