The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Spice launches ringback service
Spice has launched a ringback tones service called MyTunes Colour for subscribers in Karnataka and Punjab. Subscribers may call 678 to activate the Spice MyTunes service, which is available for a monthly rental of Rs 30. The ... More

Reliance Info subscriber base in AP
Reliance Infocomm has built up a subscriber base of 18.5 lakh in its three years of operation in Andhra Pradesh (AP) and is going all out to make further inroads into the cell phone market, according to Mr R. Balachandran, CEO, ... More

Airtel launches new service in Delhi
Mobile service provider Airtel today announced the launch of `Save My Phone Contact' service for its pre-paid and post-paid customers in Delhi. The new service allows customers to store and retrieve their important contacts ... More

INSIGHT

Telecom: A revolution in progress
Telecom has come a long way, from the fixed telephones to anywhere mobiles and the Internet era More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Ascendas India to double IT Parks fund in 5 years
Ascendas India announced its IT Parks fund would double to Rs 2,000 crore in the next five years. The IT infrastructure provider also announced it would double its portfolio to four million square feet over the next 18 months. Announcing its ... More

HARDWARE

Infineon preparing 65-nm chips
Semiconductor firm Infineon Technologies has successfully brought out 65- nm chips for cell phones. Chips made using 65-nm process (currently most chips are based on 90-nm process) are undergoing tests and trials by chipmakers ... More

SOFTWARE

Cognizant ramping up China ops
Sees advantage in having low-cost development capacity outside of India More

Pramati to offer consulting
Pramati Technologies, an application server vendor, today announced a comprehensive set of technical consulting and support services for organisations. Launched under a new brand called `MiddlewareWorks', this service provides ... More

Megasoft bags European deal
Megasoft Ltd on Tuesday announced that Xius, its telecom solutions division, has been chosen by Sonetel, Europe, to develop a technology solution. While declining to part with the Sonetel deal size, the company in a statement ... More

IT TRAINING

Cognizant Technology, Calcutta varsity sign MoU
Initial agreement for 2 years; to be extended in future More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Keane bullish on India; to hire 5,000 more
Plans to do 70 pc of global work from centres here More

Fujitsu Consulting to invest $20 m more
To add 3,500 professionals in two years More

Infosys to invest big in training
Infosys Technologies has set aside Rs 1,600 crore to invest in training and infrastructure for the year, during which it plans to hire 25,000 employees and increase office space by 50 per cent. Infosys is creating 5.3 million square feet of ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Infor to acquire SSA Global
SSA Global, a Nasdaq- listed company, with a development centre in Hyderabad, has entered into an agreement where Infor, a global enterprise software provider, will acquire SSA Global. Under the terms of the agreement, Infor has agreed to pay ... More

EVENTS

`BTO for optimising business outcomes'
Mercury Asia Pacific plans 7-city road show in India More

Seminar on telecommunication
A one-day seminar on `Present and forthcoming trends in telecommunication' — organised by Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Engineers' Association — will be held in Mangalore on May 20. Addressing presspersons ... More

PIRACY

MS readies for next anti-piracy drives
Online initiative from June More