The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 17, 2005

Xiotech to expand India operations
XIOTECH Corporation, a technology provider for managing data, has sewn up plans to expand its R&D centre here and double its engineering team based in Hyderabad by investing about $2 million. The President and Chief Operating Officer of ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

C.B. Nair is MTNL(Mumbai) ED
MUMBAI: Mr C.B. Nair has been appointed Executive Director of MTNL - Mumbai. Prior to this appointment, Mr Nair was Chief General Manager, Training, Centre for Excellence in telecom Technology and Management. Mr Nair has had stints with ... More

Airtel Free Flight offer
KOCHI: Airtel has announced India's first Free Flight Offer, where all Airtel customers get an exclusive opportunity to avail a free Indian Airlines to and fro ticket to select destinations in India. The offer is valid for all new and ... More

Japanese co opens centre
BANGALORE: Anritsu Corporation, a Japanese provider of innovative communication solutions, has launched its India operations here. Anritsu would take an active role in 3G testing and serve the needs of the Indian market for the ... More

Cricket alerts on BPL mobile
COIMBATORE: To the cricket aficionados who may not have the chance to watch the action live on the screen, BPL Mobile, the mobile phone service provider, has come out with the next best alternative of periodically knowing the scores and ... More

HARDWARE

LG India to push notebook sales
LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd (LGEIL) has targeted sales of 15,000 notebook computer units in 2006, according to Mr Moon B. Shin, Deputy Managing Director of LGEIL. At a press conference held here on Wednesday to announce the launch of a range ... More

SOFTWARE

Suguna Poultry to use Oracle applications
THE Coimbatore-based Suguna Poultry Farm Ltd has chosen IBM to implement Oracle E-Business Suite of applications to support its growth plans. Suguna will use the Oracle applications to drive business efficiencies, improve employee productivity ... More

Infotech centre for Airbus
HYDERABAD: Infotech Enterprises Ltd, a design engineering and IT services provider based in Hyderabad, has announced it is setting up a centre of excellence (CoE) for the Airbus platform. This 10,000 sq. ft. centre was inaugurated by Mr ... More

INTERNET

ICANN to continue overseeing the Internet — US retains sway; governance forum set up
THE US-based Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will continue to oversee the Internet. As anticipated, negotiators on the key issue of Internet governance at the United Nation's World Summit on Information Societies (WSIS) ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Persistent Systems buys ControlNet
OUTSOURCED software development company Persistent Systems has announced the acquisition of the Goa-based ControlNet India, a 100 per cent subsidiary of the ControlNet Inc, California, in an estimated $2 million (Rs 9 crore) deal. The ... More

MBT buys Axes Tech for $54 m
THE Pune-based Mahindra-British Telecom (MBT) on Wednesday formally announced the acquisition of Axes Technologies for $54 million in an all-cash deal funded from internal accruals. Axes Technologies, with expected revenues of $30 million for ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

Amtex plans plug-n-play offices near Chennai
THE US-based Amtex Systems has found a novel way to attract international clients planning an offshore development centre (ODC) in India. It helps clients set up a centre in two weeks and also provides an exit strategy to leave the facility in ... More

INTERVIEW

'We've gained on R&D, clientele'
ANALYSTS said that the acquisition will help MBT to strengthen its presence in the telecom service provider's space, and also help to strengthen its R&D capabilities. "The IPO is eminent. The CEO and Managing Director of MBT, Mr Vineet Nayyar, . More

EVENTS

CII Coimbatore IT meet on Nov 19
THE sixth edition of coimbatoreIT.com is slated for November 19. The theme of the conference is `Leveraging the Indian IT Advantage in moving up the value chain'. The Coimbatore zone of the Confederation of Indian Industry is organising this ... More

Foss.in 2005 from Nov 29
The four-day FOSS.in 2005, the Free and Open Source Software event, to be held in Bangalore starting from November 29 will bring together participants from across the globe. Open source implies that the code of the software or operating system ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

US Tech is now BS7799 compliant
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai facilities of US Technology Resources, a consulting and technology services company, have been assessed as BS7799:2-2002 compliant. Consultants KPMG carried out the necessary audit ... More

BOOKS

Indian edition of CIO
MUMBAI: International Data Group (IDG) has launched its first publication in India, titled Real CIO World. Positioned as a resource for Chief Information Officers (CIO), and other IT executives serving in this role, CIO is one of ... More
NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Motorola to start off with assembling handsets
THE world's second largest mobile phone maker, Motorola, said today that it would start assembling handsets in India by December in a bid to increase its share in the growing telecom market. To start off, the company will assemble C115 ... More
New Epson projectors
BANGALORE: Epson has launched the Epson EMP-62 and EMP-82 projectors in India. They will be available at authorised Epson dealers from November 2005 at an MRP of Rs 75,000 and Rs 95,000 respectively, said a company release. The ... More

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