The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 26, 2002

Report to us first on tariff plans, says TRAI
With competition in the cellular and basic services hotting up, the operators have been vying with each other to publicise the massive cuts in tariffs that they have been incorporating. However, in their hurry to get noticed, they have been ... More

National frequency allocation plan okayed
THE Union Minister for Communications, Mr Pramod Mahajan, has approved the National Frequency Allocation Plan - 2002 (NFAP) for optimal utilisation of the radio frequency spectrum, which is a limited resource. According to an official ... More

Hughes Escorts to form subsidiary
HUGHES Escorts Communications Ltd (HECL) has firmed up plans to set up a wholly-owned downstream subsidiary with an initial investment of around Rs 10 crore to be spread over three to five years. HECL proposes to start manufacturing telecom and ... More

BPL Mobile revises tariff in Kerala
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Mr R.A.Venkitachalam, Chief Operating Officer, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, said the new rates meant superior value for money for subscribers. The company had re-introduced `Friday incoming free calls' ... More

Bharti plans basic telephony in Karnataka soon
BHARTI Telenet Ltd (BTNL) plans to launch its basic telephony services in `major cities' in Karnataka over the next three to four months. The areas to be covered include Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Udupi and Manipal. Other cities are to be ... More

Tariffs on pre-paid cards cut
NEW DELHI: The two private sector cellular service providers in Delhi — Bharti Cellular Ltd and Hutchison Essar — have announced a reduction in airtime tariffs on their pre-paid mobile cards. The tariffs have been reduced ... More

HARDWARE

HCL Insys pact with postal dept
HCL Insys can now display and retail its products such as `Bean Stalk' PC s, Toshiba notebooks, Nokia cell phones and HCL InfiNet internet access packs through the post offices. More

SOFTWARE

Transworld to set up development centre
TRANSWORLD Infotech Ltd (TWIL) has set up a development centre in Pune, to cater to IT requirements of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Talking to presspersons, the President and Chief Executive Officer of TWIL, Mr Donn Liles, noted ... More

Software for tracking vehicles -- Shapre Global MoU with Canadian co
THE city-based Shapre Global Info Services Ltd and the Ottawa, Canada-based MaxSys Engineering Solutions Inc signed an MoU to design, develop, supply and maintain a virtual (web-based) infrastructure for tracking the emergency vehicles and ... More

Wings Info unveils solutions for SMEs
WINGS Infonet Ltd, the Hyderabad-based software products and solutions company, has developed a range of products addressing small and medium enterprise segment and covering business management related issues, point of sale and accounting ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

ConceptLabs plans rural foray
CONCEPTLABS Inc, the US-based, technology driven company, which offers a mix of technology and equity to create new ventures in the Information Technology (IT) area has decided to expand its India operations. Its two broad areas of ... More

EVENTS

IndiaSoft to woo Third World
INDIASOFT 2002, the three-day international exhibition and conferences being organised by the Electronics and Computer Software Promotion Council (ESC) at New Delhi from February 20, would put in place an innovative programme called `hosted ... More

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