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BROADBAND: Delays and dilutions cost Govt Rs 50,000 cr
TELECOM TALE. New Delhi, March 11 Delays and wrong decisions by the Department of Telecommunications have cost India almost Rs 50,000 crore of ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Satyam staff worried as bidding process begins
With the Satyam Computer Services Board setting the ball rolling for selecting the strategic investors, associates at different levels are a worried lot – as to what will happen to their future when a new management ...

HARDWARE: Personal computer prices likely to go up by 2-5%
Impact of rising dollar on prices of computers and peripherals. New Delhi, March 11 Prepare to shell-out more for that computer you have been eyeing at the store. Stung by a weak rupee, most PC makers have already decided on or are seriously ...

BROADBAND: National spectrum allocation plan finalised
More frequency bands identified for CDMA, broadband service providers. New Delhi, March 11 The Wireless Planning and Co-ordination (WPC) wing of the Department of Telecom has finalised the National Frequency Allocation Plan (NFAP), which will be ...

OUTSOURCING: Perot Systems to invest $60 m in proposed Coimbatore campus
Facility will be completed in three phases; company to hire 700 this year. Chennai, March 11 Perot Systems Corporation, the $2.8-billion US-based software company, will invest $50-60 million in its new technology campus in ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Infocrossing, CSG Systems tie up
Infocrossing, a Wipro company, said it entered into a five-year contract to provide infrastructure services for CSG Systems International Inc, provider of customer interaction management and billing solutions. Infocrossing will ...

SOFTWARE: New software for bottling industry
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Reliance tariff plan
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 9.1 million new GSM users in Feb
GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) operators added 9.1 million new subscribers in February, taking total users to 277.1 million. Bharti Airtel Ltd led the pack adding 2.73 million subscribers in February to take its mobile customer ...

SECURITY: ‘IT security, an integral part of corporate governance’
Coimbatore, March 11 “Information security governance is on top-of-mind for organisations around the globe today. And it is not just another technology problem, but a business issue, a subset of IT governance,” said Mr Keshav ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Infoscions to observe Bus Day tomorrow
ECO-DRIVE IN BANGALORE. Bangalore, March 11 Come Friday, and Bangalore could enjoy a quieter drive ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: BSNL targeting township, residential projects
Chennai, March 11 The township projects and residential projects coming up in Chennai are major marketing opportunities for BSNL to expand its services and subscriber base, according to Mr P. Velusamy, Chief General Manager, BSNL (Chennai ...

INSIGHT: Telecom: A saga of missed opportunities
India is now counted as amongst the leading telecom markets of the world. But how much of it is due to the initiatives of the UPA government, and how much has happened in spite of it?An analysis of the facts shows that had it not been for ...

From eWorld

SOFTWARE: Turn on… turn off
Companies appear to be warming up to ‘Software as a Service’ in slowdown times, citing pricing flexibility.. Every time James White, CIO of a financial services company, talks IT investment, the creases on his CFO’s forehead ...

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS: No huffing or puffing
A pilot project shows that technology can make tobacco auction a transparent process for farmers.. The forty-something Krishne Gowda, a tobacco grower of Mukanahalli in Hunsur taluk of Mysore district, is contented — his produce has ...

INTERNET: As close as can be
I thought I was doing a smart thing by checking my e-mail on my commute — about 45 minutes — from my mobile phone, just to get a heads-up on what to expect for the day. I’d also check up on our mobile Web ...

SECURITY: ‘Cat and mouse’ game
Recent terror attacks bring into focus the use of Internet telephony.. After every terrorist action, intelligence agencies are lambasted for their failure to alert the police in the field of the possibility of an attack. We saw this in full ...

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: An eye for technology vision
Spearheading research at Accenture demands all this and more.. What Academics lost, Accenture gained in Kishore Swaminathan about 19 years ago. Growing up in South India’s Madurai, Swaminathan says he became fascinated by how people ...

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS: Open the page to e-learning 2.0
Companies have started blending formal and informal sources of learning onto one platform.. The knowledge fountain in any organisation is, more often than not, either the water cooler or the canteen. How many times have you met colleagues at ...

INTERNET: Making a difference, and making money
‘What we do is good for the people, and good for profits. This is the golden mean, it doesn’t get better.’. You feel grateful to board the air-conditioned bus to escape Chennai’s sweltering heat. And this is no ordinary ...

CONVERGENCE: Converging on the small screen
PC makers are logging into the smartphone for newer revenue streams.. The mobile phone space is becoming the new battleground for companies looking to keep the business going in a recession-struck market. With computer sales falling and ...

SECURITY: 4 layers of security
Microsoft on playing it safe. Keeping cyberspace safe is a growing preoccupation. Incidents such as the Mumbai terror strikes and reports of data theft or virus attacks highlight the need to constantly keep one’s turf secure.But how do ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. Fill in the blank: Austrian jewellery designer Peter Aloisson has created the most expensive _____, which costs $2.5 million and is ‘made of solid gold and 138 brilliant cut diamonds apart from a strategically-placed big ...

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