The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 23, 2003

STPI to showcase Mangalore as another BPO destination
The Karnataka Government, in 2000-2001, had identified Manipal and Mangalore as an IT corridor for ITES and BPO companies. More

Outsourcing is absolute strategic necessity: Premji
"THE truth is that outsourcing is no longer a choice but an absolute strategic necessity," according to Mr Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Corporation. He was speaking on `IT as a strategic tool,' at ICAI, Bangalore Conference on Friday. "What ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

BSNL forging ahead in South
THE State-owned telecom giant, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), which launched its mobile telephony services in October last, has continued its relentless growth and has become the No. 1 operator in Tamil Nadu circle (minus Chennai) and Kerala. ... More

BPL, Hutch in pact for MMS
MUMBAI: Cellular service operators, BPL Mobile and Hutch, have signed an inter-operability agreement for multimedia messaging services (MMS). Subscribers of both services can now exchange multimedia messages across Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai ... More

TRAI sets 60 days for deposit refund after disconnection
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has set a timeframe of 60 days for service providers to refund the security deposits after disconnection by the subscribers. According to an official statement, this follows several complaints ... More

AirTel service in Dindigul

HARDWARE

Testing hi-tech laptop?
A visitor checks out the operations of a hi-tech laptop at the Computex 2003 fair in Kolkata on Friday.

SOFTWARE

Cadence pips Infy in best employer race: Survey
Although Infy has slipped down the best employer rankings, it remains the dream company for IT employees in the country. More

`Indian IT can aid Taiwan growth'
INDIAN software technology and engineers can play an important role in helping Taiwan upgrade its industries and further increase competitiveness, according to Mr Thomas Chang, Director, Taipei World Trade Center office in Mumbai. Similarly, ... More

More Polaris options forfeited in 2002-03
A TOTAL of 234,985 options - from the Associate Stock Options Plan (ASOP) of 2001 - were forfeited or surrendered in the year ended March 2003, according to the annual report for Polaris Software Labs for the year 2002-03. This compares ... More

INTERNET

Licences mooted for Internet cafes
PAEDOPHILIA, stalking and hacking are just some instances of cyber crime that the Mumbai police have sought to prevent. Taking their campaign against cyber crime further, both the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Mumbai police ... More

SECURITY

Spam protection from Trend Micro
AT a time when enterprises are struggling with spam and handling a range of virus attacks and seeking new ways to protect content flow, Trend Micro Inc., a security solutions provider, has come up with a spam protection solution for enterprises ... More

VIRUSES

Sobig, so potent, say affected corporates
AS the world's most rapidly spreading virus to date, with millions of copies in existence since its appearance earlier this week, Worm_SobigF, has infected Indian corporates and together with the MS Blaster, has caused confusion, downtime and ... More

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