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TCS bags Rs 14-cr Temasek contract
TCS said on Thursday that it has entered into an S$5-million (Rs 14.38-crore) business performance management engagement with Temasek Holdings, one of Asia's largest investment companies. The deal will enable TCS provide services around the ...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
IRCTC launches new interface forticket booking through mobiles
Need to have Java-enabled handsets; should be able to access the Internet
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Voice revenues set to decline, says study
Operators must find new streams to avert decline in biz
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Airtel launches Tuney Talks
Airtel has launched `Tuney Talks', a unique service that allows customers to set their favourite song and instrumental piece as background music during a call. For example, when a customer is talking to a friend, a favourite song ...
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Motorola's low-cost phones
Motorola announced that two more low-cost CDMA phones would be available through Tata Indicom's distribution network of more than 60,000 retailers. The new models RADIOMOTO W210 and RADIOMOTO W170 will be ...
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Clear lines
This part is a bit delayed in transmission, but Telecom and IT Minister Dayanadhi Maran is not all sweet and honey with private telecom players. If the push comes to shove, Maran can hold his own as he did at a telecom event in Barcelona ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Muthoot Pappachan group joins race for Smart City
200 acres of land sought on long-term lease
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TAXATION
`Tax employees on ESOPs, not cos'
In regard to the recent announcement in the Union Budget to introduce Fringe Benefit Tax on employee stock option plans, Nasscom has urged the Government to levy taxes on employees exercising the option instead of the companies. ...
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HARDWARE
Microsoft unveils Virtual PC 2007
Multiple operating systems can run simultaneously
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SOFTWARE
Dassault to deploy tool at L&T unit
Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced its PLM (product lifecycle management) solutions will be set up at construction behemoth Larsen & Toubro Ltd's heavy engineering division. "Working closely with DS fits well with our enhanced thrust in the ...
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Navayuga signs pact with Ras-Al Khaimah
The Ras-Al-Khaimah (RAK) e-Governance Authority (EGA) and the Hyderabad-based Navayuga group have concluded an agreement for development and implementation of enterprise geographical information system (GIS) as a turnkey solution for this ...
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Satyam Computers' Vizag centre getting ready
`It marks a major milestone, as the State Government is attempting aggressively to promote Vizag as a very attractive option among tier-two cities in the country.'
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New Linux version supports 10 Indian languages
`Enterprise' Release 5 touts virtualisation, cost reductions
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Progress Soft to invest $10 m on expansion
Progress Software plans to invest up to $10 million within three years in expanding and consolidating its India development centre based in Hyderabad. The Vice-President of Progress Software, Mr Bill DeLong, told Business Line that the ...
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INTERNET
Blogger, now in Hindi
Bloggers can now publish in Hindi. Google-owned Blogger on Thursday launched a Hindi transliteration service. Transliteration implies conversion from English text to phonetically equivalent text in Indian languages. So a user ...
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Hutchison offers $415 m to Essar as `sign-on bonus'
Vodafone offers $5-b exit option; `Essar committed to stay invested'
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Vodafone's Hutch deal in order: Kamal Nath
Arun Sarin confident of getting FIPB approval
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SECURITY
`Nigerian 419 fraud spreading in Asia'
Finding by Dutch firm - Ultrascan Advanced Global Investigations
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BROADBAND
BSNL online triple play broadband service in Pune
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EVENTS
Tech paper presentation
Anveeksha-2007, a two-day national-level technical paper presentation event on `Futuristic technologies' in the field of computer science, began at St Aloysius College on Thursday. Inaugurating the event, Dr Aloysius Sequeira, ...
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OUTLOOK
NewGen Soft to tap West Asia
NewGen Software is gearing up to tap the West Asia banking market with its solution. Its Managing Director, Mr Diwakar Nigam, speaking about the company's recent wins in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) market said it has bagged ...
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PEOPLE
New Chief People Officer, Cognizant
Cognizant Technology Solutions has promoted its Senior Vice- President Mr T. Sridhar, as Chief People Officer (CPO). According to a press release, the newly created CPO position will bring together all talent related functions in ...
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