INFO-TECH
OUTSOURCING
SITEL to start BPO at Gurgaon
The US-based business process outsourcing company SITEL Corporation has announced the setting up of its sixth customer contact centre in India. It would be based in Gurgaon with a capacity of 2,000 people in the first phase and ...
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US mortgage meltdown heat being felt here
BPO firms may have near-term problems, says Forrester
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Hutch offers data back-up service
What worries most people when they lose a mobile phone is the loss of data stored in the instrument such as telephone/mobile numbers. Hutch now offers customers a `phone backup service'. Besides phonebook data it will also preserve SMS, MMS, ...
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Mobile music revenues may cross $27 b by 2010: Study
The survey says that India would be next only to South Korea in surpassing the physical music sales.
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ZTE may set up telecom gear plant in Chennai
Eyes $600-million sales from India
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Rendered immobile
MOBILE HANDSETS kept for sale at a shop in Kochi. The withdrawal of 4 per cent additional duty exemption on handsets manufactured in special economic zones might hit mobile handset manufacturers in the country as the special duty waiver will ...
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POLICY
New semi-conductor policy has place for only 2-3 fabrication units
We expect Rs 24,000 cr investment in next 3 years: Maran
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HARDWARE
Maran to press for zero tariff on PCs
The Union Minister for Communication, Information and Technology, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, said that he would write to the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, to reduce the tariff to zero on personal computers. This comes in the wake of the Dell ...
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`Consumer, small, medium segments to drive PC market'
E-governance is expected to propel the Indian PC market this year. The shipments are set to grow by 20 per cent according to the latest forecast by analyst firm Gartner. "The consumer and the small and medium business (SMB) segments will be the ...
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SOFTWARE
Cosmos Co-op Bank to use RSA solutions
Pune-based Cosmos Cooperative Bank has implemented RSA security solutions, according to Mr Srikiran Raghavan, Regional Head RSA. Dr M. Abhyankar, Chairman, Cosmos Bank, said Rs 50 lakh had been invested for the security solution. The bank will ...
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`Channel' resellers of Intel tools
Intel India has nominated three resellers into a channel programme for Intel software tools. Tata Elxsi will focus on performance computing segment, the Mumbai-based Softcell on enterprise and Sonata on Education. The channel programme for ...
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Mastek mainframe centre
Mastek Ltd will build its Mainframe Centre of Excellence in Chennai to build competencies in mainframe technology, mainly for the insurance sector. The mainframe development team will collaborate with the Chennai delivery unit ...
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INTERNET
Workshop on Web info systems
The Digital Library and Information Service Division of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K) here is organising a two-day workshop on `Building Web-based information systems using ...
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IT TRAINING
Going bananas over computers
That's the scene among the children of Navlakhumbre village in Maharashtra under a CSR initiative.
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Cabinet okays changes in telecom FDI laws
Move allows remote access; new FDI norms from April 1
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Prithvi Info shortlists 6 cos
Rejigs marketing, business operations
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REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
Cell cos face Rs 1,500-cr penalty from DoT
No extension of March 31 deadline for subscriber verification
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ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
Aftek overseas arm inks pact with German co
Arexara Information Technologies AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aftek, has entered into an agreement with BDT AG of Germany under which Arexara will license its search technology, Gingcom, for BDT's new data storage device. Gingcom is an IT ...
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CONVERGENCE
Home smart home
Technological concepts and applications that could turn your home into a futuristic one...
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EVENTS
Pact with Mauritius
IT CO-OPERATION: Mr Dayanidhi Maran, Minister for Communication & Information Technology, and Mr Etienne Sinatambou, Minister for Infomation Technology and Telecommunication, Mauritius, at a press conference in the Capital on Thursday. India and
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