The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 23, 2006

DoT wants VSNL's land hived off as per Cos Act
THE four-year-old spat between the Government and Tata Group over hiving off Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd's surplus land into a separate company is far from over with the Department of Telecom rejecting the latter's proposal to commercially develop ... More

Choosing STD carrier: DoT allows sharing of network upgradation cost
Access providers unlikely to toe the line
CONSUMERS may soon be able to choose their long distance operator by using Carrier Access Codes (CAC). The hesitation on the part of the long distance operators to invest in network upgradation to facilitate the shift to CAC has prompted the ... More

Idea bags global GSM award
NEW DELHI: Idea Cellular Ltd has won an award for having the `best billing or customer care solution' in the world at the GSM Association Awards presented at the recently concluded 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. IDEA Cellular ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Tech SEZ to come up near hardware park in Hyderabad
A 300-acre site has been earmarked for a technology special economic zone (SEZ) close to the Hardware Park and Fab City projects near Hyderabad. The State Minister for IT, Communication and Infrastructure, Ms Sabita Reddy, said that 18 ... More

Software parks seek parity with SEZs — `Extend tax sops beyond stipulated sunset clause of 2009'
SOFTWARE Technology Parks of India (STPI) has asked the Government to bring it on par with special economic zones (SEZs) by extending tax benefits allowed to units registered under it beyond the stipulated sunset clause of 2009. The move ... More

HARDWARE

HP eyes SMBs with colour laser printers
HP India launched a broad portfolio of colour laser printing systems and solutions on Wednesday specifically targeted at the small and medium businesses (SMBs). "The colour laser printer market in India for 2005 was 15,434 units, a 100 per cent ... More

SOFTWARE

ObjectFrontier's second centre
CHENNAI: ObjectFrontier Software, a US-based software development company, has set up a primary offshore development centre at Ascendas, the International Tech Park in Chennai. The centre is slated to be inaugurated on February 23, ... More

Infosys remote centre in Prague by April — Infrastructure management service revenue to cross $100 m
INFOSYS Technologies Ltd said on Wednesday it expected revenues from its infrastructure management service (IMS) to cross $100 million this fiscal, accounting for five per cent of total revenue, up from $55 million in the previous year. To ... More

Subex setting up new facility
BANGALORE: Subex Systems Ltd said on Wednesday that it was setting up a new campus in Bangalore that could accommodate over 1,000 people. The new campus is expected to be ready by April 2007. Subex President and CEO, Mr Subash Menon, ... More

Educomp roadshows
NEW DELHI: Educomp Solutions Ltd on Wednesday launched countrywide technology roadshow for its Smart-Class program that would offer schools content, technology platform, hardware and software as part of digital learning. The initiative ... More

INTERNET

Blog spots and all
As blogging gathers pace, corporates are realising that blogs can make or break a brand. Product reviews and instant feedback make for good consumer connect. More

HUMAN RESOURCES

US Technology on mega talent search
THE Technopark-based US Technology International has announced a talent search contest titled `Brains@War' in 80 engineering and MCA colleges in Kerala. To be a recurring annual programme, this will be dovetailed with the IT/BPO player's ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Fujitsu Consulting acquires Rapidigm
FUJITSU Consulting Inc, the North American consulting and services arm of the $44.5-billion Fujitsu group, and Rapidigm Inc have announced that the companies have entered into a Definitive Agreement whereby Fujitsu Consulting will acquire ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

Idbipaisabuilder launched in Kochi
IDBI Capital Market Services Ltd has launched its online investment portal idbipaisabuilder.in at Kochi, targeting retail investors. The advanced online trading portal is built with the objective of providing easy and informed investing ... More

SECURITY

NeoAccel develops new security tool
NEOACCEL, a company that specialises in Internet security, on Wednesday launched its SSL VPN-plus, a security solution that caters to real time applications such as Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and videoconferences. Mr Michel Susai, ... More

Citrix security tool sales surge
COIMBATORE: The rising concern about data security and regulatory compliance has probably compelled enterprises to look for solutions that address these issues. And this became obvious when access infrastructure solutions provider - ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

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TRENDS

Clients don't chicken out; it's business as usual
IT'S business as usual for the IT and BPO firms in the country even as reports of avian bird flu scare pour in from different States. Companies that Business Line spoke to said that their business was not impacted in any way as of now. ... More

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