The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 22, 2003

Telecom meet makes `some' headway
THE telecom committee constituted by the Communications Minister, Mr Arun Shourie, to solve the contentious issues between the cellular and limited mobility operators, has decided to seek an adjournment of the cases that are coming up for hearing ... More

More spectrum must for more cell players: TRAI
The existing cellular operators in India had much less spectrum allocation in comparison to their counterparts in other countries. This imposed a needless constraint on them in respect to both QOS/optimal network engineering, according to TRAI. More

Getit, pvt phone cos in talks for directory
GETIT Infomediary Ltd, the company that brings out the Yellow Pages telephone directory, is in talks with private telecom operators to bring out separate directories, according to Mr Siddharth Gupta, Chief Operating Officer, Getit Infomediary ... More

Idea Cellular's new offer in AP

SOFTWARE

US to tighten H1B visa norms
THE US will tighten the regulations governing H1B visas and revise the ceiling for issuing such visas to ensure that only qualified information technology professionals enter the country, according to Mr James Sensenbrenner Jr., Chairman of the ... More

SDV begins Hyderabad operations

HUMAN RESOURCES

Hiring shows IT majors are upbeat on India
DESPITE the jitters caused by the New Jersey Bill opposing outsourcing of work to other countries and the possibility of other States in the US following suit, multinational companies, in the IT sector at least, are actively stepping up ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

D-Link ties up with Corning

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

Singapore co sets up arm
FUTURE TechnoDesign (FTD) group of Singapore, today set up operations of its subsidiary SoCrates Software in Bangalore with an investment of $ 5 million. SoCrates, which develops embedded software for consumer electronics majors will develop ... More

SECURITY

ICSI pact with NSE soon to certify digital signatures
To keep in tune with the changes in the corporate world and to meet the challenges of the globalised economy, ICSI has formed a Perspective Planning Group to achieve short, medium and long-term objectives of the profession of company secretaries. More

E-GOVERNANCE

Finland tops rankings in WEF infotech report
THE Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced the official launch of `The Global Information Technology Report (GITR) 2002-03'. The report surveying the `Readiness for the Networked World' is the most comprehensive, cross-country ... More

United Telecom bags mandate for e-Seva
The State Government has taken up the pilot e-Seva project to provide citizen services with a single point interface wherein about 30 Government services, including bill payment, are offered at one place. More

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