The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 27, 2005

Fixed wireless subscribers will have to shell out more
SIX million fixed wireless terminal subscribers across the country may have to pay a higher tariff with the Department of Telecom categorising the service at par with mobile services. This would mean that operators like Tata Teleservices and ... More

CDMA cos seek PM's intervention — `Market forces must determine tariffs'
TELECOM operators using CDMA technology have written to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, seeking intervention in policy matters relating to spectrum allocation, access deficit charge, and interconnection. The operators have also asked ... More

LG Electronics to make Pune facility a hub for exports
Mr Bhatia said trends indicated that black and white mobile handsets, like television sets some time ago, were on their way out. More

BPL Mobile unveils special STD rates
BPL Mobile has introduced a reduced STD rate of Re 1 per minute for its customers calling into either BPL or Hutch subscribers across India. Only a few weeks ago had Hutch announced its intention to acquire BPL Mobile's operations. Observers ... More

SOFTWARE

FirstRain to expand R&D teams here
ANY company, in this extremely competitive global market, is faced with the challenge of keeping abreast of the latest information to take strategic business decisions. Surf the Web with popular search engines; you may still be saddled with ... More

`Compliance tool market growing' — MetricStream to invest $20 m in India facility
METRICSTREAM Inc plans to invest $20 million in its software development facility and in sales and marketing efforts in the country in response to the growing market for compliance software. "Our software platform enables companies to keep up ... More

Infotech centre for HS
HYDERABAD: Infotech Enterprises has created a dedicated Centre of Excellence for design engineering services and product engineering services for Hamilton Sundstrand (HS), a global supplier of aerospace and industrial products. This ... More

INTERNET

For more space, better security and quality of service — TRAI favours next gen Internet Protocol
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has suggested overhauling India's Internet backbone to move to the next generation protocol called the IPv6 — Internet Protocol version 6, to facilitate the growth of broadband and Internet ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

AppLabs to double headcount, close to sealing US acquisition
APPLABS Technologies, a global software quality and testing services provider, is planning to expand by doubling its headcount in the country and is close to finalising plans for an acquisition in the US. The Chief Executive Officer of AppLabs, ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Novell keen to customise products for Indian market — Buys out partner in distribution venture
NOVELL Inc said today that it was acquiring 50 per cent stake held by its partner in the joint venture Onward Novell, its sales and distribution arm in India. Novell expects to close the transaction by the end of current fiscal. Ms Rhonda ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

IAP ties up with Japanese co
NEW DELHI: Software solutions and systems integrator firm IAP Company Ltd has announced a tie-up with the Japanese geomatic engineering and applications organisation, PASCO, to provide solutions on Geographical Information System (GIS) ... More

BROADBAND

`10,000 DataOne broadband target for Dakshina Kannada'
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has set a target of providing 10,000 DataOne broadband connections in Dakshina Kannada Telecom District during the current financial year. Dakshina Kannada and Udupi revenue districts come under Dakshina Kannada ... More

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