The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 01, 2008

POLICY
Kerala to have IT parks in all districts
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 31 In the next five years, there will be IT parks in almost all the districts of Kerala, said the Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan. This is in keeping with the State Government’s commitment to replicating ... More

TECHNOLOGY
VSNL to roll out WiMAX in 12 cities next year
Chennai, Jan. 31 After the successful launch of its WiMAX services in Bangalore, VSNL intends to roll out the product in 11 more cities by March 2009. Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad will be the first three among them, Mr Srinivasa Addepalli, ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Rolta’s consolidated net climbs 47%
Mumbai, Jan. 31 The city based IT firm Rolta Ltd has registered a 47.2 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended December 2007 to Rs 60.21 crore against Rs 40.9 crore recorded in the corresponding year ago quarter. ... More

MphasiS Q3 net up 38% at Rs 66 cr
Bangalore, Jan. 31 Fired by growth in all businesses, despite an appreciating rupee, the MphasiS Group has reported a 38 per cent increase in net profit for the third-quarter ended December 31, 2007 to Rs 66.3 crore. Revenues for the quarter ... More

SOFTWARE
Sierra Atlantic in consolidation mode
Hyderabad, Jan.31 IT solutions provider Sierra Atlantic has embarked on the next phase of growth building on the $30 million investment the company has made in the last three years.This includes three acquisitions, one each in the US, ... More

INTERNET
Cable damage: Redundancy plans save outsourcing cos
Cos switch traffic between Net service providers More

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HUMAN RESOURCES
BPO industry says all measures in place to ensure employee safety
New Delhi, Jan 31 Even as a BPO head faces prosecution for allegedly violating night shift norms, the industry today said it was taking all possible measures to ensure safety for women employees on night shift, including installation of GPS ... More

EVENTS
Data mining opens up new vistas, says Prof Rao
Data mining — science of extracting useful information from large data sets or data bases — is being employed in different disciplines and it is proving to be of immense value, even though there are purists who sometimes wonder ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES
Vision2K+Inc expands operations
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OUTLOOK
RCom to spend $6 b next fiscal
Mumbai, Jan. 31 Reliance Communications has said that it will spend about $6 billion (Rs 24,000 crore) for the next fiscal ending March 2009 in strengthening its wireless network. The firm has also revised its capex for the current year ... More

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