The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, May 17, 2007

Tata Tele to spend Rs 600 cr in expanding coverage
Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd will spend between Rs 500 crore and Rs 600 crore this fiscal, to expand its coverage in the Maharashtra-Goa-Mumbai telecom circle. TTML is a listed subsidiary of unlisted Tata Teleservices Ltd which has ... More

Rajeev Chandrasekhar favours new players in 3G
Mr Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Rajya Sabha MP, has written to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, backing the Government's intention to go for a global auction for giving third generation (3G) mobile licences. The letter from Mr Chandrasekhar ... More

Tata Indicom new plan
Tata Teleservices on Wednesday announced the launch of most-dialled add-on-plan aimed at helping customers reduce their telephone bills. The new plan is aimed at customers who make substantial local and STD calls to a select few numbers. By ... More

INTERNET
VSNL plans wider Wi-Fi footprint
VSNL has said that it will increase the footprint of its Wi-Fi service in India to tap the on-the-move market. The company will enhance the number of its `hotspots' from 250 to 1,000 during the current year, said a statement issued by the ... More

IT TRAINING
NIIT plans 100 labs for network infrastructure
NIIT Ltd has announced setting up of 100 network infrastructure labs over the next 18-24 months to offer training programmes in networking and infrastructure management technologies. At present, the company has two such centres in Delhi and three ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Kamal Nath to take up visa issue with US
Insists on forward movement by US to further services trade More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Infotech buys majority stake in Geospace
As part of its strategy to tap geospatial business, Infotech Enterprises has acquired a majority stake in the Hyderabad-based Geospatial Integrated Solution Pvt Ltd (Geospace Integra) for an undisclosed sum. According to a release, Infotech and ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
DoT seeks TRAI views on mixed tech use by cell firms
Exploring option of capping number of operators More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
Yatra, Hughes tie up for travel services
Online travel portal Yatra Online Pvt Ltd and broadband satellite network provider Hughes announced a tie-up on Wednesday that will enable the portal to offer its travel-related services to customers across the country through select HughesNet ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS
Allianz Cornhill gets certification
The Systems Development Division of Allianz Cornhill India, the offshore captive centre of Allianz Insurance plc, UK, operating from the Technopark campus here has been certified at SEI CMMI-Level 5, the highest maturity level in ... More

OUTLOOK
Anantara Solutions will focus on second gen outsourcing
Value based model combines business consulting services, IT services More

PEOPLE
M. Karanjkar is UFO Intl CTO
Mr Makarand Karanjkar has been appointed Chief Technology Officer of UFO International, the digital satellite cinema network of the Apollo Group. Mr Karanjkar was earlier working with the Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco. ... More

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