The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, December 10, 2005

Education process outsourcing: The next big business opening?
AFTER the influx of technology-related process outsourcing, education process outsourcing (EPO) is also making inroads across the country. If what Highpoints Learning Inc, with its development centre in Hyderabad, is managing now is anything ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS

Tejas bags Nasscom award
BANGALORE: The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) has awarded Tejas Networks the "Distinguished Product Company" award. At the Product Summit 2005, an event in association with Indian Institute of Management ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Tata Indicom aims to cross 1-million mark
TATA Indicom, which at present has nine lakh subscribers across 234 places in Andhra Pradesh, is aiming to cross the million mark by the end of the financial year and add 70 more places, according to Mr Prabhat Pani, the Chief Operating Officer, ... More

Tanla Solutions plans public issue
TANLA Solutions Ltd, a telecom infrastructure solutions provider, is set to enter the capital market with a follow-up issue of 1.59 crore equity shares of Rs 2 each through 100 per cent book building process. The company has filed the draft ... More

Samsung to set up $15-m handset manufacturing unit
KOREAN electronics major Samsung, on Friday, announced its plans to invest $15 million to set up a mobile handset manufacturing facility in India. The factory will be set up at Gurgaon, Haryana. This is Samsung's fourth overseas handset ... More

Phone subscriber base up 3.79 m in November
TELEPHONE subscriber base in the country has increased by 3.79 million in November to take the total user base to 120 million. During the first 8 months of the year 2005-2006, around 21.50 million subscribers have been added taking the ... More

Sagem to enhance presence in India
FRENCH cellular phones major, Sagem expects to pick a significant pie of the Indian market, a top group executive said. Sagem has quietly sold five lakh pieces since it launched operations two years ago. "The Indian market is expanding. Our ... More

IT TRAINING

RM Group eyes foray into Indian education
THE UK-based RM Group is looking at India as a possible market for its ICT-enabled educational solutions. It has taken the first steps in this direction with officials of RM Education Solutions India (RMESI), the group's Indian subsidiary based ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Teledata Informatics acquires 70 pc stake in Thailand's Picnic Marine Co
Picnic Marine would continue to run the ships and Teledata would support in all its activities, including managing ships. More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Polaris chosen MS launch partner
CHENNAI: Polaris Software Lab, on Friday, said that Microsoft has chosen it as a launch partner for the launch of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 in the city. A statement from Polaris quoted Mr Koen van Den Brande, Chief ... More

EVENTS

High performance computing centre — Chennai ideal location, Jayalalithaa tells Gates
THE Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, on Friday invited Microsoft Corporation to establish a high performance computing centre and an engineering product design and delivery centre in Chennai. During a 30-minute meeting with ... More

Broadband vital to achieve digital capability: Gates
MR Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft Corp, said on Friday that increasing broadband penetration in India was the key to realise the benefits of the digital lifestyle products spanning segments such as music, Internet, ... More

Cadence tech meet on Dec 13
BANGALORE: The US-based electronic design company Cadence Design Systems Inc is bringing the global customer meet CDNLive! to India on December 13. The technical conference will bring Cadence India users together at the city. ... More

MARKETING

Gates makes strong pitch for MS products
"Indian students are setting high standards in the industry. It is important India maintains this edge." More

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