The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 04, 2005

VSNL gets US regulatory nods for Tyco buy
VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Tuesday said that it has received all the major regulatory approvals necessary for the transfer of the Tyco Global Network landing station licences from Tyco to VSNL, including that from the Federal Communications ... More

BSNL plans undersea cable to Singapore
TO expand its international long distance (ILD) business, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is planning to lay an undersea cable connecting Port Blair to Singapore. This will be the second undersea cable project that BSNL would be undertaking ... More

TRAI to propose 30 Mhz additional spectrum for 3G services
MOBILE users can look forward to better connectivity and faster data speeds with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India set to propose 30 Mhz of additional spectrum in the 2Ghz band meant for offering third generation (3G) services. TRAI is ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

R.R. Industries tech park inaugurated; announces Rs 60-cr new project
R.R. Industries Ltd, a Chennai-based real estate promoter for the information technology industry, on Monday inaugurated a 1.60-lakh sq ft technology park, R.R. Tower III, built at a cost of Rs 35 crore. Mr Kiran Karnik, President, National ... More

HARDWARE

No change in duty on laptops: MAIT
IT hardware association, Manufacturers Association for Information Technology (MAIT), on Tuesday said that duty and price of laptops would remain unchanged following Monday's Amendment to the Finance Bill 2005, which clarifies that laptops will ... More

Maran to pitch for Intel chip plant
THE Communications and IT Minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, has said the Government would impress upon the US-based chip maker Intel Corp to set up a manufacturing unit in India. Mr Maran will meet the Intel Chief, Mr Craig Barrett, at the end of the ... More

SOFTWARE

`IT sector earns Rs 1,00,000 cr'
THE domestic IT sector crossed revenues of Rs 1,00,000 crore and provided direct employment to about 10 lakh people in fiscal 2004-05, said Mr Kiran Karnik, President, National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom). "These ... More

Symbol opens Bangalore centre
SYMBOL Technologies Inc, the enterprise mobility company, has opened a software development centre here as part of its expansion in India. The centre will focus on developing Symbol's next generation wireless and mobility systems management ... More

Infosys adopts SEC format
BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies has announced that it has voluntarily furnished eXtensible business Reporting Language data to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) electronically in a 6-K exhibit. Infosys is participating in ... More

Sify tool for TotalFinaElf
CHENNAI: Forum, a supply chain management solution of Sify Ltd, is to be deployed for TotalFinaElf India's distribution operations. The project is expected to cover about 100 distributors of TotalFinaElf India this year, followed by ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Oracle to acquire PeopleSoft centres in Bangalore
ORACLE today announced that it has exercised its purchase options to acquire PeopleSoft development centres based in Bangalore, which are being operated by Hexaware Technologies and Covansys Corp. The purchase options originally granted under ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

Tribunal quashes TRAI order on direct connectivity
THE Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Tuesday struck down an order from the telecom regulator, which had asked Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to offer direct connectivity between its cellular venture — CellOne and ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

HCL, IIT Delhi join hands for drug research
HCL Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with Supercomputing Facility for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (SCFBio) at IIT-Delhi on high-end projects in the area of drug discovery and development, including genomics and ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

VeriSign opens India centre
VERISIGN, the network and Internet infrastructure service provider, today launched its India Development Centre (IDC). The company plans to invest $6 million in the centre over the next year. The company expects to hire about 125 persons by the ... More

ISPS

TDSAT upholds DoT's entry fee for VPN service
IN a blow to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Tuesday refused to stay the Government's decision to impose entry fee and licence fee on virtual private network (VPN) services. The ... More

EVENTS

Singapore IT fair in June
NEW DELHI: Communicasia 2005, a four-day exhibition cum conference on IT and telecom, begins in Singapore on June 14. "Indian companies such as Aishwarya Telecom, Coral Telecom, Fast Tech Telecommunications, Kaveri Telecom Products, and ... More

NIIT's national aptitude test
NEW DELHI: NIIT has announced its 2nd National IT Aptitude Test (NITAT) to identify students with potential and aptitude for a career in the IT industry. "NITAT 2005 is aimed at enabling graduates and students pursuing their studies in ... More