The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Surana, dealer for Hisense
HYDERABAD: Surana Telecom Ltd has informed the BSE that the company has been appointed as the authorised representative in India of Hisense Import/Export Company Ltd, China. As a result, the company will be authorised to act as dealers ... More

ESOPS

Infosys ESOP allotment
BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies Ltd has informed the stock exchange that the board of directors of the company has allotted 78,920 equity shares of par value of Rs 5 to the optionees on May 13 pursuant to the exercise of the options ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

BSNL ties up with Oxigen to offer e-recharge facility
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has joined hands with Oxigen, a private pre-paid services company, to offer e-pin, an electronically deliverable recharge facility. The facility, launched here on Monday, would let CellOne prepaid customers get ... More

Telecom rides the mobile wave — Non-wireless segments, rural areas laggards
EVEN as India's telecommunication market has become the fastest growing in the world, lack of growth in the rural sector and in the non-wireless segment has raised concerns on the eve of the World Telecom Day. While the mobile segment has ... More

Bharti judged Asia's best GSM operator
NEW DELHI: Bharti Tele-Ventures has been judged as the best GSM operator in Asia in the 2005 Telecom Asia Awards. The company's Chairman and Group Managing Director, Mr Sunil Mittal, was given the `Best Asian Telecom CEO' award. "A 12 ... More

Hutch offers Zero Rental plan
HUTCH, the mobile services provider, launched a new category of `Zero Rental' plan for all Hutch and Orange post-paid users across the country. Users under this scheme will be able to call or SMS any local Hutch number for 50 paise per ... More

MTNL to spend Rs 866 cr on Mumbai circle this year
During the year ended March 31, 2004, MTNL added 2.9 lakh GSM subscribers, and 40,000 CDMA subscribers. More

BSNL's new services in Mangalore
MANGALORE: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), Dakshina Kannada Telecom District, will celebrate 37th World Telecom Day by launching new services in Mangalore. A BSNL release said here that `Data One Broadband' and online billing ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Elnet Tech plans software park arm
ELNET Technologies Ltd, a joint venture between Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu and New Era Investments, plans to promote a wholly owned subsidiary — Elnet Software City Ltd — for the development of Elnet software parks, said a ... More

HARDWARE

Ultra Slim notebook
BANGALORE: Wipro Infotech has launched an Ultra Slim notebook under the new LittleGenius series for superior mobile computing, featuring the latest wireless technology. The Ultra Slim notebook has a sleek, aesthetic and contemporary ... More

SOFTWARE

SMBs contribute over 40 pc of Microsoft India's revenue
SHARE of small and medium size businesses (SMBs) to Microsoft India's revenue has increased to 40-50 per cent from 30-40 per cent a year ago, said a senior company official. Quoting a third party study, Mr Rajeev Mittal, Director, Small and ... More

Bengal IT firms urged to focus on home market
IT would auger well for IT and ITES companies in West Bengal to focus on the "industrial expertise concept" and concentrate on select verticals or horizontals such as testing and security and controls, instead of operating on broad-based and ... More

Bajaj Auto signs deal with Approva Corpn
TWO and three-wheeler manufacturer Bajaj Auto has signed a deal with Approva Corporation to use its BizRights software to manage enterprise controls and improve business processes, said a press release. Bajaj Auto uses its SAP system to process ... More

INTERNET

Taj Web site bags award
TAJ Hotels Resorts and Palaces has been awarded the best travel online campaign in the Web Marketing Association's 2005 Internet advertising competition, an annual event for web developers and marketers. According to an official statement, the ... More

IT TRAINING

Hero Mindmine training product to hone tech skills
HERO Mindmine, a training and learning solutions company belonging to the Rs 11,500-crore Hero group, has announced the launch of `COMMIT', a programme designed to address the communication needs of the IT industry professionals here on ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

EFI to buy Vutek
MUMBAI: EFI, a digital imaging and print management solutions company, has signed an agreement to acquire privately held Vutek Inc for $282 million. It expects the transaction to close early in the third quarter of 2005, subject to ... More

EVENTS

WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY — A BUSINESS LINE FEATURE

`BSNL (South) to focus on cost-cutting, effective distribution'
The national network management system will come up in Chennai to monitor all the 325 trunk auto exchange switches in India; it will control and divert traffic all over the country. More

Message...
ON this 17th day of May 2005 which is celebrated world over as "World Telecommunications Day", I extend my heartiest greetings and best wishes to all our customers. Communication is the lifeline of any economy. Through communication, people can ... More

Sun Tech Days to be held in Bangalore
SUN Microsystems has announced the Bangalore edition of `Sun Tech Days,' which is to be held on May 19 and 20 at the Bangalore Trade Centre at Whitefield. The event is targeted at professional developers, programmers, Web developers, content ... More