The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, December 15, 2005

Bharti to launch 3G services in Seychelles
BHARTI Enterprises will shortly launch third generation (3G) mobile services in Seychelles. The service, under the Airtel brand name, is being offered through Telecom Seychelles Ltd, a joint venture of Bharti Global, an arm of Bharti ... More

BSNL launches `SMS power plan'
BSNL has come out with a new post-paid plan styled `SMS Power Plan' Under this plan, the mobile phone customers would get 2,000 free SMS within the BSNL network every month. Beyond this number, the customers would be charged 40 paise per SMS. To ... More

HARDWARE

MindTree chip for Korean firm
MINDTREE Consulting said on Wednesday that it has developed an analogue integrated circuit (IC), that enhances the life of batteries used in handheld devices, for a Korean semiconductor and wireless products company. Mr Subroto Bagchi, Chief ... More

New Toshiba products
Mr Ivan Kam (left), Manager, Distributor Business, South Asia, Computer Systems Division, Toshiba Singapore Pte Ltd, and Mr Rajendra Kumar, Executive Vice-President, Frontline Division, HCL Infosystems Ltd, at a press conference to launch new ... More

SOFTWARE

Efftronics turns 20
EFFTRONICS, set up here in 1985 with Rs 45,000, has now grown into a small software company with an annual turnover of Rs 15.60 crore, providing employment to 285 persons. At a press meet here on Tuesday, Mr D. Ramakrishna, Managing Director, ... More

E&Y evolves auditing standard for services companies
SAS 70 is a standard that offers information about controls at a service organisation. More

Checkpoint Systems opens Indian subsidiary
CHECKPOINT Systems Inc US, provider of radio frequency-based product identification and theft management solutions for retailers, on Tuesday announced the opening of its Indian subsidiary, Checkpoint Systems India Pvt Ltd, said a company release. ... More

3i Infotech may raise revenue projections
WITH revenues set to kick in from the three recent acquisitions this quarter, 3i Infotech Ltd may raise its guidance upwards for the current fiscal. "We may take a call on this when the board meets early next month," Mr Amar Chintopanth, CFO, ... More

Ittiam to offer solutions based on DaVinci tech
BANGALORE: Ittiam Systems has announced it will provide software solutions based on DaVinci technology from Texas Instruments (TI). TI's DaVinci technology has enhanced signal-processing capability and allows multimedia experiences in ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Adobe forms new biz unit in India
ADOBE Systems on Wednesday announced it would add 300 professionals in 2006, half of them in a business unit in India, which would be responsible for drawing out global strategies for Print and Classic Publishing products range. Adobe Systems ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Raman Roy, Lankan co join to tap BPO opportunity
THE Sri Lanka-based diversified group, John Keells Holdings Ltd (JKH), and Raman Roy and Associates (RRA) today announced a joint venture to develop a BPO business in the Asian region, initially focusing on India and Sri Lanka, with an investment ... More

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

SAP to resell Mercury tool
BANGALORE: SAP, a provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, will now act as reseller of business technology optimisation software from Mercury Interactive Corporation. Load testing software, Mercury LoadRunner, helps ... More

SECURITY

New security tool for BPOs
NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of announcing its `e-Kaliber package' to create a pool of skilled manpower, the Call Centre Association of India (CCAI) has unveiled a security product `e-secure' aimed at filling the existing gap of security ... More

E-MAIL

MSN India in pact with 5 more mobile players
HOTMAIL users can now receive e-mails via SMS. MSN and Mobile 365, a mobile messaging and data services company, have entered into strategic alliances with five mobile operators in India. The US-based Mobile 365 reaches 500 mobile operators ... More

ISPS

AP Aksh gets ISP licence
HYDERABAD: AP Aksh Broadband Ltd, a company implementing the Statewide broadband network that seeks to connect 40,000 Government offices and reach out services to the common man, has received Internet service provider (ISP) licence, a ... More

EVENTS

Oracle OpenWorld meet in Mumbai on Jan 10, 11
ORACLE India Private Ltd will host the global technology and business conference Oracle OpenWorld in Mumbai on January 10 and 11. The conference is targeted at customers, partners, business and IT decision makers. India is one of the only ... More

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