The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 10, 2005

TDSAT dismisses Bharti's plea for entry fee refund
THE Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has dismissed Bharti Televenture's petition seeking refund of the entry fee paid for acquiring five basic telephony licences. The company had moved the tribunal after the Department of ... More

Cellular cos want DoT to take final call on ADC
THE Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has questioned the authority of the telecom regulator in imposing Access Deficit Charge (ADC) on operators and has sought the intervention of the Government to take the final decision, as it is ... More

Tadiran signs marketing pact with BPL Telecom
ISRAEL-based Tadiran Telecom is exploring the option of entering into a joint venture with BPL Telecom to set up manufacturing and research and development facility in the country. For a start, the company has tied up with BPL Telecom for ... More

Tele-density crosses 9% mark
INDIA'S tele-density breached the nine-per cent mark at the end of February as the mobile subscriber base went up by 1.67 million new users. The total mobile subscriber base stood at 51.4 million, while the fixed line user base was 45.5 ... More

Reliance Infocomm completes expansion in Maharashtra, Goa
RELIANCE Infocomm on Wednesday announced that the second phase of its network expansion for plan for Maharashtra and Goa circles has been completed. With this the company will now cover 370 locations, covering 34 districts and 358 talukas, 15 ... More

STOCKS

Scandent Solutions makes debut on BSE, NSE
SCANDENT Solutions on Wednesday got listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange. The stock opened at Rs 190 on the BSE and closed at Rs 206.65, after hitting a peak of Rs 228. Over 25 lakh shares were were traded on the ... More

HARDWARE

Indian PC market grows 34%: Gartner
THE domestic personal computer (PC) market grew by 34.4 per cent in 2004 to take 10.2 per cent share in the Asia- Pacific region, according to global research and analyst firm Gartner Inc. India recorded the second highest shipments in the region ... More

SOFTWARE

Bomb scare at Wipro Tech office in Bangalore; staff evacuated
WIPRO Technologies' office on Mahatma Gandhi Road in the central business district of Bangalore received a bomb scare on Wednesday. The Bangalore Police said it was a hoax call, after which a thorough search of the premises was conducted. ... More

Sundaram-Clayton sets up unit to develop software for WABCO
SUNDARAM-Clayton Ltd, part of the TVS group, has set up an embedded software division, which will develop software for the company's collaborator, WABCO. WABCO, part of American Standard group of the US, is one the world's major manufacturers ... More

Virinchi Tech bags Saudi order
HYDERABAD: Virinchi Technologies Ltd, an e-business collaboration solutions provider, has announced that the $5-billion Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the largest telecommunications provider in Saudi Arabia, has selected Virinchi to provide ... More

Cendura Cohesion's new features
HYDERABAD: Cendura, an application configuration lifecycle management solutions provider for enterprises, on Wednesday announced it has integrated dependency visualisation module, which captures and maps inter-relationships between IT ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

SRM Tech to increase manpower in Chennai unit
SRM Technologies Pvt Ltd, the Chennai-based software firm, will increase its manpower in Chennai to about 325 in the next few months from 250 now. It will also increase its staff strength in Japan, which is its biggest market, to about 60 from ... More

AP policy on IT targets 3 lakh jobs by 2010
THE Andhra Pradesh Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Policy for 2005-2010 seeks to create infrastructure that would enable creation of about 3 lakh jobs in the technology sector directly by 2010. It is estimated that about 80,000 ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

NetVision ties up with US firm
NETVISION Web Technologies, a software development firm, has signed a joint venture agreement with the US-based WavNet Communications to offer cable-less broadband services in the country. The Ahmedabad-based NetVision has also approached the ... More

OUTLOOK

Accenture bets big on India
INDIA is key to Accenture's delivery strategy and considering the demand for its outsourcing and consulting services, the company expects to see rapid growth in Asia, including its centres at India, Manila (the Philippines) and Dalian (China), Mr ... More

PEOPLE

New i-flex Executive V-Ps
MUMBAI: i-flex Solutions on Wednesday announced the promotion of two employees to the post of Executive Vice-President. Mr Joseph John, Head - Banking Products Division, and Mr V. Shankar, Head - IT Services division, PrimeSourcing, are ... More

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