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Category: Technology
DoT sops to telcos likely
Telecom service providers in the country may get sops from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in the form of subsidy, for increasing mobile coverage in rural areas.
Expertspeak: A standards problem
It's not the scale alone that will drive costs in rail and especially metro rail, Rajeev Jyoti tells us: It's also standardisation and improved technology. The Indian Railways is currently visualising Dedicated Freight Corridors
Equipment: The sense in owning equipment
Essar Equipment Bank (EEB) has fleet of sophisticated equipment in the construction industry having latest technology equipment from renowned original equipment manufacturers worldwide in its global operations. The total fleet value of equipment is approximately US$ 400 Million, over 5,000+ in Numbers.
China co bags SSTL contract
China-based telecom equipment-maker ZTE Corporation has bagged technology expansion contracts from Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL) for an undisclosed amount.
BSNL plans PE for tower unit auction
Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is planning to rope in private equity investors, includÂing telecom companies, to pick up stake in a new company that will be floated by hiving off the state-run telecom major's towers.
Govt clears Kandla bulk terminal
The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure cleared the proposal of Kandla Port Trust to develop a separate dry bulk terminal, equipped with top technology and mechanisation, at an estimated cost of Rs 1,060 crore on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis.
Kalindee Rail Nirman (Engineers) Limited: The railway infra experts
Kalindee is a highly reputed and profit making Public Limited Company (listed in two major stock exchanges of the country: Bombay Stock Exchange, Mumbai; National Stock Exchange, Mumbai) headquartered at New Delhi.
If Orissa and Bihar develop faster, labour shortage will become acute
The irony of NREGA scheme is that it may spur mechanisation in private sector projects. R Sarabeswar, Chairman, CCCL, says that labour shortages will plague urban projects.
Cement industry loses Rs 40 cr from bad rail infra
Cement will grow exponentially over the next 40 years, so we should be more worried about 2050 than about 2009, said Rajiv Mehta, Executive President, Ultratech Cement.