The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Airtel video service for GPRS customers
IN a bid to bring video to mass-market mobile phones, Airtel today announced the launch of video service for non-video phones for its pre-paid and post-paid GPRS customers nationally, at Rs 30 per download. To access this service, an Airtel ... More

FLAG awards submarine cable contract to Alcatel
FLAG Telecom, now owned by Reliance group, has awarded the turnkey contract for construction of its proposed FALCON submarine cable systems to Alcatel. The contract calls for building, installing and commissioning of 10,000 km of submarine ... More

HARDWARE

nVidia opens India design centre
NVIDIA Corp, the US-based graphics and digital media processor company, on Tuesday announced the opening of an India design centre with plans to hire about 100-150 engineers and set up an R&D wing and data centre to allow top-to-bottom design of More

`Fiorina's exit will not affect HP India strategy'
HP India on Tuesday said the recent exit of Ms Carly Fiorina as its parent's Chairperson and Chief Executive would not affect the company's strategy in India. "It will have no impact on the India or global strategy," Mr Ravi Swaminathan, ... More

SOFTWARE

Oracle to help banks comply with Basel II
ORACLE India plans to capitalise on the Indian financial market's need to comply with Basel II norms. The enterprise software company with the only Basel II compliance module in the market expects to help existing customers of its financial ... More

Roamware to expand base
ROAMWARE Inc, California-based provider of value-added voice and data roaming solutions, plans to expand its development base in India and ramp up headcount to 175 professionals in the next two years. "Our entire global development work takes ... More

Geodesic bonus issue
MUMBAI: Geodesic Information Systems Ltd, a Mumbai-based messaging software firm, has informed the BSE that its board meeting, scheduled for Monday, will consider allotting 1:1 bonus shares to its shareholders as of February 25, as ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

HCL Tech buys out HES from Computech
HCL Technologies Ltd on Tuesday announced the acquisition of last tranche of 16.33 per cent stake in HCL Enterprise Solutions (HES) from Computech Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary, HCL Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd (HCLB). With ... More

BROADBAND

Airtel aggressive on broadband packages
IN a bid to take competition head-on, Airtel Broadband and Telephone Services on Tuesday announced new broadband tariff packages at multiple price points to enable customers to choose the most suitable packages as per their requirements. The ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

Infy's ADS issue likely next fiscal
INFOSYS Technologies' secondary sponsored ADS issue is likely to hit the market in the beginning of the next financial year. Sources familiar with the issue told Business Line that it is not possible in March. This means that the ADS ... More

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