The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Mobile operators fall short on performance parameters: Survey
FIVE out of 11 mobile operators in the country have fallen short on their performance parameters vis-à-vis 2004 on issues such as sales-pre sales, network quality, billing, customer care and value-added services, according to the third VOICE&DATA More

SOFTWARE

BirlaSoft to set up centre in Hyderabad
BIRLASOFT, part of the $1.2-billion C.K. Birla Group, has announced its plans to set up a development centre in Hyderabad next month with investments of about $7-8 million. The company has planned more centres, as a part of the $20-million set ... More

Software upgrades tough on SMEs
WHEN it comes to human resources, the IT industry seems to have a clear-cut food chain, with most employees in SMEs eventually gravitating to the bigger firms. As an offshoot of this problem, some SME entrepreneurs complain that their companies ... More

Innovation can help add $20 b to IT exports: Nasscom
The areas that have been overlooked relate to the implications that innovation can bring about in cost savings. This is important as countries in the Eastern Europe are closing up in some areas. More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

IPO takes over Supersight BPO
Chennai: International Process Outsourcing (IPO), a part of the US-based IPO Inc, has taken over the Chennai-based Supersight BPO. It plans to invest about $15 million (about Rs 65 crore) in building BPO (business process outsourcing) ... More

INTERVIEW

Bharti rings positive tone on 999 Plan
WITH a very disciplined cost structure, Bharti believes it will be successful in its 999 Plan. The President of Bharti Tele-Ventures, Mr Manoj Kohli, says the company is heading for one of the lowest cost structures in the world. Excerpts ... More

CONVERGENCE

TRAI panel proposes 74% FDI in cable TV operations
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's Committee on Broadband and Telephony over Cable TV Network has suggested allowing 74 per cent foreign direct investment in cable TV operations to bring it on par with the policy governing cellular and ... More

ISPS

Sify offloads 26 pc in Safescrypt to Satcom — Subsidiary plans to apply for NLD/ILD licence
SIFY Ltd has sold 26 per cent of its stake in Safescrypt to the Visakhapatnam-based Infinity Satcom Universal (P) Ltd for $3.1 million (about Rs 12 crore) in cash. The agreement to this effect was signed between Sify and Infinity on December ... More

PEOPLE

Neville Roach at helm of TCS-FNS
TATA Consultancy Services has appointed Mr Neville Roach as Chairman of TCS-FNS in Australia, as well as Advisor to TCS Australia. TCS-FNS is an Australian company set up by TCS for the acquisition of the core banking solutions company, the ... More

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