The Hindu Business Line : Friday, December 14, 2007

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Finance Ministry objects to dual tech mobile licences
Wants process halted; DoT asked to explain the criteria for fee fixed More

Tata Tele in favour of pricing spectrum
Subscriber-based allocation norms flawed: MD More

22 new applicants give more details to DoT
New Delhi, Dec. 13 The Department of Telecom is likely to start issuing letters of intent to new applicants starting next week. About 22 out of the 25 companies, which were asked to give more details on their application, submitted necessary ... More

Bharti Airtel declines on spectrum fears
‘TDSAT order is largely negative for the co’ More

ENVIRONMENT
E-waste stockpile sets alarm bells ringing
CONSUMPTION AFTERMATH More

INFRASTRUCTURE
IT project: Prestige ties up with Reliance
Chennai, Dec. 13 The Bangalore-based real estate developer, Prestige Group has entered into a joint venture with Reliance Industries Ltd to develop IT space on the arterial Anna Salai.According to Mr Irfan Razack, Managing Director, ... More

Calcutta Riverside project
Riverbank Holdings has finalised a funding of Rs 117.60 crore for the IT SEZ portion of its Calcutta Riverside project at Batanagar on the outskirts of Kolkata. Yatra Capital Ltd will invest the funds in the IT SEZ component of the Calcutta ... More

HARDWARE
Mobile PC sales up 99.4% in Q3
Sale of mobile PCs in India grew by 99.4 per cent in the September quarter, according to a research from Gartner Inc. Mobile PC sales grew to about half a million in the third quarter of 2007. Acer leapfrogged to the top three mobile PC brands as ... More

Laptops for Rs 5,000 in 2 years
An Indian company, with the motto of “Developing a laptop nation”, plans to make available laptops for just Rs 5,000 in the next couple of years, its promoter said here today. The Mumbai-based Allied Computers International (Asia) ... More

SOFTWARE
Nasscom moots best practices for cos to retain women talent
Bangalore, Dec. 13 Nearly 70 per cent women in the IT/ITeS sector in the country feel that attrition among them was not due to their incapability or incompetence at work, indicating that there were personal issues involved. A joint ... More

Check out how partners operate before finalising tie-up: TCS COO
Mumbai, Dec. 13 IT projects undertaken by one in every three companies fail to perform against expectations. Yet such results do not evoke a sharp reaction from the company management in most cases. About 43 per cent organisations say ... More

IBM develops GreenCert to simplify carbon trading
Bangalore, Dec. 13 IBM, Enterprise Information Management Inc, and Evergreen Energy Inc have developed a greenhouse gas meter called GreenCert. The software tool, which runs on WebSphere portal, can calculate carbon emission reductions ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Companies facing staff shortage at middle level
‘Paying premium to hire employees from the market’ More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
Satyam sets its foot in new geographies
Forging academic tie-ups to churn out biz-ready graduates More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
NCDEX starts sugar spot trading on electronic platform
Mumbai, Dec 13 Spot trading in commodities on the electronic platform had a sweet beginning on Thursday with NCDEX Spot Exchange launching the country’s first trade in sugar (S30 Grade) on a pilot basis in Maharashtra. To begin ... More

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