The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, September 24, 2005

Motorola ropes in McKinsey for India-specific study
MOTOROLA has roped in global consultants McKinsey to undertake a study to find India-specific features for its mobile handset. The move is being is seen as an attempt to strengthen Motorola's product portfolio in the fastest growing market in ... More

Plan for India-specific radio frequency band for mobile usage shelved
The Cellular Operators of India said that the proposed move would isolate India from the rest of the world. More

Bharti to invest Rs 250 cr in Goa, Maharashtra circles for expansion
Airtel would also be building new capacities and special focus would be given on indoor coverage through `in-building solutions' at locations such as multiplex, malls, hospitals etc. More

`Asia to account for more than 50 pc of Freescale revenues'
IN the next three years, Freescale Semiconductor's proceeds from Asian countries will account for more than half its total revenue, according to Mr Ishrat Hakim, Vice-President (Asia Sales), Freescale Semiconductor, Hong Kong. Speaking to ... More

HP plans to expand vendor network to tap telecom sector
The focus has shifted to value-added services that can bring better return on technology investments telecom companies make. More

Seachange in communication
A scene from Kappad beach in Kozhikode. Fishermen were among the early subscribers to mobile services in the State. The growth in mobile connectivity is 22 per cent against 6 to 7 per cent in the landline sector. The State now has 28 lakh mobile ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

OfficeTiger to have staff strength of over 5,000 by 2006
THE US-based OfficeTiger, a professional support service provider, hopes to have employee strength of around 5,000 by 2006 and a majority of them would be in India. It now employs 3,500, including 2,400 in Chennai, according to its Co-Chief ... More

Caritor to hire 4,000 more
IT services vendor Caritor plans to ramp up headcount by 4,000 at its India delivery centres. The US-based $89-million company has 2,800 people in India and expects to hire another 4,000 in the next couple of years. "We are growing at over 40 ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

F5 Networks to wrap up Swan Labs buy deal by Oct
SEATTLE-based F5 Networks will close the deal for acquisition of Swan Labs by the end of October. Swan Labs' technology for branch offices and application-specific optimisation will now add to F5's traffic management portfolio. Earlier this ... More

SECURITY

Sharp rise in defacement of Indian Web sites
THE reported incidents of defacement of Indian Web sites in popular domains, such as .com, rose sharply to 796 in August 2005 compared with 261 incidents tracked in the previous month, according to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team ... More

BROADBAND

`Bandwidth to have exponential growth in India'
TRIPLE play - the streaming of voice, video and data over the Internet Protocol (IP) is the future. With broadband prices dropping this year, we will soon be able to avail of such a service from a single vendor, a `digital' service provider. ... More

E-GOVERNANCE

Oracle to tap e-Gov projects
CHENNAI: The Oracle-HP e-Governance Centre of Excellence (CoE) is working on a concept for a data hub that will collate information available with the Government departments. This is would be a part of the e-Governance efforts in India, ... More

EVENTS

STPI expects more cos to take part in Bangalore IT.in
The response to the event, which is considered the flagship event for IT industry in the country over the years, has been tremendous. More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

LG Electronics launches premium PCs, notebooks
LG ELECTRONICS India (LGEIL), which is already the top PC monitor company in the country, has launched a whole range of `premium IT products'. The company hopes to grow revenues from its IT division, currently at 12 per cent of its revenues. ... More

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