The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, February 05, 2002

MTNL, BSNL slugfest in basic services allowed
IN a dramatic reversal of stance, the Government has decided to allow public sector telecom majors Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) to compete with each other in basic service operations. According to ... More

Tata Cell in 4 more AP towns
TATA Cellular has launched its mobile phone services in four more towns, namely Bhadrachalam, Buchireddipalem, Naidupeta and Samalkota, thereby extending coverage to 92 towns in the State. "The company has registered a 143 per cent growth in ... More

HARDWARE

Sun Micro bags PNB order
BANGALORE: Sun Microsystems has announced that it has won a major order from Punjab National Bank. Sun will provide 15 of its Sun Fire range of mid-frame servers within the Ultrasparc III processors to power PNB's data centre, said a ... More

SOFTWARE

Thumbs up for offshore, but revenues still crawl
HIS was the lonely voice of dissent among a panel of eight that debated whether an impending US slowdown would affect the Indian software industry. Everyone else said the politically right thing: that India, with its skills and other ... More

Fortune Info, NRG ink marketing deal
FORTUNE Informatics Ltd (FIL), the Hyderabad-based software products company specialising in the document management space, has entered into a marketing arrangement with the 1.3-billion euro global hardware major, NRG International Ltd - the ... More

L&T eyeing IT ventures in Gulf region
LARSEN and Toubro is foraying into the information technology field in West Asian and has recently opened an office at the Hamriyah Free Zone in Sharjah that will serve as a hub storage area for its operations in the Gulf. Mr K. A. Shyam ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Vehicle data recorder launched
PUNE: Nexgen Logistix Limited has launched Nexgenlogger, a vehicle data recorder for off-line tracking of vehicles has been launched in the city on Monday. The product, priced Rs 12,000, contains microprocessor-based unit with a LCD ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Think Harbor pact with BenchmarkPortal

E-GOVERNANCE

Hotmail to Netlink AP villages
THE hotmail founder, Mr Sabeer Bhatia, is developing an e-mail service that will integrate text, voice and fax messages in Andhra Pradesh, the Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, has said. Inagurating Andhra Pradesh Technology Leadership ... More

TRENDS

Software exports up 25 pc in Q3: Nasscom
SOFTWARE exports have recorded a 25-per cent growth, generating revenues worth Rs 9,100 crore for the third quarter ended December 2001 compared to Rs 7,270 crore in the corresponding period last year, according to a survey released by the ... More

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