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EMPLOYMENT


IT sector's contribution to employment `not so good'
WHILE the IT sector's contribution to income generation and foreign exchange is undeniable, its contribution to employment is not as good as figures suggest, according to Prof C. P. Chandrasekhar of the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, ... More

ANNOUNCEMENTS


InfoUSA plans to expand operations
NASDAQ-listed InfoUSA, vendor of proprietary business and consumer databases, plans to expand its compilation operations in India. The company plans to set up a back-office team consisting of 40-50 business editors at Gurgaon soon, said Mr ... More

Pantaloon to set up new arm
MUMBAI: Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd has informed the stock exchanges that its board of directors, at a meeting held on November 22, approved the setting up of a new company for the business of retailing in the area of communication, ... More

Innosoft warrant issue
HYDERABAD: Innosoft Technologies Ltd has decided to issue 11,50,000 share warrants convertible into 11,50,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each to the promoters and their relatives at Rs 35 per warrant. In a statement to the BSE, the company ... More

OUTSOURCING


Lloyds TSB, Xansa in outsourcing deal
LLOYDS TSB has announced a business process outsourcing deal, with IT company Xansa, which would entail delivery of back office processes in life and pension domains from the latter's India operations. The size of the deal has not been ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS


Tejas in Deloitte Fast list
BANGALORE: Tejas Networks, a developer of next-generation optical networking products, said on Friday that it has been named as a winner in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India Companies. This award recognises the 50 fastest growing ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS


Tagit launches new mobile technology with Nokia
TAGIT Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based mobile solutions company, on Thursday announced the launch of its new mobile image recognition technology which will enable camera-phone users to connect with any media channel to obtain information or digital ... More

Long distance dialling to be simplified — Fewer STD codes proposed
AFTER initiating measures to bring down STD tariffs, the Government is now planning to simplify the dialling process for long distance calls by merging 2,645 STD codes in the country into 322. This is as a result of a proposal being considered ... More

INSIGHT


Byte in the tale
M. S. Parthasarathy discusses a UK case on a tussle between the taxman's claim and electronic fund transfer More

INFRASTRUCTURE


Hinjewadi Phase III set to get SEZ status
THE Maharashtra Government is laying out the red carpet for potential IT investors inviting them to set up shop at its flagship software technology park at Hinjewadi, near Pune. The State Industries Secretary, Mr V.K. Jairath, told a gathering ... More

INTERNET


Bird designing Web site on domestic airlines
THE Bird Group plans to launch a new Web site that would enable passengers to book tickets on most domestic airlines at one place rather than go to the site of the individual airline, the Group Executive Director, Mr Ankur Bhatia, said here on ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


3i Infotech buys SDG Soft
MUMBAI: 3I Infotech, provider of IT solutions and services, has announced that it has acquired the Hyderabad-based software products company, SDG Software Technologies. SDG Software, with annual revenues of about Rs 10 crore, has an ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES


Softsol, Ananth join to offer GIS services
SOFTSOL India Ltd, technology solutions provider, has entered into a strategic alliance with Ananth Technologies Ltd, to offer solutions in the geographical information services (GIS) and photogrammetry applications space. Under the terms of ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT


Anritsu opens Bangalore centre
BANGALORE: Anritsu Corporation, global provider of communication solutions from Japan, has opened its office in Bangalore. The entre aims at serving the Indian market for existing and next-generation wired and wireless communication ... More

EVENTS


Kochi Infopark to host IT meet from Jan 31
THE next edition of `IT Kerala', the information technology event organised by the State Government, will be held in Kochi from January 31 to February 4. Announcing this at a press conference in the city today, the Chief Minister, Mr Oommen ... More

OUTLOOK


SAS in expansion mode; looking for tie-ups
SAS, the world's largest privately held software company in the business intelligence space is contemplating to expand its India operations and strengthen its ties with leading IT firms here. "We intend to build on the complementary strengths ... More

PEOPLE


New Unisys India chief
BANGALORE: Unisys Corporation said that the Managing Director of Unisys Global Services India, Mr Mukul Agrawal, would now be Country Manager of Unisys India Pvt Ltd effective November 2005. This additional responsibility is the result ... More



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