The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 27, 2003

DoT may seek clarifications from TDSAT on its ruling
Although the cellular operators have not appealed to the Supreme Court against the TDSAT judgment on WLL, the basic operators may resort to this step in case the clarification by the Tribunal states that the basic licence would have to be amended. More

Hutchison expands services in Karnataka
HUTCHISON Essar, the fourth cellular operator in Karnataka, today said it had expanded services in the State to 58 new towns and had deployed 214 new cell sites. Its Managing Director, Mr Asim Ghosh, told newspersons here that with this ... More

Idea Cellular offers group SMS in AP
IDEA Cellular Ltd, has introduced Group SMS services for its pre-paid and post-paid subscribers that allows customers to create groups they want to communicate and send messages to all the members at one go. These groups can be created as per ... More

HARDWARE

Intel elevates key sales staff
CHIP maker Intel has made top-level changes to its sales marketing group in South Asia. Mr Amar Babu has been promoted as Director, Sales and Marketing, South Asia, said a company press release. Prior to this, he was the General Manager, ... More

SOFTWARE

Make hay all day
The physical world has its limitations as far as sunshine goes. But in the virtual world, when the sun moves over to the other half of the globe, work too can be passed on to the team waiting there. More

Rupee rise too fast for software cos, says Karnik
"We will convey to the US market the fact that it's business as usual here and that nothing much has changed. But instances such as the bomb blasts do create an unfavourable impression." More

The other side to tests
Software quality certificates aren't a waste of time. External assessments give a fair measure of one's utility and value. More

Data Access plans IPO next year — $50-m global network expansion on anvil
INTERNATIONAL long distance operator Data Access India Ltd is planning a $ 50-million expansion plan for its network in five countries and is considering an IPO to fund half the cost involved. The remaining will be generated from internal ... More

VCL creates CG girl

HUMAN RESOURCES

`Hiring is across the board'
AFTER a lull throughout last year, the information technology industry is back in the hiring mode. If MNCs are ramping up their employee base in a big way, the domestic companies are doing it on a more conservative note. What are the main ... More

Profit per employee dips for software cos
Ironically, most IT companies may not wholly enjoy being merry this way. IT software companies are hiring more people, but are deriving less profits from each of their manpower. Profit margins are being squeezed. This means that IT companies, ... More

EVENTS

InfoComm Asia eyeing India
AFTER Singapore and China, InfoComm Asia, an audio-visual exhibition, is likely to foray into India too. Addressing newspersons, Dr Nat Wong, Managing Director, InfoComm Asia Pte Ltd, said, "We also have an intention of coming to India. For that ... More

Bangalore IT.com gets good response from corporates
CHIP majors Intel and AMD apart from IBM, TCS and Ramco Systems are among those sponsoring the Asia's largest ICT event, Bangalore IT.com 2003. The sixth edition of Bangalore IT.com 2003 is scheduled from November 1 to 5. "The response from ... More

TRENDS

`I can see what's wrong'
Your virtual business is halfway across the globe from you and in need of a fix. That's exactly the opportunity Indian IT players are looking for in remote management of infrastructure services. All they have to do is play the game right. More

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