The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, January 31, 2002

TRAI asks cell operators to cut roaming charges
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed cellular operators to reduce the charges for national/region roaming. The authority has ruled that there shall be no entry fee for roaming. Further, a maximum limit of Rs 100 has ... More

BSNL seeks stay on Bharti's long-distance operations
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has approached the Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) seeking a stay on the national long distance operations of Bharti Telesonic Ltd (BTSOL) launched on January 26. According to official ... More

VSNL Q3 net down 10.7 pc
VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd has reported a 10.7 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 357.3 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2001, as compared to the net profit of Rs 400.2 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous ... More

HARDWARE

Hardware business to touch $62 b by 2010: Study
INDIAN electronic hardware industry has the potential to reach the size of $ 62 billion by 2010, 12 times its existing size, with major export opportunities in the area of innovative new products, contract manufacturing and design services, a ... More

SOFTWARE

Infosys forays into testing space
SOFTWARE major Infosys Technologies Ltd has forayed into independent software-testing services. The company has recently set up a separate core group — InSolaTER (Infosys Software Labs for Text Execution and Research) for this new ... More

Microland pact to divest stake in Net Brahma
MICROLAND Ltd on Wednesday announced that it has signed a MoU to divest complete stake in its group company Net Brahma Technologies to Metro-Optix, a US-based telecommunications optical networking equipment provider for an undisclosed sum. ... More

SoftSol posts reduced profit
THE slowdown has taken a heavy toll on the performance of some software firms including SoftSol India. SoftSol India Ltd has recorded a total income of Rs 2.41 crore and a net profit of Rs 26 lakh for the quarter ended December 31, as against a ... More

MRO-Tek net down
BANGALORE: MRO-Tek Ltd, on Wednesday reported a decline of 59 per cent in net profits and 8.3 per cent in revenues for the third quarter-ended December 31, over corresponding period previous year. The company registered a net profit ... More

INTERNET

VSNL cuts annual rental for bandwidth lease
VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) has announced a reduction in the annual rental of bandwidth for Internet leased lines and international private line circuits (IPLC) by between 5 and 60 per cent and 35 and 40 per cent, respectively. This was ... More

BROADBAND

Sterlite Optical net hit by low OFC prices
DEPRESSED prices of optical fibre and optical fibre cables (OFC) drove down both net profit and net sales of Sterlite Optical Technologies Ltd (SOTL) during the third quarter of 2001/2002. Net profit fell to Rs 7.99 crore during the third ... More

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Infosys forays into testing space

VSNL cuts annual rental for bandwidth lease

Re loses 12 paise

SBI net goes up three-fold in Q3

Treasury operations sparkle for banks

Western cow vs Third World farmer

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

US-64

Looking back
Jan. 20-Jan. 26
Infosys to tighten belt

TN to target specific IT sectors in new policy

AP to rope in private cos for Govt IT projects

Maintaining growth in the slowdown era

Bharti Tele prices IPO at Rs 45

TRAI okays Bharti's tariff plan

VSNL set to lose 45-50 pc market share: Study

SBI to recruit IT pros once arm gets okay