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OUTSOURCING
TWS Holdings to focus on `BOOST'
MOVING beyond a commoditised service model, BPO player TWS Holdings plans to leverage on its value-added services to bag more clients in the US and European market. Having bagged four clients to pilot test its BOOST skip-trace product, the ...
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KnowledgeWorks opens second BPO unit in Chennai
KNOWLEDGEWorks Global Ltd, a joint venture between Datamatics Technologies and Cadmus Communications Corporation, on Monday announced that it is setting up a second BPO facility here. With a capacity of seating 600 people in three shifts, the ...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Telecom gear makers want level field with importers
THE Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA) has demanded zero duty on raw materials and capital goods to bring local manufacturing at par with the benefits given for importing telecom equipment. They have also called for the ...
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Hutchison Tele East to invest Rs 900 cr in infrastructure
The company has firmed up plans to roll out its cellular services in the West Bengal Telecom Circle just before the pujas this year.
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BPL Mobile scheme for students
BPL Mobile on Monday launched a pre-paid scheme for 10th and 12th standard students, which offers free talk time on the basis of marks they have secured in the board examinations. Under the new `MOTS On your marks' scheme, those students who ...
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VSNL International to be based in Singapore
VSNL International Business Group will manage its global business through VSNL Singapore Pte Ltd, which will be headquartered in Singapore. The announcement reinforces VSNL's efforts to extend its operations beyond India with the establishment ...
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HARDWARE
DRDO launches `Project CHITRA' to develop fast computing machines
HAVING given the country expertise in high throughput, parallel computing, ANURAG, the Defence Research and Development (R&D) Organisation here is all set to take India into the next orbit of `cluster' computing with 2-3 TeraFLOPS speed number ..
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SOFTWARE
Cognizant begins China operations
COGNIZANT Technology Solutions has started its operations in China. The US-based software company, which faced delays over legal issues, has appointed Mr Henry Yang as head of its Chinese operations. A native Chinese, Mr Henry has over 15 ...
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Fortune tool for Kuwait bank
HYDERABAD: Fortune Informatics Ltd, the Hyderabad-based software products company, has announced the company has deployed deployment of its k-Click ReportSuite, an electronic document management solution at the Commercial Bank of Kuwait. ...
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IT TRAINING
NIIT board to meet on June 28
THE board of NIIT Ltd would meet on June 28 to approve the company's financial result for the period October 1, 2002 to March 31, 2004 and consider bonus to its shareholders. The board meeting would also fix the record date for reorganisation ...
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Astron BPO to double staff strength — $6-m facility in Chennai opened
ASTRON BPO Ltd, a UK-based business process outsourcing service provider, will double its employee strength in India to about 1,400 in a year. Most of the recruitment will happen in its Chennai facility, according to a company official. The ...
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
e4e buys controlling stake in iSeva
TECHNOLOGY holding company e4e Inc announced on Monday that it has acquired a controlling stake in business process outsourcing (BPO) firm iSeva Inc. e4e had invested $8 million in iSeva in the first round funding in 2000. The details of e4e's ...
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Maples' acquisition plans
HYDERABAD: Maples ESM Technologies Ltd, an enterprise system management (ESM) services provider, is planning to acquire a company in the US or the UK this financial year. Mr N. Ram Subramani, Chairman and CEO, said the company is ...
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IT-ENABLED SERVICES
Work-from-home trend in transcription catching up
GLOBALLY, the transcription industry has a large population of work-from-home employees. However, this trend is yet to catch up in India, though some companies are attempting to tap this section of the talent pool as well. HealthScribe ...
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PEOPLE
Satyam names top brass for BPO subsidiary
SATYAM Computer has announced two senior appointments for Nipuna Services Ltd, its BPO subsidiary. Dr Prakash Challa has been named the new Chief Executive Officer, while Mr Sandeep Madan is the Chief Operating Officer. Dr Challa will be based in ...
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