The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 04, 2002

VSNL seeking lower `settlement' rate -- Overseas calls set to be cheaper
IT'S party time for telephone users. Close on the heels of the drastic cuts announced in STD tariff, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) is due to revise its international call rates downwards come April. According to senior officials of VSNL, the ... More

Bharti prices IPO at Rs 45
INVESTORS in the initial public offering (IPO) of Bharti TeleVentures Ltd (BTVL) - the first-ever 100 per cent book-building issue - will get shares at Rs 45, at the floor price fixed by the company.The issue closed successfully on ... More

Do you hear what your phone bill says?
YOU must be aware of the charges levied by BSNL and MTNL for the local STD and ISD calls made from your telephone. But how aware are you of all the other components included in your telephone bill? Given the level of transparency in the ... More

Bharti enhances TouchTel capacity

SOFTWARE

Wipro campus recruits told to wait till 2003
STUDENTS recruited on campus last year by Wipro Technologies, the software export arm of Wipro Ltd, may have to wait for one more year before they can join the company. The company has sent out a letter to the students indicating that it would ... More

Software testing has come of age
THE recent entry of major software development companies such as Infosys and Wipro Technologies into software testing is expected to lend credibility for this emerging growth area. Small companies, which hitherto dominated the independent ... More

Integrated Soft unit signs pact with US co
THE IT-Enabled Services (ITES) division of Integrated Software Solutions (ISS), a city-based software services provider belonging to the US-based $20-million ISS group, has announced that it has entered into a tripartite agreement with the ... More

New MphasiS development centre

Re-Living management training film

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Remotech Solutions launched

Axiom Consulting in Bangalore

QAI launches operations

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

Zensar plans more offshore development centres
THE Pune-based Zensar Technologies has bagged two contracts, one from Cisco, Australia, and the other from Fujitsu, Japan, for setting up offshore development centres (ODC) in Pune. Mr Ganesh Natarajan, Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

E-com deals may be kept out of I-T net
THE Budget may have some good news for the information technology sector as e-commerce transactions are set to be kept out of the income tax net in 2002-03. The Finance Ministry had taken the view that it would not be prudent to bring e-commerce ... More

Chenab ties up with VeriSign
CHENAB Information Technologies, a city-based e-business consultancy, has become business partner to VeriSign/Safescrypt for the implementation of VeriSign's Authentication Certificates (Server ID) for Internet/intranet portals. VeriSign, a US ... More

EVENTS

Looking Back

Ramco Systems Q3 loss mounts to Rs 8 crore; company unable to meet projections.

PSI Data buys out Birla Tech; posts net loss of Rs 4.219 cr.

Mindteck Q2 net dips to Rs 60 lakh.

Pentamedia Graphics Q3 net declines to Rs 42.91 ... More

TRENDS

IT research crucial for development: Expert
UNLESS the domestic IT sector builds intellectual property (IP) in the next few years to ramp up operations, it might be edged out in the extremely competitive environment, according to a senior researcher and mentor based in the US. Dr Rao ... More

Security on budget agenda for most CIOs
CHIEF information officers (CIOs) may be starting the year on a cautious note, but over 60 per cent of them reported budgeting for security software, according to the CIO-Yardeni Tech Poll. Weak profits and `tight financial conditions' remain ... More

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