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OUTSOURCING
Huawei plans to outsource 1,000 jobs to Indian vendors
Huawei India plans to enter new domains such as optical transmission networking and sharpen its focus on third generation networking.
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UK against law on outsourcing
THE UK will not pass any legislation as far as outsourcing is concerned. The British Government is committed to allowing companies to remain competitive and will not pass any legislation to force them to keep bases within the UK," according Mr ...
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`US outsourcing law violates spirit of WTO'
THE outcry in the US against outsourcing and the recent law restricting outsourcing in federal works are dangerous portents, as "such a trend is violative of the very spirit of free flow of trade and services envisaged by the World Trade ...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New interconnection usage charges take effect Mobile tariffs shoot up
AFTER getting used to declining cellular tariffs, mobile subscribers will now have to start paying more for select local, STD and ISD calls on account of the revised interconnection usage charge (IUC) regime that has been implemented from ...
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Tata Indicom clocks 300 pc growth in fixed line segment
TATA Indicom has announced that it has crossed the half-million customer mark in the fixed wireless segment, registering a 300 per cent growth during the calendar year 2003. The operator has over 5,00,000 fixed wireless retail customers and ...
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SOFTWARE
CMC finds risk in banking on Govt projects
CURRENTLY deriving approximately two-thirds of its revenues solely from clients who are either the Government and or its entities, CMC Ltd, the software major acquired by Tatas, now finds a risk in dependence over Government projects and is also ...
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Wipro gains from higher outsourcing by telecom cos
THE telecom industry in the West, as a client base for Indian software vendors, is looking up after the extreme slump of the recent past. The recovery here is sustainable, according to Dr A.L. Rao, President, Telecom and InterNetworking ...
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CMC files prospectus for Govt stake sale
CMC Ltd has filed a draft red herring prospectus with the SEBI for sale of the remaining Government of India (GoI) shareholding of 26.25 per cent in the company. The prospectus says that Tata Sons Ld, which now owns over 51 per cent stake, has ...
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Open software in Tamil planned
HAVING made a web browser suite - Mozilla - available in Tamil, the Thamizha team is confident of bringing many more free/open source applications in Tamil. The team is currently engaged creating an open source spell checker for Mozilla ...
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Global E-SoftSys' new centre at Mangalore
MANGALORE: Global E-SoftSys Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, has opened a software development centre on the premises of Software Technology Park of India in Mangalore. According to a press release here , the company provides e-commerce consulting, ...
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INTERVIEW
'We need a few more big deals to validate BSP concept'
IGATE Systems has been raising a few eyebrows with its announcements on large deals in the recent past - including a $20-million deal each with INGVysya and a US-based mortgage major, Greenpoint. Business Line met Mr Phaneesh Murthy, ...
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