The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 14, 2002

VSNL enters Tata family
THE Tatas formally acquired 25 per cent equity stake in Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) on Wednesday by signing the shareholders' agreement with the Government. Mr Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata group, handed over a cheque for Rs 1,439 crore ... More

BSNL seeks default carrier status for NLD calls
WITH competition hotting up in the national long-distance sector, incumbent operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has sought "default carrier" status for all international calls made by its subscribers. In a letter to the Telecom Secretary, ... More

BSNL almost jammed Tata lines
THE Tata group has taken strategic management control of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) by beating two contenders, and not just Reliance, as is widely believed. According to official sources, a few days prior to the placing of financial bids ... More

Of saabs, wedlock and TV soaps
AT Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL), life orbits around the inevitable saab. Disinvestment, seemingly a hiatus in the journey from one master to another. The sale of its 25 per cent equity to the Tatas struck a note of realism today with ... More

HARDWARE

Cypress to invest $15 m in India centre
CYPRESS Semiconductor plans to invest $15 million in its India design and development centre in the next two years and treble the design staff to 300 by 2003. ``We will double our strength to 200 in 2002 and then take that to 300 in 2003,'' said ... More

SOFTWARE

`Software export target achievable'
EVEN as the global IT scenario continues to be grim, Indian software exports have continued to grow. In the first quarter of 2001-2002, software exports from India touched Rs 8,600 crore, up from Rs 5,670 crore recorded during the corresponding ... More

Boston bags e-learning order
HYDERABAD: Boston Software Consultants India Pvt Ltd, the Hyderabad-based wholly-owned subsidiary of the US-based Boston Group, announced that it bagged a major e-learning order from the Manila-based AMA Computer University, considered to be ... More

TI implements Oracle 11i
NEW DELHI: Enterprise software major, Oracle India, has said the Chennai-based Tube Investments Ltd (TI) has implemented the Oracle 11i e-business suite for better planning and inventory control. ``What we were missing was a holistic ... More

INTERNET

Building a comprehensive customer support strategy
Customer support for Web sites can be quite unsatisfactory, often because no thorough support strategy exists. Decisions and responsibilities are taken by diverse departments which cannot deal with a customer's complaint comprehensively, says the aut hor in an exclusive article for Catalyst. More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Zensar systems for RPG`s Giant stores
ZENSAR Technologies, the Pune-based software solution provider, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the RPG group's new Giant Hyper store chain for providing IT systems for a period of three years. Mr Raghu Pillai, Chief ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

PMI opens chapter in Hyderabad
PROJECT Management Institute Inc, the US-based organisation with over 74,000 professionals working on project management worldwide, has commenced operations here as Pearl City Chapter and plans a centre at Chennai soon. The Pennsylvania-based ... More

BROADBAND

Net link via powerline -- Assam Govt inks pact with Apind
Assam would be the first State in India to have Internet over power line, which would usher in an era of optimum use of IT for the good of the people. More

ISPS

`Sibling' rivalry sees Sify forging ahead?
FAMILY ties seemed to be in force at Wednesday's formal signing of the agreement between Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) and its new buyer, the Tata group. The VSNL Chairman and Managing Director, Mr S.K. Gupta, waxed eloquent on how VSNL was ... More

EVENTS

IBM India roadshow in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: IBM India Ltd has announced here on Tuesday the launch of its 14-city roadshow, IBM Solutions Forum 2002. The roadshow at Hyderabad would be held on February 18 at hotel Taj Banjara, according to an IBM press release. The roadshow ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Microsoft launches Visual Studio
MICROSOFT Corporation India has launched Visual Studio.NET and the .NET Framework, the application development tool and platform that provide a complete solution for building, deploying, and running XML Web Services. Mr Daniel Ingitaraj, ... More

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