The Hindu Business Line : Friday, December 09, 2005

BPO job registry to be released soon
THE National Employment Registry currently prepared by Nasscom and National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) will be released within three months. To begin with it will contain employment data on the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. ... More

`BPOs must check infrastructure costs to remain competitive'
INDIAN BPO companies will have to watch out for emerging competition from countries like Brazil, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and even Pakistan and also check the overall infrastructure costs to stay competitive, according to Mr Prem Uppaluru, ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Reliance Info to halve IPLC tariffs for full circuits
COMPETITION in the international private leased circuit (IPLC) business in India appears to be hotting up. Reliance Infocomm, which is readying its terabit capacity FALCON network, is believed to have halved IPLC tariffs for "full circuits" in ... More

Airtel best mobile operator: Study
AIRTEL has been voted the best mobile service provider, according to the annual TNS CellTrack 2005 study. Spice Telecom has been rated best among the regional players in meeting customer expectations. ... More

ITI to commence 3G mobile production next year
WITH the production of 3G mobile equipment expected to commence from next year at its Mankapur and Rae Bareli plants in Uttar Pradesh, the public sector ITI Ltd would put India among the select countries manufacturing the new generation ... More

World Phone launches economy plan in Bangalore
WORLD Phone Internet Services Pvt Lt on Thursday launched its World Phone Economy Plan in Bangalore. The service has been introduced in other cities also and will enable consumers to call over 40 countries at Rs 2 per minute. Subscribers can ... More

`Tata Indicom scheme a success'
MUMBAI: Tata Indicom's net subscriber additions in November 2005 stood at nearly 8.7 lakh surpassing that of all other operators — both GSM and CDMA including leaders Airtel and Reliance IndiaMobile, according to Tata ... More

HARDWARE

PC with broadband @ Rs 451 per month
HERE'S some great news for all those who were staying away from taking a broadband connection due to high price of a PC. MTNL has tied up with HCL to offer a PC along with a broadband connection for as low as Rs 451 a month. Consumers also have ... More

Karnataka Govt approves `Fab City' project
Karnataka has agreed to the Centre's condition of providing required infrastructure facilities. More

H-P leads in Unix server market
BANGALORE: Hewlett-Packard said that it has reached the top slot in Unix server market in India, displacing Sun Microsystems, even while widening its Itanium portfolio by introducing the Unix blade servers. Mr Pallab Talukdar, Director ... More

SOFTWARE

Navayuga Info in expansion mode
The company would close this year with revenues of Rs 35 crore, up from Rs 20 crore last year. More

Neoware enhances thin client portfolio
THIN clients will be adopted rapidly in India over the next few years. India's sales dominated the Asian market for thin clients, which rose by 47 per cent in the third quarter of this year. This is in comparison to 25 per cent recorded in the ... More

Oracle plans to take OFFSAP forward in Asia-Pacific
ORACLE plans to accelerate the OFFSAP (Oracle Fusion For SAP) initiative in the Asia-Pacific region, starting with an SAP customer outreach programme. This programme has contributed to an in-depth market assessment of the Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD ... More

INTERNET

Internet user base up 54%
INDIA'S Internet user base has grown by 54 per cent to 38.5 million as of 2005-2006 from 25 million in 2004-2005, according to the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), which did not specify the date in 2005-2006 for which the count is More

Dakshina Kannada district police launches Web log
IN keeping with the policy of the Karnataka Government to implement e-governance in the day-to-day administration to the maximum extent, the Dakshina Kannada District Police launched its official Web log (blog) on Thursday. Addressing ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

India attracts investment commitment of over $8 b from global IT, telecom majors
SETTING the stage for a massive foreign investment inflow, global IT and telecom giants including AMD-SemIndia, Microsoft, Nokia, LG, Ericsson and Cisco have committed investments of over $8 billion in India over the next 3-5 years. "These ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

Will not brook any disruption in IT sector: Buddhadeb
THE West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, today vowed to keep disruptive elements out of the State's infotech arena. Speaking at an interactive session at Infocom 2005 Conference and Exhibition here, Mr Bhattacharjee said: "We ... More

INTERVIEW

Tata Tele to build 3,000 more base stations, says CEO
THE Chief Executive of Tata Teleservices, Mr Darryl Green, believes his company is aggressive in the telecom sector. The company has brought up a pan-India service and will take further steps to become a more aggressive player in the market. ... More

BROADBAND

Sasken develops modem for broadband DSL
SASKEN Communication Technologies has developed a modem for broadband DSL, which is being tested by the country's leading telecom operator at various locations. Mr Rajiv Mody, CEO of Sasken, said that the company is exploring various options to ... More

VENTURE CAPITAL

Persistent gets $18.8-m funding
THE Pune-based Persistent Systems has announced that it has closed a round of financing bringing total capital investment to $18.8 million. Persistent's funding comes from Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Gabriel Venture Partners. NVP ... More

OUTLOOK

Honeywell may assemble products in India
SENSING a big market opportunity in India for its security products, Honeywell is toying with the idea of setting up assembly lines for a few of its products at its existing locations within the country. Mr Ben Cornett, President, Honeywell ... More

`ICT spending in Asia Pacific to reach $210 b next year'
TOTAL spending by Indian IT enterprises will increase to reach Rs 1,09,300 crore next year. The latest report from analyst firm Gartner says the total spending is growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.8 per cent (from 2004 to ... More