The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 27, 2002

Finance Ministry agrees to lower telecom licence fees — In-principle nod also covers spectrum charges
THE Finance Ministry has agreed `in-principle' to lower the telecom licence fees, revenue sharing and spectrum charges for basic and cellular operators, according to the Union Communications Minister, Mr Pramod Mahajan. Speaking to presspersons ... More

Coral close to signing deal with Tata Tele
TELECOM solutions provider Coral Telecom Ltd is on the verge of clinching a mega deal to provide a wide range of value-added services for subscribers of Tata TeleServices Ltd (TTSL) across all its circles of operation. According to Mr Rajesh ... More

Panel to look into telecom equipment cos' problems
THE Department of Telecommunications (DoT) proposes to constitute a committee to look into the problems of domestic telecom equipment manufacturing companies, comprising members from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd ... More

SOFTWARE

Pentasoft net slumps 74 pc in second quarter
PENTASOFT Technologies Ltd has announced a slump of 74 per cent in net profit to Rs 6.97 crore on sales of Rs 85.45 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2002, as compared to a net profit of Rs 26.61 crore on sales of Rs 133.09 crore for the ... More

AP Transco software for transformers
THE AP Transco has developed a software package in-house that facilitates reduction in failure of distribution transformers, which in turn cuts losses and saves repair costs. This is to be deployed in all the distribution companies (Discoms) by ... More

Sonata pins hopes on small, medium sectors
LAST year, the Indian IT market (minus hardware) actually grew by 20-25 per cent, said Sonata Information Tehcnology Ltd (SITL), Assistant Vice-President, Business Solutions Group, Mr Mayurnath. The Indian services market was pretty much ... More

Aztec mandates ING to scout for buy-outs
INTERNET infrastructure software maker Aztec Software and Technology Services Ltd has mandated ING to scout for possible acquisitions. The company is currently in talks with a couple of such firms, according to its Chief Financial Officer, Mr ... More

Borland solution for Wipro
BANGALORE: Borland Software Corporation and Wipro Technologies, have announced that Wipro has selected Borland Enterprise Server, VisiBroker Edition, a complete application deployment platform based on industry-leading CORBA middleware ... More

IT TRAINING

NIIT bid to bolster IT literacy in Pune
`EACH one to teach two' is the slogan that has been adopted by NIIT and the Puneites to remove IT illiteracy in the State. This is the slogan that has been adopted to bolster computer literacy keeping in view the World Computer Literacy Day to ... More

E-MAIL

Malayalam e-mail services launched
THE Kerala Industries Minister, Mr P.K. Kunhalikkutty, has launched Malayalam and English e-mail services from www.e-tapaal.com, a unique portal which offers e-mail facility in Indian languages. Designed ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

iSeva plans third centre in Mumbai
ISEVA Inc, the US-based e-CRM company is planning to expand its back-end operations in India by setting up its third contact centre in Mumbai. "We are planning to set up a 500-seat centre in Mumbai, which is expected to come up over the next ... More

BOOKS

Al Qaeda on cocktail circuit
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