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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Govt rejects BSNL plea to enter Delhi, Mumbai — Puts off merger plan
THE Ministry of Communications has put off the proposal to merge Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd even as it shot down the former's plan to foray into the lucrative Delhi and Mumbai telecom markets. BSNL had applied for ...
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HFCL likely to bag BSNL's Rs 130-cr rural project
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd is likely to award the Rs 130-crore satellite-based rural communication project to Himachal Futuristics Communications Ltd for rolling out 18,000 phone lines in remote areas of the country. HFCL will roll out the network ...
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Getting the `right mix' of customers
WHILE the wireless GSM operators are chasing their pre-paid customers, trying to bait them with many a juicy post-paid scheme, Reliance Infocomm the largest wireless CDMA player has been offering its customers a scheme for shifting to pre-paid ...
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Intel, Hutch plan smart phone apps
NEW DELHI: Intel and Hutch have announced that they would jointly work on the development of smart phone applications in India. "Today's consumers are looking at smart phones to provide a unique experience that can't be achieved by ...
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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Aztec Q1 net surges to Rs 2.8 cr
AZTEC Software and Technology Services has reported a jump in net profit to Rs 2.81 crore for the quarter ended June 2004, compared to Rs 27 lakh in the corresponding previous period. During the quarter, profits went up by Rs 2.63 crore. ...
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HARDWARE
Sticky sales push PC makers' rethink on pricing
COMPUTER makers are relooking at prices of desktops and notebooks to reverse slowing sales as consumers have deferred their purchases anticipating a post-Budget drop in prices. The Union Budget allowed exemption of eight per cent excise duties ...
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HP cuts notebook prices by 3-6 pc
NEW DELHI: Hewlett-Packard India has announced a price drop of 3-6 per cent across various notebooks models, saying that it intended to pass on the benefit of duty cuts to the consumers. The company has however kept the price of its PCs ...
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SOFTWARE
Intoto opens centre in Chennai
THE US-based Intoto Inc opened on Thursday its Chennai development facility to supplement the efforts of its Hyderabad centre to create software platform products for security, wireless and voice applications. The Chennai centre is part of ...
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PeopleSoft unveils solution for monitoring inventory
THE US-based PeopleSoft Inc has announced the launch of PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne Asset Lifecycle Management 8.10 (ALM) in India, a solution to help companies monitor their inventory and improve their asset utilisation. Using the solution, ...
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Capital IQ to invest $3 m in India centre
CAPITAL IQ, a New York-based information solutions provider for the global financial community, has announced the opening of a new research and development centre here and plans to invest about $ 3 million this year that would see the addition of ...
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CA plans to expand Indian operations
COMPUTER Associates International Inc, the $3.5-billion Islandia-based integrated software solutions provider, has firmed up plans to expand its India operations. This means doubling headcount in its Hyderabad centre, setting up more ...
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IT TRAINING
Software crash course from ERTL
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Electronic Regional Test Laboratory (South) under the Department of Information Technology, Government of India, is conducting a three-day crash course on `Certified Software Test Manager' from August 17 to 19. ...
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Watch out for attrition, says Monster chief
THE global recruitment industry is in transition with new recruitment approaches and technology tools changing in the entire talent search process. Significantly, as the technology industry is now witness to an upswing, corporations would be ...
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E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
Federal Bank to offer rail tickets online
FEDERAL Bank on Thursday said its online banking customers can now buy railway tickets through the Internet as it has integrated its FedNet payment gateway with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) Web site. The ...
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M-COMMERCE
Reliance Info services for ICICI Bank clients
RELIANCE Infocomm and ICICI Bank have introduced an interactive mobile banking service through which the bank's customers can get a range of banking services free of charge. The services are available through R-World, Reliance's information and ...
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EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Electronics instruments exports at Rs 1,515 cr in 2003-04: ESC
ELECTRONICS instrumentation equipment exports recorded a marginal growth in 2003-04 to touch Rs 1,515 crore ($329 million), according to Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council. ``During 2003-04, electronics instrumentation ...
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