The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, September 24, 2002

VSNL staff threaten stir over interconnect issue
IT will be an odd instance of employees of a company demonstrating - not against their own management, but against the government's treatment of its management. The Joint Action Committee of three different federations of employees of Videsh ... More

TRAI proposes access deficit charges for basic operators
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed access deficit charges (ADC) payable to the basic service operators (BSO), who have been unable to cross-subsidise their operations with the decline in national long distance ... More

Usha Martin Tele changes name
USHA Martin Telekom Ltd, the largest cellular service provider for Kolkata and operating under the Command brand name, has changed its name to Hutchison Telecom East Ltd. According to a press release, quoting the Chief Operating Officer of ... More

Cell-phone dealers seek ST reduction
The grey market in Tamil Nadu is expected to be 95 per cent, whereas the national average is around 75 per cent. The national figure is moving down with the price differential getting less in many States. More

Siemens Mobile to sell Softex products
THE Technopark-based Softex Computer Consultants has entered into a long-term agreement with Siemens Pvt Ltd Information and Communication Mobile, Germany, to globally market software products developed by it for general packet radio service ... More

Motorola forum from today
BANGALORE: Motorola will be holding its first ever Smart Networks Developer Forum (SNDF), Asia in Bangalore on September 24 and 25. The forum will cover various topics in the following areas - Communications, Network, Host and ... More

SOFTWARE

`Software exports to US growing at 25 pc'
INDIA'S software exports to the US are growing at more than 25 per cent during the current fiscal, according to the information available with the Department of Commerce in the Commerce Ministry. The Americas (the US, Canada and Latin America) ... More

Reliance to use FreeMarkets' solutions
FREEMARKETS Inc, provider of enterprise sourcing software, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) under which Reliance would use FreeMarket's software and service solutions as a platform for strategic ... More

MphasiS eyeing acquisition in software services sector
MPHASIS BFL Ltd, the Bangalore-based technology company with operations in software services as well as the call centre space, is on the `lookout' for acquisitions in the software sector. Speaking to Business Line, the company's Chief ... More

INTERNET

Naukri.com plans global expansion — Slowdown in economy helps job site
NAUKRI.com, an end-to-end recruitment solutions provider, has emerged as a dotcom with a difference. It has bucked the current general slowdown trend by converting the business scenario into opportunity and is now planning international ... More

Here's e-astro 4 your good health
TIME was when astrologers sat under trees with parrots, predicting when you are slated to have a bad attack of disease. These days they are more tech-savvy, using Net power to diagnose and counsel people on their health, both in India and abroad. ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

IBM launches Linux Scholar Challenge
BANGALORE: IBM India has announced the launch of Linux Scholar Challenge 2002 - offering universities across the world a chance to win their own IBM Linux Cluster and individual students to win IBM ThinkPads. Designed to familiarise ... More

MATLAB new version released
BANGALORE: Cranes Software International Ltd and its principal The MathWorks Inc, has announced the launch of Release 13 with major new versions of MATLAB and Simulink in India. Release 13 delivers faster computation and system ... More

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