INFO-TECH
ESOPS
Moschip to allot ESOPs
HYDERABAD: Moschip Semiconductor Technology Ltd has informed the BSE that the Compensation Committee of the company has decided to grant 1,16,000 stock options to the eligible employees under the Moschip Stock Option Plan 2001 and ...
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OUTSOURCING
Epicenter to expand Indian operations
EPICENTER Technologies, a high-end BPO (business process outsourcing) company focussed on financial transactions related services, including recovery and tracking work, has drawn up plans to ramp up India operations that would see the company ...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BSNL cuts STD rates 33 pc — 60% reduction in mobile tariff
ADDING fuel to the ongoing tariff war, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on Friday announced major tariff cuts for its 40 million subscribers, which include a 33 per cent reduction in STD charges. The company has also reduced local call tariffs for ...
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TRAI seeks fresh World Bank loan
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has applied for a fresh loan of $3 million (around Rs 14 crore) from the World Bank for undertaking consultative studies on regulatory issues and training its staff. The move comes after the ...
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Hutch extends flat tariffs to post-paid plans
TAKING the mobile price war a step further, Hutch today extended its `flat rate' tariff structure from its pre-paid service to its post-paid service on its Talk 150 plan. The mobile rate war, started by Reliance Infocomm on August 15, has so ...
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COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Software misuse: What US court ruling means for entertainment cos
THE fat is well and truly in the fire with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco ruling that peer-to-peer (P2P) software cannot be held accountable for its misuse and that Grokster ...
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STOCKS
NIIT Technologies listing on BSE, NSE from Monday
THE equity shares of IT solutions provider NIIT Technologies Ltd will begin trading on the BSE and the NSE from August 30. "In addition to getting approvals from the BSE and the NSE, the company has obtained in principle approvals from the ...
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HARDWARE
North tops in hardware exports
NEW DELHI: The Northern region has topped in the export of electronic hardware from the country during 2003-04, with an export turnover of Rs 2,870 crore, according to the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council ...
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SOFTWARE
Sun Micro, AMD unveil special initiative for ISVs
SUN Microsystems and AMD today announced a special programme for independent software vendors (ISVs) to enable them to migrate or develop applications in a 64-bit computing environment. "Sun and AMD will jointly form an iForce Partner Program ...
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`Infosys to set up centre in Kolkata'
INFOSYS has agreed "in-principle" to set up a software development-cum-business process outsourcing centre in Kolkata, according to Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal. Delivering the inaugural address at an industry ...
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Aftek plans to consolidate European biz
AFTEK Infosys has firmed up plans to consolidate its European business through a concentrated foray in the Internet search engine business. The Internet advertising opportunity generated as a result of web search is expected to be around $7 ...
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HCL Tech plans campus at Greater Noida
HCL Technologies is planning to establish a `Campus' at Greater Noida, which would be spread over 46 acres of land. "We have bought 46 acre land in Noida for a campus. It will be an integrated centre for HCL operations. The campus would have a ...
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Autodesk India chief upbeat on domestic market potential
"THE domestic market may not be as big as China, but India's potential cannot be ignored," said Mr Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, Autodesk India. Appointed recently to head the company's Indian operations, Mr Dhupar, a former Director of ...
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It's celebration time at Virtusa Corp
IT is Penguin's day out. About 1,200 software developers at Virtusa Corporation in the their Indian and global development centres converged to declare today Software Freedom Day celebrating the increasing popularity of Linux as a commercial ...
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Geodesic dividend on Sept. 20
MUMBAI: The dividend to Geodesic Information Systems shareholders will be paid on September 20. At the AGM on August 25, the company declared 10 per cent dividend, according to a notification to the exchanges. Other resolutions taken at ...
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INTERNET
Tata Indicom offers wi-fi services at Delhi airports
TATA Indicom has commercially launched its Wi-Fi services at both the domestic and international airports in New Delhi, a news release from Tata Teleservices Ltd said. These airports will also be the first in the country to offer the service, ...
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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
Nasscom mulls Kolkata office
NASSCOM may set up an office in Kolkata, thanks to West Bengal's growing importance in the nation's IT arena. According to Mr Kiran Karnik, President of Nasscom, the industry body was evaluating the need to set up an office in Kolkata. The ...
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HUMAN RESOURCES
TCS is India's top IT employer, says Dataquest survey
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) has emerged as the Indian IT industry's best employer, followed by Infosys, according to a Dataquest survey. "TCS is a surprise winner of the `Indian IT Best Employer survey' while Infosys is a close second, ...
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SECURITY
BindView sets up second facility in Pune
PUNE seems to be the happening place with IT companies ramping up their operations. This includes BindView India Pvt Ltd, the 100-per cent export oriented Indian subsidiary of the Houston-based BindView Corporation, which has just inaugurated ...
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ISPS
Sify announces new tariff for Net telephony service
SIFY Limited, an Internet, network and eCommerce services company, has announced that its Net telephony service is available for Rs 7 per minute from anywhere in India to Jeddah and Riyadh, and calls to other regions within the Gulf will vary ...
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E-GOVERNANCE
Oracle-HP centre creates e-governance prototypes
ORACLE-HP e-governance centre of excellence has developed a few replicable eGovernance projects covering financial services, composite citizen services centres and data centres for diverse Government applications and farmer data hubs. The ...
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EVENTS
Six Sigma colloquium
BANGALORE: A colloquium on optimising organisational value through Six Sigma was held here on Friday. Organised by the Bangalore-based Quality Solutions for Information Technology, the meet aimed to not only enable financial savings from ...
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PEOPLE
New CEO for Covansys
CHENNAI: Mr Raj Vattikuti, founder and co-chairman of the US-based Covansys Corporation, has been appointed President and CEO from September 1. He replaces Mr Martin C. Clague, who served as President and CEO since 2002 and is leaving ...
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