The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 11, 2002

BSNL, MTNL get nimble to take on competition — Procurement policies to be overhauled
WITH private sector operators swamping the telecom market with their services, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has decided to initiate sweeping changes in the procurement policies of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

WeP buys Select Tech from Thailand group
WeP has outlined a strategy of growth through acquisitions and had earlier acquired EDM, Godrej's printer manufacturing unit in Hyderabad. More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Innosoft Tech plans tie-up with 2 US cos
INNOSOFT Technologies Ltd, the Hyderabad-based software services and IT-enabled services company, has announced its joint venture plans with two US-based firms — EiS Corporation Inc. and Apex IT Inc. The Chairman and Managing Director of ... More

INTERVIEW

India is more than a market for me: Gates
IN the history of computing, he could well be the most adored, loathed, envied and ridiculed geek. And reasons for being the object of adulation and animosity on a global scale is his mind-boggling quantity of wealth, which makes him the ... More

SMEs have key role in domestic market, says Nasscom chief — `Push to hardware, language software urgent'
THE Indian software services industry has performed creditability. Indications show that the software services industry will be able to achieve the projected growth rate of 30 per cent. Meanwhile, the IT-enabled services (ITES) segment has ... More

E-GOVERNANCE

TN Govt working on e-Seva project
THE Tamil Nadu Government plans to implement the e-Seva project providing single window Government information and services online to public. The project would also enable payment of public utilities bills including water tax and electricity, ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

IT services spend to grow at 12.4 pc
BANGALORE: Market research company, IDC, says it is time to "prepare for an upturn" as it predicts a strong growth in IT services spend till 2006 at a CAGR of 12.4 per cent. The market is expected to go beyond $625 billion by 2006. ... More

2,000 new ITES jobs in Bangalore a month
THE IT-enabled services sector, which of late is witnessing hectic activity in the country, is creating about 2,000 new job opportunities a month in Bangalore alone, according to Karnataka's IT secretary, Mr Vivek Kulkarni. Karnataka at present ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

Observing quality month
KOCHI: Network Systems and Technologies Pvt Ltd (NeST) has started observing `hinshitsu gekkan' — quality month in Japanese, during November. The process quality improvement month focuses largely on its Japanese clients ... More

BOOKS

It's still a happening place
Managing Global Software Projects
By Ramesh Gopalswamy
Publishers: Tata McGraw Hill
Price: Not mentioned
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