The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, July 19, 2003

TRAI firm on putting single licence in place
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is determined to finalise its recommendations on the unified licence regime after hearing out all stakeholders by the end of August, despite voices being raised against it by private cellular ... More

Mobile players must focus on data usage: Gartner
GARTNER has cautioned mobile operators against the increasing commoditisation of voice services and dipping ARPUs (Average Revenue Per User) and said mobile data usage could be the way forward for growth in revenues. Indian cellular revenue is ... More

FIPB allows Motorola to market products
THE Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared Motorola's long-pending application to undertake wholesale marketing and cash and carry stocking and sale of goods, imported in accordance with the current import/export policy. These ... More

BPL moves towards UMS

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Macromedia Digital to expand operations
MACROMEDIA Digital Imaging, a Hyderabad-based firm addressing the digital printing and the outdoor industry signages, has commissioned its third new Scitex Vision printing machine, and is planning to expand operations by locating a major centre ... More

SOFTWARE

Wipro Q1 net drops 9 pc sequentially — Growth will continue to be volume-led: Premji
WIPRO Ltd said its net profit for the April-June quarter of the current financial year dropped nine per cent sequentially over a three per cent slide in revenues. The net profit stood at Rs 206 crore (Rs 225.4 crore in Q4 2002) over revenues ... More

Wipro sees pressure on margins easing
WIPRO Ltd has said the rate of slippage of operating margins is seen stabilising even as it reported a 2.3 per cent sequential margins contraction in April-June, the first quarter of the current financial year. Operating margin was at 22.2 per ... More

REI launches software for highway projects
RESEARCH Engineers International (REI), a division of Nasdaq-listed netGuru Inc., of US, on Friday launched its Highway Engineering and Design System ( REI HEADS), a broad spectrum software solution package in the field of roads, highways, ... More

Pricing pressure, higher costs tell on Wipro
STEADY margin erosion continued to be the theme that underlined the earnings performance of Wipro Technologies, the Global IT Services and Products division of the diversified Wipro in the first quarter ended June 30, 2003. Despite registering ... More

TCS leads in software export: Nasscom
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), with annual revenues of Rs 4,545 crore, is the largest software exporter in India, followed by Infosys Technologies and Wipro Technologies, according to Nasscom (National Association for Software and Services ... More

Polaris, NEC system for Japan bank
POLARIS Software Lab and NEC Corporation have announced the successful deployment of NEC's Global Banking System (GBS) product at the Yachiyo Bank, Japan. NEC has committed eight more deployments of the GBS wherein Polaris would continue to play ... More

3 new solutions from Tata Tele, Avaya
TATA Telecom Ltd and US-based Avaya have launched three new solutions that would help companies in Asia-Pacific to optimise business continuity, maximise security and speed up recovery of networks and communication applications in the event of a ... More

Geometric draws up expansion plans
GEOMETRIC Software Solutions Ltd, a product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions provider for the global mechanical design, manufacturing and industrial market, has drawn up plans to expand its operations that includes a Rs 20-crore development ... More

IT TRAINING

Arena Multimedia to open more centres in AP
WITH employment opportunities opening up and interest on multimedia courses growing, Arena Multimedia, an arm of APTech Ltd, is planning to open training centres at all the district headquarters in Andhra Pradesh, as part of its plan to achieve a ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Covansys in pact with PCC for poll software
COVANSYS Corporation, a global consulting and technology services company, has announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with PCC Technology Group (PCC), a provider of elections management solutions. PCC, which provides election ... More

Dalvi ties up with RPG Netcom for set-top boxes
DALVI Technology Ltd Uk (DTL) has tied up with Deltron India for manufacturing set-top boxes required for the rollout of conditional access system in India, the DTL Director, Mr Richard Chamberlain, said. Addressing a joint press conference ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Hutch introduces 3 new schemes
HUTCHISON Essar South Ltd, one of the cellular operators in Chennai, has introduced three schemes, two for its pre-paid subscribers and the other common to both pre-paid and post-paid customers. One of the schemes for pre-paid customers is the ... More

Airtel's gesture
BANGALORE: Airtel has launched a new tariff plan for the hearing impaired with SMS only cards. Bharti Mobile's Chief Executive Officer for south central region, Mr Jagdish Kini, told a news conference that the new plan allows the ... More