The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, May 01, 2003

Bharti forays into BPO space — 50:50 venture with US firm to take off in Q2
BHARTI Enterprises Ltd has announced its foray in the business process outsourcing (BPO) segment by forming a 50:50 joint venture with the US-based TeleTech Holding Inc, a global player in the customer management solutions arena. According to ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Incoming calls free from today — Most cellular, WLL tariff changes to take time
STARTING tomorrow, cellular subscribers need no longer pay for their incoming calls. They may, however, have to wait a little longer for a change in the tariff plans. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has stated that the new ... More

Tata Tele revises tariffs — BSNL announces new intra-circle rates
ALL landline subscribers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) can now call up other landline and limited mobility (WLL) subscribers in the same circle at local call rates. The company has extended its `95' facility beyond 200 km for intra-circle ... More

Calcutta Telephones revenue at Rs 1,170 cr
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd's (BSNL) Calcutta Telephones has generated a revenue of Rs 1,170 crore during the financial year 2002-03, a "few percentage points'' higher than the revenue that was recorded in 2001-02. In the current fiscal, Calcutta ... More

IUC regime: Cell cos withdraw plea
THE private cellular operators have withdrawn their petition in the Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) challenging the implementation of the interconnection usage charge (IUC) regime. According to Mr Pradip Baijal, Chiarman, ... More

AirTel launches voice mail for pre-paid customers
BHARTI Mobinet Ltd, the Bharti group company which offers the AirTel mobile service in Chennai, has launched a voice mail service for its pre-paid customers. This service will enable pre-paid AirTel Magic customers to stay in touch even when ... More

Reliance CDMA commercial launch today
THE CDMA limited mobility service of Reliance Infocomm enters its commercial phase on Thursday . The company said it makes this commercial entry with a base of one million subscribers, acquired over a period of 10 weeks, recording a cumulative ... More

MTNL net dips 31 pc at Rs 897.5 crore
MAHANAGAR Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has posted a 31 per cent decline in its net profits for fiscal 2002-03, at Rs 897.50 crore as against Rs 1,00.68 crore in the previous year. According to an official statement from the company, as per the ... More

HFCL net dips 42 pc
The company has posted a net profit of Rs 24.09 crore for the year 2002-03, a decline of 42 per cent from Rs 41.58 crore in the previous year. Total Income has decreased from Rs 9,07 crore to Rs 8,49.08 crore. For the fourth quarter, the ... More

BPL Mobile's call management facility

Motorola, winner in CRY quiz

HARDWARE

AMD launches 64-bit processor

MosChip share capital hike gets nod

SOFTWARE

Infotech Enterprises Q4 net down
INFOTECH Enterprises Ltd has recorded total income of Rs 32.41 crore and net profit of Rs 7.01 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 against total income of Rs 27.75 crore and net profit of Rs 7.82 crore for the corresponding quarter last ... More

IT TRAINING

SSI trims clients; posts Q3 loss
SSI Ltd has reported a net loss of Rs 1.31 crore on revenues of Rs 20.16 crore for the third quarter ended March 31, 2003 as against a net profit of Rs 4.06 crore on revenues of Rs 48.18 crore for the corresponding period last year. The company ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

Wipro plans BPO unit in Asia-Pacific
WIPRO Spectramind, the business process outsourcing (BPO) arm of software major Wipro Ltd, has plans to set up an offshore BPO centre in one of the countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The proposed BPO centre is expected to be operational ... More

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