The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, December 17, 2005

`BPO units must provide safety to women employees'
EXPRESSING concern over the murder of a lady call centre employee in Bangalore, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), on Friday, stressed the need to implement best safety practices by business process ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

`BSNL ignored by Centre'
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The All-India BSNL Executives' Association has accused the Union Government of encouraging private telecom service operators at the expense of the State-controlled Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. Mr T. Ravindran and Mr T. ... More

Nokia to set up global network solution centre in Chennai
MOBILE phone company, Nokia on Friday announced the setting up of its global network solution centre in Chennai. The centre will be operational in the first quarter of next year with 100 professionals. The centre, which will provide services ... More

SOFTWARE

Cricket contest for CTS staff in Hyderabad
CRICKET fever seems to have caught up with IT companies as well. Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS), the IT firm, is planning to celebrate the game with a two-day event in Hyderabad. With the India-Sri Lanka, Pakistan-England and ... More

INTERNET

Yahoo! offers `style gallery'
MUMBAI: Yahoo! India has launched a mobile `style gallery', introducing a signature series of photographs of model Malaika Arora clicked by well-known photographer Atul Kasbekar. The value-added services space in India is in a high-speed ... More

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

SAP to resell Mercury software
BANGALORE: SAP, a provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, will now act as reseller of business technology optimisation software from Mercury Interactive Corporation. Load testing software Mercury LoadRunner helps ... More

BROADBAND

Bringing in more global competition — TRAI to permit reselling of bandwidth by 2007
IN a bid to bring in more competition in the international bandwidth segment, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), on Friday, announced a number of initiatives including permitting reselling of bandwidth by 2007 and allowing access ... More

EVENTS

Nasscom for separate venture fund as back-up for investors
THE National Association of Software and Services Company (Nasscom) wants the Union Government to set up a separate venture fund to fuel innovation in the software products space. "This kind of a fund would ensure a sort of back-up for those ... More

VENTURE CAPITAL

Intel Capital invests in 3 cos
BANGALORE: Intel Capital on Friday announced completion of three investments in Indian companies from the recently announced $250-million Intel Capital India Technology Fund. The recipients are Mobiapps, Persistent Systems and Maya ... More

OUTLOOK

HP upbeat on print industry in India
INDIA is the fastest growing print industry after China, according to Mr Steve Donegal, Business Manager, Digital Press, HP Imaging and Printing Group, Asia Pacific and Japan. Addressing the press at the opening of Hewlett-Packard's (HP) and ... More

PEOPLE

Satyam inducts Taormina
HYDERABAD: Satyam Computer Services has announced the induction of Mr Kenneth Taormina as Senior Vice-President of Manufacturing. Mr Taormina, will operate from Virginia, and be responsible for client relationships at the CXO level. ... More

Lason India chief quits
CHENNAI: Mr Ranjit Pisharoty, President and Chief Technology Officer, Lason India, has quit the company. This is due to certain changes in the top management in the American company's Indian operations, he said. He joined Lason in 2000 ... More