The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 07, 2005

`Made in India' tag hot among telecom equipment buyers
TELECOM service providers are increasingly going in for the `Made in India' tag when it comes to buying network equipment for offering telecom services, except mobile gear. Of the Rs 14,000 crore worth of non-wireless telecom equipment sold in ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Kanara Chamber for IT park in Mangalore
THE Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) has urged the Karnataka Government to build an information technology (IT) park in Mangalore. In a letter to the Chief Minister, Mr N. Dharam Singh, KCCI said that the Indian outsourcing ... More

AP IT policy targets holistic development
THE Cabinet has cleared the State IT Policy that provides for a comprehensive framework for all-round development of the sector by creating a knowledge corridor. It focuses on mega projects, e-governance and making Andhra Pradesh Technology ... More

TAXATION

`Service tax on staff recruitment to drive up IT cos costs'
SOFTWARE association Nasscom has said expanding scope of service tax on manpower recruitment services to include supply of manpower — temporary or otherwise — could drive up costs for IT and business process outsourcing companies ... More

SOFTWARE

Vignette to set up hybrid global development centre — To expand R&D work
Vignette will set up the hybrid centre in partnership with Virtusa Corporation. More

INTERNET

Draft VAT rules to be on Web site in Bengal
DISCLOSING that as many as 15 States were now ready with their VAT Acts, Mr C.M. Bachhawat, Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, West Bengal, said here on Friday that the revised draft VAT Rules for the trade in Bengal would be on the Web site by ... More

Spices Board launches worldwide direct sale
THE awards for excellence in production and export of spices of the Spices Board were presented to the winners by the Kerala Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, here. At the function, the Chief Minister also inaugurated the re-constructed Web ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Agilent Tech offers `dream' project for engg students
AGILENT Technologies' `All India B.Tech Project Award' for engineering students is a dream offer — a month at Agilent's UK or US facility at the company's expense. The challenge however is in presenting an engineering project - a working ... More

EVENTS

Looking back

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Raritan bullish on data centre market
RARITAN Computer Inc, a supplier of IT infrastructure management solutions for server farms and remote offices, is bullish on the growing market for data centres in India. It plans to expand with a new facility that could support its 32 ... More

Descon Soft to expand call centre seats in Kolkata
THE call centre of Descon Soft Ltd, which was inaugurated recently, would be expanded from the existing level of 100 seats to 500 seats by the end April 2006. Descon Soft is a 50:50 joint venture between DPSC Ltd (formerly Dishergarh Power ... More

TRENDS

The door's open to talent
What counts is the ability to do a job well, say disabled people. More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Dial SOS for that exit line
A mobile service that helps you out of `sticky' spots... More

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