The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 29, 2003

Roaming for WLL user comes at a price
As compared to WLL roaming, a GSM subscriber can roam from Delhi to Mumbai, stay connected during the travel period and also can retain his original telephone number both for receiving and making calls. And there is the question of tariffs the subscr ibers have to pay. More

TRAI seeks views on level field for WLL, cell operators
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has set the ball rolling on the proposed level playing field for cellular and limited mobility (WLL) operators, by issuing a consultation paper on the measures that need to be implemented for ... More

JP Mobile extends SureWave apps
JP Mobile, a provider of enterprise mobility software and part of JP Mobile India Ltd, on Thursday announced the availability of SureWave Enterprise Server 4.0 (SureWave). This software gives enterprises flexibility to securely extend ... More

RPG Cellular: HC direction on Vodafone share transfer to Sterling co
THE Madras High Court has directed that the transfer of Vodafone's shares in RPG Cellular Services Ltd to a Sterling group company of Mr C. Shivasankaran is subject to the result of the appeal filed in the court by another shareholder in RPG ... More

Hutch to invest Rs 200 cr in AP network expansion
IN tune with its nation-wide expansion plan for a bigger geographical footprint and deeper market penetration, Hutchison Essar has announced the launch of a major network expansion in Andhra Pradesh, which will see a total investment of about Rs ... More

INSIGHT

Danger from elbowing out American workers
IN A context in which legislatures of some States in the US have sought to ban offshore outsourcing and engagement of non-American workers and immigrants, it is not surprising that the suicide at California of an ... More

HARDWARE

Nokia makes strategic shift to less pricey sets
HAVING zeroed in on India as one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world, Nokia is focussing on reducing its mobile handset prices to capture a bigger market share, according to Ms Sari Bauldauf, President, Nokia Networks. As part ... More

SOFTWARE

Magma to set up R&D centre in Bangalore
ELECTRONIC Design Automation (EDA) tool vendor Magma Design Automation Inc on Thursday announced the setting up of its R&D centre in Bangalore. It also said it planned to invest Rs 30 crore over the next two to three years in strengthening its ... More

INTERNET

Google India launched
GOOGLE, one of the most widely used search engines in the world, has launched Google India (www.google.co.in) , which offers users in India a choice of interfaces in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi and ... More

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

ICICI Infotech Orion modified for SMEs
ICICI Infotech will shortly launch an ERP solution specially meant for small-scale units, which will be made available to the customers on a "hosted model". The company proposes to build data centres to house the servers at various places. The ... More

SECURITY

MEPZ to start digital signature facility soon
THE MEPZ-Special Economic Zone is moving towards becoming a paperless office with the first step being a digital signature facility enabling all units in the zone to correspond using digital signature, according to Ms Malini Shankar, Joint ... More

VENTURE CAPITAL

SIDBI Venture Capital exits TRRS with profits
SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd (SVCL), the fund manager of the National Venture fund for Software and IT Industry (NFSIT), has made its first exit from venture capital funding given to TRRS Imaging Ltd (TRRS). SVCL has raked in an IRR (internal rate ... More

PEOPLE

New COO for HTMT
BANGALORE: Mr Partha Sarkar, previously with Deloitte Consulting, has joined Hinduja TMT as chief operating officer for the company's IT enabled services division. As the COO, Mr Partha Sarkar will be responsible for leading the ITES ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Bird forays with 4 handset models — Chinese firm hopes to have big slice of market
BIRD International Ltd, the largest mobile phone manufacturer in China, has entered the domestic market by launching four GSM cellular models. It is targeting sales of three lakh units by 2004. Announcing this here on Thursday, Mr Jean-Alexis ... More

Siemens launches sub-Rs 5,000 mobile
The company has ruled out plans to enter the CDMA market as it believes that the GSM market will continue to lead the segment. More

Reliance Info offers global SMS
MUMBAI: Reliance Infocomm has launched an international short messaging service for both its Reliance IndiaMobile and Reliance IndiaPhone (fixed wireless) subscribers. According to a press release, the service, launched on Thursday, will ... More

HP launches Wi-Fi laptop
COMPUTING giant, Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Thursday launched a new laptop computer, `nx9000 advantage' which is wireless-enabled through the adoption of wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) technology. Priced at Rs 96,000, the new computer was designed to ... More