The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 06, 2003

Wipro wins SPA award
BANGALORE: Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro, has been awarded the Software Process Achievement (SPA) award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Computer Society. The SPA award is for ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

DoT likely to make alterations to licence fee components
IN what could face stiff opposition from the Ministry of Finance, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is likely to tinker with the licence fee components being collected from the basic and cellular operators in various circles across the ... More

BSNL rolls out discount for bulk bandwidth users
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has announced discount of up to 50 per cent for bulk bandwidth customers while all BSNL landline customers can now access the Internet without having a separate account. The Principal General Manager, Bangalore ... More

Rs 20 cr invested for WiLL expansion in Karnataka
BSNL has pumped in around Rs 20 crore for adding 20,000 lines for increasing the WiLL (wireless in local loop) coverage in Karnataka. Mr B.R. Baliga said that WiLL service had suffered because of the limited coverage. "We have decided to ... More

Cell players' revenue set to fall, says Crisil
AVERAGE revenue per user for the GSM mobile telephony industry is set to decline by about 15 per cent, to Rs 600 from around Rs 700 currently, according to the Credit Rating and Information Services of India Ltd (Crisil) which has also predicted ... More

HARDWARE

Notebooks sales up 71 pc in Jan-March
NOTEBOOK computer sales in India are on the rise as more and more corporates and Government departments arm their employees with mobile computing devices. During January-March 2003, notebook computer sales grew by a staggering 71 per cent over ... More

Philips India plans LCD computer monitor plant
PHILIPS is exploring the possibility of having an LCD (liquid crystal display) personal computer monitor assembly plant in India, Mr Sanjay Maheswari, All India Distribution-PCP, Consumer Electronics Division, Philips India Ltd, told reporters ... More

Cypress sets up second centre — $15-m investment in Hyderabad facility
CYPRESS Semiconductor Corporation, the US-based $1-billion chip designer, will invest $15 million over the next two years in its new design centre to be set up in Hyderabad. The centre, second in India after Bangalore, is expected to witness ... More

SOFTWARE

Wipro, HCL win $40-m US deal
WIPRO Ltd and HCL Technologies have jointly won a total package implementation order from an US retailer, which is in the range of $40-$50 million. The multi-year deal is understood to be of total package implementation nature, according to ... More

i-flex solution for Brunei bank
BANGALORE: i-flex Solutions, provider of technology solutions to the financial services industry, said on Thursday that its flagship product, Flexcube, had been selected by Brunei's Baiduri Bank as its new core banking system. ... More

Pawan Hans opts for TCS

IT TRAINING

Intel's initiative gives young hands a chance to experiment
THE Intel Computer Clubhouse, in association with the Children's Lovecastle's Trust (CLT), has set up an invention workshop in Jakkur, near Bangalore. The workshop offers children of the local government school the opportunity to use ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

IT-enabled services lead Q1 recruitment
DURING the first quarter of this year, recruitment trends in the country showed an upward growth in some unexpected quarters: hospitality, construction and consumer products. The flavour of the season was, of course, the IT enabled services ... More

It's money that's calling: Study
ATTRITION in the call centre industry is influenced by `monetary factor' rather than any work environment concerns. While employees in Delhi are the most satisfied lot, Mumbaiites are at the other end of the spectrum and Chennai and Bangalore ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Digital board meet to discuss merger with H-P?
THE board of directors of Digital GlobalSoft Ltd is meeting on Friday to chalk out the possible reorganisation of the company's business. This follows the worldwide merger of Compaq with Hewlett-Packard last year. Prior to merger with H-P, ... More

SECURITY

`PC users more aware of anti-spam tools'
EVEN as there is growing concern about proliferation of spam, a recent report has indicated that spam e-mails have been used to lure unwary users to Web sites that contain viruses, spy ware and in some cases, malicious code. What is disturbing ... More

Pact for promoting info on network security
THE Society for Electronic Transactions and Security (SETS) and TIFAC-CORE in Network Engineering at Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Engineering, Srivilliputur (TCNE), on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding to promote the study and ... More

EVENTS

ESC to lead team to Japan
ESC (Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council), an autonomous organisation under the Department of Information Technology, and J-SIG (Japan-Special Interest Group) will together lead a delegation of Indian IT companies to Japan ... More

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