The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 17, 2005

Delhi, Karachi cos to jointly bid for Pak project
IN a first-ever Indo-Pak collaboration in the IT sector, the Karachi-based Arwen Tech and Delhi-based Evolve Services have jointly bid for a BPO training project of the Sind Government in Pakistan."The size and numbers of such projects will only ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Maran invites global telecom cos to India
``We in India, do not commit ourselves to any single technology. Our policy is technology neutral. A telecom team is looking into spectrum related issues.'' More

Spectrum allocation — High-level CDMA team coming
The US-based Qualcomm has said that Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)-based operators, including Reliance Infocomm and Tata Teleservices, have put on hold their plans to roll out high speed wireless Internet services due to a crunch in ... More

Cell phone sector jobs set to grow by 30 pc: Study
THE number of people employed by the Indian mobile telephony sector is set to grow by 30 per cent over the next 12 months. This sector currently provides direct and indirect employment to over 3.6 million people, according to a study ... More

Reliance Info roaming pack
CHENNAI: Reliance Infocomm has made incoming calls free for its subscribers in Chennai and Tamil Nadu circles while they are roaming between these two circles. The pack for prepaid subscribers will be available at all Reliance Infocomm ... More

HARDWARE

STMicroelectronics Noida campus first phase apace
SEMICONDUCTOR giant STMicroelectronics expects the first phase of its proposed mega campus at Greater Noida to be operational by the end of this year. "Last year, we had announced a new campus at Greater Noida entailing an area of 1,00,000 sq ... More

SOFTWARE

Mastek to set up dedicated centre for Fidelity
MASTEK, the Mumbai-based software services company, is setting up a separate offshore development centre for its client, Fidelity Investments, a large asset management company. Speaking to Business Line, Mr Sudhakar Ram, CEO, Mastek ... More

Premji reappointed Wipro Chairman
BANGALORE: The board of directors of Wipro Ltd, at a meeting on January 21, has re-appointed Mr Azim H.Premji, Chairman and Managing Director designated as Chairman for a further period of two years and seven months from December 31, ... More

IndyMac Bank expands ties with CTS
CHENNAI: The US-based IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., principal subsidiary of IndyMac Bancorp Inc, has expanded its relationship with Cognizant Technology Solutions. Cognizant's global delivery model and advanced IT consulting and delivery ... More

INTERNET

.IN domain registration opens, draws 24,000 in first hour
THE registrations for the recently-launched `.IN' country code Internet domain name opened on Wednesday for the general public, and attracted nearly 24,000 applications within the first hour. According to a release: "The official Internet ... More

Free `.info' domain registration by Kochi company
KOCHI: Accudata Networks, a Kochi-based IT company, has said that it would offer domain name registration in the `.info' series free of registration charges. However, the company will charge a one-time processing fee of Rs 100 for every ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Infotech to hire more; plans US centre
INFOTECH Enterprises Ltd has sewn up expansion plans that would see the company recruiting about 1,000 more this year. It also plans expansion to new overseas centres, including one in Australia, and a low-cost development centre in the ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

IRCTC, Intrex pact for online booking of railway tickets
THE Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has tied up with the Essel group-promoted Intrex India Ltd, to provide Internet booking with pre-paid cards. Addressing a press conference here today, the Chief Regional Manager of ... More

PIRACY

`Grey market share in PC sales falling'
THE domestic IT market registered a 26 per cent growth in 2004 to touch $21.9 billion, according to the consultancy firm Skoch. "While the market for software exports grew 32 per cent during the year, that for business process outsourcing (BPO) ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

`Welfare measures for call centre workers better in India'
THE Communication Workers of America (CWA), Chicago, is open to outsourcing, and has come to India with an open mind to study working conditions in India for such "white-collared professionals," according to Mr Steve Tisza, President, CWA. The ... More

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