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Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Chasing India To Boost IT: AMI

May 5, 2008

Thursday, May 01, 2008: Small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the SAARC region (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India) spent nearly $16 billion on IT and telecom solutions last year. SBs are a major contributor to this spending accounting for over 70 per cent of the spending. [Read more]

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