The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 17, 2002

AP bags award for e-governance
ANDHRA Pradesh has bagged the `Best e-Governed State' honour at the Nihilent-CSI e-Governance Awards for 2002, while Maharashtra has claimed three of the five other awards. Announcing this, Mr Deepak Shikarpur, Executive Director of CSI, said: ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

DoT extends the call for village phones
IN yet another flip-flop in decision making, giving in to pressure from the private basic operators, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has "reluctantly" agreed to extend the deadline for fulfilling their village telephony targets by a ... More

Hutch comes to Kolkata
THE Hutch brand has finally come to Kolkata. Hutchison Telecom East Ltd, which has its cellular operations in Kolkata, has announced the launch of the Hutch brand here. The brand has been launched in Delhi, Chennai, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka ... More

SC judgment on limited mobility today
THE long wait will finally be over. The Supreme Court on Tuesday is expected to deliver its final judgment on a petition filed by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), challenging the decision of the Telecom Dispute Settlement ... More

Reliance pegs subscription base at 6 m in first year — LG, Samsung hope to liven up CDMA market
EVEN as the tariff plan for limited mobility services submitted by Reliance Communications Ltd is being "studied" by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the company has pegged its subscriber base during the first year of operations ... More

Korea `ready' to plug India into 3G mobile tech
THE average Indian cellular subscriber may feel on top of the world downloading filmi ringtones and sending picture messages. But perhaps, that's because he is not aware of the choices his contemporaries in the neighbourhood of South ... More

StanChart to pick up stake in Idea Cellular
STANDARD Chartered Bank (StanChart) has firmed up plans to pick up stake in cellular operator Idea Cellular. StanChart has filed an application with the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) seeking permission for investing in Idea, though ... More

Festive offer from BPL Mobile
BPL Mobile has announced its festive offer for the Christmas and New Year season for its Mots mobile recharges. The Christmas offer is in line with BPL Mobile's commitment to continuously add value to its subscribers and thereby provide the ... More

SOFTWARE

Polaris chief held in Jakarta — Business trip goes sour
THE city-based Polaris Software Laboratories Ltd today said that its Chairman and Managing Director and CEO, Mr Arun Jain, had been held against his will by the police in Jakarta, Indonesia. In a statement, the company said that Mr Jain had ... More

Pivotal opens centre in India

IT TRAINING

Aptech plans to expand in Latam — Eyes 100 centres in 9 months
APTECH Ltd has firmed up plans to expand its footprint in Latin America. After finding a foothold in Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, the IT major will now make a foray into Portuguese-speaking nations in that continent. Towards ... More

INTERVIEW

`Cos lack market focus'
INDIA has established a niche in software service exports, rather than on the export of software products. This is perceptibly clear from the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) listings with 800 companies in the ... More

TRENDS

`Cos must move faster on value chain ladder'
Indian software industry has been consistently growing at an annual rate of 50 to 60 per cent at the annual rate of 50 to 60 per cent since 1991 and this sector currently accounts for two per cent of India's GDP and is expected to achieve a share of 7.7 per cent by 2008. More

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