It is part of the Reliance Group, run by Anil Ambani and active in power, finance and telecoms, among other things.
Indian and Chinese companies have also signed preliminary deals worth more than $3bn £1.8bnn) in aircraft leasing and telecoms, among other sectors.
Interesting companies, but not a technology or telecom name among them.
Telecom was among the most active pockets in the technology market, led by hectic trading in AT&T t after the phone giant said it expects to meet earnings estimates for next year and cut the cost of domestic long distance calls.
The New Delhi-based startup, which counts e-commerce giant Snapdeal and telecom Aircel among its 130 companies that use its services, plans to hire 200 new software engineers and product managers as it expands and improves its technology to handle hundreds of customer chats at a time.
His cabinet contains another telecoms tycoon, among other businessmen.
They complain bitterly that the government is ready to bargain with guerrillas but not with its own employees.The strike involves doctors, nurses, teachers, the courts, civil aviation, oil and telecoms workers, among others.
Foreign investors too were prepared, in the end, to take a flyer in France's previously unappealing telecoms market: among the financial backers behind Bouygues were two foreign investors with especially deep pockets GIC (Singapore's sovereign-wealth fund) and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board of Canada.
Telecoms are among the most active stocks today, with Qwest Communications reporting it will slash prices in six states for new customers who buy phone, Web and TV services as a package.
