The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Telecom operators upbeat on zero rental schemes
AFTER the success of what the telecom industry refers to as `Formula 99', with sub-Rs 100 rentals per month, various telecom operators — both GSM and CDMA — are now latching on to the zero rental plans. Early indicators reflect ... More

Karnataka CET results on `R World'
MANGALORE: The results of Common Entrance Test (CET) for professional courses, conducted by the Karnataka State Board, will be available on `R World' data application suite of Reliance India Mobile (RIM) from May 31. To get the results ... More

Walky: Tata Tele told to pay Rs 47.5 lakh to BSNL
TATA Teleservices will have to pay up Rs 47.5 lakh, half of the amount demanded by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) as interconnectivity charges payable by TTSL's `Walky' service, according to an interim order issued by the Delhi High Court on ... More

AirtelExpress vans to spread mobile awareness in Hyderabad
Airtel has flagged off AirtelExpress vans that will take its bouquet of services to people's doorstep. These vans are expected to cover over 350 towns in the next 90 days. Airtel is combining a series of initiatives in its mass contact ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

DLF launches Rs 240-cr IT park in Chandigarh
DLF Commercial Developers Ltd on Monday launched its IT park in Chandigarh. The DLF IT Park, located at Kishangarh, Chandigarh, has an office space of 800,000 sq. ft. targeted at IT/ITES companies. DLF has invested close to Rs 240 crore for this ... More

EDUCATION

IT course at JNTU(Hyd)
HYDERABAD: UGC-Academic Staff College of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad is conducting a four-week orientation course on information technology from June 2 -29, 2005. The course is sponsored by the ... More

Advice to IT students
HYDERABAD: The IBM Director (ASEAN SMB), Mr Ganesh Margabandu, has called upon the students of ICFAI School of Information Technology (ISIT) to develop strong functional skills and an ability to apply, adapt and integrate Information ... More

SOFTWARE

AFL bags contract to manage supply chain for PCS Tech
AFL Private Ltd has bagged a contract to provide its supply chain management (SCM) solutions to PCS Technology Ltd. According to an official statement, under the contract, AFL will implement its surrogate customer account management to help PCS ... More

Accenture moves to new facility in Hyderabad
ACCENTURE, the $13.67-billion global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, has moved its operations in Hyderabad to a larger facility in Mindspace IT Park. It set up operations in the city in 2003 and employs over ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Jamdat buys Blue Lava
JAMDAT Mobile, the global wireless entertainment publisher, has announced the acquisition of Blue Lava Wireless and long-term licence from Tetris, a wireless gaming application. The company, which has a development and support centre in ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Pricol Tech, Blue Ridge tie up
PRICOL Technologies has joined hands with the Virginia-based Blue Ridge Numerics, developer of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to offer `Upfront CFD solution' to various industry segments such as aerospace and defense, consumer ... More

TRENDS

Hard Pedalling
The scene at an IT company in Kochi. Software and hardware exports from the State exceeded Rs 300 crore, a 40 per cent growth over last year's Rs 218 crore, as per a study conducted by Software Technology Parks India. ... More

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