The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 17, 2002

Patni eyeing BPO space
PATNI Ltd, the software company belonging to the Patni Group, plans to foray into the business process outsourcing (BPO) space within six months. The company is expected to make a public announcement regarding the exact nature of this ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Idea Cellular raises Rs 1,790-cr loan
IDBI had been able to arrange Rs 1,790 crore as syndicated loan for the mobile telephony services company, Idea Cellular. This includes a loan of Rs 400 crore from IDBI itself. The other major lenders are IDFC (Rs 250 crore); LIC (Rs 250 ... More

INTERNET

Rediff revenues up 340 per cent: Net loss at $14.75 million
Revenues grew 340 per cent during the year, amounting to $24.76 million ($5.62 million). Operating expenses declined 21 per cent, to $2.68 million. More

5,000 STD booths to be upgraded to Net kiosks
THE Andhra Pradesh Government is likely to extend support to enable about 5,000 STD/ISD booths to upgrade their centres to become Internet kiosks and thereby also become e-Seva centres by December. Dr T. Hanuman Chowdary, Advisor, Information ... More

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

Beacon plans .Net ERP package
THE city-based Beacon Software Systems Ltd plans to launch a .Net (of Microsoft) version of the small and medium enterprise (SME) ERP (enterprise resource planning). The company's BusinessPlus solution is an ERP package that integrates ... More

CONVERGENCE

A tech boutique for digital era
EVEN as the country is debating the larger policy issues of multiple and conditional access in the convergence era, a bunch of youngsters, who have formed a technology boutique, are gearing up to take on this digital technology challenge with ... More

EVENTS

World Telecom Day: Bridging the digital divide
The theme for the World Telecom Day, today, is `Bridging the Digital Divide'. Twenty years ago, the International Telecommunications Union's Independent Commissions' Maitland report, The Missing Link, drew the world's attention to the ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

Eastern Soft assessed at Level 5
BANGALORE: Eastern Software Systems, the ERP solution provider for SMEs, has been assessed at CMM Level 5 and is the first India ERP company to be so assessed, according to a press release. Set up in 1990 and funded by Intel, Citibank ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Agilent unveils spectrum analysers
TESTS and measurement major Agilent Technologies India Pvt Ltd has announced the launch of two high-performance spectrum analysers for cellular and aerospace/defence industries. According to a statement from the company, the analysers provide ... More

Wind River expands protocol
BANGALORE: Wind River Systems, a provider of software and services for connected devices, has announced the addition of Signalling Transport (Sigtran), a telecom signalling protocol to its Windnet suite of networking protocols. With the ... More

Absolute releases financial software
BANGALORE: The Bangalore-based Absolute Solutions Pvt Ltd has launched financial software products in the Indian market — fixed asset register, payroll, company statutory register, tax deduction at source, inventory management, ... More

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