The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 11, 2003

24x7 Customer.com eyes acquisitions
24x7 CUSTOMER.COM, a provider of outsourced contact centre and business process outsourcing services, on Wednesday inaugurated its Hyderabad facility that is expected to see overall investments of about $5 million this year. The US-based ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Reliance is misleading DoT, say cellular operators
THE top brass of six private cellular operators have shot off a joint letter to the Telecom Secretary, Mr Vinod Vaish, accusing Reliance Infocomm of submitting "irrelevant, false and misleading" information regarding its investments in its ... More

Aircel to invest Rs 300 cr in TN
AIRCEL Ltd, one of the four cellular phone service providers in Tamil Nadu circle, has lined up an investment of over Rs 300 crore in the next few months with a view to expanding its mobile telephone network.The company's strategy of stirring up ... More

STOCKS

Acquisition rumours push MTNL up
THE stock of the state-run telecom service provider, MTNL, rallied sharply amid huge volumes on the bourses today. The stock, which has been languishing for some time now, got a fresh lease of life on acquisition rumours. Market grapevine has ... More

Nihar Info lists on BSE
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad-based Nihar Info Global, which was earlier known as Genesys Securities Ltd, has announced that the company's shares have been listed on the BSE from Wednesday, according to a company communique. This follows a ... More

HFCL gets buy rating from debarred adviser
WHAT has Mr Shankar Sharma's stock-broking firm, First Global - which was debarred from the Indian securities market in 2001 - to do with Himachal Futuristic Communication Ltd (HFCL) now? The London-based First Global (UK) Ltd, a member ... More

SOFTWARE

Oracle software for enterprise grids
ORACLE Corporation, global enterprise software company, has announced Oracle Database 10g software designed to help customers and partners achieve the highest levels of efficiency from their IT investments covering hardware, software and ... More

IT TRAINING

Cisco training courses
BANGALORE: Cisco Systems has announced the expansion of its security certification and training program to reflect the latest advances in Cisco security technology and industry expectations for IT professionals. Cisco has added two new ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

SSI back in hiring mode
SSI plans to recruit about 40 people mainly in the banking and financial sectors, and for sales and marketing, said the company spokesperson. The company has been recruiting in the last few quarters, but in small numbers, he said. The hiring ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Hexaware sells Mentorix stake
HEXAWARE Technologies Ltd on Wednesday announced the disinvestment of its entire stake in Mentorix Technologies Inc to Lionbridge Technologies, a Delaware Corporation. The all-cash deal of $7.5 million (34.2 crore) resulting in a profit of ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

Bird mulls telecom software centre at Bangalore
BIRD International, China's largest mobile phone manufacturer, is working on plans to set up a telecom software development centre in Bangalore. The proposal is at a nascent stage and details in this regard will be worked out in the months ahead, ... More

EVENTS

Conference on BPO
COIMBATORE: A two-day national conference on business process outsourcing is slated for September 12 and 13 at the GRG School of Management Studies. The seminar is being organised by GRG School of Management Studies and the Indian ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Call centres need more `S' than `I'
THE next time the HR managers of call centres reject that `mild and conservative' candidate, they may be abetting the rising attrition rate. Because this is the type of individual who could be on their payrolls even after a couple of years, ... More

I3CL to break even by year-end
"We are looking at global footprints... where there is right labour market, where we want to grow," the Chairman of the joint venture, Mr Jules Kortenhorst, said. More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

HP launches utility data centre
HP launched its utility data centre (UDC) in India today. The HP UDC consolidates, standardises and automates data centre resources and helps reduce the complexity of a patchwork infrastructure, said Mr Pallab Talukdar, Director, Business ... More

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