The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 20, 2002

`India must add value to BPO to deter competition'
THE UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has cautioned India against potential threats in the realm of business programme outsourcing (BPO) from China and the Philippines even as its reputation built over the past decade is one key ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS

Wipro bags KMWorld award
BANGALORE: Wipro Technologies has received Information Today's KMWorld — KM Reality Award in recognition of its efforts in building and maintaining a successful corporate-wide knowledge management program, said a press release. ... More

Award for Lifetree's client
NEW DELHI: Lifetree Convergence Ltd, a Delhi-based telecommunication software company, has said its client, SUNDAY Communications Ltd, has won the Tarifica's Billing Magazine Globe Awards 2002 for `Outstanding Billing Implementations - ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Foreign telecom investors move PM on policy swings — `Conflicting signals may jam funds flow'
"After eight years of private sector entry into telecom, India still lacks a world-class interconnect regime. The regulator refuses to ensure interconnection or intervene, in spite of massive misuse of market power by the incumbent. Unfortunately, wh ile interconnection is solely a regulatory power, there are hints of Government intervention." More

VSNL to match Data Access rates — Pact signed with BSNL
ENDING their eight-month long dispute over the revenue to be shared from international calls, telecom behemoths Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) have inked an agreement with compromises made by both the parties ... More

New tariff plan by Hutch
CHENNAI: Hutch has announced a low entry point prepaid packs at Rs 385 and Rs 285 with differential airtime rates during peak and concessional hours. It has also introduced free incoming calls from any cellular phone across the ... More

COAI protests against TRAI decision
THE Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has lodged a strong protest to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), against its "discriminatory ruling" on the access charges that mobile subscribers have to pay while calling fixed ... More

AirTel's pre-paid roaming facility extended
BHARTI Mobile Ltd, Andhra Pradesh, on Tuesday announced a new initiative that extends the facility of pre-paid roaming across the western region on AirTel Magic, a pre-paid service offered across its cellular circles. This roaming facility will ... More

SOFTWARE

Adobe to create data for Census
BANGALORE: Census of India, the largest source of statistics on citizens of India, has chosen Adobe Acrobat to create data in PDF format, said a company press release. According to the Joint Director, Data Dissemination wing, Census ... More

IT TRAINING

President flags off mass computer literacy project in Kerala
`Computerisation programmes should seek to achieve wealth generation and societal transformation. A paperless Government would be another desirable corollary.' More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Mascot to acquire eJiva, Aqua Regia
MASCOT Systems has announced that it is acquiring the Pittsburgh-based eJiva and the Hyderabad-based Aqua Regia. EJiva is an iGate Corporation company (iGate is Mascot's parent in the US), while Aqua Regia is a Hyderabad-based technology ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

AdventNet, HPS form global alliance
BANGALORE: AdventNet Inc, a provider of carrier class enterprise management systems (EMS) / network management systems (NMS) platforms and network management tools and HPS (HCL Perot Systems), an infotech and telecommunications business ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

vMoksha hopes on break-even — Considering two more acquisitions
VMOKSHA Technologies Ltd, an e-business transformation company based here, expects to break even by the end of this financial year. The company is targeting revenue of $18 million for the current fiscal. "We have already achieved a cash ... More

E-GOVERNANCE

Cambodia keen on `Bhoomi'
BANGALORE: Cambodia is keen to replicate Karnataka's land records computerisation programme, Bhoomi, and is expected to make a formal request through the Centre under a bilateral agreement. The Cambodian Minister for Town Planning and ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Sun Micro lab to help Indian software vendors
SUN Microsystems India has announced the launch of its iForce Developer lab for helping Indian independent software vendors (ISVs) to work on open standards-based technologies. The company has roped in Oracle India as technology partner, which ... More

IBM rolls out Think suite
IBM India has announced the launch of `Think' family of offerings under the PC product umbrella, which includes notebooks, desktops, visuals and options and services. Addressing a press conference, the IBM India Managing Director, Mr Abraham ... More

Siemens launches Centrex-Manager
SIEMENS Communications Centre (SCS), the Bangalore-based software division of Siemens Public Communication Networks Ltd (SPCNL), has announced the release of Centrex-Manager with successful commissioning of this product at the Deutsche Telekom in ... More

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