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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Value-added services from BPL Mobile
CELLULAR service provider BPL Mobile on Thursday rolled out a basket of four new value-added services for its subscribers. These include Voice Response Servicewhich enables the user to access various information from the service provider ... More

LG claims top slot in handset market
LG CDMA, the Korean handset manufacturer, claims to have displaced Nokia in the Indian handset market, quoting figures from a Voice & Data Research study of the handset market done for 2003-04. LG, with sales of Rs 2,797 crore, had a 33.5 per ... More

Now, calls to US at Rs 1.60 per minute
WORLD Phone today introduced an Internet-based international pre-paid calling card that would allow users to call the US at Rs 1.60 per minute. The VoIP-based card branded - World Phone Premium - is available in denominations of Rs 100, ... More

Bharti signs pact with Siemens
NEW DELHI: Bharti Tele-Ventures on Thursday announced that it has awarded a $50-million contract to Siemens to build and manage AirTel networks in three circles of Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. "The three-year service ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
`Pampering of tech sector is a myth'
CONTRARY to general perception that the technology sector is pampered, the prevailing land allotments and rates across several States and other facilities provided to the sector shows that there is misconception about this subject across ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Future Soft back in black
CHENNAI-based Future Software Ltd is back in the black after three years. It is also on a recruitment spree, and hopes to add about 200 employees in nine months. This follows a revival in the global telecom sector that helped Future Software to ... More

SOFTWARE
Bharti Telesoft eyes telecom software buys
BHARTI Telesoft, the software company of the Bharti group, is looking at acquisitions in the telecom software products space as part of its growth strategy and is in talks with 2-3 companies in this regard. "As part of our growth strategy we ... More

MindTree centre for GE
BANGALORE: Software services firm MindTree Consulting has set up a development centre for General Electric, its new customer. GE development centre, to begin with, has staff strength of 50 engineers and has potential to scale up, said a ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
`India also losing jobs'
BY the likes of it, the cry against outsourcing may die a natural death after the presidential elections in the US. "It is not an issue that concerns only the US, outsourcing is a world-wide phenomenon," said the US Congressman, Mr Jim McDermott, ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
Continuous Computing centre
BANGALORE: Continuous Computing, the provider of network-ready solution platforms to telecom equipment manufacturers, announced the establishment of an India development centre and sales and support facilities. With expected investments ... More

BROADBAND
Broadband bridging generation gap
One year old Ronak picks up a piece of cake as his mother is looking on at a Reliance Web World store in Kolkata, while his grandfather Amarjit Singh, located a couple of thousand kilometers away at a similar digital retail store in Pune watching ... More

ISPS
VSNL sets capex at Rs 2,000 cr
VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd has a Rs 2,000-crore capital expenditure plan for 2004-05, the company said, in a notice to the stock exchanges."The capital expenditure plan is an internal process of VSNL and is subject to changes as per requirements. ... More

EVENTS
Create common R&D fund for Asia Pacific region: Maran
INDIA today sought the creation of a research and development fund for the Asia Pacific region, to be utilised by identified centres of excellence in various countries that freely share their findings, research and developments on the Asia ... More

PEOPLE
Senior Infosiian joins iGate
BANGALORE: The head of Infosys Technologies' European operations, Mr Srinjay Sengupta, has joined iGATE Global Solutions as its Chief Sales Officer. An iGATE press release said Mr Sengupta would be heading the company's sales function ... More

New Sify CFO
CHENNAI: Sify Ltd, an Internet, networks and e-Commerce company, has appointed Mr Anil K. Ahuja as its Chief Financial Officer. He has held various senior positions across finance and corporate development functions in the Bell Canada ... More

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