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REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: DoT panel mulls new 2G spectrum pricing formula
One-time fee for existing players may be linked to 3G auction price. New Delhi, May 1 The committee set up by the Department of Telecom to review the spectrum allocation policy has come up with a new formula to impose a one-time fee from ...

TRENDS: IT vendors’ average earnings per customer improve
Better focus on existing clients, higher mix of services. Bangalore, May 1 Though the weak economy has led to a decline in new clients’ addition, Indian IT vendors have improved average earnings per client by selling a higher mix of ...

ISPS: DoT wants Internet service providers to register all Wi-Fi users
Move aimed at preventing unauthorised usage. New Delhi, May 1 Consumers accessing the Internet using Wi-Fi will have to get themselves registered if they want to continue using the ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Avantel profit up at Rs 7 cr
Hyderabad, May 1 Avantel Ltd, a telecom products and software solutions company, posted a turnover of Rs 6.98 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 against Rs 5.42 ...

OUTLOOK: IT cost reduction tops agenda for 50% of CIOs: E&Y
New Delhi, May 1 Almost half the CIOs (chief information officers) surveyed cited IT cost reduction as ‘most important’ in their agenda for 2009, according to an Ernst & Young ...

SOFTWARE: MASholidays opts for IBS software
Thiruvananthapuram, May 1 MASholidays, the travel and leisure arm of Malaysia Airlines, has opted for the iFly Tour software solution developed by the city-based IBS ...

From eWorld

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Can’t see the top
The latest quarter earnings of tech players spell little cheer. The clouds still hover.. Uncertainty will continue to haunt the Indian IT sector for the year ahead even as companies desperately await clarity on downturn-hit customers’ ...

TECHNOLOGY: With thee by my side...
How often do you sleep with your mobile phone by your side? Do you keep it under ...

RAILWAYS: In defence of the computer
Whatever be the political postures, technology has brought in many benefits. Witness the change in the rail ticket reservation process.. Mulayam Singh Yadav’s assertion that his party won’t allow computerisation is an old ghost ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Rate per hour metric doesn’t help’
Precisely why Infosys is trying to move deal consultants and clients to industry specific measurements and metrics, says the CEO.. What is your hobby, you ask, hoping you can catch your first-ever round of golf with him sometime, but all he says ...

INTERVIEW: SME market is the place to be…
…for ERP vendors, avers Ramco Systems.. A simple study of the timeline of ‘Ramco Systems’ on Google News shows sudden activity in 1989, followed by years of lull, and then a gradual build-up from 1994 to 2003. However, the only ...

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS: Sold on the Web
This youngster is keen to tap the Net for business.. For a student of class X, young Vishnu Prasad’s understanding of the Internet is amazing. Listen to him for five minutes and you realise that the lad aims to emerge a business tycoon ...

SOFTWARE: Towards ‘citizen relationship management’
Talisma says its solution will help citizens track the progress of complaints submitted to authorities.. Consider this: Your name is misprinted in your ration card. Or better still, there is an addition to your family — could be a ...

ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE: Another Indian game for Western players
Los Angeles-based PCB Productions zooms in on India.. Sony PlayStation’s first made-for-India game based on a mythological theme — Hanuman: Boy Warrior — for a global audience has caught the fancy of International game ...

WEBSITE REVIEW: Positive step against AIDS
There was a time when we associated the word AIDS with the economically deprived or those with less access to education. Today we know AIDS is on the rise among white collar workers. At a time when corporate India is gearing to meet what ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 1. Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Fredrik Neij, and Carl Lundström, who were in the news recently, have been the brains behind which site that has run ...

BOOKS: Growing a bank through the punched card era
How SBI adapted to change with the use of technology.. When a large organisation has an expansion programme, there is an opportunity to introduce rationalisation without tears. That was the view of John Matthai, the first chairman of the State ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: More for e-governance
FTK Technologies, the Israel-based company that offers vernacular computing in 10 Indian languages through its patented flagship software product LooKeys, has launched its special version for e-Governance applications. LooKeys-E-Gov ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: For the SMB
Xerox India has announced the launch of Phaser 3435 laser printer, designed specifically for the SMB segment of customers. The printer supports automatic two-sided printing and printing speed of 33 pages per minute for A4 size prints, says ...

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