The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 28, 2003

Standalone cell players need to pay Rs 126 cr for unified licence
STANDALONE cellular operators such as Hutch, Idea Cellular and BPL Mobile may have to fork out as little as Rs 126 crore to migrate to a unified licence allowing them to provide international long distance (ILD), national long distance (NLD), ... More

Reliance Info Pioneer offer to close on Dec 14
Reliance Infocomm has announced the closure of its flagship scheme - the Dhirubhai Ambani Pioneer Offer - through which it has acquired most of its 5 million subscribers. The scheme will close on December 14 this year, said a news release ... More

`CDMA numbering change only if technically required'
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will seek a revision in the existing numbering plan for CDMA (code division multiple access) mobile services only if technical requirements in the wake of the unified licence regime force such a change. ... More

Telecom regulator must correct bias: Gartner
INDIA'S new unified licence will not produce the groundbreaking effects markets are hoping for if the regulator does not remove the bias and advantages it has introduced for certain kinds of carriers, according to a news release from Gartner ... More

Taiwan firm unveils 11 GSM phone models
THE Taiwan-based telecom company, DBTEL Inc, has unveiled 11 models of its GSM mobile phones that it intends to swamp the Indian market within the next ten days. According to Mr Levis Hsu, Vice-President (Asia Pacific Operations) DBTEL, the ... More

BPL mobile launches `New Mots'
BPL Mobile has launched `New Mots' with enhanced product features on Mots and a new price of Rs 99. Apart from the price, the Mots card has a recharge denomination of Rs 275, besides features such as Happy Hours, Mobile to Mobile, Mobile ... More

SOFTWARE

More client wins than losses for IT majors
INDIAN software companies continue to run, in order to remain where they are. At the time of announcing results for the quarter ended September 2003, assurances hade come aplenty — "software revenues rebound", "strong performance in the ... More

Capital goods import under DFCEC scheme — Software exporters allowed to import only `professional equipment'
SOFTWARE exporters and other service providers have been barred from importing capital goods, other than `professional equipment' specifically required for rendering their service, under the Duty Free Credit Entitlement Certificate (DFCEC) scheme ... More

Subex close to clinching deal in CDMA segment
TELECOM software products firm Subex Systems Ltd is close to winning a "major contract" in the CDMA segment, its Managing Director, Mr Subash Menon, has said. An announcement towards this is likely to be made soon. However, market sources said ... More

Infosys bags ING, Kodak orders
SOFTWARE bellwether Infosys Technologies Ltd has won two orders from ING and Kodak, company sources said. The ING order would likely have a business process outsourcing component in-built, which is to be executed by Infosys' subsidiary, ... More

Hinduja TMT bags contract
BANGALORE: Hinduja TMT, the IT flagship company of the Hinduja Group, said on Thursday that it has won a new IT Services contract awarded by a large automobile assembling and manufacturing company based in the Middle East. The ERP ... More

Indonesian bank adopts CashTech's new platform
AIMED at tapping the growing demand from the Indian and foreign banks for cash management solutions, CashTech Solutions India Pvt Ltd, a premier cash management solutions provider, has announced the launch of its next generation cash management ... More

Caritor bags BHEL deal

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

3rd party surrogates needed to dispel offshoring doubts
SHOULD Indian businesses find third party surrogates for diffusing the offshoring backlash seen in certain States of the US? Such an approach would indeed benefit Indian companies, according to Mr Paul Laudicina, Managing Director, A.T.Kearney, ... More

EVENTS

Roadshows mooted to showcase `IT Coimbatore'
THE fourth edition of CoimbatoreIT.com marked the release of the much-awaited report on `Coimbatore — An IT and ITES destination'. Though the draft details of the CII-PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) report were in the air for some time now, ... More

Wipro, Intel to co-host seminars
COIMBATORE: WIPRO Infotech and Intel are planning to host a series of technology seminars titled `CIO Update' across the country. The seminar in Coimbatore is slated for Friday. According to a release from Wipro, the focus would be on ... More

OUTLOOK

Tyco Electronics sees big rise in `networking' revenue
THE networking division of Tyco Electronics Corporation India expects to report a 50 per cent growth in revenue over that of last year. The revenue for the fiscal year ending September 2004 is likely to be around Rs 120 crore. A spurt in new ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Wendtsoft unveils 2 products
CHENNAI: Wendtsoft, a division of Wendt India Ltd, has launched two software products useful in management of excise-duty related issues. `Centrac' is meant for manufacturing companies and `Smartrade' for traders, company officials said. ... More

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