INFO-TECH
AWARDS & HONOURS
Intelligroup CEO gets award
HYDERABAD: The President and CEO of Intelligroup, Mr Arjun Valluri, has received a Proclamation from the US Congress and the 2004 Ronald Reagan Technology Award for his achievements in the information technology industry. The ...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BSNL in expansion drive; to launch broadband services
THE State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has announced plans for a major expansion that will see the operator adding about 345 new towns into the network and a range of new value-added services, including broadband, that will involve an ...
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Reliance Info to challenge penalty
RELIANCE Infocomm will challenge the penalty imposed by the Department of Telecom (DoT) for alleged violation of international long-distance (ILD) licence conditions. The company will send its reply to the DoT notice in the next few days, ...
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BPL Mobile makes top-level changes
COIMBATORE: BPL Mobile has announced top-level changes to head its operations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Mr K.A. Mohd Saleem will take over on December 1 as Chief Operating Officer (COO)- South, in the Kerala and Tamil Nadu circles. The ...
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10-digit numbers for RIM subscribers
RELIANCE Infocomm has completed the conversion of its mobile subscriber numbers to its unique 10-digit 93-series in 17 out of the 20 circles. With this changeover, its mobile phone subscribers seamlessly move to this numbering from December 1. In ...
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SOFTWARE
Microsoft eyes new locations
MICROSOFT is gearing up to increase its presence in India and is considering the option of expanding its existing facilities in the Capital, Hyderabad and Bangalore or looking at newer locations such as Chennai, Kolkata or Pune, Mr Ravi ...
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Revamped Nihar ties up with US consulting co
NIHAR Info Global Ltd, a Hyderabad-based software services and products company, has restructured its operations and plans to address new streams of business by partnering with the US-based Alexander Consulting Inc. The Managing Director of ...
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ESI to invest $5 m in India centre
THE ESI group plans to invest $5 million on its India development centre and grow the operations to a 300-strong team over the next two years. The company formally inaugurated its Indian subsidiary, ESI Software India Pvt Ltd, here on Tuesday. ...
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Synopsys software in Sasken's designs
SYNOPSYS Inc, a provider of semiconductor design software, has announced that Sasken Communication Technology has used its software to develop a reference flow that enhances the implementation process for complex designs. It accelerates the ...
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IT TRAINING
National Institute of Technology signs MoU with IBM
THE National Institute of Technology, Karnataka (NITK) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IBM India Ltd for developing infrastructure and resources to improve the quality of its technical education. The MoU would also ...
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HUMAN RESOURCES
IT hiring to go up 13% in Q3: Ma Foi
HIRING by IT and IT-enabled services companies in India will go up by 13 per cent in the third quarter of the current fiscal as compared to the previous quarter. As per the Ma Foi Employment Index (MEI) released on Tuesday, hiring by the IT ...
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OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
Saama Tech sets up shop, to invest $5 m
CONSULTING and technology services company Saama Technologies Inc of the US on Tuesday announced the opening of its software development and support centre in Pune, while earmarking an investment of over $5 million for its expansion plans in the ...
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ISPS
No licence fee for ISPs not offering VPN services: Maran
THE Communications and IT Minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, on Tuesday, said that Internet Service Providers which do not offer Virtual Private Network services will not have to pay any licence fee. The Department of Telecom had last month imposed ...
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EVENTS
Texas Instruments developer conference begins today
TEXAS Instruments India announced Tuesday that the seventh annual TI Developer Conference (TIDC) 2004 would be held in Bangalore on December 1 and 2. TIDC, designed specifically for engineers working in systems design, hardware and embedded ...
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