The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, October 22, 2008

INFO-TECH

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 3G auction to take place by Jan 15
Move to help telecom companies tide over funds crunch. New Delhi, Oct 21 The ongoing liquidity crunch may not impact telecom operators’ plans to bid for third generation spectrum, with the Government deciding to conduct the auction in ...

IT TRAINING: Usha Martin launches academy
Usha Martin Academy has launched a centre for telecom training in Kolkata to impart training in technical and non-technical skills to young professionals in the telecommunication industry. The programme is expected to commence from November 24 ...

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT: ADP `green’ initiative
Information technology solutions provider, ADP Private Ltd, has organised a month-long campaign to promote the ‘Green’ cause within their 2,500 associates and their families. Under the campaign, the company distributed more than ...

PEOPLE: SumTotal appoints CEO
SumTotal Systems, a Nasdaq-listed talent development solutions company, has appointed Mr Arun Chandra as its Chief Executive Officer. He would assume charge on November 1. Prior to this appointment, Mr Chandra worked for Hewlett-Packard for ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: BT revenues from India up 39%
New Delhi, Oct. 21 BT (formerly British Telecom) on Tuesday said it has recorded a 39 per cent growth in its revenues from India in 2007-08 compared to the previous ...

DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT: BSNL pays Rs 1,200 cr dividend
New Delhi, Oct. 21 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has paid Rs 1,200 crore to the Government as dividend. This payment comprises Rs 525 crore as dividend on equity capital and Rs 675 crore as dividend on preferential capital for 2007-08. This is ...

SOFTWARE: Growth plan pays off for MphasiS
Bangalore, Oct. 21 Internal restructuring including management changes, cost optimisation initiatives and investment in technology has enabled MphasiS Ltd to significantly grow its revenue in the last two quarters, compared with the ...

From eWorld

M-COMMERCE: This one is no easy call
Imagine using your mobile phone to pay for your groceries at the supermarket using your credit card facility, transfer funds from your bank account to your parents’ account in their village, buy travel and movie tickets and, perhaps, even ...

SECURITY: Fight child pornography
Nothing short of an obsession to root out this menace will work, if we are to make the world a safer place.. Every instance of child pornography, wherever it comes from, reinforces my uneasy feeling that it is one crime that is under-reported ...

INTERVIEW: `Made for each other? Not always'
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BOOKS: Alternatives to downsizing
How about cutting back on hours of work per week, or reduced salaries?. Downsizing does not solve an organisation’s problems, says Donald W. Huffmire in Handbook of Effective Management (
INTERVIEW: What 3G means to you and me
Qualcomm explains the technology in terms of the services it would offer the mobile user.. Everyone and anyone related to the telecom industry these days talks only about third generation or 3G services. But what does 3G really mean for the end ...

HARDWARE: Different strokes
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CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V.Ramanan. 1. Name Google’s new feature, as CNET describes, “designed to prevent you from sending stupid e-mails in the small hours, when you’re most likely to be inebriated and at risk of making a complete idiot ...

COMPUTER USAGE: Spike buster and UPS load
Are spike buster and surge suppressor the same devices or different? I also would like to know why laser printers should not be connected to the UPS. The literature that comes with the UPS cautions against using surge suppressors and ...

SOFTWARE: Don’t lose grip
Forrester on what India needs to do to raise the global competitiveness of its tech economy.. With India slipping further in the global IT industry competitiveness index this year despite its offshore IT prowess, Forrester has said that stepping ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
“Go back home — His Highness gets enough jokes on ...