The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Sri Lanka Telecom trials WiMAX Gear
Aperto Networks, developer of WiMAX base stations and subscriber units, and Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), Sri Lanka's telecommunications service provider, announced that the latter has begun deploying and testing a WiMAX broadband ... More

RCoVL board nod for FCCB issue
The board of directors of Reliance Communication Ventures (RCoVL) has approved the issue of foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCB) for up to $500 million (over Rs 2,200 crore) or its equivalent. The overseas issue will be at a ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Satyam, Wipro among cos to set up IT parks
Centre clears SEZ proposals More

TAXATION

Nasscom concern over I-T missive
The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) has expressed concern at the Income Tax Department's recent missive to certain software companies questioning the authority of the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) in ... More

HARDWARE

Chipmaker SiRF buys TrueSpan
Hungry for more More

SOFTWARE

`Do not ignore domestic market'
The domestic market for software is "as high as the export market", noted Mr M Madhavan Nambiar, Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The country's software exports are at $20 billion and are ... More

INTERNET

BSNL sets deadline for Net backbone project
Raps TCIL for delay despite handing over land More

Tata Elxsi sets up development centre at Pune
After Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai, it is now the turn of Pune to have Tata Elxsi's development centre. Talking to presspersons, Mr Nitin Pai, Head of Marketing for Product Design Services, Tata Elxsi Ltd, said the new Pune centre ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

MeritTrac tests for aerospace
MeritTrac Services, the Bangalore-based HR assessment services company, has developed a new suite of assessments for the aerospace domain. Though this mandate came from an IT services company based in Bangalore, "aerospace and ... More

RESTRUCTURING

Teledata plans to demerge businesses
The Chennai-based Teledata Informatics Ltd that has been on an acquisition spree this fiscal is planning a demerger of its marine, software and technology businesses over the next six months. Talking to Business Line, Mr K Padmanabhan, ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

Nripendra Misra is new TRAI chief
The former Secretary of the Department of Telecom (DoT), Mr Nripendra Misra, has been appointed the next Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). This comes after Mr Pradip Baijal retired today after a three-year stint as the ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Intel, MS in pact for affordable PCs
Intel India and Microsoft Corporation India have announced an `Affordability Alliance' to bridge the digital divide in India by creating affordable computing solutions and ensuring easy availability of affordable PCs across the country. The ... More

Polaris ties up with US co
Polaris Software Lab Ltd and the US-based Webify Solutions have announced a partnership on service-oriented architecture (a collection of services that communicate with each other) and Web services. Both companies will work ... More

McAfee ties up with SmartTrust
Antivirus firm McAfee Inc has partnered with Mumbai-based SmartTrust, a mobile device management company, to develop a solution for cellular operators to deliver integrated mobile virus protection to subscribers. Based around ... More

SECURITY

Kingston's new security tool
Memory products maker Kingston Technology Corporation has introduced DataTraveler Elite - Privacy Edition, an USB Flash drive that offers security with 128-bit encryption. This device holds 4GB of data and is targeted to meet ... More

Security audit for hacked Govt portal
The Andhra Pradesh Government is set to initiate another round of security audit to www.aponline.gov.in, following the recent hacking incident involving a Turkish cyber criminal EjDar. The Government, ... More

CONVERGENCE

IPTV set-tops: Motorola in talks with Reliance
Motorola Inc is in talks with Reliance Infocomm to sell Internet-Protocol-TV set-top boxes to the latter. "We have a set-top model that is completely compliant with the requirements specified in the Reliance tender, in particular that it should ... More

PUBLIC OFFER

Powersoft Global's follow-on offer
Powersoft Global Solutions Ltd, an IT services firm, is coming out with a follow-on public offering to raise Rs 11.88 crore. The company is issuing 54 lakh shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 12 per share and expects to use ... More

PEOPLE

New CSO for iGate Global
The Chief Sales Officer of iGate Global Solutions Ltd, Mr Srinjay SenGupta, has quit recently to pursue other career opportunities in the area of strategic consulting. iGate has appointed Mr Sumit Ganguli as Chief Sales Officer ... More

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