The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 04, 2007

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
‘Cut import duty on cell phone accessories’
The Indian Cellular Association (ICA) has appealed to the Government to lower the import duty on cellular accessories - such as batteries, chargers, blue tooth and hands free – from the current rate of 34 per cent to eight per cent. ... More

Spectrum for mobile services will be available in Nov: Raja
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‘CDMA is the future of mobile technology’
Chennai, Oct. 3 “India is happening” and with “almost five-six million subscribers added every month, the country is witnessing exciting times in the telecom industry,” beamed Mr Srinivasa Rao Saripalli, Circle ... More

Tata Indicom festive offers
Tata Teleservices Ltd has announced exciting schemes for Tata Indicom customers that could potentially win a brand new Tata Indica (diesel) car, which is the bumper prize.As a part of Pandaga Samabralu offer, this is applicable for ... More

Next generation network
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HARDWARE
Wipro launches quad core desktops
Wipro Infotech has launched desktops based on Intel’s quad core processors, for power users. Quad core implies four computing engines that are placed on a single chip. This delivers unprecedented performance especailly while multi-tasking ... More

Zenith laptops at sub-Rs 25,000
Zenith Computers today launched new laptops priced at under Rs 25,000. The `Director laptop' is priced at Rs 24,990 and comes with Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor and Windows Vista Starter Edition. The company has also launched two other models ... More

Intel designing recipes for local market
Bangalore, Oct 3 Intel’s embedded systems game plan for India is now designing recipes - reference board designs - for the local market. The company announced the launch of Design House Program, intended to enable design houses in the ... More

SOFTWARE
Thinksoft bets big on software testing services
Coimbatore, Oct 3 With software ‘testing’ services gaining prominence, Thinksoft perceives big opportunity for growth in the coming years.The company has, through its domain focus, structured testing methodologies, offshore ... More

SunTec launches pricing tool for banks
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 3 SunTec Business Solutions, a provider of ‘relationship-based pricing’ and centralised billing solutions, has launched the ‘TBMS-F Price Modeller’, an advanced price modelling engine. ... More

Today's pick: HCL Technologies (Rs 305)
We recommend a buy in HCL Technologies. From the weekly chart, we note that the stock has been on a long-term uptrend since mid-2003. However, after finding resistance around Rs 355 in May 2007, it began to decline and has been on a medium-term ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Allsec acquires Philippines co
Allsec Technologies Ltd has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the shareholding of Kingdom Builders Inc, a company in the Philippines engaged in BPO operations. The total cost of acquisition would be around $1.5 million. The ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
Korean co ties up with Websters Media
Coimbatore, Oct. 3 The Korea-based trade promotion company EC21 has launched its sales and marketing office in Coimbatore.The company has through its B2B portal EC21.com entered the Indian market by signing up with Coimbatore-based ... More

INTERVIEW
‘We must be ready to respond effectively to issues that impact us’
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VENTURE CAPITAL
Helion invests $5.1 m in Hurix Systems
Bangalore, Oct 3 Helion Ventures Pvt Ltd has invested $5.1 million in Hurix Systems Pvt, a Mumbai-based publishing & eLearning company. Hurix provides services across publishing, corporate learning, K-12 education, animation & ... More

PEOPLE
Som Mittal to succeed Karnik at Nasscom
New Delhi, Oct. 3 Nasscom on Wednesday announced the appointment of Mr Som Mittal as the new President of the software association. Mr Mittal, who is now the Head of Services Business of Hewlett Packard for Asia Pacific and Japan ... More

New head for Nokia Siemens India
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