The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 05, 2002

Delay in revenue-sharing norms worries basic players
THE competition in national long distance (NLD) services expected over the next couple of months has basic service operators (BSO) quivering in their shoes. While subscribers can certainly look forward to further revisions in STD tariffs across ... More

Idea Cellular ties up with Hutch, BPL
HYDERABAD: Idea Cellular on Saturday announced it has tied up with Hutch and BPL aimed at offering reduced roaming airtime rates. With this move, the airtime rate has been brought down to Rs 1.49 per minute as against Rs 3 per minute. ... More

Matrix eyeing OEM sector
KOLKATA: The Vadodara-based Matrix Telecom Pvt Ltd is holding talks with some of the leading telecom equipment producers to become their OEM (original equipment manufacturer). Mr Ganesh Jivani, the Managing Director of the company, at ... More

Bharti replicates free-call scheme
BHARTI Mobile Ltd, the leading cellular operator in Karnataka has announced a new plan for its subscribers in the State. The plans would be similar to the AirTel's initiatives announced in Mumbai recently for the Mumbai circle, said a company ... More

RPG slashes roaming airtime rates

SOFTWARE

Hubli software park opening on August 25
THE Software Technology Park at Hubli would be inaugurated on August 25 by the Union Minister for IT and Communications, Mr Pramod Mahajan, and the Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr S.M. Krishna, the State IT Secretary, Mr Vivek Kulkarni, said ... More

IT TRAINING

Aptech Training to focus on ITES, BPO sectors
Despite the overall slowdown in IT training and education and also Aptech's growth, a lone exception has been ARENA, the multimedia arm, which has picked up in India and abroad. More

E-GOVERNANCE

National policy on e-governance on anvil
A NATIONAL policy on e-governance is on the anvil, according to Mr Chandrashekhar, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Information Technology. Addressing delegates of the session on e-governance via satellite video at the IT Kerala 2002 in ... More

`E-governance must fetch economic returns'
E-GOVERNANCE projects should be able to function on a sustainable business model that fetches economic as well as political returns, according to Mr Ashok Kumar, Deputy General Manger, CMC. Addressing delegates at the IT Kerala 2002 session at ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Accel unveils 8 new products for Kerala market
THE Accel Group, with Rs 200-crore turnover and headquartered in Chennai, has identified software solutions as the major area of opportunity in the domestic IT sector. It has unveiled eight new software products for the Kerala market at the IT ... More

Bharti Mobile's new package
HYDERABADE: Bharti Mobile Ltd has announced the launch of a new rate plan, AirTel Paradise that offers both incoming and outgoing calls free of charge and comes with a monthly rental of Rs 1,899. ``The reduction in airtime charges by ... More

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