The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, June 06, 2002

Basic services in private sector almost here -- TRAI draft sets time limit for interconnection
PRIVATE sector telecom operators wishing to interconnect their networks with that of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) may not have to wait indefinitely to reach suitable ... More

No certainty over Inmarsat, Intelsat IPOs: VSNL
VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) has said there is no certainty about the proposed initial public offerings of Intelsat and Inmarsat, either on the matter of their pricing or the number of shares offered. There is no certainty that these IPOs ... More

Bharti set to launch fourth cellular operations soon
BHARTI Cellular Ltd intends to launch its fourth cellular operations under a redesigned brand identity — AirTel in eight circles over the next couple of weeks. Announcing this at a press conference, Mr Sunil Mittal , Chairman and Managing ... More

HARDWARE

TVS-E sees signs of recovery in Q2 -- Reduces staff strength by 20 pc
AFTER two successive quarters of decline in sales, the city-based TVS-Electronics (TVS-E) is hopeful of making a `neutral' growth during the second quarter (April-June) of 2002, Mr Gopal Srinivasan, Director, TVS-E, told the company's ... More

SOFTWARE

ICICI Infotech solution for Oriental Insurance
ICICI Infotech has announced that it will implement Premia — its integrated information solution for insurance companies — at Oriental Insurance Co Ltd (OIC). The deployment of Premia would help OIC to integrate its various branches ... More

Zezan to develop CRM solution for AP Govt
THE Andhra Pradesh Government has enlisted the services of a Hyderabad-based IT services firm — Zezan Marketing Pvt Ltd, to develop a customer relationship management (CRM) package to handle Government interface with investors and IT ... More

Intelnet bags order from US co

IT TRAINING

Aptech sees potential for rural IT literacy initiative
APTECH Training expects a three-fold rise in enrolments for the courses offered under the Yuva.com, a mass IT literacy initiative, aimed at the rural youth, launched by the Karnataka Government. Mr K.G. Rama Krishnan, area business head, ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

M&A steamrolls smaller cos
SMALL and medium-sized financial software companies are expected to come under intense pressure tracking consolidation trends mapping the BFSI (Banking Financial Software Insurance) space. It can be recalled that big players such as HCL ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

TN Newsprint looking at e-biz opportunities
TAMIL Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd (TNPL) will soon Web-enable its businesses to provide direct marketing to its customers. Company officials told Business Line that TNPL is looking at e-business avenues in consultation with Tata ... More

IPOS

`i-flex offer price, a result of combination of factors'
FOR starters, it is the company's maiden public issue being made through the 100 per cent book-building process where the floor price of equity shares of the face value of Rs 5 each has been fixed at Rs 530 per share. This despite the fact ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

IT-enabled services market -- Unlimited opportunities lie ahead
THE information technology enabled services (ITeSs) market is emerging as a key business opportunity for the export-driven IT software and services segment. Nasscom (National Association of Software and Service Companies) projects global ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Synise unveils e-biz suite

Canon unveils 12 products

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