The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, May 17, 2008

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Thomson Asia to set up R&D centre in Bangalore
Bangalore, May 16 Thomson Asia, a digital media and technology business company, on Friday announced it would set up a research and development centre in Bangalore with an initial headcount of 150 engineers. The centre would become ... More

OUTSOURCING
Rural BPOs set to grow, says Karnik
Hyderabad, May 16 Rural BPO (business process outsourcing) companies are poised to proliferate in the country with over 50 centres coming up, majority of them in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, according to the former President of Nasscom, Mr ... More

GramIT to set up 10 more centres
To hire 2,000 more from villages in the State More

AWARDS & HONOURS
National telecom awards
Mr A. Raja, Union Minister for Communications and IT, flanked by Mr N. K. Goyal (left), Chairman Emeritus, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA), and Mr K. Sridhara, Member (Technology), Telecom Commission, at ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TDSAT seeks DoT views on halting spectrum allocation till July
New Delhi, May 16 In a move that could upset the plans of the new mobile players, the telecom tribunal has asked the Department of Telecom whether spectrum allocation can be halted till the first week of July. The move follows an appeal ... More

DoT tightens screws on value-added services loop
Operators asked to furnish details 15 days before launch More

Vodafone tie-up for Dasavatharam
Vodafone Essar has tied up with Kamal Hassan starrer Dasavatharam to bring exclusive movie related content in the form of ringtones, caller tunes, wall papers, animations, full song downloads, alerts etc to its customers. The initiative comes ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
DoT moves tribunal to recover Rs 2,015 cr from Tata Tele
Penalty for defaulting on licence fee payments More

EVENTS
Technopreneur workshop today
Kochi, May 16Technopark is organising a one-day workshop on ‘Promoting Business & Technology Incubation and Building Enterprises’ here on Saturday at Hotel Avenue Centre. Technopark TBI, Technopark TePP Outreach Centre ... More

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