The Hindu Business Line : Looking back

H-1B professionals earning less than US counterparts: Report. `On average, applications for H-1B workers in computer occupations were for wages $13,000 less than Americans in the same occupation and state.' December 31

BSNL cuts fixed line rental by 28% — AirTel, Tata Tele snip cell rates

Maxis of Malaysia, Apollo hospitals promoters buy out Aircel for Rs 4,860 cr

Third attempt by Sterling group to sell mobile biz

Reliance Info adds 1 m mobile users in December

Tax on Google's sale of Website space for display of ads

Bomb threats keep Bangalore on its toes — IT facility gets hoax call

IT cos working on security measures: Narayana Murthy

`Wireless sensors ideal for vehicle tracking'

Digital summit next month

Compulink eyes 30% profit growth

2005: Mega deals in ICT arena

Nokia faces $ 252m bill in patent case.

December 30

Wake-up call for firms to go for terrorism cover.

Goldstone Tele seeks patent for silicon polymer.

IT's hungry for more and more talent.

Intelenet scouts for buys in UK.

IT firms step up security; No cause for any disruption: Dharam Singh

Attack on the IISc — South India on terror cross-hair.

Info systems audit `must to curb cyber crimes'.

Dos and don'ts for PC users while on vacation.

India growth story to continue: IDC.

Infotech director quits.

December 29

Lifetime offers may dent ARPUs for operators.

Emerson forays into SOHO segment.

Newgen completes Kenyan project.

`Value-added services to cushion margin pressure on VSNL data biz.'

Nasscom to host animation event.

Lenovo eyes consumer PC segment in India.

BSNL joins tariff war, cuts landline rates by 28 pc.

Intel plans new brand identity, leap-ahead to replace Intel Inside.

Dot to dial rural telephony next year; telecos, govt reach consensus after initial hiccups.

Music downloads up 50 pc as iTunes dominates.

MBT to invest Rs 300 cr in expansion, may buy BPO unit.

Unilever may move 2500 jobs to India, including those in IT, HR and finance.

Promoters may be allowed to go beyond 55 pc via market buys.

December 28

IBM's external storage market share jumps.

Dataquest award for Kiran Karnik.

PCO booths: Pvt players make big inroads.

Indicom launches new service in AP market.

More set to get hooked up `lifetime'.

Xenitis launches Xuva laptop range.

Mahindra-BT launches Kolkata operations.

Nasscom drive to tap HR pool of ex-servicemen.

I2IT, Tibco Software in academic partnership.

Acer in pact with eSys.

Australian deal proceeds to come in equal parts: Scandent.

Net subscriber base tops 6-m mark

Panel pulls up DoT for spectrum mess, says it failed to anticipate demand.

CapGemini to be 10,000 by 2007.

December 27

Zensar to locate recovery centre in Hyderabad.

Boxing Day there, holiday here.

Scandent BPO arm bags repeat order.

Exclusive spectrum band for Defence mooted.

Hutch's lifetime pre-paid service for Rs 999.

Panel pulls up DoT for delay in spectrum policy — Favours release of 1,900 Mhz for CDMA players.

BPO industry due for mid-course correction.

QualCore plans to offer embedded software services.

OBT to develop SAP tools for retail, food sectors.

Aztec chief trims stake.

Cyber tribunal may be expanded

Hardware piracy rampant.

Siddharth Ray of Data Access held on fraud charges.

BSNL's $ 4.5 b GSM tender by Jan 15.

IT pygmies beat giants in m-cap this year.

Intel's APAC sales contribute 50 pc of revenues.

Wipro holds classes to bridge culture gap.

Reliance ties up with Verizon for roaming in the US.

FTIL floats new co to provide risk solutions.

December 26

EI Labs device to track BPO vehicles.

Global cos keen on outsourcing more R&D jobs to India: Survey.

About 14% plan to outsource entire business process.

VSNL residual stake sale hits snag — Govt may put off divestment as Rs 1000-cr land issue hangs in mid air.

BSNL specials for pre-paids.

Openera has applications ready for 3G network.

M& A frenzy to continue.

Breaking out of the middle:It's time for medium-sized IT companies to grow out of the middle order if they don't want to remain also-rans.

Can't rent them? Own them! IT companies see value in in-house accommodation for clients

Vizag IT units to get SEZ status.

`Policy booster vital for hardware sector growth'.

More viruses this year.

Level Up Network introduces multi-player games.

Cognizant bullish on media, entertainment.

NBC buys 82 pc stake in MSNBC from MS.

Google stake buy could lead to AOL IPO by '08.

Entry fee for spectrum may stay.

Rural telephony: DoT hangs up on sops sans bidding plan.

IT ops costlier in India by 3.2 pc compared to SE Asian neighbours.

CDMA players draw up big rural push.