The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 14, 2007

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Mobile access for all in a year's time
In about a year's time every single person in the country will have access to cellular phones. While currently cellular networks cover about 60 per cent of the over one billion population, the proposed Universal Services Obligation project will ... More

`Spectrum policy delay unjustified'
Delay in spectrum allocation is getting to be a real issue. India needs the policy to be ready soon to help it cope with mushrooming mobile subscriber base, according to 3G promoter Qualcomm. "There is no justification for pushing the policy ... More

Hutch `simplified' tariff plan
Hutch has launched simplified tariff sizes - small, medium and large - for prepaid as well as post-paid customers. The company will, free of cost, analyse the talk-time usage of a customer and suggest a suitable tariff ... More

Mobile money transfer hits regulatory hurdle
Operators want DoT to clarify accounting policy More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Hong Kong-based co evinces interest in Kochi IT park
The Hong Kong-based J. B. Group has expressed interest in developing an information technology (IT) park in Kochi. Announcing this today, Mr Gautam Kanjilal, CEO, Infiniti Consulting Corporation Ltd, the consulting arm of the J. B. Group, said ... More

INTERNET
Local info search engine
Just Dial Services announced the launch of its local Internet search engine - www.justdial.com - in a statement on Tuesday. The search engine provides local information for 14 cities: ... More

C-Dac to develop education portal
Info to rural people in local languages More

Mumbai airport launches Web site
Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL) announced the launch of its official Web site — www.csia.in — for Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in a statement on ... More

Placement via online portal
ISB INITIATIVE More

IT TRAINING
NIIT to offer training in open source computing
Expands tie-up with Sun Micro More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Apollo BPO unit may buy 2 US cos
Apollo Health Street, the BPO and IT solutions arm of Apollo Hospitals group, is in the process of acquiring two US-based companies. Ms Sangita Reddy, Director (Operations) of Apollo Hospitals group, said if the acquisitions materialised the ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
VSNL, Microsoft to offer messaging tools for SMEs
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) announced the launch of Ready-Access-business messaging and collaboration services in alliance with Microsoft. The service is targeted towards the small and medium enterprises (SME) market. It will provide ... More

Avaya, Google to collaborate
Avaya Inc is all set to integrate communications with Google Apps to provide productivity-enhancing solutions for small businesses. For integrating communications, Avaya has tied up with Google Enterprise Professional program to ... More

OUTLOOK
Infosys mulls launching Finacle as service offering
Good demand from smaller banks, credit unions More

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