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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
VSNL agrees to allow some bandwidth on FLAG to Reliance
PROLONGED negotiations between Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) and Reliance-group owned FLAG Telecom have led to VSNL agreeing to allow connectivity to four STM-1 circuits to Reliance Infocomm. Negotiations are continuing, said sources in ... More

Touchtel offers range of tariff plans for TN
TOUCHTEL, the fixed line telephone service provider, has announced a range of tariff plans with free talk times that offset monthly rentals and feature low call rates for Tamil Nadu. According to a press release from Touchtel, the monthly ... More

Kyocera sets up testing lab
BANGALORE: Kyocera Wireless Corp (KWC), a CDMA wireless handset manufacturer, has set up a product testing laboratory at its Bangalore centre, the first such facility to be set up by the company outside its US headquarters in San ... More

STOCKS
Foreign funds inflow props up HCL Infosys
THE HCL Infosystems stock today swam upstream, thanks of spirited buying by some brokerages of foreign funds. According to dealers, HSBC is understood to have bought the stock substantially giving a fillip to its price. HSBC Mutual Fund already ... More

HARDWARE
Indian server market grows 32 pc: Gartner
`With more MNCs looking to set base in India and the outsourcing business growing, demand is expected to increase steadily.' More

SOFTWARE
Satyam plans large campus in Chennai
SATYAM Computers plans to build a large campus on the outskirts of Chennai. This is to meet the company's growth plans in the next two to three years. The company had started identifying potential sites for the campus at Siruseri on Old ... More

Infosys may see slight erosion in margins
A better pricing would help the company shore up its operating margins going forward. More

EDS to sell software unit to 3 funds
EDS today announced its agreement to sell its software development unit, UGS PLM Solutions for $2.05 billion in cash to a group of three private equity firms, Bain Capital, Silver Lake Partners and Warburg Pincus. The three funds will each ... More

Tavant Tech to set up one more development centre
TAVANT Technologies, a software solutions provider, has drawn up plans to expand its India operations with one more development centre in either Pune or the National Capital Region (NCR) and increase its headcount. The Vice-President of Tavant, ... More

TBM Tech package for schools
BANGALORE: TBM Technologies, a Coimbatore-based IT company providing software solutions to educational institutions, has launched Power School in Karnataka. Power School is a software package with modular solutions to handle issues like ... More

We help cos save costs: CTS
CHENNAI: A new study by Cognizant Technology Solutions shows that on an average, 12 per cent of business software applications in most large enterprises are redundant and can be either consolidated or eliminated. The study, which was ... More

INTERNET
Web mail package in Malayalam from C-DAC
THE Resource Centre for Indian Language Technology Solutions (RCILTS) at the Centre for Development of Advanced Accounting (C-DAC), Thiruvananthapuram, has developed a solution for a Web-based mail service in Malayalam. Christened ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
Aftek promoters to move SAT over SEBI order
THE promoters of Aftek Infosys Ltd have asked their legal advisors to move the Securities Appellate Tribunal with an appeal to set aside a recent order of the Securities and Exchange Board of India. A news release from the company said the ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
CommScope arm begins operations
THE US-based CommScope announced the start of the Indian operations of Systimax Solutions, its wholly owned subsidiary, in India. The operations would cover the sales and marketing needs of the $30 million Indian market, said Mr Randall ... More

BROADBAND
Broadband services from Hathway
HATHWAY Cable Internet has introduced a new limited special offer scheme for Hyderabad where subscribers can access broadband cable Internet without paying any rental charges for cable modem. With this offer, Hathway lowers the cost of ... More

Alcatel, ITI sign pact for DSL co-operation
ALCATEL, along with ITI, on Monday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding aimed at establishing long-term cooperation for digital subscriber line (DSL) deployment in the Indian market. Alcatel is the world leader in DSL, with a ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES
Tata Indicom unit to go aggressive on ITES cos
TATA Indicom Enterprise Business Unit on Monday said it planned to offer value-added services to the bandwidth-intensive IT and ITES industries. The Unit President, Mr Sandeep Mathur, told presspersons that the company has adopted a three-fold ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS
Patni gets CMMI 5
MUMBAI: Patni Computer Systems Ltd has announced that it has been assessed at Level 5 of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) for all its development centres in Mumbai. "With this implementation, Patni has obtained a 17 per ... More

PEOPLE
STMicro succession plan
NEW DELHI: Semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics on Monday announced a succession plan according to which Mr Carlo Bozotti will take over as the President and Chief Executive Officer from Mr Pasquale Pistorio in 2005. Mr Alain ... More




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