Sony India on Thursday declared a 20 per cent sales growth for the year ended March 31, 2004, and said it plans to launch VAIO personal computers in India over the next few months.

SET India, in which Sony Entertainment Pictures holds 64.5 per cent stake, plans to acquire 100 per cent of SET Satellite Singapore through a share-swap deal, sources said.\n\n\n\n

Sony Entertainment Television is understood to have approached the government for permission to acquire SET Satellite Singapore and consequently hike its total foreign shareholding to about 90 per cent.

Driven by strong demand from first-time buyers in emerging markets and replacement buyers in mature markets, the worldwide market for mobile phones continues to surge in the third quarter of 2003, says an IDC report.

Across Asia 25 million people tune into AXN on a monthly basis. And half of this comes from India.

Readers laud the Hyderabad girl's showing at Wimbledon.