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Bharti to merge cellular, basic arms
BHARTI Tele-Ventures Ltd will consolidate its business by merging two of its subsidiaries — Bharti Cellular Ltd and Bharti Infotel Ltd. The company informed the BSE that the decision was taken at the company's annual general meeting ... More

Samsung rolls out new GSM handsets
IN a bid to increase its market share in the fast growing Indian GSM handsets market, Samsung India Electronics on Friday launched four GSM handsets in the price range of Rs 8,699 and Rs 14,599. The company announced that it would introduce ... More

Election calls `inconveniencing', says Mittal
IT is not as if only lesser mortals have been woken up at the dead of night by a phone call from Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee while roaming overseas. The Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd Chairman and Group Managing Director, Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, was ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Bharti posts Rs 619-cr net; revenues cross Rs 5,000 cr
BHARTI Tele-Ventures on Friday announced its first year of net profit riding a 64 per cent growth in revenues in 2003-04. The GSM provider has logged a net profit of Rs 619 crore in 2003-04 against a loss of Rs 134 crore during the previous ... More

HARDWARE
`Tune Up' PC care service
TARGETING the small and medium enterprises and home user segments, Comnet Vision has come out with a service termed `Tune Up' that takes care of IT hardware and software maintenance service for subscribers. The Branch Manager of the Delhi-based ... More

SOFTWARE
Sierra Atlantic's centre of excellence
SIERRA Atlantic has announced the launch of Manufacturing Centre of Excellence at its global development centre premises in Hyderabad. The centre will specialise in offshoring enterprise application management for discrete and process ... More

Sasken likely to float IPO to raise Rs 100 cr
SASKEN Communication Technologies, a telecom software solutions provider that counts Intel Capital and Citigroup among its investors, plans to raise close to Rs 100 crore through its IPO within six months, according to investment banking ... More

Oracle joins enterprise grid alliance
ORACLE Corporation has announced that it has joined industry leaders in founding the Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA), a consortium created to develop enterprise grid solutions and accelerate the deployment of grid computing. Through its ... More

Ittiam Systems net at Rs 4.74 cr
ITTIAM Systems has closed the financial year ended March 31, 2004, with audited revenues of Rs 21.98 crore and a net profit of Rs 4.74 crore. The company also has a licensee base of more than 40 customers worldwide. "Ittiam has been profitable ... More

Web-based fingerprint identification module — An ATM for rural areas
PASSWORDS are old hat. Welcome to the era of Web cameras and fingerprint access. Easy-to-use cash dispensing machines that use these technologies will be available in a couple of months in rural areas. Costing about Rs 40,000 each, compared to ... More

VSAT antenna for ATM
HYDERABAD: Comsat Max, an infocom solutions provider, has installed the highest VSAT (very small aperture terminal) antenna in India. This installation has been done for an ATM of UTI Bank in Thegu (Sikkim) at a height of 13,200 ... More

Aptech Q4 net rises 38 pc
THE Delhi-based IT education company Aptech Ltdon Friday announced a net profit of Rs 2.67 crore for the quarter ended March, an increase of 38 per cent over the same period a year ago. The company's total revenue showed a marginal increase at ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
3Com plans design centre in Hyderabad
3COM, provider of voice and data networking products, services and solutions, has announced plans to locate its first India design centre in Hyderabad. The project is expected to be taken up on the BOT (build, own and transfer) model in league ... More

BROADBAND
TRAI to release proposals on broadband next week
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said on Friday that it would release its recommendations on broadband for service providers early next week and will launch another initiative for lowering telecom tariffs further. ``The ... More

PEOPLE
Balasubramanya joins PSI Data as President & COO
The Aditya Birla group company, PSI Data Systems, has announced the appointment of Mr S. Balasubramanya as President and Chief Operating Officer. He will be responsible for operations, development centres, technological, quality, secretarial ... More




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