The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, February 28, 2006

TRAI says `end differential tariff'
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked mobile service providers in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh not to have higher tariffs for calls made to BSNL subscribers. The move comes after consumers ... More

Broadband is the next frontier
The Economic Survey 2005-06 said that the telecom sector would need to address and harness the challenges being posed by the Internet and convergence. Even as the Survey said that the government and telecom players are doing well registering a ... More

TAXATION

IT cos seek tax reliefs
MAIT wants excise anamolies removed
THE IT industry is hoping that the key sectoral issues pertaining to Fringe Benefit Tax, BPO taxation and the current CENVAT overflow arising out of nil excise duty on finished hardware products are addressed in the Union Budget on Tuesday. ... More

HARDWARE

Banking on star power
360-DEGREE PROMO Shah Rukh Khan kicks off Compaq's nation-wide campaign to promote Hewlett Packard's notebooks and desktops. With him is Mr Ravi Swaminathan, Vice-President, Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard India Pvt Ltd. ... More

eInfochips to set up outfit in Japan
eInfochips, Ahmedabad-based semiconductor design services firm, is planning to set up a wholly-owned marketing subsidiary in Japan later this year. Mr Tapan Joshi, Vice-President (marketing), e-infochips, said the company was aggressively ... More

SOFTWARE

US Technology to set up campus
US Technology will invest Rs 500 crore in setting up its own world-class campus on the 36 acres of land acquired on lease from the State Government. Mr Sajan Pillai, President and Chief Operating Officer, US Technology, and Mr V. J. Jayakumar, ... More

HCL Tech chief wants I-T tax breaks beyond 2009
`If something works fine, you should not tamper with it'
The Chairman of HCL Technologies, Mr Shiv Nadar, today said that he would welcome tax breaks - given now to the IT industry - to go beyond 2009. The year 2009 is when tax all breaks to the Indian IT software industry would come to an ... More

Tessolve Services plans facility in India
Tessolve Services, which provides solutions for test development, failure analysis and reliability tests for semi-conductor companies, plans to set up a testing, assembling, packaging and prototyping facility in India. The facility is expected ... More

Scandent bags US Govt contract
Scandent Solutions Corp Ltd has announced a $7.8 million contract from the US State Government. The 18-month contract involves re-platforming the State's system and covers an additional six months of warranty. With this win, ... More

PIRACY

BSA initiates legal action for`piracy'
Business Software Alliance (BSA) has alleged the Delhi-based Icon Multimedia Systems of distributing pirated software of Microsoft and Avid Technologies. Highlighting the details of a legal action, a BSA release said that the Delhi High Court ... More

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