The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 09, 2002

`Teledensity to grow 4.5 pc this fiscal'
INDIA'S teledensity will record a 4.5 per cent growth by the end of this fiscal and is expected to show a 9-per cent growth rate by 2005 exceeding the earlier target of 7 per cent, according to Mr Shyamal Ghosh, Secretary - Telecom, Ministry of ... More

Tatas open offer for VSNL at Rs 202
THE Tata group today announced an open offer for 20 per cent of the equity share capital of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) at Rs 202 per share. The offer follows the Tatas acquiring 25 per cent Government stake in VSNL through the bidding ... More

More wireless services from next fiscal
FROM the next financial year, the telecommunications department will reorient its strategy by providing 30 per cent wire services and 60 per cent wireless services, according to Mr V. Surya Sriramulu, Chief General Manager of BSNL, AP ... More

SOFTWARE

Satyam, Sagent team up for business solutions
SATYAM Computer Services Ltd, and Sagent, a provider of enterprise business intelligence solutions, have announced their combined initiative to provide enterprise applications solutions. Sagent will leverage Satyam's application development ... More

Boston Software to expand operations
THE Boston Group, which specialises in e-learning technologies supporting online framework, has drawn up plans to ramp up India operations. The Country Manager of the Boston Software, a 100-per cent subsidiary of the Boston Group, Mr S. Vinod ... More

HCL Tech forges alliance with Answerthink
HCL Technologies Ltd, India's fifth largest software exporter, has formed a joint venture with US-based Answerthink to boost outsourcing from its development centres in India, the firm said in a statement. Answerthink was likely to bring to the ... More

Incois, TCS ink pact
THE Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (Incois) has entered into an agreement with Tata Consultancy Services for the development of an online solution to facilitate the former to offer Web-based services. This mandate covers ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

ICICI Bank to extend eCheque facility
COIMBATORE: ICICI Bank has taken the lead in launching `eCheques'. The facility, introduced in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi, allows ICICI Bank account-holders to make payments over the ... More

INTERVIEW

`IT professionals' expectations have changed'
IT professionals were encouraged to think of themselves as something special. So, loyalty factor and identification with the company became secondary. More

E-GOVERNANCE

AP charts out strategy for e-governance
THE Andhra Pradesh Government is on course to unveil a blueprint for e-governance that will open up opportunities for IT companies to participate in various e-governance initiatives in the State. The State IT Secretary, Mr J. Satyanarayana, ... More

EVENTS

More mergers, acquisitions on cards in IT sector
"INDIAN IT companies should move into the space of the global majors as they move into ours,'' was the message delivered by the Executive Vice-President of Tata Consultancy Services, Mr Mahesh Bhandari. Speaking in the Nasscom 2002 seminar on ... More

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