The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 27, 2007

OUTSOURCING
Amtex Info to invest Rs 22 cr in BPO biz
Amtex Infotech Pvt Ltd, the Indian arm of US-based Amtex Systems, has earmarked Rs 22 crore for its business process outsourcing (BPO) business near Chennai. This is in addition to the Rs 100 crore the company will spend on creating a campus ... More

SOFTWARE
Microsoft to expand to 6 more cities
In a bid to expand its presence in India, Microsoft Corporation India Ltd has announced plans to open offices in six more cities. This will take its presence to 13 cities in the country. The new cities where offices are in the process of being ... More

GENDER
Getting women into gaming parlour
BYE BYE SAAS BAHU More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Nasscom hails Bush comment on HI-B visas
US President George W Bush's reported comments on the US looking at the possibility of increasing the number of HI-B visas — granted to Indian professionals to work in the US — has received an enthusiastic response from Nasscom. The ... More

TRAI faced with shortage of officers
`Remuneration not attractive enough' More

`Training for team leads crucial in BPOs'
Consider this: a typical team leader in a mid-sized BPO firm supervises about 20 people and is responsible for revenues of about $0.5 million. And he/she is just 25 years old. "No other industry offers this kind of opportunity or takes this ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
No extension of deadline for mobile subscriber verification
DoT, industry meet discusses policy issues More

Pogo is free-to-air in Chennai
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday said that Zee Turner Ltd has reported correction in the tariff for its children's television channel Pogo in Chennai's CAS notified area. Pogo will henceforth be distributed ... More

VENTURE CAPITAL
SunTec set to close $40-m funding deal
Funding of up to $40 m for an undisclosed stake in the company More

PERFORMANCE
For CSC, India turns power centre
Keen to shore up innovative work from here More

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