French multinational Thales announced the launch of its global Engineering Competence Center (ECC) in Bangalore. The Center will focus on software and hardware capabilities in the areas of civil as well as defense businesses. Initially, the ECC will be dedicated to Air Traffic Management, avionics, cockpit, flight management, in-flight entertainment...
Malaysia's AirAsia Group Launches Tech Center in India
Malaysia headquartered AirAsia Group set up an innovation center at its headquarters in Bangalore. The new center will design and create custom-built solutions for the group's airline and digital businesses. At the 52nd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, in June 2017, AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes spoke of AirAsia...
Walmart Acquires India's Dataturks for IT Talent
Mountain View, California-based Walmart Labs, the product development arm of Walmart, acquired its third Indian startup, Bangalore-based Machine Learning and Data Annotation Platform, Dataturks. Dataturks’ software-as-a-service tool enables teams to annotate text and image data using machine learning. The 5-member team of Dataturks will join Walmart’s merchant technology team for...
Singapore's MyDoc Debuts in India
Singapore-based digital health startup MyDoc took its first major step into the Indian market through a joint venture with Aliso Viejo, California-based UST Global a multinational provider of Digital, and IT services and solutions. The partnership expands access to MyDoc’s virtual managed care platform to more than 14,000 UST employees across...
India's Strides Pharma Science Acquires PA-Based Vensun Pharma
Bangalore, India headquartered Strides Pharma Science Limited announced that its subsidiary East Brunswick NJ-based Strides Pharma Inc., will acquire the full stake in Yardley, PA-based Vensun Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company that manufactures generics. Vensun has a strategic focus on niche ANDAs with a portfolio of sixteen commercialized ANDAs, four of...
Parallel Wireless Partners with India's Telcos
Nashua, NH-based Parallel Wireless, a provider of end-to-end software-based network solutions ranging from 2G to 5G, is working with Reliance Jio Infocomm, Airtel, and Vodafone-Idea in India. These companies plan to enhance indoor coverage by deploying solutions such as small cells. Small cells are low-powered cellular radio access nodes that...