The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, June 23, 2007

OUTSOURCING
24/7 Customer delivery centre
BPO firm 24/7 Customer today announced its new delivery centre in Gurgaon. The centre in Gurgaon, its fifth facility in the country, would cater to voice-based inbound customer support service. "Initially an incubation centre of ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS
Six Indian companies make it to BusinessWeek's top-100
Six Indian companies have made it to the 2007 Information Technology 100, BusinessWeek's ranking of the top 100 global technology performers. The list includes companies in Web retail, telecom, wireless, and technology product and software ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BlackBerry Curve phone
MR NORM LO, Vice-President, Asia Pacific, Research In Motion (RIM), displays the new BlackBerry Curve phone in Mumbai on Friday. The smartphone incorporates all multimedia functions, a spell checker and enhanced voice communication. The ... More

Essar Telecom opens new outlet in Chennai
The red and white Rolls-Royce Phantom with the brand names AirTel and The MobileStore painted all over it turned many heads in the city's busy roads today — a joint effort by these brands to improve visibility in the city. The Event: ... More

Apple's i-Phone not a threat, says Nokia
As the i-Phone from the Apple stable gears up for its month-end launch, Nokia is rolling up its sleeves to launch a competing product in a few months from then. Nokia's product would have some key `competitive' features — touch screen ... More

SOFTWARE
CMC pact with New Zealand varsity
CMC Ltd, a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services, has signed an agreement with the Massey University Graduate School of Business, New Zealand, to impart the university's management curriculum in India, according to the company's Vice-President, ... More

INTERNET
Google working on search engine with built-in artificial intelligence
To double headcount in India More

NEW PROJECTS
Intel's roadmap has no new fabs
Intel has decided not to create new facilities for the manufacture, assembly and testing of its frontline semiconductor products -- for now. That effectively closes its option of setting up a `fab' or silicon fabrication unit India -- something ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
Syntel Inc opens new facility in Chennai
Syntel Inc a global information technology services and business process outsourcing company, has opened up its new facility at DLF SEZ IT Park in Nandambakkam, near Chennai. The new software development facility has come in 80,000 sq. ft ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
US firm offers analytic software
You walk into a store, and buy an iPod, buy a music system the next day, and on the third day, the retailer would be able to predict what you plan to buy, using software by Fair Isaac. e-commerce solutions The ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Electronics exports up 35% at Rs 1.53 lakh cr
Electronics exports are estimated to have jumped 35 per cent in 2006-07 to Rs 1,53,300 crore, with IT software and services sector accounting for over 92 per cent share in the overall export basket. In the electronics hardware segment, export ... More

OUTLOOK
Tough challenges ahead for Infosys' new CEO
Nilekani appointed co-chairman, S.D. Shibulal COO More

TCS capex set to increase by 55% to Rs 1,800 cr
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has set a higher capital expenditure of Rs 1,800 crore for fiscal 2007-08 against Rs 1,165 crore last year, an increase of 55 per cent. It was Rs 950 crore in 2005-06. TCS' closest competitor Infosys has pegged ... More

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