The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 24, 2002

Need for outsourcing on the rise: Survey
A SURVEY of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) at Infosys Technologies' annual customer event — Milan, has revealed that the need to outsourcing is on the rise. About 75 per cent of those polled expect their 2003 outsourcing level to be ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Collect call service to US, Canada launched
THE US-based Network Communications International Corp (NCIC), a telecom company, has launched collect call services from Kerala to the US and Canada. Branded `Easy Worldwide Access', the service also enables paying for calls to any part of the ... More

Revenue-share row keeps VSNL at a long distance
VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd's plans for national long-distance telephony operations are currently stunted by its deadlock with BSNL and MTNL over interconnect and revenue-sharing for its international long distance operations. Although VSNL is ... More

HARDWARE

Now, a branded PC for less than Rs 15,000
YOU can now buy a branded personal computer for under Rs 15,000, provided you are not very fastidious about Intel processors and Windows Software. Esys Distribution Ltd, a global IT component distributor, today launched its `ePC' at prices ... More

Matrix DR-100 launched
HYDERABAD: Matrix Security and Surveillance Ltd a consumer electronics company has launched Matrix DR-100, a new gadget that will help car drivers to use their mobile phone in motion. The `hands free' car kit, sourced from a Taiwanese ... More

SOFTWARE

Satyam Q2 net down 11 per cent — Other income drop, expenditure blamed
SATYAM Computer Services Ltd today reported a net profit of Rs 118.16 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2002, which is down 11 per cent from Rs 134.08 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous year. This decline has ... More

Satyam Computer beats revenue targets
THE earnings performance of Satyam Computer Services (Satyam) for the second quarter ended September 30, 2002 has turned out to be a mixed one. In a challenging business environment, Satyam has exceeded the software revenues and operating profit ... More

Infosys in alliance with Nigerian co
SOFTWARE major Infosys Technologies today announced that it has entered into an alliance with Kakawa Discount House, Nigeria, a discount house formed by a consortium of key banks in Nigeria. Kakawa Discount House will deploy Infosys' Finacle ... More

Satyam adds 23 clients
SATYAM Computer Services Ltd has added 23 new customers during the quarter ended September 30, 2002, while inducting about 227 techies as associates in the company, thereby taking its overall strength to 8,953 as against 8,726. The Chairman of ... More

vMoksha, S1 Corp join hands
THE Bangalore-based vMoksha Technologies and the US-based S1 Corporation have joined hands to set up a software development centre in Pune. This centre would support the two companies' multi-year contract to develop the next generation S1 ... More

Oracle buys 8 acres in Hitec City
ORACLE India Private Ltd, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, has acquired eight acres of land for Rs 1.1. crore in the Hitec city here for expanding the operations of its Hyderabad-based India Development Centre. The company paid advance for ... More

Mascot net hit by costs
BANGALORE: Mascot Systems has reported a sharp decline in its profits for the quarter-ended September 30, 2002 over corresponding period previous year. Net profits for Q2 this year stood at Rs 6.49 crore, a decline of 53 per cent ... More

IT TRAINING

Aptech net profit at Rs 2.34 cr
MUMBAI: Aptech Training Ltd has reported a net profit of Rs 2.34 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2002. According to the company, the process of restructuring for the demerger of the training division from the erstwhile ... More

Certificate for Arena students
BANGALORE: Arena Multimedia students can now get a certificate from Centre for Electronics Design and Technology of India (CEDTI) after taking an exam conducted by CEDTI. CEDTI is an autonomous society set up by the Department of ... More

ISPS

BSNL, MTNL to slash Net access charges at night
Currently the users pay around Rs 25 per hour. The new night time tariffs will be around Rs 12.50 per hour. More

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