Micromax Informatics Ltd has announced that it has made entry in the four West Asian nations via its wholly-owned arm, Micromax Informatics FZE.

According to low-cost cellphone manufacturer, the mobile phones will be centered on consumers across all sections with a special focus on youth aged below 30 years in UAE, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar.

160by2.com has come up with an interesting offer, which allows users to send the free messages internationally.

User of 160by2. com can now send free SMS to any mobile in India, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi, Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia.

Message of up to 145 characters can be sent through this service.

The site also offers some free-to-download mobile application up to 250Kb allowing users to make a backup of sending and receiving messages.

Bank of Baroda (BoB), India’s leading public sector lender with the largest worldwide presence, has announced that it has opened a new electronic banking service unit (EBSU) in Abu Dhabi.

According to the sources, the bank already has six full-fledged branches in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The source also said that Mr. Talmiz Ahmad, India`s Ambassador to the UAE and managing director M.D. Mallya kicked off the unit at the Mussafah area of the UAE capital.

Software major Wipro has made announcement that the company has tied up with Sun Microsystems with the aim to widen its reach within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries such as UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Under the tie up, Wipro will resell and combine the whole suite of Sun systems, storage, software, and services to serve Sun`s clientele in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar.