The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 22, 2006

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
VSNL joins issue with Reliance Comm
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has objected to recent announcements by Reliance Communications Ltd (RCOM) with regard to the ICC Arbitration Award. RCOM's announcements contain "disparaging imputations against VSNL" and are not supported by fact, VSNL ... More

Bharti arm bags licence in Guernsey
Bharti Global, the offshore investment arm of the Bharti Group, has been awarded a comprehensive licence to operate 3G as well as 2G mobile services in Guernsey, an island located in the English Channel in Europe. Guernsey ... More

HARDWARE
ECS, Intel launch contest
Taiwan-based computer hardware and notebook manufacturer Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) Inc, in association with Intel India, launched `Do-it-Yourself' campaign. Focusing on the assembly of computers based on Intel Core(tm) ... More

SOFTWARE
TCI picks Citrix server
To ensure all applications, data available to staff in any location More

Infor consolidates operations
Enterprise software company, Infor, is set to consolidate its operations and will induct its product teams working at Sonata Software in Bangalore and HCL into their company operations in Hyderabad. The units at Sonata and HCL for Infor were ... More

INTERNET
President hits it off
This week Rashtrapati Bhavan revealed some interesting statistics to prove how people are reaching out to the President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. It seems the official Web site of the President of India has got the highest number of 127 lakh hits in ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
What's troubling the BPOs?
The industry grapples with crucial issues of manpower acquisition and retention. More

IBM India opens fourth centre in Kolkata
Total workforce across country now numbers 43,000 More

India may lose its cost arbitrage advantage to China
Annual salary growth rates in China are 7-9 pc compared to India's 10-15 pc More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
Synopsys, Nikon to collaborate
Synopsys Inc, leading semiconductor design software company, and Nikon Corporation, a supplier of lithography equipment for microelectronics manufacturing announced on Thursday that they would be collaborating on development and delivery of ... More

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
Microsoft, Calsoft to offer ERP solutions in Kerala
The applications can be customised to meet the business need of specific companies, and help in critical areas such as financial management, supply chain management, business analytics etc. More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
Landmark to tie up with e-commerce portals
Also to open six bookstores every year More

E-payment of service tax mandatory
Electronic payment of service tax has become mandatory for certain service tax assessees from October 1. Assessees who paid service tax of Rs 50 lakh or above in the preceding financial year or already paid service tax of Rs ... More

Railway e-tickets
Dr P.K. Goel (left), Managing Director, IRCTC, exchanging documents with Mr Raju Vegesna, Managing Director & CEO, Sify Ltd, after signing an agreement in the Capital on ... More

VENTURE CAPITAL
Few investment options at home, Valley VCs eye India
Private equity flows cross $ 2 billion mark in the first half of this year More

PEOPLE
Analog Devices India MD
Analog Devices Inc announced that it has promoted Dr Reddy Penumalli to the new position of Managing Director, Analog Devices India. Dr Reddy will be responsible for strategic planning, operations, administration and management ... More

Ravi Gopinath is Geometric Soft CEO
Geometric Software Solutions has appointed Dr Ravi Gopinath as the company's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer who will guide Geometric's efforts to expand the markets and seek new opportunities. Dr Gopinath was ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
MSN India launches regional portals
Users can chat in regional languages More