The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 03, 2002

Telivoice in talks with cell phone operators
TELIVOICE, the Indian wing of Mr Sabeer Bhatia's Navin Communication Inc, has initiated a dialogue with all cell phone and basic telephone operators for introducing the voice messaging service. Mr Bhatia was in the city on Thursday to launch ... More

Tata Tele basic services in Delhi by September
TATA Teleservices Ltd (TTL) proposes to launch its basic services in Delhi by September, with a planned investment of Rs 800 crore spread over the next six years. Announcing this at a press conference, Mr S. Ramakrishnan, Managing Director, ... More

Samsung eyes No 1 slot in mobile phones -- To invest $6 m in marketing, services
SAMSUNG Electronics India Information and Telecommunications Ltd (SEIIT) on Wednesday said it would invest $6 m in marketing and service initiatives, aimed at becoming the largest player in the country's growing mobile phone market by ... More

BSNL, MTNL buying policy being reworked
The existing procurement policy of both BSNL and MTNL has been criticised, both for delays and lack of transparency. This, it was argued, also stood in the way of facing up to competition from the private operators. More

Bharti Mobile drops airtime rates
HYDERABAD: Bharti Mobile Ltd, on Thursday announced a drop in airtime rates for AirTel in Andhra Pradesh effective from May 3. This development follows the recent announcements of steep reductions in international long distance and ... More

SOFTWARE

Silverline profits drop 43 pc
SILVERLINE Technologies has posted a 43 per cent drop in net profit for quarter ended March 31, 2002 at Rs 13.15 crore as compared to Rs 23.04 crore in the corresponding period last year. The company's board has, following operational and ... More

`Software, services exports up 29 pc'
INDIA'S software and service exports grew by 29 per cent in 2001-02 to Rs 36,500 crore and are expected to rise by 30 per cent in the current fiscal, National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) has said. While the software ... More

Onward Novell to expand business
ONWARD Novell Software (I) Ltd, a joint venture between Onward Network Technologies Ltd, and Novell Inc, is set to continue to expand its NetBusiness solutions and range of educational and support services in the Indian marketplace. The Area ... More

Dalmia, aides reduce stake in DSQ Soft
THE stake of Mr Dinesh Dalmia, promoter and Vice-Chairman of DSQ Software, in the company has come down to 1.68 per cent in March 2002 from 2.4 per cent in March 2001. Further, the shareholding of "persons acting in concert with promoters" has ... More

2 major customers to get QuEST stake
THE Bangalore-based engineering design services firm, QuEST (Quality Engineering and Software Technologies Pvt Ltd), plans to offload a portion of its equity in favour of its two major customers. The company, which provides consultancy services ... More

D Link upbeat on software R&D in India
D LINK India Ltd, a subsidiary of D Link Corporation of Taiwan, has renewed its thrust on its software R&D activities in India. The company has moved to a larger office in Bangalore and hopes that the new centre will let it ramp up operations ... More

INTERNET

NAB launches cyber cafe for blind
A visually impaired youth surfs the Net in a cyber cafe launched by the National Association for the Blind in association with Microsoft in Mumbai. The cyber cafe located at the NAB premises empowers visually impaired to surf the Internet using ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

TvmLive.com plans pact with payment gateway
The State Public Service Commission and the University of Kerala have chosen TvmLive.com to release all their information on the Internet. More

TRENDS

Clarification

BOOKS

Karnataka IT directory
BANGALORE: A local company has brought out a directory on companies offering IT products, solutions and other-related services in the State. The Karnataka IT directory has exhaustive information on support services available for the ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Knowledge launches call centre
BANGALORE: A Web-based ``App Server call centre'' offering technical support to the users of the Web app servers including iPlanet, WebLogic and WebSphere has been launched by the Bangalore-based Knowledge Systems Pvt Ltd. The ... More

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