The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 29, 2002

Reliance signs licence for long-distance
RELIANCE Communications Ltd has signed the licence agreement with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for commencing national long distance (NLD) services in the country. This makes it the second private sector operator, after Bharti ... More

Bharti Tele IPO records 59 pc demand on day 1
THE initial public offer of Bharti Televentures - the first mega issue in a very long time and keenly watched by the market - brought in demand for 59 per cent of the 18.53 crore shares on offer on the first day of book-building on ... More

BSNL woos back cell operators
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is making all-out efforts to woo the cellular operators who are negotiating with Bharti Telesonic Ltd (BTSOL) for routing all the default STD calls on its network. According to industry sources, the top brass of ... More

SingTel not to buy Sify stake
CHENNAI: Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) on Monday denied that it is interested in acquiring stake in Satyam Infoway (Sify), one of the top Internet service providers (ISP) in the country. Speaking to Business Line ... More

POLICY

AP booster plan for IT sector
BRINGING in an IT Enabled Services Act, a Data Protection Act and a Consumer Privacy Act, along with establishing a Virtual Institute for ITES are among a series of new initiatives under the policy framework announced by the Andhra Pradesh ... More

HARDWARE

IBM India launches retail outlet
BANGALORE: IBM India has launched a consumer PC and ThinkPad retail outlet `TechStation 1' in Bangalore along with Vitagesystems, its business partner, according to a release. The outlet facilitates easy accessibility of various ... More

SOFTWARE

GTL net declines 63 pc in Q3
GTL Ltd (formerly Global Tele-Systems Ltd) has suffered a 63.38 per cent decline in net profit - at Rs 21.39 crore - for the third quarter ended December 31, as compared to the net profit of Rs 58.41 crore during the corresponding quarter of the ... More

Pentasoft posts lower net in Q3
THE city-based Pentasoft Technologies has reported a net profit of Rs 4.69 crore for the third quarter end December 31, 2001, about one-seventh of Rs 32.99 crore the company achieved during the same period of the previous year. Total sales for ... More

Synopsys to increase workforce by 20 pc
EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tool major Synopsys Inc is planning to invest $5 million more in its wholly-owned Indian subsidiary — Synopsys (India) Pvt Ltd, and increase its workforce by 20 per cent over the next one year. The ... More

Subex posts lower net
BANGALORE: Subex Systems Ltd, the Bangalore-based telecom software company has registered a sequential growth of 19 per cent in net profits and 5.85 per cent in income for the quarter-ended December 31 over the previous quarter. The ... More

Emazines' plug-in for Macromedia
HYDERABAD: Emazines Software, the Hyderabad-based e-media solutions company, has announced the launch of `EziAgent', a plug-in that extends the functionality of Macromedia Director. Macromedia Director is a popular multimedia ... More

ICSA Q3 turnover up
HYDERABAD: ICSA (India) Ltd, the Hyderabad-based software solutions provider, has registered a growth in turnover and net profit for the third quarter of current fiscal ended December 31. According to the unaudited financial results, ... More

IT TRAINING

SSI net down 93 pc in Q2
SSI Ltd has recorded a 93 per cent drop in its net profit to Rs 1.73 crore for the second quarter ended December 31 as compared to Rs 25.06 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal. Turnover was Rs 66.07 crore (115.42 crore). Staff cost ... More

PIRACY

Computer forensic lab inaugurated
THE country's first computer forensics laboratory to provide digital evidence in tackling cyber crimes has been inaugurated here. Developing expertise to collect, examine and analyse data retrieved from computer storage media in a legally ... More

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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