TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BSNL cuts ISD, STD rates by 15-25 pc — Slashes domestic bandwidth prices by 60 pc
THE first day of the new fiscal year has brought good news for 41.3 million landline and mobile subscribers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. The telecom major has announced a 15-25 per cent cut in both ISD and inter-circle STD tariffs effective April ... More

BSNL plans CellOne network expansion on a massive scale in AP
THE State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., has drawn up aggressive plans for CellOne mobile services for fiscal 2004-2005 and has tendered for equipment to augment about 1.2 million additional mobile connections for Andhra Pradesh Circle, thereby ... More

Tata Telecom, Avaya launch SIP solutions
TATA Telecom and Avaya Inc, a global provider of communications networks, today introduced new software applications and phones that provide greater control over the growing number of communication devices. The new converged communications ... More

GaneshaSpeaks on your mobile
MOBILE subscribers keen on knowing the future can look forward to some intimate long-distance conversations with a team of astrologers led by Mumbai astrologer Bejan Daruwalla. Cellular service provider Idea has announced a service wherein ... More

STOCKS
MTNL shares rally on privatisation buzz
FOR the MTNL stock, it was not a prank call on Thursday on major bourses. The stock closed up 7.37 per cent at Rs 137.70 (52-week high: Rs 142.50) on the NSE, with a traded quantity of over 78.23 lakh (27.70 lakh) shares. On the BSE, it logged a ... More

HARDWARE
Western Digital to set up service centre network
WESTERN Digital Corp, the world's third-largest hard drive manufacturer, has announced that it is establishing a network of service centres in India to expedite service to customers. As part of a worldwide strategic initiative to grow business ... More

SOFTWARE
Alcatel testing lab at SlashSupport facility
ALCATEL, a global major in communication networking, has invested $2 million (about Rs 9 crore) to set up a simulation and testing lab at SlashSupport facility in Chennai. The lab will simulate an array of possible problem scenarios at ... More

BEA Systems bullish on India, Asia-Pacific market
BEA Systems Inc, an application infrastructure solutions provider, is bullish on India and the Asia-Pacific enterprise integration market. The Vice-President, Asia Pacific, BEA Systems, Mr Steve Faris, told Business Line "For BEA, the ... More

INTERNET
Net domain name system gets 10 applications
AS part of the process of expanding the Internet's domain name system, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has received 10 applications for sponsored top-level domains(sTLDs). Domains that have been applied for include ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Putting student-recruits through the paces
CATCH `em young and watch `em grow... Trilogy Software Inc believes that hiring from the best campuses is its first step to success in business growth. "We can only grow as big or as fast as our people," according to Mr Jim Abolt, Vice-President ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
Net rail bookings gather momentum
HDFC Bank claims that the bank through its Internet banking channel processed sale of railway tickets worth Rs 1 crore in the month of March and tickets worth Rs 5.15 crore for Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd in the seven-month More

MARKETING
Agrani plans to open 60 more tech stores
AGRANI Convergence Ltd, which runs the `Agrani Switch' chain of telecom and entertainment retail stores, plans to increase the number of outlets. The company currently has around 40 stores.The Chief Operating Officer of Agrani Convergence ... More