The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, September 02, 2003

Pvt cellular operators meet Advani
THE private cellular operators have met the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, to impress upon him the need to implement the decision of the Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on limited mobility (WLL), increase the FDI cap ... More

AirTel plans to invest Rs 150 cr for service expansion in Mysore
AIRTEL, the cellular service provider in Karnataka, will invest Rs 150 crore in the next three months in Mysore as part of its expansion programme and strengthening coverage infrastructure facilities. It has already added five cell sites, ... More

Cell subscribers' nod must for voice mail service: TRAI
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has mandated that cellular operators have to seek the consent of subscribers before providing them voice mail services (VMS). According to an official statement from the Authority, this follows ... More

BSNL woos students with Rs 99 rental
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is slowly inching its way towards becoming the largest cellular operator, having already notched up close to 37 lakh subscribers across the country. According to official sources, it will be "only a matter of ... More

Hutch launches new pre-paid plan in AP
HUTCH launched a new pre-paid plan for mobile telephony users — Balanced Based Tariff Plan — that offers a subscriber the option to choose a flexible tariff plan. With this, the higher the talk time balance maintained by a ... More

HARDWARE

Indian server market sees 33-pc revenue growth
THE Indian, Australian and South Korean server markets have shown positive growth in the second quarter of 2003 compared to the same period last year, while Singapore and Hong Kong have seen decline in server revenues over this period. ... More

MosChip device for easy link-up

SOFTWARE

Taking Cognizant of milestone with `goodies'
CORPORATES have of late started sharing their accomplishments with their employees. This novel practice of celebrating every milestone achieved with the employees, who have actually strived hard to take the organisation forward, appears to have ... More

Infotech opens `near shore' centre in US
INFOTECH Enterprises Ltd, the Hyderabad-based engineering and GIS solutions provider, on Monday inaugurated a new development centre in Mayaquez, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to provide cost-effective engineering design services to one of its ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

Tasman sets up Bangalore centre
TASMAN Networks, the US-based provider of networking solutions for bandwidth-intensive applications, has set up its India development centre in Bangalore. The company has invested about $4 million in the Bangalore development centre, which ... More

Virtusa opens second facility
VIRTUSA Corporation, a US-based provider of high-end software engineering services, on Monday inaugurated its second overseas development centre in Hyderabad to support its ongoing expansion-cum-growth initiative. Mr Harsha Kumar, General ... More

EVENTS

Looking Back

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Xansa does billing for British utility
XANSA, the international business process and IT services company, said on Monday it is `'successfully delivering the initial phase'' of a business process outsourcing (BPO) operation from India, for Thames Water, the world's third largest water ... More

PEOPLE

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