INFO-TECH
OUTSOURCING
`More clarity needed on BPO tax issue'
MR Narayana Murthy has called for more clarity on the Income-Tax Department's latest circular on taxation of BPO units operating in the country. The Central Board of Direct Taxes had issued the circular in the first week of January. "Whatever ...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LG launches two new mobile handset models
LG Electronics has announced the launch of two new GSM mobile handsets and a new CDMA handset model - RD 7230- which comes with an inbuilt smart video-cum camera. Announcing the launch of these new handset models, Mr J.G. Ham, ...
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Lower ARPU, but cell cos earnings up 14 pc
DESPITE the steadily declining average revenue per user (ARPU) of GSM service providers on account of the sharp fall in tariffs, there has been a 13.72 per cent increase in the gross revenues during the third quarter of the current fiscal. As ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Chennai IT corridor gets Rs 12.5-cr aid
THE Commerce Ministry has sanctioned Rs 12.5 crore to develop the IT corridor in Chennai - from the Madhya Kailash junction, Adyar, to Siruseri. A number of IT companies have their software development centres along this 22-km stretch. The ...
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SOFTWARE
Tekelec sees good potential in India
HAVING deployed its switching and signalling systems for 160 operators across 30 countries, the US-based Tekelec Inc is now eyeing the Indian market. it has already tied up with Bharti TeleVentures Ltd, Reliance Infocomm and Tata Teleservices to ...
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CMC sounds alert over rising attrition rate
CMC Ltd, the Hyderabad-based Rs 615-crore software major, is seriously concerned over the increasing attrition rates, as the ability of any software company to execute projects and obtain new clients depends largely on its ability to attract, ...
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Xansa plans centre in Chennai
CHENNAI: Xansa announced on Wednesday that it would set up an offshore development centre in Chennai to handle maintenance work for Lawson Software. Xansa plans to recruit up to 70 people for the project that starts this month. Xansa is ...
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Australian union upset over Telstra HR job shifts
AUSTRALIA's Community and Public Sector Union is up in arms against that country's largest telecom firm Telstra's proposed shift of human resource and payroll systems offshore where India could be a prime destination. The Australian Financial ...
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SECURITY
4G Informatics eyes security market space
4G INFORMATICS, a UK-based healthcare and biometric solutions provider with a development centre in Hyderabad, is eyeing the growing security market with its range of Iris biometric solutions for multiple use including airports and healthcare. ...
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VIRUSES
PC-cillin vaccine for Internet virus
TREND Micro, maker of anti-virus software, has launched a new software for desktops that the company claimed will act against Internet-based threats such as viruses, hackers and spam. The new `PC-cillin Internet Security 2004' is targeted at ...
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ISPS
VSNL doing due diligence of Dishnet
VSNL is in the process of doing due diligence on the Internet services business of the Chennai-based DishnetDSL Ltd which it proposes to acquire soon. According to Mr Kishore Chaukar, Managing Director, Tata Industries, the due diligence ...
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EVENTS
NASSCOM 2004
`Software services, BPO need different biz models'
SIZE, scale and sophistication in software services may not straightaway confer advantages to software companies to carry their success to the business process outsourcing (BPO) arena. The business models for delivering software and BPO ...
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Offshoring is win-win trend, says McKinsey
THE real economics of offshore outsourcing can create a win-win for the Indian and the US economy, according to Ms Diana Farrell, Director, McKinsey Global Institute. Speaking at Nasscom, 2004, she emphasised that the focus of the offshoring ...
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