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Reliance Info unveils post-paid plan Joy 499
RELIANCE Infocomm, which started the price war in mid-August with its new prepaid tariffs, has now announced new postpaid tariff plans, the notable feature of it being a call rate of 40 paise per minute from Reliance Indiamobile (RIM) to RIM or ...
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DoT for retaining access deficit charges on incoming ISD calls
CONTRARY to the views of the telecom regulator, the Government is not in favour of reducing access deficit charges (ADC) on incoming international long-distance calls on the grounds that the move will increase tariffs for domestic telephone ...
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DoT to step up monitoring against illegal long distance telephony
IN a bid to curb the menace of the growing grey market in the international long distance segment, the Department of Telecom (DoT) is planning to step up monitoring and conduct raids across the country. Already 21 raids have been completed ...
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Computer telephony integration centre
DR Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology (MCET) has joined hands with Servion Global Solutions Ltd for establishing a `Computer Telephony Integration (CTI)' centre at the college. This industry-academia arrangement, MCET sources say, ...
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International telephony — VSNL to seek compensation from Govt for early loss of monopoly
VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd is chasing a lot of money that the company feels is due to it. For starters, it is still pursuing the issue of compensation (for early loss of monopoly in international telephony) - with the Government. "The ...
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Tata Indicom rings into Sivakasi, Virudhunagar
TATA Indicom has launched its services in Sivakasi and Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu. According to the Deputy Chief Operating Officer (Tamil Nadu Circle), Mr Madhusudan, who launched services and the road-show in the two towns, with this ...
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HARDWARE
Mega fabrication facility for microprocessors
THE Centre is exploring ways to set up a mega fabrication facility for microprocessors. Such a centre is estimated at around $4 billion (around Rs 18,520 crore), according to the Union Secretary, Planning Commission, Mr Rajeeva Ratna ...
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SOFTWARE
Infosys draws up 1:1:3 strategy for consulting biz
INFOSYS Technologies could move close to 60 per cent of consulting work offshore compared to 20 per cent capable by top consulting firms, the company said at a recently-concluded annual analyst meet. Hence, its new consulting model, if ...
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`H1B visa norm changes being discussed'
THE US is discussing whether students coming there to study and later getting employment locally should be excluded from H1B visa category. If they are excluded, it could increase the number of H1B visas by about 15,000 to 20,000, and increase ...
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4 new IT parks in Chennai
THE Chennai-based real estate developer Vishranthi Homes Pvt Ltd plans to invest Rs 110 crore, to build four information technology (IT) parks, which will bring about 10 lakh sq ft of built-to-suit space into the market. Mr Raj Kumar Reddy, ...
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i-flex board okays issue of warrants to IBM Global Services
THE board of directors of i-flex Solutions Ltd has approved a proposal to issue warrants to IBM Global Services India Pvt Ltd. At the board meeting held here, i-flex has decided to issue 91,347 options or warrants convertible at a future date ...
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Infineon plans for India centre
NEW DELHI: Infineon Technologies plans to invest 20 million euros (around Rs 113 crore) in its Research and Development centre in Bangalore in the coming year. "Our R&D centre in India currently has 400 professionals. In the last two years we ...
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Consign Tech bags UAE deal
KOCHI: Consign Technology Pvt Ltd, the Chennai-based product development company, has forayed into the international market along with its Middle East partner, Flexys Technologies. The company has been awarded the contract for the installation ...
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IT TRAINING
Keltron IT courses
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Keltron proposes to commence three advanced level job-oriented software courses in Advanced Middleware Technologies and Socket Communication (AMTSC), Interactive Multi-Media and Web Technologies (IMWT) and Information ...
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Satyam recruits in a big way in Malaysia
SATYAM Computer Services has announced the completion of its initial phase of "first mass recruitment" of entry-level engineers outside India where fresh graduates were hired from top Malaysian universities. They will undergo rigorous training ...
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Nasscom bids to bring academia, industry closer
THE National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has launched its information technology workforce initiative to nurture "employable" resources for IT and IT-enabled service (ITES) sectors. This initiative would bring the ...
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BROADBAND
BSNL value-added broadband set for commercial launch
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd's (BSNL) broadband value added service, Data One Broadband, is set for commercial launch next month. An official with BSNL told Business Line that the testing and observation was in the final stages and the ...
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PIRACY
`90 pc of Adobe software in use are pirated copies'
SOFTWARE piracy continues to haunt software vendor Adobe India as the company's revenues are getting shot down. "In India, 90 per cent of Adobe software is being used in the pirated version so the company revenues are substantially affected," ...
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