The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Idea expands switching capability in AP
IDEA Cellular Ltd, the private mobile telecom services provider, on Monday announced it has installed a new Mobile Switching Centre (MSC) in Hyderabad, its fourth here that will enhance its capacity by about 1,50,000 users. The Circle Head, ... More

Mobile network congestion worsening: TRAI
MOBILE users can expect frequent call drops and poor quality of voice as there has been an increase in the number of cities where the levels of network congestion are twenty times more than the specified standards. According to a report ... More

Reliance expands services at Dakshina Kannada dt.
MANGALORE: Reliance Infocomm, an Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprise Group company, commercially rolled out its Reliance India Mobile service in Dharmasthala and Belthangady town in Dakshina Kannada district on Monday. Prof S. Prabhakar, ... More

HARDWARE

Emerson Network to launch `next gen' UPS systems
EMERSON Network Power (India) Pvt Ltd, a front-runner in the enterprise and SMB UPS and precision air conditioners segment and currently the only company in the country with solutions for both power and air, is launching several "next gen" ... More

SPEL Semiconductor plans design foray
SPEL Semiconductor Ltd, integrated circuit (IC) assembly and test company, plans to enter into semiconductor design in the next couple of years, according to its Vice-Chairman, Mr Ar. Rm. Arun. "We had to wait for sometime to decide, and feel it ... More

SOFTWARE

Canara Bank picks Red Hat OS for branches
RED Hat Inc on Monday announced that Canara Bank has selected its operating system to automate 1,000 of its 2,508 branches in the country. Canara Bank has replaced the Novell Netware operating system (OS) with Red Hat's flagship OS, Red Hat ... More

Satyam board meet at Budapest
HYDERABAD: The board of directors of Satyam Computer Services Ltd will take on record the company results for second quarter (ending September 30) at a meeting to be held at the company's Budapest office, Hungary on October 19. ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

Imation launches Indian subsidiary
US-BASED data storage media company Imation Corporation has announced the launch of its Indian subsidiary, as part of its efforts to increase market share in the country and enhance customer service support. Imation India, with its headquarters ... More

EVENTS

Sarvodaya duo romp home
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: V. Anand and R. Anand of Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Thiruvananthapuram, came up trumps at the sixth `TCS IT Wiz' quiz competition for school students held here on Sunday. The first round threw up a situation in which the ... More

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT

Empowering children, the IBM way
IBM India is in the process of expanding its community work beyond six States, touching more people. And its punch line seems to be `catch them tiny'. The Head of IBM Corporate Social Responsibility, Ms Jalaja Pillai, told Business Line, ... More

PIRACY

Ministry considering tougher penalty for IT offences
THE Ministry for IT and Communications is now looking at increasing the punishment for certain kinds of offences such as unauthorised access, downloading, copying or extracting information from a computer resource dishonestly or fraudulently ... More

OUTLOOK

Cisco to focus on intelligent network
THE President and CEO of Cisco Systems, Mr John Chambers, will be visiting India from October 19-21. He will be meeting with Ministers, senior Government officials, and leaders of Indian industry in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore. In an e-mail ... More

TRENDS

`Salaries fast outpacing job skills'
With the second wave of tech outsourcing emerging, human resources in the category of two to five years, who constitute a majority of the workforce, have taken the centre stage. More

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