The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Bandwidth segment is laggard here
WHILE India can boast of a number of players in the mobile market, it lags behind when it comes to competition in the international bandwidth segment. While countries such as the UK and the US have more than 30 operators offering international ... More

Spice phones make southern debut with Chennai launch
SPICE Ltd, a group company of M Corp Global, a $250-million transnational group, will look to redefine value at the entry-level segment with its new line of cellular phones, according to Mr Kunal Ahooja, CEO of Spice Ltd. The four models being ... More

SOFTWARE

Globe7 soft phone tool
GLOBE7 Inc, a New-Jersey-based technology company, and part of Northgate Technologies Ltd, has announced it has released its Beta-Edition 3.0 of the Globe7 Soft Phone system, a free downloadable software. A phone number would be assigned to the ... More

Honeywell India targets $1-b revenue
HONEYWELL India is targeting $1-billion in revenues by 2010. Currently, revenues are around $300 million and the company expects to make $500 million by the end of the next calendar year. "Our growth will be substantially organic," said Mr ... More

Perot Systems sees India headcount rising 25-30%
THE US-based Perot Systems Corporation hopes to add 1,500-1,800 professionals to its Indian operations over the coming year, thus increasing its current workforce by 25-30 per cent. Perot Systems, which had a joint venture with HCL till ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Karnataka police tells BPOs to ensure safety of staff
OVER 100 representatives of BPOs here were asked to adopt best HR practices and ensure safety and security of its employees. The City Police Commissioner, Mr Ajay Kumar Singh, convened a meeting here on Tuesday to discuss safety and security ... More

INTERVIEW

NewLogic will help us expand in Europe: Senapaty
WIPRO CFO, Mr Suresh Senapaty believes that the acquisition of NewLogic in Austria will double its strength in Germany and France. It will also have delivery centres in these countries. He estimates the revenues to be five million Euros for the ... More

Ciber India to later merge with iGATE
iGATE Solutions recently acquired the balance 51 per cent stake in Ciber India, which was previously held by Ciber Inc. The CFO of iGATE Solutions, Mr N. Ramachandran, Ciber India would eventually merge with iGATE. Excerpts from ... More

BROADBAND

Siemens chooses Sterlite
PUNE: Sterlite Optical Technologies Ltd, an integrated manufacturer of optical fibres and telecom cables, has announced that it has been awarded Preferred Supplier status by Siemens, Germany, one of the world's largest electronics and ... More

BSNL offers free broadband to landline users in AP
AP Telecom (BSNL) has come up with a free two-month Data One Broadband connection for all its BSNL landline subscribers with Internet dial-up connections. After using the free connection for two months, the customers can opt for extension of ... More

ISPS

TRAI issues draft recommendations on migration to IPv6
IN a bid to give a push to Internet Protocol version 6 deployments, which offer improved address space, quality of service and data security capabilities, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today suggested that IPv6 usage in platforms ... More

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT

Red Hat, CII arm Shiksha in pact to distribute free content to schools
RED Hat, the provider of open source solutions to enterprises, and the CII's Shiksha India Trust have signed an MoU to work together to modernise the Indian education system. Under the agreement, Red Hat and Shiksha will make the latest in IT ... More

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