The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Zensar to locate recovery centre in Hyderabad
ZENSAR Technologies Ltd has announced plans to locate a disaster recovery centre at Hyderabad to support its global operations. Addressing a press conference here on Monday, the Chief Executive Officer of Zensar, Dr Ganesh Natarajan, and the ... More

OUTSOURCING

Boxing Day there, holiday here
IT was curtains for a day for several call centre agents across the country, as the West raised a toast to the holiday season. Many BPO companies closed their outbound processes including collection calls to the US and UK markets which were busy ... More

Scandent BPO arm bags repeat order
SCANDENT Solutions Corporation Ltd said on Monday that its Australia-based BPO subsidiary has been awarded a Rs 290-crore ($64.5 million) contract by the State Victoria WorkCover Authority to process its workers compensation claims. The ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Exclusive spectrum band for Defence mooted
IN a bid to find a solution to the spectrum crunch being faced by operators, the Government is exploring the possibility of creating an exclusive `Defence Band' for spectrum usage by the largest consumer of radio frequency — the armed ... More

Hutch's lifetime pre-paid service for Rs 999
AFTER Tata Teleservices' two-year prepaid validity package which was followed up by Airtel with something similar, Hutch has gone the whole hog in terms of validity period, offering a prepaid service "for life" for a one-time charge of Rs ... More

Panel pulls up DoT for delay in spectrum policy — Favours release of 1,900 Mhz for CDMA players
Lack of anticipated demand for spectrum and haphazard planning over a period of time has given birth to a horde of problems. More

Idea Cellular recharge offer in Kerala
KOCHI: Idea Cellular Ltd is offering its pre-paid customers in Kerala full talk-time on the Rs 540 and Rs 1,080 recharges. The offer is valid till December 31. Mr B. Ramakrishna, Circle Head, Idea Kerala said the company has truly has ... More

INSIGHT

BPO industry due for mid-course correction
THE euphoria in the BPO industry soars with the Financial Times reporting the news of J.P. Morgan Chase's plans to hire 4,500 graduates in India with the aim of moving 30 per cent of its back office and support ... More

SOFTWARE

HelloSoft VoIP solution
HYDERABAD: HelloSoft, a convergence technology solutions company, on Monday announced it is providing NeoMagic Corporation, a VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) based solution for multimedia-rich mobile phones and other mobile ... More

QualCore plans to offer embedded software services
QUALCORE Logic Ltd, a fabless semiconductor company, today announced its plans to expand its Indian design team from 200 to 300 by next year and add embedded software services to its portfolio. The expansion is aimed at supporting global ... More

OBT to develop SAP tools for retail, food sectors
OBT Global, the Hyderabad-based SAP solutions provider, has announced plans to develop solutions in two more rapidly growing industry segments of retail and food-processing sector, while expanding its global support-cum-help desk centre ... More

Aztec chief trims stake
AZTEC's Founder and Chairman, Mr S. Parthasarathy, has progressively reduced his equity stake in the company over the past eight quarters to less than three per cent from about 10 per cent. His current holding stands at 11.6 lakh shares or around ... More

SECURITY

Cyber tribunal may be expanded
The department is still looking at incorporating certain new amendments, including expanding the strength of the proposed Cyber Appellate Tribunal to three members. More

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