The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, December 14, 2005

EXL plans 1,000-seat facility in Noida
THIRD-PARTY BPO company, EXL Service, will invest over $4 million to set up a new centre at Noida with capacity of 1,000 seats. "The centre is expected to be operational in 30 days. It will give us capacity to service the existing and new ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Improving telecom reach in rural areas — Mobile players may get USO funding
TRAI has estimated that the entire country could be covered with a support of Rs 8,000 crore if cellular technology were used compared to over Rs 20,000 crore required if the same task were done by fixed line telephone. More

Bharti's under-sea cable system offers more bandwidth
INTERNATIONAL leased line tariffs is likely to decrease further with Bharti Tele-Ventures today announcing the launch of the next generation under sea cable system South East Asia, Middle East and Western Europe 4 (Sea-Me-We-4). Bharti ... More

Spice Telecom plans Rs 100-cr investment to upgrade network
The company will strengthen its network by adding 350 cell sites in the State by June 2006. In the first phase, 130 cell sites will be set up in various parts of the State. More

HARDWARE

Cadence unveils radio frequency design kit
THE wireless IC consumption worldwide stands at $43.8 billion in 2005. It is all set to rise with gadgets such as MP3 players and digicams going wireless. "They will soon be able to send and receive data to computers wirelessly," said Ms Kelly ... More

SOFTWARE

HCL Info to preload regional language interface on PCs
IN a bid to drive PC usage among non-English speakers, HCL Infosystems announced it would preload Indian language interface across all its PC brands, including Beanstalk, Ezeebee and Busybee. Developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced ... More

New Flextronics solution
NEW DELHI: Flextronics Software Systems, provider of telecommunication and data communication software solutions, on Tuesday announced the release of its Wi-Fi Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) security and mobility software products that ... More

Bluechip software products
COIMBATORE: Bluechip Solutions Private Ltd is in the process of rolling out `ProfitPlus' family of business specific software products using BPM (Business Process Management) technology. These ready-to-use software products, numbering ... More

`West Asia, critical to Wipro's global strategy'
WIPRO sees a tremendous synergy in the Indo-Gulf markets and it aims to further strengthen this relationship in the years to come, according to Mr Rajat Mathur, Vice-President, International Operations. Speaking at the recently-concluded ... More

Unit-level testing tool gaining space
A NEW advancement in software testing, called unit-level testing, may soon overtake the traditional tools. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the global software testing market in 2009 will be worth $1.8 billion. Garnering the ... More

Qantas Freight joins `iCargo' initiative
QANTAS Freight has joined the Core Group of Influence (CGI) Forum set up by IBS Software Services, a leading player in the travel, transportation and logistics sector based at the Technopark here. Qantas Freight will become the fourth ... More

HCL Tech inks pact with Japanese co
HCL Technologies today entered into a multi-million dollar agreement with a Japanese system integrator, EXA Corporation, under which HCL would provide offshore-based IT solutions and system integration services to EXA's blue-chip customers in ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Zensar moves into SAP space with US buys
ZENSAR Technologies has acquired a US company, OBT Global, as well as its offshore affiliate, OBT Global Pvt Ltd India, in an all-cash transaction for an undisclosed amount. "This acquisition positions us well to expand into SAP, one of the ... More

EVENTS

Workshop on XML databases
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian Institute for Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K) co-hosted a two-day workshop here on `XML Databases' on Saturday and Sunday. The other hosts were the Education Grid Resource Centre of ... More

OUTLOOK

Infosys yet to decide on initiatives in Maharashtra
POPULAR expectation created and then nurtured by the media notwithstanding, Infosys Technologies Ltd has not yet decided on any new initiatives in Maharashtra. Responding to a query from Business Line regarding reports in sections of the ... More

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