INFO-TECH
OUTSOURCING
`Chennai, Hyderabad may top outsourcing destinations'
HYDERABAD and Chennai could possibly replace Bangalore and Mumbai as favoured destinations for IT outsourcing by the year 2010, according to a Gartner analysis of Indian cities. In a report entitled `IT outsourcing to India — Analysis of ...
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LCC Infotech to sign contract to set up BPO project in Chennai
KOLKATA-BASED LCC Infotech Ltd is at an advanced stage of negotiations with a US-based company for taking over the latter's back office automation work. A team from the US company will arrive in Chennai shortly for inspection of the project ...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Reliance Info unveils handset change card
RELIANCE Infocomm has rolled out a Handset Change Card (HCC) to offer subscribers the flexibility of changing or upgrading to the handset of their choice and retaining the old phone number with it. Hitherto, Reliance, or for that matter any ...
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Cell operators oppose levy cut on ILD calls
PRIVATE cellular operators on Monday said they supported the stance taken by BSNL against reducing access deficit charges on international long distance calls. In a letter written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), cellular ...
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Airtel offers location access services
AIRTEL on Monday launched location access services (LAS) for its customers in Karnataka. LAS will be available to prepaid as well as post-paid customers. Mr Shankaralinge Gowda, Secretary, Department of IT, Biotechnology, Science & ...
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COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Tatas serve legal notice over VSNL compensation issue
THE Tata group has served a legal notice to the Union Government on its long-standing demand for a suitable compensation package for Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) for advancing the deadline for opening up the international long distance (ILD) ...
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STOCKS
IT honchos cash in on bull run
THE recent bull run on the markets has seen a rush to sell of a different kind. Several promoters, directors, top executives of Corporate India have added millions to their kitty by selling part of their holdings over the last few weeks. The ...
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SOFTWARE
Laser Soft eyeing West Asian markets
THE Chennai-based Laser Soft Infosystems Ltd is looking at West Asian countries to market its banking software products. The Chairman and Managing Director of the company, Mr B.S. Kamath, told Business Line here on Monday that the ...
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ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
Tensilica in pact with Indian co
OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
`Indian IT cos should tap East European talent'
URGING Indian IT companies to adopt an aggressive `empire building' approach, IT entrepreneur and member Board of Trustees (BOT) of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Mr Kanwal Rekhi today said that Indian players should tap the existing talent pool ...
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EVENTS
Oracle to host developer day in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Oracle India has announced it would host Oracle Developer Days in Hyderabad on December 15 as a part of its series of one-day seminars for the developer community across New Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai. Software developers ...
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INCOME TAX
Tribunal grants stay on I-T demand notice to HCL Corpn
THE Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has granted a stay on the over Rs 800-crore demand notice raised by the Income-Tax Department on HCL Corporation, which is the founding entity of HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems. Reliable sources ...
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PIRACY
Amendments to IT Act in the offing
THE Ministry of Information & Technology has decided to amend some of the Sections of the Information Technology Act, 2000 by mid next year to help large MNCs to protect their database against any of their possible piracy. Stating this at a ...
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PEOPLE
Vivek Paul among TIME/CNN's Global Business Influentials
THE Vice-Chairman and CEO of Wipro Technologies, Mr Vivek Paul, has been named among the Global Business Influentials for 2004 by TIME and CNN. TIME has acknowledged Mr Paul's contribution in transforming Wipro Technologies from a $150-million ...
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