The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 11, 2008

OUTSOURCING
‘Social order change, negative media cause of BPO disconnect’
Bangalore, June 10 For an industry that has seen $11 billion revenue, provided 7 lakh people direct employment and three to four times more indirect employment, there seems to be disconnect surrounding it. This could be largely due to a social ... More

Reliance BPO expanding at fast pace
Bangalore, June 10 Reliance BPO, the business process outsourcing business unit of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), is opening a new centre every week. It opened one centre in Hyderabad on Monday and will open one each in ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Airtel to bring Apple’s 3G iPhone to India
New Delhi, June 10 Bharti Airtel has entered into an agreement with Apple to launch third generation (3G) iPhone to customers in India later this year. The iPhone 3G combines all the features of Apple’s first generation iPhone ... More

Spice Telecom to unveil Braille mobile phone
Bangalore, June 10 Spice Telecom will be introducing a Braille mobile phone to enable visually challenged people to access technology without any ordeal. The phone, to be designed and manufactured by the company’s handset production ... More

Tata Indicom’s new post-paid plans
Tata Teleservices has announced the introduction of three new tariff plans — Plan 150, Plan 275 and Plan 450 – for Tata Indicom post-paid customers. Each of these plans comes with distinct features, including offers on STD. The Chief ... More

Vodafone missed call info
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Idea Cellular offer
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POLICY
Bhutan woos IT cos with tax sops
Plans spend on network, e-governance More

SOFTWARE
New Cybernet centre in Chennai
Cybernet-SlashSupport (CSS), provider of tech support and remote infrastructure management services besides software testing and development, has set up its second network operating centre (NOC) in Chennai. The centre, dedicated to customers in ... More

INTERNET
Yahoo local info portal
Yahoo India on Tuesday unveiled a `Yahoo India Local’, a site offering local information pertaining to business listings, maps and directions, events and movies, amongst others. Yahoo India Local would allow users to access relevant local ... More

IT TRAINING
IMPACT
Boost to Educomp’s ICT presence
Government contract enhances order book More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Ybrant close to buying US company
Hyderabad, June 10 Ybrant Digital, a technology and marketing related services provider for Internet, is close to acquiring a US-based digital marketing company for about $100 plus million (over Rs 400 crore) shortly.The company is ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
HP to launch touch-screen desktops in India soon
To strengthen presence in luxury segment More

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