The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 10, 2003

Incentives for rural operations — BSNL package awaits Finance Ministry nod
The new relief package cleared by DoT envisages that the company will continue to be fully reimbursed the licence fees and spectrum charges till the year 2006-07. More

New Touchtel plans for Net users
TOUCHTEL, the private fixed-line service provider, has introduced two new Internet tariff plans for its subscribers - Zipnet Combo 995 plan and Zipnet Combo 2000 plan. A press statement from Touchtel said Zipnet combo 995 plan is targeted ... More

Sur`price' package on GPRS handsets likely
CELLULAR handset manufacturers and retailers are planning a "surprise'' offer on a range of GPRS handsets, spurred in part by the enthusiasm of the cellular industry to offer data services to customers. Cellular players have been rolling out ... More

CEOs for unified licensing regime for telecom sector
A CONCLAVE of chief executive officers (CEO) has called for a unified common licencing regime for the telecom sector that precludes artificial separation of geography or services. The CEO's conclave, which was part of the India Infrastructure ... More

Tata Indicom targets 1 lakh subscriber base
TATA Indicom plans to expand to 50 more towns soon and is targeting a subscriber base of over 1 lakh in Karnataka by the end of 2003. "We plan to rapidly expand our operations in Karnataka," Tata Teleservices Ltd Chief Operating Officer, Mr ... More

Orange, BPL offer new tariff package
MUMBAI: BPL Mobile and Orange, private cellular players in Mumbai circle, have announced changes in their tariff packages-- the most distinctive of them being the Rs 699 package where both incoming and outgoing calls are charged at ... More

HARDWARE

Computer hardware exports up 50%
The export items were mainly head stacks, switching mode power supplies, scanners, dot matrix printers, LAN cards and parts of printers. More

SOFTWARE

VistaFin software for IDBI Bank
KOLKATA: IDBI Bank has announced the deployment of VistaFin, an enterprise-wide relationship management platform developed by Geoscope Information Systems (India). VistaFin provides a single-point interface for capturing sales, ... More

INTERVIEW

`We're closer to profitability ' — Mr R. Ramaraj, Managing Director, Sify Ltd
IN July 2001, when the Internet bubble burst, Mr R. Ramaraj, Managing Director, Sify Ltd (earlier known as Satyam Infoway Ltd) for the first time then said, the company was heading towards the "path to profitability." The (then) quarter marked ... More

EVENTS

Looking Back

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Danlaw Tech develops biometric applications
DANLAW Technologies Ltd., the Hyderabad-based software solutions provider, has developed a range of biometric applications that offer intelligent security solutions for multiple businesses as also other general applications. For desktops under ... More

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