The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 17, 2007

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AWARDS & HONOURS
Nasscom award for IBM chief
IBM has said its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Samuel J. Palmisano, has been conferred with a Nasscom award for sustaining growth, innovation and momentum of the company. The 'Nasscom Business Leadership ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
`Telecom law must move to universal declaration'
Internationally, companies declare all services they provide hence eliminating complications arising out of multiple licences. More

Arun Sarin briefs PM on rural plans
Hopes to sign agreement with Essar soon More

Hutch opens new-format shop in Kochi
Hutch has announced the strengthening of its service network in the State with the opening of its Hutch shop in a new format in Kochi on Friday. With this, there are 17 Hutch shops and one mobile Hutch shop across the State. The company will ... More

Alcatel-Lucent to supply MTNL 2m GSM lines
NYSE listed Alcatel-Lucent and ITI, telecom equipment manufacturing company announced a contract to supply and install two million lines for Mahanagar Telephone Nigam ltd (MTNL) based on advanced wireless communication technology. The ... More

Hutch cuts roaming rate
Hutch, a mobile telecom service provider, has introduced national roaming without monthly rentals. It also has reduced national roaming rates by up to 56 per cent and no security deposit would be collected for national roaming. In a release ... More

BUDGET
Focus on domestic IT market
Indian IT and ITES industry has been going through an export boom over the last few years. IT services exports are projected to grow at a healthy 30 per cent. However, the growth rate in the domestic market is only around 15 - 20 per cent for ... More

HARDWARE
Pulsecore to invest $15 m over 3 years
US-based Pulsecore Semiconductor announced it would invest $15 million over next 2-3 years in India and double its headcount by 2009 in its Bangalore subsidiary. Besides this organic growth, it is also looking to acquire Asian semiconductor firms ... More

SOFTWARE
Microsoft targets SMEs in export clusters
Starts with textiles, auto component, chemical clusters More

Oracle expanding reach
Oracle is rapidly extending its reach across India. The company has in the first phase of expansion set its foot into 17 cities, taking its total reach to 23 cities. It expanded into Pune, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Kochi, ... More

IT TRAINING
JK Technosoft plans finishing schools
To partner universities More

IT centres planned for visually impaired
To support training for using Emacspeak software More

HUMAN RESOURCES
IT: One out of six is an Indian
Workforce of top 8 global companies More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
India, main offshore delivery centre for majors
Cost competitiveness, vast talent pool big draw More

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