The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 18, 2005

Nokia is CII Brand of the Year
MOBILE phone brand Nokia was named the CII Brand of the Year in a contest that saw three made-in-India brands among the 10 finalists. Mr Sanjeev Sharma, Managing Director of Nokia India Pvt Ltd, received the glittering lotus-shaped trophy from ... More

Alcatel may set up WiMax research centre in India
GLOBAL telecom equipment vendors, including Nokia and Alcatel, on Thursday affirmed their plans to make India a manufacturing hub. At a meeting with the Communication and IT Minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, Mr Serge Tchuruk, Chairman, Alcatel, ... More

Haier launches mobile handsets
HAIER Appliances (India) Pvt Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of China-based multinational company Haier Group, has launched its mobile phones in India. The products have been competitively priced. While the entry-level model costs Rs 3,654, ... More

DoT to act tough on illegal routing of calls
THE Department of Telecom is formulating a new policy to curb illegal use of mobile operators network. The idea is to impose a stiff penalty of Rs 50 crore on every mobile operator whose network is used for illegal routing of calls. DoT will ... More

Airtel launches `champion' in Kerala
KOCHI: Airtel on Thursday announced the launch of Champion — an all-new customised tariff plan targeted at the youth of Kerala. The post-paid plan entails a low monthly rent, along with reduced cost of SMS and special night call ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Rahejas take up expansion of IT Park with Maximus
THE K. Raheja group, developers of Mindspace IT Park here, with about one million sq ft, plans to add another million sq ft in about 12 months. Laying the foundation stone for Maximus in Mindspace IT Park on Wednesday, the State Chief Minister, ... More

HARDWARE

`PC market grew 32 pc in 2004'
LOGGING its strongest ever growth since the year 2000, the Indian personal computer (PC) market is estimated to have jumped 32 per cent in 2004 to notch 3.4 million units. "IDC India's preliminary market findings on the Indian Desktop and ... More

SOFTWARE

MetricStream plans to expand in Bangalore
The company, which has set up a new facility that can accommodate 150 people, plans to invest about $10 million over three years in developing its infrastructure. The company expects to handle the entire key product and application development ... More

Sonata expands centre in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Sonata Software Ltd., an IT consulting and software services provider, on Thursday announced the expansion of its Microsoft Competency Centre (MCC) to its latest facility at Hyderabad where it plans to add another 300 key ... More

Patni plans new facility in Pune
PATNI Computer Systems Ltd, is setting up a new facility in Pune to accommodate 2,000 seats. The new centre is expected to become operational within 18 months, Mr Vijay Khare, Senior Vice-President, Patni, told Business Line. He said ... More

Four Soft tool for CH Robinson
HYDERABAD: Four Soft Limited, a software solutions provider of transportation and logistics management, has announced that C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., one of North America's largest third-party logistics companies with revenues of $5 ... More

Amdocs seeks partners
PUNE: Amdocs, provider of software and services to the telecom sector, is scouting for an Indian partner who would help the company in system integration and also assist in business development. The company is in talks with Bharat ... More

Red Hat global centre in Pune
PUNE: Red Hat, provider of open source to the enterprise has inaugurated its global engineering and support centre in Pune. The India support centre would address the support requirements of the growing domestic customer base while ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

HCL Tech makes Aquila Tech fully-owned subsidiary
HCL Technologies today announced that it has acquired the balance 43 per cent stake in Aquila Technologies Ltd, India, thus making it a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company. "The acquisition has been made through Shipara Technologies, a 100 ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Siemens, Enterasys expand ties
SIEMENS Ltd on Thursday announced extension of its global partnership with Enterasys Networks Inc for providing end-to-end convergence solutions to the enterprise market in India. As part of the alliance, Siemens would integrate its `HiPath' ... More

JP Mobile, Sony Ericsson team up
HYDERABAD: JP Mobile, a provider of enterprise mobility software, and Sony Ericsson said they would team to co-market SureWave - enabled Sony Ericsson's new and popular P910 Smartphones to wireless carriers, enterprise customers and ... More

TRENDS

Bangalore tops in temp salaries
THERE'S no doubt Bangalore is the place to head for if you are in the job market. A Nasscom-Hewitt report released on Tuesday says IT pros in the city command eight per cent higher compensation than their counterparts in other parts of the ... More

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