Amol Sharma

Tata Group Hits Back in Cellphone Probe

Amol Sharma and Tripti Lahiri, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 10, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Ratan Tata, chairman of India’s biggest conglomerate, has been thrust into the public spotlight as controversy unfolds over the government’s distribution of mobile-phone spectrum to several companies in 2008.

Qualms Arise Over Outsourcing Of Electronic Medical Records

Amol Sharma and Ben Worthen, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 2, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Indian technology companies are eyeing a coming wave of U.S. spending to digitize health-care records. But sensitivity over outsourcing and resistance by American hospitals to sending medical information overseas could thwart efforts to win big contracts.

Google Bets on Cheap Smartphones for India

Amol Sharma, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 11, 2010 at 3:09 pm PT

Google Inc. is pushing to become a significant player in India’s huge wireless industry as a range of little-known Indian handset makers release low-cost devices that include the tech giant’s Android operating system in coming months.

U.S. Senator: Infosys is a "Chop Shop"

Amol Sharma, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 6, 2010 at 12:43 pm PT

While discussing an immigration bill on the U.S. Senate floor Thursday, New York Democrat Charles Schumer likened Indian tech giant Infosys Technologies to a “chop shop.”

Outsourcers Wrestle With a Rebound

Amol Sharma, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 18, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

India’s technology-outsourcing companies, the poster children of the country’s services boom in the last decade, are bouncing back from their first serious slump.

Indian Tech Outsourcers Aim to Widen Contracts

Amol Sharma and Ben Worthen, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 5, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Indian technology-outsourcing companies no longer just want to serve their clients’ computing departments–they want to be them. For years, India’s big tech firms positioned themselves as a cheap alternative to U.S. and European competitors for tasks such as software maintenance and database upgrades. They were content to take whatever work companies like Citigroup Inc. and BT Group PLC parceled out to offshore specialists.

Verizon's Smart-Phone Talks: What's Real?

Amol Sharma, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 30, 2009 at 5:01 am PT

Given the buzz surrounding Verizon’s smart-phone efforts lately, it’s useful to review all the recent reporting and size up what looks most likely.

What's Your iPhone App Attention Span?

Amol Sharma, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 28, 2009 at 9:57 am PT

Greystripe, an ad network for mobile applications and games, has a new report showing how consumers are using free iPhone applications.

Rural Broadband’s Struggles

Amol Sharma, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 4, 2009 at 7:45 am PT

Critics have attacked municipal Internet projects, calling them taxpayer-sapping money-losers and ventures better served by the private sector. But if President Barack Obama is serious about wiring rural America with high-speed Web access, these efforts, like the central Vermont one we profiled today, will play a key role.