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APRIL
2005
Apr 1: IBM to collaborate with Indian institutes to offer IT training
Apr 4: Intoto opens 2nd software development center in India
Apr 5: S&P assigns Infosys higher sovereign rating than India's
Apr 7: Call center investment to be in excess of $1bn by 2006
Apr 12: ITeS/BPO contract sizes shrink for third successive quarter
Apr 15: Microsoft India files 40 patents
Apr 17: First Indian company gets Cybertrust's Trusecure certification
Apr 18: Lionbridge to transfer European software testing to India
Apr 22: 3 Global Services to double staff in 2005
Apr 22: Satyam acquires UK's Citisoft
MAY
2005
May 3: Roamware commits Rs 50-crore in India centers
May 5: VeriSign Opens India development center
May 7: Veraz Network to invest $5 mn in Pune center
May 10: ATI Techns' Hyderabad center, largest outside the US
May 15: iSoft opens center in Hyderabad
May 31: ALSTOM, Infosys set up joint R&D center in Bangalore
JUNE
2005
June 3: Infosys' internship offer gets over 9,000 global applicants
June 3: Japan's NEC, HCL Technologies in software joint venture
June 9: Pointsec announces entry into India
June 22: i-flex acquires Capco's ORTOS
June 27: Andhra to have $12bn semiconductor fabrication unit
June 30: TCS in venture with Chinese reforms commission
JULY
2005
July 1: TCS forms majority partner in JV with Microsoft in China
July 5: SAP India to double its strength to 4,000
July 5: Megasoft acquires a German company
July 7: IBM bags Rs 56 crore IDBI contract
July 12: TCS to up headcount by 13,000 in the fiscal
July 16: HP strengthens global alliance with Wipro
July 18: TCS considering setting up a training center in Pakistan
July 26: AMIS sets up design center at Bangalore
AUGUST
2005
Aug 3: Oracle to buy 61% of i-flex for $909 mn
Aug 4: Subex bags multi million dollar deal from US
Aug 5: TCS hires a record 1,100 from campuses in a single day
Aug 3: Sun Microsystems slots India for major investments
Aug 4: Infosys to invest $65 mn in China in the next five years
Aug 6: Cognizant to expand its employee base in India
Aug 5: TCS signs first of its kind drug deal with Italy's Cingenia
Aug 19: Intel & NIIT announce training program
Aug 19: Ventura Launches it's Operations in India
Aug 26: Honeywell bags IOC, HPCL $48 mn fuel e-retail order
SEPTEMBER
2005
Sep 1: Cognizant inaugurates development center in Mumbai
Sep 1: TCS, Infosys, Patni among ABN AMRO's five global IT vendors
Sep 3: C-Dot-Alcatel broadband research center in Chennai
Sep 6: UK acquisition makes FourSoft world's largest transport
logistics IT company
Sep 9: HCL to create 600 more jobs in UK
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OCTOBER
2005
Oct 15: TCS, Tata Tele in $250 mn outsourcing deal
Oct 19: Cisco Systems invests $50 mn in new campus in Bangalore
Oct 21: TCS picks up Australian software maker for $26 mn
Oct 24: America to raise number of H-1B visas
Oct 26: The Netherlands to relax visa rules for Indians
Oct 26: Huawei Tech to expand Bangalore center
NOVEMBER
2005
Nov 9: IBM to acquire Indian network solutions services company
Nov 9: iGATE targeting Japanese market
Nov 10: Satyam and Microsoft tie up in greater China
Nov 14: TCS to employ additional 1,000 people in Kolkata
Nov 17: Xiotech to expand in India
Nov 25: 3i Infotech acquires SDG Software Technologies
DECEMBER
2005
Dec 1: AMD partners with SemIndia to make semiconductors in India
Dec 2: Wipro global remote managed services hub at Bangalore
Dec 6: Satyam plans to locate new facility at Nagpur
Dec 6: Intel outlines $1 bn multi-year investment plans
Dec 6: WestBridge Capital Partners invests $7 mn in Times Internet
Dec 6: HCL Technologies named as a top ICT employer in UK
Dec 8: Gates announces $1.7 bn investment in India
Dec 9: Gates inaugurates new Microsoft facility in Bangalore
Dec 12: NEC-HCL Technologies inaugurate Noida facility
Dec 12: Satyam ties-up with Chinese software firm
JANURAY
2006
Jan 1: Allsec Technologies acquires Bangalore-based B2K Corporation
Jan 2: Wipro acquires European system on chip design firm NewLogic
Jan 5: iGate Global targets aggressive expansion in Canada
Jan 8: 3i Infotech secures multi-million dollar deal from Malaysian bank
Jan 10: Sitel India inaugurates third contact center in India
Jan 19: HCL Technologies in co-sourcing deal with DSG International
FEBRUARY
2006
Feb 2: India's semiconductor industry to create 3.5 mn jobs by 2015
Feb 3: Wipro gets 5-year $300 mn order from General Motors
Feb 8: Number of women online crosses 12-million mark: IAMI
Feb 27: Solutions wins $7.8 mn US software contract
March
2006
Mar 1: Satyam to set up operations in Guangzhou, China
Mar 13: Infotech Enterprises signs big GIS deal with for Swisscom
Mar 13: Tata Sky selects Sun Microsystems to build DTH service
Mar 17: FSS to build new facility near Chennai
Mar 20: Capgemini opens third center in Kolkata
Mar 20: Dell to double staff in India to 20,000
Mar 23: Satyam wins six-year contract from Nissan
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