The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 12, 2003

McKesson in talks with Kshema Technologies
MCKESSON Corporation, a $50-billion healthcare company, is planning to tap India's offshore development capabilities. "We plan to start small, but are thinking big," said Mr Charles Nettles, Chief Technology Executive, in conversation with ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

No health hazards, say mobile makers
IS the telecom industry going to be the next tobacco industry in terms of attracting health-related litigation? "Certainly not," replies Mr Michael Milligan, Secretary General of the Brussels-headquartered Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF). He was ... More

Package from Airtel, Videocon, Alcatel
ALCATEL, cellular service operator Airtel and Videocon Industries today announced a bundled package of an Alcatel One Touch 320 phone, an Airtel rental free post-paid connection, as well as a Videocon Walkman for Rs 3,489. Videocon comes into ... More

Nokia unveils new services
NOKIA has launched a range of entertainment and personalisation services such as downloadable ringing tones, picture messages, graphics, operator logos and games. Nokia has tied up with Bollywood production houses like Harry Baweja, Rajshri ... More

Mobile subscriber base touches 16.30 million
THE cellular subscriber base continues to be on the upswing again, with as many as 11.53 lakh additions in July, taking the total subscriber base to 16.30 million, according the latest statistics released by the Cellular Operators Association of ... More

BSNL's Raksha Bandhan offer
COIMBATORE: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has waived registration fee, installation charges and rental for two months for telephone connection bookings made in the names of sisters on August 12, the Raksha Bandhan Day, according to a ... More

AirTel MTV mobile card

SOFTWARE

KPIT Cummins expands board
TO leverage more business from global markets, KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd is increasing the number of Cummins India nominees on its board. The company has added three more alternate directors from Cummins India taking the total to six. It ... More

Mahindra Consulting plans to open centre in South
MAHINDRA Consulting, implementors of SAP suite of products and solutions for the small and mid size business (SMB) segment, is targeting the Tier I and II auto component segments of the country. Mr Prashant Karkhanis, Global Head, Business ... More

Silverline's US arms filing for liquidation
SILVERLINE Technologies Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange of the closure of its subsidiaries in the US — Silverline Technologies Inc (STI) and SeraNova Inc (Sera) — following accumulated deficits from operations and losses ... More

Infosys to expand in Pune

Codito in pact with FSM Labs

MANPOWER

`India can meet IT manpower demand'
EVER since reports poured in about millions of jobs moving to India in the next 5-10 years, coupled with the now famous forecast of McKinsey on the need to create 2.2 million jobs in the IT industry by 2008, questions are raised whether the ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Germany extends green card scheme till 2004
The Finnish Government has made known its decision not to forfeit statutory social insurance contributions made by Indian IT professionals when they leave Finland. More

EVENTS

`IT firms in healthcare must focus on simple solutions'
INDIAN IT services firms in the healthcare segment must focus on providing simple and reliable solutions, which are cost effective, Mr Biagio A. Longano, Consultant, IBM Global Services, South Africa, has said. Speaking at a meet on "IT in ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Nortel unveils new Ethernet switches
NORTEL Networks on Monday launched its new `Ethernet' switches in the Indian market as part of a new `Service-centric networking strategy'. It seeks to provide a new line of local area networks (LANs) that would enable voice, data and ... More

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