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Hutch's Aircel buy hits DoT hurdle — Clarification on equity structure sought
HUTCH plan to acquire Aircel Cellular may have hit a minor bump with the Department of Telecom seeking clarification on the equity holding structure of the acquiring company. According to senior officials in DoT, clarifications were required ... More

Reliance Infocomm offers colour handset at Rs 4,999
RELIANCE Infocomm has followed up its tariff reduction with the introduction of a new colour handset — the LG 5130 — at just Rs 4,999, with a view to further decreasing entry costs for new subscribers. According to a company press ... More

AirTel cuts pre-paid entry cost in Delhi
IN a response to Reliance's massive cut in pre-paid mobile tariffs, AirTel on Thursday announced the launch of pre-paid starter kit for Rs 199 for its Delhi customers. With this launch, AirTel has lowered the entry cost into the category by 33 ... More

HARDWARE
HP to expand colour business printing market
HEWLETT Packard announced on Thursday that it would be aggressively working towards driving and expanding the colour business printing market in India. Announcing a new product portfolio for enterprises, professionals and the small and medium ... More

SOFTWARE
L&T Info begins work on Bangalore unit — Hopes to double turnover, manpower in 18 months
L&T Infotech Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of the engineering and construction conglomerate, expects to nearly double its turnover to Rs 700 crore and increase manpower to 5,000 people (from 3,200 now) in the next 18 months. Announcing ... More

Gartner advises against use of Windows XPSE
The most significant shortfall is the deliberate crippling of the operating system to allow just three applications to run at a time. More

Indo-Japan group to leverage IT strengths
THE Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, today met a Japanese delegation led by Mr Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister of State in-charge of Information Technology, to discuss ways to leverage each other strengths ... More

'No clear leader in low-cost services delivery'
DESPITE significant investments in skills, infrastructure and processes, none of the top onshore and offshore IT services vendors is a clear leader in low-cost global delivery model (GDM), according to a Forrester report. The top three vendors ... More

eInfochips to set up design centre in Pune
EINFOCHIPS, a provider of ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) design services and embedded systems solutions, has announced its decision to set up a new design centre in Pune, entailing an investment of $1.5 million spread over two ... More

  • Wipro bags BhOB project
  • Novell Linux Day
  • ICICI Info, Consign Tech in pact

    INTERNET
    EPFO Web site yet to record change of Govt!
    ALMOST three months into the job as Union Labour Minister and having chaired four contentious meetings of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation as its Chairman, Mr Sis Ram Ola is yet to find a place in ... More

    ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
    Scicom, Credence ink pact for development centre
    SCICOM Infotech Ltd, a software company focused on scientific and technical application solutions, today announced its tie-up with US-based Credence Systems Corporation to provide product development services for the latter's automatic test ... More

  • Savvion partners Wipro Tech

    IPOS
    L&T Infotech IPO not in near future: Naik
    L&T Infotech is targeting revenues of Rs 1,500 crore to Rs 2,000 crore, and plans to employ 10,000 to 12,000 professionals in the next three to four years. After achieving this, the company may consider an initial public officer (IPO), said Mr . More




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