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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Konkan Rly, Reliance to use Wind River OS
WIND River, a device software optimisation firm, announced on Wednesday that its operating system VxWorks would be used by the Konkan Railway in its anti-collision device (ACD) and by Reliance to power its set-top boxes. Mr Ajit Edlabadkar, ...
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OUTSOURCING
OPI has another BPO facility in Bangalore
`The ongoing outcry in the US against outsourcing of jobs to destination like India is an election year issue and will not impact plans to migrate jobs'.
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qualcomm expects shipments of CDMA handsets to India to top 13-m target
QUALCOMM Inc, the world's second largest maker of wireless telephone chips, on Wednesday said that it expects shipments of CDMA (code division multiple access) handsets to India to exceed 13 million by September 2004. "We had predicted 13 ...
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Airtel to unveil `Easy Charge'
AIRTEL will soon unveil a scheme which will allow students, housewives and retired personnel to become e-entrepreneurs who will offer India's first paperless recharge for its pre-paid subscribers. Airtel's chief for sales and marketing for ...
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Hutch customers can choose their numbers in AP
HUTCH, a cellular service provider in Andhra Pradesh, today announced two new number series — 98853 and 98854 — with a unique feature whereby the subscribers can choose their mobile number. This choice will enable customers to ...
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BSNL to treat two circles in TN as one; launches new schemes
CHENNAI Telephones will offer new schemes to its customers, both mobile phone and fixed line users, from March 22. According to its Chief General Manager, Mr K.B. Brahmadathan, subscribers of CellOne, Bharat Sanchar Nigam's mobile phone ...
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TouchTel to invest Rs 100 cr
TOUCHTEL, the fixed line telephone service from the Bharti Group, plans to invest Rs 100 crore in 2004-05 in Tamil Nadu. This will be on expanding capacity by one lakh lines and increasing the number of exchanges. At present, Touchtel has a ...
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Bharti gets Tekelec systems
NEW DELHI: Bharti Tele Ventures, the country's leading GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) operator, has acquired switching systems from Tekelec that will give a technological edge to the company. The Nasdaq-listed Tekelec is a ...
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SOFTWARE
Polaris fine-tunes strategy — Hyderabad centre to focus on treasury, securitisation
POLARIS Software Lab Ltd has firmed up a business strategy to address new areas within the financial sector. The company expects to increase its headcount from the current 550 to about 900 at the Hyderabad centre by next fiscal to meet the ...
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Tata Honeywell to provide security solutions to IOC
INDIAN Oil Corporation today decided to take the integrated security solution provided by the Pune-based Tata Honeywell Ltd (THL), for a robust and future-wise security system. THL is a provider of automation and software solutions. According ...
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Mobile blogging portal from Mensamind
MENSAMIND, an enterprise software solutions company, has launched a global multimedia mobile blogging portal that enables mobile camera phone users to instantly publish text, pictures, audio and video inputs from the camera phones. This is ...
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Topspin plans R&D centre in Bangalore
TOPSPIN Communications, a US-based technology start-up that delivers the foundation for a new utility data centre-computing model, has announced that it is setting up a research and development (R&D) base in Bangalore. Topspin planned to invest .
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INTERNET
Indian cos lack focus on Web strategy: Survey
A SURVEY conducted by ValueNotes Database to gauge Web site effectiveness strategies employed by Indian companies has noted that most Indian companies lack a "focused strategy for online presence" with 72 per cent of senior management interviewed ...
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IT TRAINING
NIIT offers .Net course
NEW DELHI: NIIT Ltd on Tuesday announced the launch of a new programme in .Net technologies for students seeking a career as .Net developers. The new post-graduate diploma has been designed for science and engineering graduates and ...
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Course on embedded software
HYDERABAD: The Information Technology Education Initiative of Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) — ECIT (Electronics Corporation Information Technology), has tied up with Central Institute of Tool Design (CITD) to offer ...
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Singapore co to pick up stake in Take Solutions
THE Singapore-based SilkRoute group is all set to pick up an undisclosed stake in Take Solutions Pvt Ltd, a company headquartered in Chennai that specialises in logistics software and consulting. Even ahead of signing a formal agreement for ...
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E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
Satyam, Actuate set up centre in Malaysia
SATYAM Computer Services Ltd on Wednesday announced it has signed a regional partnership with the Nasdaq-listed Actuate Corporation, an enterprise reporting applications provider, to collaborate in the Asia Pacific region. Following this move, ...
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SECURITY
`Blended worms are more potent, faster'
BLENDED threats — a potent cocktail of attack mechanisms, increased vulnerabilities targeting Windows components, and escalating discovery of severe information systems vulnerabilities pose a significant security issue for companies in the ...
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BROADBAND
TRAI norms on broadband by month-end: Baijal
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will issue guidelines for the Internet and broadband sector in the next fortnight, the TRAI Chairman, Mr Pradip Baijal, said today. The telecom regulator has already removed the artificial ...
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Reliance broadband network in test phase
THE Reliance Group, which is emerging as an important stakeholder in the Indian entertainment industry, should be rolling out its digital distribution platform - the broadband network - in 12 to 24 months. "We are in an intensive phase of ...
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BSNL plans to invest Rs 2,000 cr for phase II broadband network
BSNL plans to invest Rs 2,000 crore on Phase II of its national Internet broadband network infrastructure. Another Rs 2,000 crore would be invested on upgradation of its copper wire line network with a view to making it compatible with modern ...
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E-GOVERNANCE
DIT's Akshaya shortlisted for Stockholm Challenge
THE Akshaya `bridge the digital divide' project of the Department of Information Technology has qualified as a finalist in the prestigious Stockholm Challenge sweepstakes that feature pioneering IT projects from all over the world. Being a ...
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