Date:19/09/2005 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/09/19/stories/2005091901010300.htm
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September 17

  • Megasoft raises $8 m from FCCB issue.

  • Indian offshoring in publishing vertical to touch $1.1 b by 2010.

  • TRAI `no' to misleading tariff plans — `Operators must come clean on zero rentals.'

  • DoT mulls rural interconnect gateway with USO support.

  • Aylus Networks sets up development centre in Bangalore.

  • Artech opens facility at Bangalore.

  • Chinese province woos Indian IT, training cos.

  • Softbridge grooms IT engineers in Japanese.

  • Virtusa inducts Polaris official.

  • TRAI's success rate with TDSAT only 20 pc.

  • `KPO is the next big wave' — Moving towards third party outsourcing.

  • Bangalore IT forum willing to participate in tech show.

  • Satyam plans to engineer reverse migration.

    September 16

  • Northgate setting up London data centre, plans pref offer.

  • Reliance IndiaCall begins services in UK.

  • Now, comics on Reliance mobiles.

  • Chip fabrication unit on the horizon — Consortium interested, says Maran.

  • Karnataka to put Bangalore infrastructure on fast track — IT.in boycott decision to be reconsidered.

  • PAC plans centres in China, Eastern Europe.

  • `IT firms follow non-discriminatory employment policy.'

  • F5 Networks buys Swan Labs.

  • India is most popular offshoring destination, says PwC survey.

  • Pointsec sets up India office.

  • `End-users take more risks online at work than home'

  • BSNL to make broadband gear at Kolkata unit.

  • Ten years of Internet, mobiles in India.

  • MTNL plans to add 4 lakh lines each for GSM, CDMA.

    September 15

  • Springer plans more seats at Chennai unit.

  • `Mobiles vulnerable to hackers.'

  • VSNL to invest $ 40-m in under-sea cable system.

  • TN software exports up at Rs 10,703 crore in '04-05 — International Tech Park in Chennai inaugurated.

  • Infotech bags big GIS deal from KPN.

  • Russia is on Satyam radar.

  • 3i Info keen on tools for MFs.

  • Birlasoft plans expansion.

  • Infosys to train 100 Chinese students.

  • TRAI puts decision on bandwidth tariff on hold.

  • Caritor wins ERP deal.

  • Bartronics plans to raise Rs 32 crore via IPO.

  • Expedite interconnection; DoT tells telecom players.

  • Google to raise $4.4 billion in stock sale.

    September 14

  • Oracle to acquire Siebel for $5.85 billion.

  • `Legal work outsourcing potential waiting to be tapped.'

  • Auto engg design services — HeroITES may tap group resources.

  • CDMA players want GSM spectrum to be halved.

  • Ascendas to hike investment four-fold — First phase of tech park in Chennai completed.

  • Philips to increase headcount at software facility in Bangalore; research on tech to build single GSM-CDMA compatible handset.

  • Give jobs to Kannadigas, Minister tells IT cos.

  • Watchguard in pact with Citrix.

  • Intelligroup is Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

  • VSNL challenges TRAI move to drop bandwidth tariff.

  • India to fall short of broadband target by 2 million.

    September 13

  • Bandwidth rates in India among highest — TRAI justifies price regulation.

  • `Raw deal for Indian CDMA players vs global peers.'

  • Lenovo to roll out ThinkPad home range.

  • Accenture bullish on India.

  • Open source co JBoss sees India as a strategic market — sets up facility in Hyderabad.

  • S1 Corp to upgrade Pune facility.

  • HR experts stress on strategies to retain knowledge.

  • SMEs to propel growth in security tool market: IDC

  • Offer additional services only after customer's consent, TRAI tells ISPs.

  • IGF of Kotak invests Rs 25 crore in Four Soft.

  • Indian IT firms eye ING bank outsourcing contract.

    September 12

  • Rain forces rethink on expansion plans of BPOs in Mumbai.

  • Raman Roy plans to tap underserved BPO areas.

  • Kochi Smart City: DIC plans study for prospective firms.

  • MoU signed for Kochi Smart City.

  • `Most firms see need for info security policy'

  • US visas tough to get, finds survey — `Cos want Govt to take up the issue at WTO negotiations.'

  • BSNL to allow all vendors - and not only its existing vendors - for new GSM lines.

  • Intel puts unit on hold as govt says no to sops.

  • HP, Seiko to develop large format printers.

  • India accounts for less than 2 per cent of the global IT industry.

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