The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 08, 2003

`BPO industry must overcome challenges'
A NASSCOM-MCKINSEY report has estimated the IT-enabled services sector, including business process outsourcing segment, will earn $24 billion by 2008. However, if this has to take place, the Indian BPO industry needs to overcome certain ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

BPL Mobile to invest Rs 120 cr in Kerala
The company proposed to bring GPRS with Multimedia Messaging Service in Kerala. More

Hutch targets million customers in Gujarat
HUTCH has set its eyes on crossing the one-million subscriber base in Gujarat over the next six months. Talking to the media here, Mr Sandip Das, CEO, Hutch Gujarat, said the company was on target to reach the one-million mark by February 2004. ... More

Delay in redressal: BSNL, MTNL staff to be pulled up
THE officials in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) are to be made accountable for delays in attending to public complaints and grievances. At a high-level meeting convened to review issues pertaining to ... More

Idea launches SMS contest on Telugu films
IDEA Cellular Ltd, a private cellular services operator, has launched an exclusive SMS contest based on Telugu movies in association with www.rediff.com for Idea users of Andhra Pradesh. This SMS contest ... More

BSNL plans bi-monthly adalats

HARDWARE

SME new thrust area for tech cos
All MNCs have begun to look at this segment, to create a differentiating factor for SMEs, while domestic players are taking on the role of integrators. More

SOFTWARE

Infy's '94 ESOP to churn out more fresh millionaires
HUNDREDS of Infoscians could join their millionaire colleagues as the 1994 employee stock option plan gives rights to over a million Infosys Technologies shares to hundreds of its employees in the near term. The shares, which at par value of ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Attrition returns to haunt software companies
INDIAN software companies and MNCs that have set up shop in India both appear to be on a recruitment spree. While the former is looking at tapping talents from educational institutions apart from the lateral entry picks, the MNCs obviously are ... More

EVENTS

Looking back

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Breaking ground in Kerala
This entrepreneur from Thiruvananthapuram believes in a "totally debt-free" business philosophy and today, after 14 years in business, has no external liabilities. More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Call centre jobs losing sheen
IS the call of the call centre getting weaker? The last two years saw young Bangaloreans in the age group of 22 to 25, enamoured by the money and glamour the industry offered, taking up the first job offer that came their way. "But this year ... More

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