Hyderabad - In the wake of intensive competition amongst telecom operators, it is imperative that telecom application providers are focused and lock in with the operator's marketing and servicing needs in order to remain relevant to the operator's business.

Bangalore - Tektronix, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, today announced Gold Care Plans designed to give customers a worry-free ownership experience across mid-range and high-performance test instruments such as oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers. An enhancement to Tektronix' current support offerings, Gold Care Plans deliver such benefits as equivalent loaner products, scheduled factory-certified calibration, and priority access to technical support resources.

Kyoto - Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) announced that it will install solar power generating systems using the company's own solar modules at six domestic plants by March 2011, generating a total of 593kW, as part of its activities to promote environmental protection.

Bangalore - APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in critical power and cooling services, today launched BR600CI-IN - a high performance, value-for-money 600VA PC UPS, perfect for the home and SOHO environments and harsh Indian power conditions.

Chennai: Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of South Temple offerings that will allow Airtel customers to access free daily prayers, mantras, stories and significant facts around their favourite temples in Southern India at just Re.1/day.

Mumbai - Thomson Reuters launched Elektron, its next generation real-time network and hosting environment, in India to meet the strong demand for fast and cost-effective access to this important emerging market. Working in collaboration with Netmagic Solutions Pvt. Ltd, the new facility at the Bombay Stock Exchange will provide co-location hosting with a managed application environment, low latency connectivity to local market data and access to the Elektron global real-time network.

Mumbai: Nakoda Limited (BSE code: 521030), one of India's largest players in the fully drawn yarn segment, is set to commence its Wind Power project in MP.

New Delhi - Intex Technologies, amongst the fastest growing IT hardware and electronics companies, today announced 5%-8% increase in the prices of its IT Hardware Peripherals, TFT LCD Monitors and Computers. The prices for some of the products have already been increased and for the rest, it will become effective from September 1, 2010.