The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 02, 2006

Convergys to expand India operations
Convergys Corporation, the $2.5-billion technology and call centre services provider, is in the process of expanding both its telecom software development team as also call centre workforce spread across seven delivery centres in the ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Budget `disappoints' telecom industry
The telecom industry has expressed disappointment with the Budget proposals, as it did not address the concerns raised by the operators, manufacturers and equipment vendors. Mr Deepak Kapoor, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, ... More

Tatas move to buy Birla stake in Idea Cellular
Serves notice for breach of shareholders pact More

ITI bags order from Alcatel
To supply 300 base stations More

Hutch offers uniform STD rate
Hutch has announced a uniform national long distance rate of Re 1 per minute for both its post paid and prepaid customers. The tariff if applicable to calls made to any phone in the country and is ... More

BUDGET

`Mixed bag for IT sector'
The Managing Director, Oracle India, Mr Krishan Dhawan, said the commitment by the Government to increase spending on the e-Governance initiatives will help in percolating the benefits to the general populace including ... More

Continuity in policy
Mr Suresh Senapaty, CFO and Executive Vice President, Wipro Ltd feels that the Budget has rightly focussed on investment, employment, infrastructure and social sectors including education. "This is a growth oriented budget. At ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Agreement on Smart City `within a week'
More

IT is Coimbatore
PARKING LOT: Foundation laying work going on at the site in Coimbatore where ETL Infrastructure Services Ltd. is promoting an IT Park.

SOFTWARE

MS multi-language software launched
Software major Microsoft on Wednesday launched multi-language `Windows XP Starter Edition for India' with English and local language computing interface, as part of its efforts to make computers more affordable, relevant and broadly available to ... More

`Duty on software disappointing'
Niraj Kaushik, Country Manager, Trend Micro India, has expressed disappointment over the imposition of the 8 per cent excise duty on packaged software. This imposition, he said, would increase the price of the legal software. ... More

Maran to take up excise issue with FM
Allays fears on spike in PC prices More

Survey to assess tech adoption in small industrial units
The services of a leading market research agency have been enlisted to take on the task of conducting a survey to test and assess technology adoption in the small and medium enterprise (SME) segment. As a part of this exercise, a three-day ... More

Satyam to expand China presence
Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Wednesday announced its plans to set up operations in Guangzhou, China, further strengthening its presence there to make it a nearshore centre for the region. The company signed an agreement in ... More

INTERNET

Grayson gives blind people a Web vision
A visit to Mr David Grayson's Web site will reveal that he is truly a campaigner for responsible businesses. The home page of Mr Grayson's Web site, www.davidgrayson.net, has been designed to be fully ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Major rejig at Hutchison Essar; Ruias up stake
Kotak Mahindra Bank exits with Rs 1,019- cr sale to Analjit Singh More

Aircel applies for eight more circles
Maxis shareholders okay acquisition More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Airtel launches Re 1 STD plans
Airtel on Wednesday launched a suite of Re 1 plans for its post-paid as well as pre-paid mobile customers. For its post-paid customers, Airtel has introduced two new plans — India Home and India Roam. The India Home plan offers Airtel to ... More

Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in
Subscribe to: Business Line