Intel eyes India, others for future products: Intel Corp., whose microprocessors run more than 80 percent of personal computers, is opening research centers in Brazil, China, Egypt and India to identify products that will increase sales in the fastest-growing markets.

Intel designers, ethnographers and engineers will work at the centers. Their job will be to find new ways that Intel products can be used in local markets and to provide input for the design of future products.

The move is part of Chief Executive Paul Otellini's plan to create and exploit new markets for personal computers as sales in the US and Western Europe is low and the company fights to maintain double-digit revenue growth.

The new research centres will be located in Bangalore, India, Cairo, Sao Paulo and Shanghai.

Wipro to foray into Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, eyes Pakistan: Wipro Infotech, the IT arm of New York Stock Exchange listed Wipro Ltd, is planning to expand into Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to tap the growing telecom and banking market by leveraging on its expertise in system integration and IT managed services.

The company, which would target telecom companies and banking firms in these two countries, also has its eyes set on Pakistan.

At the same time, Wipro Infotech, whose 15 per cent of revenues currently come from outside India, is stepping up efforts to make strides in other markets of Asia pacific.