Netmagic unveils green data centre in ChennaiOctober 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - India's leading managed IT services provider Netmagic Solutions Tuesday unveiled its "green" data centre here to offer a range of third-party services in the tech infrastructure space. As the Mumbai-based company's fifth data centre in the country, the Chennai facility will cater to large and medium enterprises across verticals in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Flight carrying Chidambaram makes emergency landing in ChennaiOctober 2nd, 2009 CHENNAI - A Chennai-Coimbatore Jetlite flight with Home Minister P. Chidambaram on board made an emergency landing at Chennai airport.
Jet operations limp back to normal after pilots end stir (Second Lead)September 13th, 2009 MUMBAI - There were smiles all around as Jet Airways' five-day long crisis ended with the management deciding to re-instate four sacked pilots and not initiate any action against those who agitated last week, a top official announced here Sunday. The airlines Executive Director Saroj Dutta told mediapersons that these were the highlights of an agreement signed between the management and pilots' representatives late Saturday night.
150 Jet Airways flights cancelled as strike continuesSeptember 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - As many as 150 Jet Airways flights, including 15 international, remained cancelled Friday, the fourth day of the ongoing strike by the airline pilots. A spokesperson said early Friday that the airline has announced plans to cancel around 30 flights on certain sectors which will either be combined or re-booked.
Singapore-Chennai flight makes emergency landing in ChennaiAugust 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - A Singapore-Chennai flight had to make an emergency landing ay Chennai airport on Saturday after one of its rear tyres burst. According to preliminary reports, all 132 passengers and crew on board Flight IC 556 were safe.
Typhoon Morakat damages undersea cables, disrupting Internet and telephone services in AsiaAugust 14th, 2009 Typhoon disrupts Asia Internet, telephone serviceTAIPEI, Taiwan — Seabed movements believed caused by Typhoon Morakat damaged seven undersea cables linking Asian nations, disrupting Internet and telephone services, a Taiwanese telephone company said Friday. Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom, which jointly operates four cables in the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines, said service has been slow since the typhoon pummeled Taiwan last weekend.
Chidambaram flags off women's special train in ChennaiAugust 12th, 2009 CHENNAI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram flagged off three women special EMU train services at the Tambaram railway station near Chennai on Wednesday morning.
Hathway unplugs Internet services in ChennaiJuly 31st, 2009 CHENNAI - The city's first broadband Internet service provider Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd has unplugged its services here and started refunding its subscribers their dues, officials said. "We are forced to close down our business.
TaurusQuest signs up third delivery center in Tata SEZ, ChennaiApril 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - TaurusQuest has signed for Space on Lease at Tata's new TRIL Infopark IT/ITES Special Economic Zone (SEZ). TaurusQuest's third delivery Center will be operational at Tata IT SEZ in Chennai by 4th Quarter 2010.
Regulator slams telecom department over internet telephonyMarch 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's telecom regulator Tuesday slammed the Department of Telecom (DoT) over its suggestion to charge a higher entry fee on internet service providers (ISPs) for rolling out internet telephony. In a reply to DoT, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said: 'The authority proposes no change in entry fee for ISPs to provide Internet telephony...
Shyam Sistema launches CDMA services in Tamil NaduMarch 26th, 2009 CHENNAI - Sistema Shyam Teleservices, the joint venture between India's Shyam group and Russian telecom major Sistema SSA, Thursday launched its CDMA mobile services in 373 towns in the Tamil Nadu circle. With an overall investment of $5.5 billion, the company will now move to Kerala by March 30, company president Vsevolod Rozanov told reporters here.
Pacnet ups stake in JV, applies for long distance licencesMarch 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hong Kong-based telecommunications major Pacnet Tuesday said it has increased its stake in its joint venture with FutureWorld India to 74 percent and will shortly apply for international long-distance (ILD) and national long-distance (NLD) licences. 'Together with our joint venture partner, FutureWorld, we have further capitalised Pacific Internet to support our network roll-out in India after receipt of ILD and NLD licences,' Pacnet chief executive Bill Barney told reporters here.
Hong Kong-based telecom firm to invest $300 mn in IndiaMarch 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hong Kong-based Pacnet, one of Asia's leading telecommunications service providers, Tuesday said it will invest $200-300 million in India over the next two-three years. The company also said it has increased its stake in its Indian joint venture, Pacific Internet India, from 55 percent to 74 percent, and that it would shortly apply for international long-distance (ILD) and national long-distance (NLD) licences.
Indian Bank launches wealth management advisory servicesFebruary 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - As a first step towards launching a portfolio management services subsidiary, the city-based Indian Bank launched wealth management advisory services to its high net worth clients, said a top official. 'As per a study done in 2007, around $250 billion investible surplus is available in India and this figure will go up to $1 trillion by 2012,' the bank's chairman and managing director M.S.
Chennai Open tennis matches postponed due to rainsJanuary 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - Wednesday's matches in the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament were called off after persistent showers that began in the afternoon and continued through the evening. The matches have been rescheduled to commence Thursday afternoon, organisers announced.
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