The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 28, 2003

Phone users can breathe easy for another month — Tariff hike only from May: TRAI
TRAI feels that it will be in the interests of the consumers that the end-users are informed well in advance about the various plans offered by different service providers. More

AirTel subscribers cross the 3-million mark
THE Bharti Group on Thursday announced that its cellular service, AirTel, has crossed the 3-million subscriber mark. It now has a market share of more than 25 per cent, it said. In celebration of this, a `Three million' SIM card was presented ... More

AirTel deploys RAD system
AIRTEL, amajor mobile operator and member of the Bharti TeleVentures group, has deployed the CVS(tm) compressed voice system from RAD Data Communications to maximise bandwidth utilisation of leased lines between mobile switching centres (MSCs). ... More

Tata Tele flags off new promo

HARDWARE

`Grey market in PCs active again' — MAIT for lower excise duty
PERSONAL computer (PC) sales in the country in the third quarter of 2002-03 stood at 4.31 lakh, slightly lower than the previous quarter of the year, according to a study by Manufacturers Association for Information Technology (MAIT). MAIT said ... More

Acer to unveil new version of notebook
ACER'S sub-Rs 60,000 notebook, the Travelmate 225 series launched in January this year, has done so well that the company has had to advance its plans to launch a replacement model. "We were planning to launch a new model in the second quarter, ... More

SOFTWARE

Dutch ask 13 i-flex staff to leave — Subsidiary CEO detained in London
CLOSE on the heels of the arrest of Indian IT professionals in Malaysia, some employees of i-flex Solutions Ltd have been asked to leave the Netherlands within a week by the authorities, following questioning on allegations of visa ... More

Oracle support to UnitedLinux customers
ORACLE Corporation, which makes database software for enterprises, said it would provide seamless technical support to customers in India who are using operating systems powered by UnitedLinux. The UnitedLinux is a single-platform, ... More

Rnd Soft hopes to grow ten-fold in two years
RND Soft, a medical transcription (MT) service provider, is confident of a ten-fold growth in the next two years. It has, in less than four years, managed to break even. The Coimbatore-based company is now looking at rapid expansion to tap the ... More

Marisoft tech park phase 3 work begins
WORK on the third phase of the Centre-certified software technology park, Marisoft, has begun. Marisoft is a joint initiative of Vascon Engineers Pvt Ltd and Manisha Constructions. Mr R. Vasudevan, Chairman and Managing Director, Vascon ... More

IT TRAINING

ReportSuite distribution strategy

Jetking to expand network

PEOPLE

New CGM for BSNL Kerala Circle

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