The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 08, 2003

TCS to consolidate BPO business
IN a strategic move, Tata Consultancy Services, the country's largest software services provider, has drawn up plans that will see the consolidation and possible merger of its three business process outsourcing (BPO) joint ventures and make it ... More

Windals Info plans BPO venture
WINDALS Infotech, part of the Rs 50-crore Windals group, is planning to set up a business process outsourcing (BPO) unit in a 50:50 joint venture with the US-based Maxil Technology Solutions Inc. Speaking to Business Line, Mr Salil ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

BSNL slashes rates for South-East Asia — `Festive tariffs' for UK, US, Canada extended
"The Diwali ISD rates that we had announced last month has given us very encouraging results with ISD traffic picking up substantially. We have, therefore, decided to extend the validity till mid January next year." More

AirTel, Spice Telecom, BSNL offer new features to woo customers in Karnataka
TELECOM service providers, AirTel, Spice Telecom and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), today announced separately several new features to beef up their operations in Karnataka. The Chief General Manager of BSNL Karnataka telecom circle, Mr K. ... More

`Unified licence will benefit Bharti'
THE move to a single licence regime for telecom services will have a positive impact on Bharti Televentures, which offers both fixed line and GSM cellular services, Mr Manoj Kohli, President (Mobility), told newspersons on Friday. However, he ... More

AirTel launches recharge options for prepaid users
AIRTEL'S prepaid subscribers can now recharge their cards either by buying an all-India recharge coupon or using an ATM of a handful of banks or by sending an SMS. Earlier, they could recharge their cards only in the circles in which they had ... More

BSNL launches SMS for fixed lines
BSNL today announced the "technical launch" of smart messaging service (SMS) on fixed line telephones. The pilot project has been taken up in Kolkata and Bangalore to begin with, according to Mr S.P. Chakraborty, Chief General Manager of ... More

Motorola introduces E380 in Bangalore
BANGALORE: Motorola, Inc, a global wireless communications provider, on Friday partnered with Café Coffee Day to introduce the E380, an unconventional mobile statement of tempestuous fun and funk in Bangalore. The phone will be launched ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Dip in consulting income, strong rupee tell on i-flex
A DECLINE in revenues from the IT solutions and consulting services segment has led banking software services provider i-flex Ltd to report a flat revenue growth for the second quarter-ended September 30. While total revenues for the second ... More

SOFTWARE

TCS commissions Deccan Park; to invest Rs 350 cr
COMMISSIONING Deccan Park, by far its largest technology development centre in the country, Tata Consultancy Services, the country's biggest software services provider, has drawn up plans to invest Rs 350 crore this year in enhancing its existing ... More

Vivek Kulkarni takes over as B2K chief
THE former Karnataka IT secretary, Mr Vivek Kulkarni, has taken over as Chairman and CEO of B2K Corporation, a services provider for contact centres and business processes. The company was founded by Dr Madhukar Angur, Professor of Management at ... More

Aftek beefs up US presence
MUMBAI: The US-based MGE UPS Systems has entered into an alliance with Opdex Inc, the American arm of Aftek Infosys Ltd to market the latter's Powersafe power management solution. "Our thrust in recent months has been to boost our ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Meet on call centre management
BANGALORE: Celtycs, a consulting firm providing performance improvement processes for BPO firms, is organising a conference "LimeBridge Contact, 2003 - A Global Practitioners' Perspectives on Contact Centre Management" on November 11 in ... More

PEOPLE

QuEST Senior V-P
MUMBAI: QuEST, a provider of engineering solutions for advanced technology products, recently appointed Mr N. Ebenezer as its Senior Vice-President (Finance), and Company Secretary for its global operations. Mr Ebenezer will be based at ... More

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