The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 11, 2005

Non-voice mobile application up 139% — Ringtones, games fastest growing
RESEARCH and analysts IDC India said that the non-voice market within the mobile telephony segment registered a growth of 139 per cent in 2004 over the previous year. The biggest contributor continues to be short messaging service accounting ... More

Hutch shop on wheels inaugurated in Mangalore
HUTCHISON Essar South launched a unique concept, `Hutch shop on wheels', here on Thursday. Speaking to presspersons after inaugurating the service, Mr Samuel Selvakumar, Operations Director, Hutchison Essar South, said this would cater to the ... More

Delhi HC asks MTNL not to disconnect Reliance Infocomm
THE Delhi High Court, on Thursday, put a stay on the disconnection notice sent by MTNL to Reliance Infocomm over non-payment of access deficit charges on international calls illegally routed as local ones. The stay order was given after ... More

INSIGHT

IT: Look for competitive edge
As clients become more knowledgeable about outsourcing, competition increases and the industry matures, selling BPO services just based on economic considerations will be tougher for Indian BPO companies. More

HARDWARE

Applied Materials bullish, to consolidate Indian operations
APPLIED Materials Inc, the $8.1-billion supplier of equipment and services to semiconductor industry, has embarked on a process to consolidate its Indian operations that would also see it expanding its software development and R&D role into ... More

Taiwan keen to team up with India for chip design
THE Taiwanese IC industry is looking to collaborate with India's technology sector on design of system-on-chips (SoC). At a Nasscom seminar on the subject here today, Mr Steve Line, President of the Taiwan SoC Consortium, said the Taiwanese ... More

IBM tops server market
IT major IBM said on Thursday that it has secured the first position in the country's server market. Quoting data from IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Enterprise Server Tracker, Q4 2004, the company said it had a 30.5 per cent share of the revenue ... More

MosChip to hike capital
HYDERABAD: MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd has informed the BSE that members at an extraordinary general meeting on Thursday approved a hike in authorised capital and move to offer global depository shares. Members authorised the ... More

SOFTWARE

GE Health launches hi-definition magnetic resonance system
GE Healthcare's engineering and scientific set-up in Bangalore has played a "significant" role in the development of the global healthcare equipment major's High Definition Magnetic Resonance (HDMR) system, the national launch of which has been ... More

QXSystems sets up engg centre
THE US-based QXSystems, provider of technology software solutions, has set up an engineering centre in Chennai with an investment of Rs 10 crore. The company has about 30 employees in India and plans to ramp it up to around 500 in the next 15 ... More

Wipro process consulting practice picking up pace
WIPRO Technologies said on Thursday that its process consulting practice was gaining momentum and sees good traction. Process consulting is part of the IT consulting practice of Wipro and the company offers services such as business process ... More

Northgate launches SIP-based software
THE Northgate MD, Mr Venkat S. Meenavalli said that the company has developed a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)-based software that would help people to make calls from anywhere across the world and use the same as if this were a local call. ... More

JP Mobile solution
HYDERABAD: Executives, sales professionals and IT staff at Newsweek, a unit of The Washington Post Company and one of the top three news weeklies in the US, stay connected while on the road with Sprint and JP Mobile SureWave ... More

Hexaware bags Belgium order
MUMBAI: Hexaware Technologies has won a $3-million multi-year contract with a Belgium-based banking and insurance conglomerate, said a company press release. Hexaware bagged the application maintenance project, which involves ... More

GENDER

Accenture to recruit more women
TO encourage gender diversity at the workplace, Accenture in India is launching a focused recruitment campaign to attract more women employees. The campaign will include a metrics-based recruitment process, a referral programme, connecting ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Satyam ties up with Inmarsat
HYDERABAD: Satyam Computer Services has announced that it has been named as the `Preferred SAP partner' for Inmarsat Ltd, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications. Satyam has been responsible for consulting, ... More

ITC Infotech in pact with SAP
BANGALORE: ITC Infotech has entered into a strategic alliance with SAP, the world's leader in business software solutions, to service the growing Indian market. The ITC Infotech-SAP alliance will focus on implementing projects in the ... More

SECURITY

Wipro to take action against employee
WIPRO said on Thursday that it would take appropriate action against its employee who had created a bomb scare by making a hoax call to the company on Wednesday. "Appropriate action will be taken against the employee according to the internal ... More

ISPS

Proposal to restrict FDI in ISPs to 74 pc under study — Sify's ADR application put on hold
The proposal to restrict FDI is in line with the Government's policy to level the field for all telecom services providers. More

EVENTS

Intel seminar in Coimbatore
COIMBATORE: A seminar on how adoption of information technology will help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to improve profitability is being organised by Intel in Coimbatore on Friday. The `Intel business advantage seminar' will ... More

Computer engineers meet in Thiruvananthapuram
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Centre of the Institution of Engineers is hosting the 19th national convention of computer engineers in the city on March 12 and March 13. Called `FICOM 05', the event will focus on grid computing, ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Northgate forays into online biz services
NORTHGATE BPO Services Ltd has forayed into online advertisement related services with the launch of three business tracking portals. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the Managing Director of Northgate BPO, Mr Venkat S. ... More

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