New offers for Visa cardholders
Visa International and Travelguru on Monday announced in Mumbai that Visa cardholders who make bookings for domestic airlines and hotels listed on Travelguru could enjoy up to 50 per cent cashback on their travel bookings. The cashback offer is valid till December 31, ’07 and can be availed by booking on the travelguru.com site or by calling the Travelguru reservation centre. While Visa Signature cardholders can enjoy 50 per cent cashback on airline bookings and 25 per cent cashback on hotel bookings, Visa Platinum cardholders can enjoy 25 per cent cashback on airlines and hotel bookings. All other Visa cardholders can enjoy 7.5 per cent cashback on airline bookings and 15 per cent cashback on hotel bookings.
Auto majors win IMTMA awards
Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA) on Monday announced the IMTMA - SIEMENS Productivity Championship Awards 2007. The winners were chosen after an evaluation of over 200 nominations during the productivity summit 2007 organised recently by IMTMA in Bangalore. Automobile companies dominated the stage with TVS Motor company bagging the award for best work in “Productivity through metrics” and the award for “Productivity through quality” went to Bajaj Auto, Maruthi Udyog bagged three awards. 
Karl Slym, GM India’s new MD
General Motors on Monday announced that 45 years old Karl Slym would be the new President and Managing Director of GM India. The present India Chief Rajeev Chaba has been posted as the CMD, GM, Egypt effective from October 01, 2007 after spearheading GM’s growth in India for the past two years. Mr Chaba assumed the role of President and MD in June 2005, having been GM India’s Chief Operating Office since September 2003.  
Dell launches new desktop
Dell on Monday announced the launch of OptiPlex 755 with the most flexible approach to systems management, delivering on customer demands for business efficiency. The OptiPlex 755 is Energy Star 4.0 compliance. With the flexible systems management offerings in the industry, the OptiPlex 755 will help simplify IT by reducing number of desk side service visits required for system service and maintenance, claimed the company. Dell is also integrating Intel vPro technology with advanced remote management features that will make business efficient.
Tata Indicom’s special roaming
Tata Teleservices announced on Monday the Business Silver Roam in Karnataka, a new roaming intensive tariff plan for customers who have very high roaming usage. The package is open for both new and existing customers alike.
    The plan with no roaming rental provides customers with 750 mins/month of free incoming calls while roaming and 50 p/min after the first 750 min/month. Local outgoing calls to mobiles while roaming at 50 p/min and local outgoing calls to landlines while roaming at Re 1/min.
KLG Systel picks 51% in Atlantis
KLG Systel announced on Monday the acquisition of 51 per cent majority stake in Atlantis Lab Pvt Ltd, a dedicated engineering solutions company with over 130 employees. Atlantis Labs will now form a subsidiary of KLG Systel Ltd, catering to the strong domestic market, while also tapping Engineering Services Outsourcing opportunities from developed countries such as North America and Europe. Atlantis Lab’s current service offerings include product design, design automation, design simulation, tool design, design data migration, and PDM/PLM solutions.
S K Chatterjee is ITI’s new CMD 
ITI on Monday said S K Chatterjee has assumed charge as the CMD of the company. Previously, he held the position of Director (Human Resources) in the company. A post-graduate in social work with specialisation in labour welfare and personal management and a graduate in law from Delhi University, Mr Chatterjee has over three decades of experience in the field of HR.
CDMA subscriber base crosses 50 m
Subscriber base of CDMA-based technology in the country has surpassed 50 million fixed and mobile device users only after four years the technology was introduced here, CDMA Development Group said on Monday, reports PTI from New Delhi.
It took more than ten years for GSM to reach the same number. India is an important showcase that demonstrate CDMA2000’s flexibility, performance and efficiency, CDFG Chief Operator Officer James Person said.According to CDG, the rapid expansion of CDMA2000 networks into the rural areas of India to deliver state-of-the-art telephone and broadband Internet access has been a primary factor in reaching the 50 million subscriber mark.
With upto 2.01 million net subscriber additions in June 2007, CDMA2000’s 5 per cent growth rate exceeded that of GSM, at 4.1 per cent.