The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 15, 2007

Let CDMA operators unlock handsets: COAI
New Delhi, Nov. 14 War of words between GSM and CDMA operators over the introduction of number portability continued on Wednesday with the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) urging the Government that CDMA operators should be asked ... More

FIPB asks SingTel for details of Indian partner
Proposed long-distance telephony venture More

Net’s next frontier — your mobile phone!
Internet players eye 3G cellular opportunity More

BSNL offers installation fee waiver
Coimbatore, Nov 14 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has announced waiver of installation charges for new landline/WLL connections booked from November 1 to January 29 next. In a press release, it said that installation charges of Rs 500 for ... More

SSI
IT SMEs invited to join consortium
Hyderabad, Nov. 14 A meeting hosted by over 200 IT entrepreneurs in New Jersey has called upon small and medium sized entrepreneurs to join the Small and Medium Enterprises Consortium (SMEC), which is in the process of setting up an IT park ... More

HARDWARE
Now pre-paid Office 2007 tool from Microsoft
Hyderabad, Nov. 14 Just like a pre-paid mobile telephony card, you can now have a pre-paid Office 2007 productivity software from Microsoft in India.This offering that comes with the purchase of new personal computer allows a user to ... More

INTERNET
Movies at a click and press
Rajshri.com is focusing on developing content exclusively for the Internet and mobile phone. More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Aegis BPO buys TeleTech Services
Mumbai, Nov. 14 Essar group company Aegis BPO has acquired the Gurgaon-based TeleTech Services (India) Ltd, a front-to-back-office business process outsourcing firm, in an all cash deal of $13 million. The acquisition will enable Aegis ... More

MindTree buys French chip design co for $6.5 m
Bangalore, Nov. 14 The Bangalore-based MindTree Consulting has acquired semiconductor firm Purple Vision for $6.55 million (Rs 25.76 crore) in an all-cash deal. The deal will close toward the end of this quarter. TES-PV Electronic ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
HCL Technologies, CA team up
CA Inc and HCL Technologies have announced an agreement to establish a strategic partnership under which the Indian IT major would take up all research and product development connected with CA’s threat management security business. CA ... More

CONVERGENCE
‘Net TV will struggle to gain foothold here’
Carriers can adopt hybrid model for successful venture: Gartner More

PEOPLE
Dhawan is new Aricent President
Communications software company Aricent (formerly Flextronics Software Systems) on Wednesday announced the appointment of Mr Sanjay Dhawan as its President and Chief Operating officer (COO). In his new role, Mr Dhawan would steer Aricent’s ... More

Apple to Adobe: Shantanu’s journey
Hyderabad, Nov. 14 In the winter of December 1994 in New Delhi, Apple launched its high-powered crunching machine in India. At the close of the evening, the top honchos of Apple introduced an Indian in their team as one of the “most ... More

TRENDS
Mobile user base up by 5.7 m in Oct
Notwithstanding the crunch in spectrum, GSM-based mobile subscriber base continued to grow at a scorching pace with over 5.7 million new users in October. The all-India GSM subscriber base grew from 154 million in September 2007 to 159.7 million ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Flexcube roll-out for Citi completed
i-flex Solutions has completed the roll-out of its flagship banking product Flexcube in 67 countries within Citi’s markets and banking division. Flexcube now supports Citi’s markets and banking operations in the US, Europe, Africa, ... More