The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 13, 2002

Estel — The ILD dark horse
GUESS who could be the strongest competition to Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) in providing international long distance services? While the "big guns" Bharti and Reliance are certainly in the reckoning, it is the little known Estel group which ... More

BSNL to upgrade services in Dakshina Kannada
Plans are afoot to expand the overall switching capacity by 35,750 lines in the entire district and provide 25,000 new connections. More

Coral bags IIT-Mumbai project
NEW DELHI: Coral Telecom Pvt Ltd has bagged an order from IIT-Mumbai to set up a 2,500 line VoIP exchnage. According to a statement from the company, a manufacturer and supplier of integrated switches, this exchange will not only ... More

BSNL to extend WLL facility

SOFTWARE

Digital to gain from HP-Compaq merger
Digital has steady growth prospects and should see a 35 per cent increase in net profit this year. More

Big bucks mean high risk too
AS Indian software companies begin to land large, multi-million outsourcing contracts, along with big bucks, an enormous amount of risk also comes their way, experts say. ``Certainly there are huge risks involved in such projects. Not only the ... More

Maars Software plans pref issue
CHENNAI: The city-based Maars Software International Ltd plans to issue equity shares on private/preferential allotment basis, ADR/GDR and increase the authorised capital of the company. The board of directors of Maars Sofware will ... More

IT TRAINING

Network that works
Pune city's residents, afflicted with any kind of disabilities, now have a support system that will help them get back into the mainstream. Disability Network is the brainchild of four disabled youth from the city, who have surmounted all odds to ... More

E-MAIL

Don't be duped
Business Line received one such e-mail from Mrs Kate Mayaik, from South Africa. She says her husband, Mr Mustapha Mayaik, an Ambassador of South Africa in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, died in an accident recently. Before he breathed his ... More

EVENTS

Looking Back

PEOPLE

Netravali gets US Tech award
BANGALORE: Dr Arun Netravali, former president of Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs and now chief scientist at Lucent, has been selected as one of the recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Technology this year. Mr Netravali was cited ... More

Ranjan Chak, new Oracle V-P
HYDERABAD: Mr Ranjan Chak, Executive Director, Oracle India Private Ltd, (OIPL) has been assigned a new role within Oracle Corporation, as its Vice-President, Asia Pacific Product Services. Following this development, Mr Chak now ... More

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