The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 21, 2002

Karnataka: Spice Telecom announces new tariffs
SPICE Telecom, the cellular service provider in Karnataka, has announced lower call rates for subscribers on its pre-paid and post-paid cards, allowing customers to avail of competitive airtime rates starting May 17. Spice has also announced a ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES

Gates tripped again by e-mail
ONE would have thought that Mr Bill Gates would have known better. But he apparently doesn't. The Microsoft Chairman, who has every reason to be wary of e-mail messages after they got him into a very tight spot indeed in the US Department of ... More

POLICY

Pondy to announce sops for IT industry
THE Pondicherry Government will shortly announce a slew of concessions and incentives for information technology industry, according to reliable sources. These would be applicable to new companies and the existing companies, and the ... More

SOFTWARE

Swap ratio likely to favour OrbiTech
THE possible merger of the Citigroup's wholly-owned Indian technology firm OrbiTech Solutions Ltd and Polaris Software Laboratories is likely to augur well for the latter in the services sector, even as products segment will face stiff ... More

Polaris board to discuss OrbiTech merger
According to analysts, the Citi Group, (which holds about 8 per cent in Polaris) provides about 35 per cent of the business to Polaris. More

Network Associates sees big boost in telecom business
Investments in communication infrastructure is going up very fast here. Besides, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) has also been legalised. More

STPI-H mulls incubation centre
THE Software Technology Parks of India-Hyderabad (STPI-H) is in the process of firming up an incubation cum facilitation centre that will handhold IT companies, host its representative agencies and have a common fibre landing station and datacom ... More

INTERNET

Digital Opportunity Channel begins operations
DIGITAL Opportunity Channel (www.digitalopportunity.org) , a Web portal focussed on information and communications technologies for sustainable global development, has launched its operations in ... More

IT TRAINING

Training business slump weighs on NIIT, SSI
THE dismal trend in the IT education business is set to continue bringing down with it the share prices of top software companies who are also big players in the industry. The shares of IT firms such as NIIT and SSI Ltd have nosedived in the ... More

Aptech Plus curriculum launched
NEW DELHI: Aptech Training Ltd has said it has introduced its `Aptech Plus' curriculum for computer education in 127 schools across the country. ``We have a network of 1,300 Aptech Computer education centres across the country which will ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

BroadVision makes India its regional hub
THE provider of enterprise business portal applications, BroadVision Inc, has said it has made India its regional hub for business expansion in South Asia as part of an organisational restructuring. The company already has plans for a 100-per ... More

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