The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, October 05, 2005

The investment on Karnataka would account for more than 25 per cent of the Rs 1 ,500 crore planned by Bharti during the current fiscal for its 23 circles.

By end of the current fiscal, Airtel plans to reach out to 45 per cent of the population in the State with robust network that would span close to 730 towns. More

Idea offers roaming between Kerala and Saudi
KOCHI: Idea Cellular Ltd has tied up with Eithad Etisalat Mobily to offer bilateral international roaming between Kerala and Saudi Arabia. Mobily is a consortium between Emirates Telecom Corporation - Etisalat, the dominant telecom ... More

BSNL launches new schemes, offers
IN a bid to capitalise on the festive season, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Tuesday announced a slew of offers for its mobile and broadband users. The company has announced a package for students called Student Power Plan 99. Under the scheme, ... More

INSIGHT

The battle of attrition between labour and the BPO industry
THE latest call to arms to form trade unions for IT and BPO (business process outsourcing) workers has the industry worrying about what it sees as a new problem. Because, for long, the no-brainer answer to `What bothers ... More

STOCKS

Tech stocks drive Sensex past 8,800 — Rupee touches 9-month low
TECHNOLOGY majors such as Wipro, Infosys and Satyam Computers led the rally in stock prices on Tuesday as the rupee touched a nine-month low against the US dollar, raising expectations of higher earnings for IT companies. The better results ... More

SOFTWARE

Geometric Soft growth dips on projects delay
GEOMETRIC Software Solutions Co Ltd, player in the CAD/CAM/PLM space, has recorded a setback in its growth estimated to be in double digits. Mr Shashank Patkar, Chief Financial Officer, Geometric, told Business Line that though the growth ... More

Altosys partners Scotty to offer tele-medicine kits
ALTOSYS Software Technology in collaboration with Scotty, UK, makers of videophone tele-health care kits, has launched Altosys Scotty Tele-Healthcare System that enables patients to establish contact with their doctors, even over a distance. Mr ... More

INTERNET

`.org' registrations up 31 per cent in Jan-Sept
THE number of domain names registered under `.org' in India grew 31 per cent between January and September surpassing the growth rate in the US market, although India accounts for only 0.9 per cent of the four million domain names registered ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

`Employees in IT, ITES sector taken good care of' — Nasscom sees no need for trade unions
THE IT and ITES industry feels that unionism in the sector will not succeed as there is no "felt need" for such an initiative. "Employees in IT and ITES sector do not need any external intervention as they are looked after very well," said Mr ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Tata Tech picks 92.5% INCAT shares
MUMBAI: Tata Technologies Ltd (TTL), through its subsidiary Tata Technologies Inc USA (TTUS), on Tuesday announced that it has received unconditional acceptance of approximately 92.5 per cent of the equity shares of INCAT International ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

Mobile network congestion set to worsen: TRAI
Inefficient interconnect system the culprit
THE growth in cellular subscription may not be good news any more with the congestion on network expected to further deteriorate in the coming months. A study by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released today said the ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Solix-IBM bag UK project
HYDERABAD: In a strategic win that extends the Solix Technologies product line into UK and Europe, the company has partnered with IBM in a data extraction project for Arqiva, one of the UK's leading broadcast transmission companies. ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

Gemini Systems to set up centre in Chennai
Mr Naranapatty is relocating to India from the US to head the company's 100 per cent subsidiary. More

ISPS

Sify gets FIPB nod for raising FDI up to 100%
THE Foreign Investment Promotion Board has given its nod to Sify Ltd to increase foreign direct investment in the company to up to 100 per cent with a rider that the company will bring down the holding to 74 per cent over a period to be fixed by ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Dell in talks with Defence Ministry
DELL International Services is in talks with the Ministry of Defence to tap the services of retired or retiring service personnel. A spokesman for the support and services division of Dell Computer confirmed this. He said, "We are exploring ... More

PEOPLE

HCL Tech US head joins Covansys
MR Raj Sirohi, till recently the head of HCL Technologies America Inc, has joined the US-based Covansys Corporation as Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, Worldwide, according to information available on Covansys' Web site. Mr Sirohi ... More

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