The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 29, 2002

Intel CEO to visit Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Dr Craig R.Barrett, Chief Executive Officer of Intel Corporation, who is set to visit the country this month end is expected to hold parleys with the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, in Hyderabad apart ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

National long distance interconnection — Bharti signs pact with BSNL
BHARTI Telesonic Ltd, the long distance arm of the Bharti group, has finally signed an interconnect agreement with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) enabling it to extend its services to over 40 million fixed line subscribers over and above eight ... More

Bharti offers `Kushi'; but rivals remain unfazed
BHARTI Cellular Ltd, which entered the mobile telephony market in Coimbatore last month, has dared its rivals to cut cell phone tariff further, by launching for the first time in Tamil Nadu a tariff plan under which both incoming and outgoing ... More

BSNL to observe six-day week
COIMBATORE: BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd) offices in Coimbatore Telecom district will observe the six-day working pattern from September 2. According to a communication from Mr R.S. Venkatesan, Principal General Manager (PGM), all ... More

Escotel norms on ID proof
KOCHI: Escotel announced on Wednesday that it would cancel the connections of those Let's Talk cash customers who fail to submit the necessary documentation in support of their identity by Friday. A company release said that the action ... More

HARDWARE

Tyco Electronics to set up assembly unit for switches
TYCO Electronics Corporation India Pvt Ltd's networking division is planning to set up a assembly unit for switches at its optical fibre facility in Bangalore. The company would primarily focus on assembling the 8,16 and 24 port switches and ... More

SOFTWARE

TCS can enjoy export tax benefit after demerger too
The tax benefit enjoyed by TCS, a division of Tata Sons, will not be withdrawn even after its demerger into a separate company, provided Tata Sons holds at least 51 per cent of the equity in the new corporate entity. More

Pramati Tech in marketing pact with Epicentric
PRAMATI Technologies (P) Ltd, a Hyderabad-based company which has developed Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application technology, has entered into a strategic technology and marketing tie-up with Epicentric Inc, a leading provider of business ... More

US Software to be anchor investor at Bhavani
US Software, a software services firm operating out of Technopark, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Technopark management to become the anchor investor at the newly-built Bhavani complex, claimed to be the biggest and most modern ... More

Congruent eyes 100 pc growth
THE city-based Congruent Solutions Pvt Ltd hopes to double its manpower to about 100 by the year ending March 31, 2003. The company also anticipates about 100 per cent growth in revenue from $1 million reported last fiscal year, the company's ... More

INTERNET

Niche magazines lose out to the Net
IS the Internet finally ruling over print, at least as far as niche publications go? Take specialist magazines. While the Living Media group's Computers Today wound up some months ago, the Mid-day group-owned The Brief, a ... More

IT TRAINING

Tata Infotech ties up with Mumbai varsity
TATA Infotech has tied up with the University of Mumbai to offer a series of career-oriented courses in the field of information technology that will be focused on emerging market trends in the industry. Tata Infotech Education Services ... More

Birla Centre ties up with Italian varsity
THE BM Birla Science Centre here and the University of Udine, Italy, have joined hands to offer a Masters in Information Technology course from this year. The course would be on a `distance education' model. About 20 students would be selected ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

E-mail directory of industries in Kerala
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Department of Industries has launched a facility for businessmen, industrialists and potential entrepreneurs in the State to join an e-mail directory being maintained by the Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion ... More

SECURITY

ICICI Info to provide security solutions to New York police
WITH the first anniversary of the disastrous 9/11 events fast approaching and the security agencies in the US on ultra-high alert against possible terrorist attacks, an Indian information technology company is doing its bit to increase the ... More

McAfee ties up with SecureSynergy
BANGALORE: McAfee Security, a division of Network Associates, on Wednesday announced a strategic alliance with SecureSynergy, to offer managed anti-virus services, McAfee ASaP Managed Service, for its end-users across India. ... More

EVENTS

Panel discussion on leadership in IT
BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies on Wednesday said that it would bring together the country's most prominent experts in the IT field for a panel discussion on `Software Engineering Innovation: How can India be the Leader?'. The ... More

OUTLOOK

Rockwell Automation bullish on India — Lines up range of solutions
IMAGINE a car manufacturer like Hyundai producing a range of cars for customers across the country. How does it handle the diverse demands and tastes of a discerning buyer? Or think of a rice mill. How does it tackle the issue of enhancing the ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PeopleSoft launches new product
BANGALORE: PeopleSoft has announced PeopleSoft AppConnect, a new product suite of pre-integrated portal, integration and warehouse solutions that simplifies integrating multi-vendor applications. With over 35 per cent of today's IT ... More

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