The Hindu Business Line : Friday, January 06, 2006

MRO-TEK board meet
BANGALORE: The board of directors of MRO-TEK Ltd is meeting on January 25 to consider the results for the quarter-ended December 31, 2005. The board will also consider declaration of interim dividend for the financial year 2005-06, ... More

TAXATION

`Change I-T Act to treat BPO cos as independent service providers'
THE Bangalore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCIC) has sought suitable changes in the Income Tax Act to treat the Indian Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies as independent service provider and not as an agent of foreign principal ... More

HARDWARE

AP Govt earmarks land for allotment to hardware firms
ABOUT 119 acres of land have been earmarked for hardware sector firms at Poppalaguda near Hyderabad and 20 acres at Madhurawada in Visakhapatnam to woo firms in this growing area. The State Government is in the process of identifying land for ... More

Intel, AMD join entertainment race
CHIPMAKERS Intel and AMD have announced their entry into your living room with Viiv and Live home entertainment PCs. Microsoft set off on an early start in 2005 with its Windows Media Center PC. Intel recently announced the `Viiv' (pronounced ... More

Xilinx centre develops 20 IP cores
XILINX, a $1.6-billion semiconductor company, has developed 20 intellectual property (IP) cores from its India development centre based out of CMC in Hyderabad. Of this 20 IP cores, one of them has an under-the-hood technology that is used for ... More

SOFTWARE

AI gets Oracle supply chain tool to ease procurement process
AIR India has replaced its paper-based procurement process with an advanced supply chain management solution that helps simplify the procurement process, ensures greater transparency, brings about economics in unit procurement cost and ... More

INTERNET

Naukri.com-CNBC TV18 to launch reality show offering jobs
INSTEAD of cash or goodies, this live TV show promises to give out jobs. Job portal Naukri.com and TV18 will present the first Job Show to be aired on TV starting February. Aviva Life Insurance, Flextronics Software System, Impetus ... More

IT TRAINING

SQL Star plans expansion
HYDERABAD: SQL Star International Ltd, which recently restructured its operations, and strengthened its management team, while inducting a new Chief Executive Officer, has sewn up plans to locate about 40 training centres across the ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Indo-US business forum signs pact with Nasscom
A DELEGATION from the Washington-based US India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) is in India promoting Indo-US trade linkages. The US India Business Alliance (USIBA), promoted by USINPAC, has signed an MoU with Nasscom to create `win-win' ... More

SECURITY

National Skills Registry project to be launched on Jan 18
IN a move that could reduce the incidents of information security breaches, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) is all set to launch the proposed National Skills Registry project containing database of BPO and IT ... More

BROADBAND

BSNL to introduce latest hi-speed broadband tech — Floats global tender for GPON
YOU will soon get broadband connection with speeds greater than one gigabit per second with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd floating a global tender for supply of the latest in broadband technology — Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON). ... More

EVENTS

BPO conference in Kochi from today
KOCHI: ICFAI Business School on Thursday said it is organising a conference on business process outsourcing (BPO) here during January 6 and 7 here. The conference, named `India - The Processing Office To The World,' will have sessions ... More

BSNL executives' meet in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: The first All-India Conference of the All-India Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd Executives' Association (AIBSNEA), will be held in Hyderabad during January 9-12. Over 1,000 delegates from different parts of the country are expected ... More

MARKETING

PC sales rises 36.2% in H1 — MAIT ups projections
The unbranded PC segment shrunk to 34 per cent in H1 from 44 per cent last year. More

Cellular base swells by 3.2 m in Dec
CELLULAR base grew by an unprecedented 3.2 million in December 2005, taking the total to 58.5 million subscribers, compared to 37.3 million users in December 2004. This is the highest monthly addition that GSM-based operators have reported ever ... More

BOOKS

Next Gen Publishing launches `Computeractive' in India
NEXT Gen Publishing Ltd, a venture of Forbes Group and HDFC Ltd, launched Computeractive in India on Thursday. Mr Hoshang Billimoria, CEO, Next Gen Publishing, said that this magazine is licensed exclusively for the Indian subcontinent ... More

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