The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 29, 2002

Media Lab Asia board to discuss R&D plans
MEDIA Lab Asia (MLA), a joint project of the Government of India and the Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT), is holding its third board meeting in Mumbai on Friday to discuss various research projects. The board meeting would be ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Bharti targets young with `youtopia' plan
WITH the number of cell-phone subscribers in Chennai growing dramatically by 130 per cent in the past year to hit close to 2.5 lakh subscribers currently, cellular service provider, Bharti Mobinet Ltd, better known as Airtel, recently launched a ... More

Pvt basic operators feel let down by USO norms
THE first batch of basic private operators — Bharti Telenet, Hughes Tele.com, Tata Teleservices, Reliance Telecom, HFCL Infotel and Shyam Telelink — feel let down by the guidelines on universal service obligations (USO) issued by the ... More

Data Access gets ILD licence
NEW DELHI: Data Access (India) Ltd has received the licence from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to provide international long-distance services. According to a statement from the company, it has received the licence by ... More

IBM India division for telecom sector
BANGALORE: IBM India Ltd has announced that it has set up an industry-specific division that would cater to the IT requirements of the domestic telecommunications market. IBM India will provide integrated solutions and services to ... More

Reaching out
A person making a call from a telecart introduced by Tata Teleservices in Hyderabad on Thursday. The telecart is part of the company's initiative to make telecom services available to people anytime, anywhere. ... More

BSNL's plans for Dakshina Kannada

POLICY

TN Budget push for IT
THE Government will consider setting up a special purpose vehicle to develop and promote Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchi as preferred hubs for investment in IT-enabled services, the Finance Minister, Mr C. Ponnaiyan, announced in the budget for ... More

SOFTWARE

TCS bets on s-Governance -- To leverage CMC's research facility
THE Information technology services major — Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) — has strategically positioned its s-Governance practice, which the company expects to become a key focus area for it in the near future. s-Governance stands ... More

Kshema to exploit IT application in industrial automation
IN a quiet but firm bid to exploit the huge potential in the niche segments of information technology applications in the industrial automation business, Kshema Technology has moved faster to draw the first mover advantage to project a 28 per ... More

Satyam nominated for eOscar 2002
HYDERABAD: Satyam Computer Services has been nominated for the eOscar 2002 in the best B2B solution category in Intershop, an e-commerce solutions provider. Satyam won its nomination for its implementation of `TRW Automotive ... More

ISPS

Internet telephony: Can it ring louder?
THE announcement of the entry conditions regarding Internet telephony for ISPs has been welcomed by the industry as customers look for relief from the high ILD (international long distance) tariffs. However, there is much that can be done to make ... More

E-GOVERNANCE

AP order for Wipro
BANGALORE:Wipro Infotech has won the Andhra Pradesh Government's contract to provide services to its Registration & Stamps Department. The Rs 3-crore `Computer-aided Administration of Registration & Stamps Department' involves managing ... More

Portal for G2C interface -- Total transparency our aim: CM
TATA Consultancy Services and the Andhra Pradesh Government have announced the launch of aponline.net.in — an integrated digital gateway to provide one-stop Government-citizen (G2C) interface for all Government applications. As a part of ... More

VENTURE CAPITAL

FirstRing receives $3.9-m funding
BANGALORE: FirstRing Inc, a player in the contact centre industry, announced an investment of $3.9 million from three of its existing investors -Westbridge Capital, Hero Group and angel investor, Mr Ravi Sethi. The fourth round of ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Opportunity seen in US health sector biz
IMPLEMENTATION in the US of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA, formally cleared by the US Congress into Public Law 104-191 on August 21, 1996) over a period of the next three years is expected to open up the biggest ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

ISO 9001 for ACE Systems

TRENDS

Now, it's contract hiring of skills
THE search for survival is leading to new equations between companies in the software sector. Small and large players are now finding a win-win strategy in symbiotic relationships. Small IT companies have started to offer their workforce on ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Ittiam launches suite of solutions
WITHIN a year of operations, Ittiam Systems Pvt Ltd has announced it has developed a suite of digital processing solutions for multimedia and communications markets. The suite comprises 28 products in the speech-audio segment, image-video ... More

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