Sulking Jaffer Sharief arrives in Delhi; to meet Sonia

Senior Congress leader C K JafferSharief, who has resigned from the party, arrived here on Saturday for a meeting with party chief Sonia Gandhi but remained non-committal on the future course of action.
Sharief, a six time MP who was humbled in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, said he could not predict the outcome of […]

Hughes plans long distance telephony

The US-based networking major Hughes Networks plans to roll out the country’s first long distance telephony network based on satellite technology.
The company, which has an extensive Very Small Aperture Terminal network across the country, has applied for a long distance licence. The move from Hughes could give competition to the existing long distance operators […]

Samsung Begins Export from India

With the export of its “Made in India” mobile phones from the Manesar plant to Dubai - which is said to be the key telecom market of the Middle East, Samsung Electronics has confirmed its intention of making India an export hub.
Samsung says that mobiles manufactured indigenously will - in the long run - […]

Mastermind in Amar Singh case tapped Gurgaon busine ...

DELHI police today registered a fresh case of phone-tapping against private detective Bhupinder Kumar, the alleged ‘‘mastermind’’ in the Amar Singh case. Top Special Cell officers said that Kumar, who was placed on police remand for two days today, had also tapped the phone of a Gurgaon-based businessman.
Kumar, said the officers, will be interrogated […]

Bata strategy to extend retail reach

Bata India Ltd, the largest shoe company in India, is overhauling its retail strategy to cope with the new dynamics of the marketplace after the Centre opened up the segment to foreign single-brand stores.
The company has decided to be more visible in shopping malls, open up to the franchisee model and also create […]

Samsung exports ‘Made in India’ handset ...

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a provider of mobile phones and telecom systems, has made its first symbolic export of its “Made in India” mobile phones to Dubai.
Speaking on this occasion H.C. Ryu, managing director, Samsung Telecommunications India (STI), said, “Middle East is one of the chief growth markets for Samsung, primarily because of lower mobile […]

HSIDC to set up Technology Park at Rai

The Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation (HSIDC) has decided to develop another Technology Park at its Industrial Estate in Rai on the lines of parks being set up at IMT, Manesar and Panchkula.
Disclosing this here on Monday after the meeting of the Board of Directors, Rajeev Arora, Managing director of the Corporation said the […]