The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 02, 2003

e-lottery bug bites top corporates
FIRST we had Playwin from the Essel brandwagon. Now a host of new entrants are game too and are lining up their versions of online lottery including big names as the Essars, the K.K. Modi Group and Videocon. In the two years since e-gaming ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

What's your style?
It's not because of the trilling but mobile phone users tend to make us think of certain birds, says a study. Go on, take your pick. Which one of these birds do you resemble? More

MTNL shelves plans to invest in Lanka Telecom
MAHANAGAR Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has shelved its plans to pick up equity stake in Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the premier telecom service provider in the island nation. According to official sources, although the MTNL board had considered the ... More

BSNL Maharashtra takes rivals head on
THE Maharashtra circle of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has taken seriously the advice of the Union Telecom Minister asking the public sector telecom companies to be more competitive. The circle has put up two detailed charts on its Web site ... More

STOCKS

Moser Baer on the rise
THE stock price of data storage company Moser Baer India (MBI) is in the limelight since the beginning of this year, gaining over 50 per cent during the period. Brokers and analysts attribute the rise in the stock price to different reasons, ... More

HARDWARE

PARAM Padma takes India to Big 5 league
PARAM Padma, the country's most powerful computer developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), was dedicated to the nation here on Tuesday by the Union Minister for Disinvestment, Telecommunication and IT, Mr Arun ... More

SOFTWARE

Ministry to work with Nasscom on visas
IN a bid to avert the Dutch type of incidents, the Information Technology Ministry, in collaboration with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), is contemplating `escort' services to IT professionals to make them ... More

TCS plans another centre in Chennai
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) plans to build another development centre here at Siruseri, a suburb on the IT corridor linking Chennai and Mahabalipuram. TCS planned to invest about Rs 200 crore including Rs 13 crore for 70 acres of land at ... More

INTERNET

Ready to land
The Internet boom and bust cycle appears to be drawing to a close. And sanity has descended on valuations in the sector. It's getting down to earth that counts. More

Of all the bloomin' ideas...
When an idea flowers at the right time, there's no stopping it, says this company smelling success. More

INTERVIEW

Hughes tools for last mile problem — Mr Vinay Patil, Senior Director, Hughes Network
IF convergence is the buzzword, the problem of last mile is not far off. With broadband solutions set to touch you sooner than you perhaps could have imagined, various telecom operators across networks are grappling to address this ... More

SECURITY

`Indigenous tech vital for national security'
NATIONAL security would be given top priority in technology development, said the Union Minister for Disinvestment, IT and Telecommunications, Mr Arun Shourie, here today. Speaking after launching the Terascale Supercomputing Facility at the ... More

Play it safe
This story almost, but not quite, vanished into cyberspace. A back-up got it back. An issue of security - exactly what's worrying the US too which is pushing a cyberspace safety initiative to keep cracks at bay. More

TRENDS

Dropping bombshells
It's business as usual? Not when international conflict breaks out. The IT sector too sees a `hold' phase with companies delaying decisions and curtailing spending to a certain extent, at least for now. It's best to wait and watch. More

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