The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, February 15, 2005

PCOs ringing loud despite cellular boom
MOBILE revolution and steep reductions in long distance calls may have made fixed line telephone little costlier proposition, but there seems to be no negative impact on the growth of the Public Call Offices (PCOs) in the country. The number ... More

Reliance Infocomm denies charges of `Mahajan link'
RELIANCE Infocomm (RIC) today said that allegations of a `Mahajan link' in investments in the company are totally fictitious. "This transaction has nothing to do with Mr Pramod Mahajan and any insinuation to the contrary is totally mischievous ... More

BUDGET

100% depreciation on IT products sought
THE Indian IT industry, along with its associations such as Nasscom and MAIT, will present a White Paper to the Central Government by March. The White Paper would focus on the penetration and growth of personal computers and the Internet and ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Techno-park at Tiruchi
MADURAI: The Bharathidasan University at Tiruchi is establishing a techno-park on an area of 22,000 sq ft at its Kajamalai campus to attract information technology majors. According Vice-chancellor, Dr C. Thangamuthu, the initiative is ... More

STOCKS

IT stocks gain on improving fundamentals
THE IT sector stocks, according analysts, are poised for growth on improving fundamentals. According to Mr Gaurav Dua of Anagram Stockbroking, top-rung IT stocks have been recording double-digit growth quarter on quarter during the fiscal. ... More

IT TRAINING

Servion Global offers skills package to engg colleges
TO bridge the gap between the availability and the requirement of skilled manpower in the high-end technology and applications space, contact optimisation solutions provider Servion Global Solutions Ltd has initiated a dialogue with top ... More

Chandy inaugurates training programme for NEC engineers
THE Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, today inaugurated the training programme being conducted by the city-based Arackal Digital Solutions Pvt Ltd for engineers of NEC Corporation Japan. The Chief Minster said on the occasion that it was a ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

EDS to scale up India operations
The company was, however, not tapping the domestic market at present, Mr Gupte said, indicating that EDS may look at Indian clients later on. More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

MphasiS to buy Princeton Consulting
THE MphasiS BFL Group is acquiring the London-based consulting firm Princeton Consulting for £7.73 million (about Rs 63 crore) in an all-cash deal. The acquisition brings a customer base of about 15 clients including British Telecom, Marks & .. More

SECURITY

`Data security vital for BPO cos'
DATA security could become a crucial issue for companies outsourcing their operations to India, said Mr Ian Marriott, Vice-President and Research Director, Gartner. He warned that data security was a sensitive issue in the West, and could become ... More

BROADBAND

1.3 lakh register for BSNL DataOne
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd's (BSNL) broadband subscriber base has crossed 5,000 users with over 1.32 lakh registrations. The State-owned company had reported 1,000 connections and one lakh registrations for its Data One services at the end of ... More

EVENTS

Oracle Tech Days in major cities
ORACLE India, in association with H-P, is organising Oracle Technology Days (OTD) in New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad aimed at addressing IT decision makers across verticals. OTD will provide participants with insights on Oracle's ... More

OUTLOOK

Oracle India details growth strategy
PARTNERING with trade association for the implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition, focusing on the mid-market segment and evolving a parallel strategy leveraging on the existing customer relationship are what Oracle India Pvt ... More

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