The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 07, 2008

INFO-TECH

INFRASTRUCTURE: Videocon semiconductor project runs into rough weather
CIDCO’s land, stake valuation may come under scanner. Mumbai Aug 6 The CIDCO-Videocon land deal, which kicked up a political storm within the ruling Congress-led coalition in Maharashtra over the price the State Government is offering ...

OUTLOOK: IT’s good going in retail, manufacturing
Service providers say growth in revenues from US continues. Despite sporadic customer walk-outs or price renegotiation requests, especially in the financial services industry, things have not been bad for the Indian IT services ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Demand slowdown hits office space market
Rental values stable across micro-markets in major cities. New Delhi, Aug. 6 With companies, particularly in the IT and BPO industry, holding back their expansion plans due to slowdown fears, the commercial real estate market posted a ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Allow virtual mobile operators: TRAI
New Delhi, Aug. 6 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Wednesday recommended that the Government allow Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) in the country. MVNOs do not own spectrum but buy capacity from existing mobile operators and ...

CORPORATE DISPUTES: GSM operators refuse links to RCom
Any change in licensing terms calls for renegotiations, TRAI told. New Delhi, Aug. 6 Reliance Communication’s plans to launch its GSM services has a hit bump with the existing operators refusing to accept the telecom regulator’s ...

INTERNET: Google offers Tamil news, transliteration
Hyderabad, Aug. 6 Google India has announced the launch of Google News in Tamil and Tamil transliteration facility on Google Search, Blogger and Orkut platforms. ...

HARDWARE: Lenovo unveils netbooks

NEW BUSINESS: Geometric bags Ford contract

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Wipro partners WWF India

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Airtel promoting mobile telephony in rural markets
Chennai, Aug. 6 Bharti Airtel today announced a new scheme – Grameen Mobile Puratchi - to promote mobile telephony in the rural markets of Tamil Nadu. The company has tied up with IFFCO to form a joint venture company – IFFCO Kisan ...

EVENTS: Partners in progress

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BSNL IPO: Raja to meet union today
New Delhi, Aug. 6 The crucial meeting between the Communications and IT Minister, Mr A. Raja, and the BSNL employees union over the PSU’s proposed Initial Public Offering has been postponed to Thursday. ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Bharti’s iPhone success depends on offtake
May improve realisations with premium services. Bharti may be one of the first movers in making 3G services available to Indian subscribers with the planned launch of iPhone 3G version later this month. The key benefit to Bharti, if this ...