The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 05, 2005

Hutch offers cell-to-cell STD calls at 75 paise/min
MOBILE long-distance tariffs have touched a new low with Hutch announcing a 75-paise-a-minute tariff for all cell-to-cell STD calls irrespective of the distance. The tariffs available to Hutch's Delhi subscribers will, however, be applicable ... More

Texas Instruments to launch single chip mobile phone solution in India
World's first single chip mobile phone solution will be launched in India by US based Texas Instruments on Monday. The single chip phone solution will drastically bring down the cost and also increase the battery life of a mobile handset. This ... More

Goldkist mobile phone academy
NEW DELHI: Singapore-based Goldkist Group, distributor of mobile phones, has set up Mobile Technology Academy in Delhi to provide training in the field of mobile phone technology, sales and management. With the mobile phone subscriber ... More

Tata Indicom to cover 350 towns
TATA Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) plans to expand its footprint in Andhra Pradesh from 230 towns to 350 towns, increase its subscriber base from 6,50,000 to one million, and invest Rs 350 crore during the course of the financial year. The company's ... More

HARDWARE

Maran presents sub-Rs10,000 PC to Sonia
THE Communications and IT Minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, on Thursday presented the country's cheapest personal computer priced lower than Rs 10,000 to the Chairperson of National Advisory Council, Ms Sonia Gandhi. The computer has been developed ... More

Pegaasus PCs launched
KOCHI: The Kochi-based Pegaasus, one of the leading distributors of IT hardware, has introduced Pegaasus PC's in the Kerala market. Priced at Rs 16,990, the product offers advanced acceleration ensuring better speed with 256 MB, 7200 ... More

SOFTWARE

Infosys plans to invest $65 m in Chinese arm
INFOSYS Technologies said on Thursday that it planned to invest $65 million in expanding the operations of its Chinese subsidiary over five years. Infosys, which is setting up two new facilities in Hangzhou and Shanghai, plans to ramp up its ... More

SAP posts 50 pc growth in India
BUSINESS software vendor SAP said on Thursday that its Indian business grew by 50 per cent in the first half of 2005, compared to corresponding last year, as it signed up more new customers during the first six months. The company, however, ... More

Sasken IPO on Aug 11
SASKEN Communication Technologies said its initial public offering would open on August 11 and close on August 17. The company is offering 50 lakh equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at a premium to be decided through the book-building process. ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Q1 takes the heat off IT jobs — Cos see cool-off period till Sept
WHILE the country's technology sector has been projecting high confidence in hiring, a close study of the industry trend shows that there was a decline in recruitments from March to June this year, with some companies even predicting a cool-off ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

SumTotal buys Pathlore for $48 m
SUMTOTAL Systems Inc, a Nasdaq-listed learning technology solutions provider, has announced the acquisition of Pathlore Software Corporation for approximately $48 million. The acquisition is expected to be concluded within three months. Of the ... More

Four Soft plans to acquire European co
FOUR SOFT Ltd plans to seek shareholders nod to increase the borrowing limit to Rs 60 crore and allow the management to invest about Rs 100 crore for possible acquisition of a European company. After the company board meeting held here , the ... More

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

Indian ERP market in for robust growth, says ARC study
The market was $83 million in 2004, and is projected to be over $250 million in 2009. More

EVENTS

Infovision-2005 to bring together industry, academia
A TWO-DAY summit, Infovision-2005, that underlines the participation of stakeholders in the world of information, which includes academia and technology providers and user group, is expected to throw up issues that could lead to shape the needs ... More

PEOPLE

Daljit Singh joins Bharti Tele
NEW DELHI: Mr Daljit Singh has joined Bharti Tele Ventures Ltd as Corporate Director-Human Resources (HR). He will also be a member of the Management Council. Prior to joining Bharti, Mr Singh worked with American Express as Vice ... More

TRENDS