The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 14, 2003

Defiance of interconnection order — TRAI may penalise cell operators
While TRAI officials refused to divulge the next course of action, the sources noted that having issued a directive, there is no going back now. More

Cell cos likely to approach PM
THE cellular operators are likely to seek the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's intervention in response to the directive issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to provide interconnection with basic operators offering ... More

HTL turns an exacting case for HFCL — BSNL orders dry up, PSU `advantage' gone
FOR Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd, which acquired a 74 per cent stake from the Government of India in the Chennai-based HTL Ltd (formerly Hindustan Teleprinters Ltd), it has been a bumpy ride in the last 15 months since it took over the ... More

Nortel, key supplier of Reliance
NEW DELHI: Communications technology major Nortel Networks has announced that it is a key supplier of the nationwide converged network of Reliance Infocomm. According to an official statement from the company, the network features the ... More

Hutch service for Tirupati
FROM today if you have a Hutch mobile telephone and send an SMS asking for details on darshan at Tirumala, you will quickly get back a response. Details on other sevas, availability of accommodation, tariff, other booking options, prasadam and ... More

HARDWARE

PCS to focus on lower-end PC market
IN a bid to penetrate the lower end of the Indian market, the Mumbai-based PCS Industries Ltd, the hardware arm of the PCS Group, is planning to concentrate in the home segment. To begin with, the company is introducing various initiatives in ... More

SOFTWARE

US business pulls Mastek net up 165 %
A SUBSTANTIAL increase in its business with customers in the US helped the Mastek Group to report a 165 per cent increase in its net profit at Rs 16.26 crore for the second quarter ending December 31, 2002 against Rs 6.13 crore in the year-ago ... More

MANPOWER

HTL planning VRS package
THE Chennai-based HTL Ltd plans to come out with a voluntary retirement scheme. It hopes to reduce the workforce by 300-400. At present, HTL has about 1,000 employees. Mr Y.S. Choudhary, Managing Director, HTL, told Business Line that ... More

SECURITY

Hackers back at the Xbox
THE Neo Project says that it has resumed its attempt to crack an encryption key used to digitally sign software for Microsoft's Xbox video games console. It may be recalled that the Neo Project, a group of distributed computing advocates, had ... More

E-GOVERNANCE

CM to e-interact with villagers
BANGALORE: On Tuesday, the Chief Minister, Mr S.M. Krishna, will have the first of his 60 proposed e-dialogues with the rural masses. The Chief Minister will interact with villagers from the remote Genkihal in Bellary through video ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Conditional access system to enrich digital signal
The cable industry's multi system operators are working towards this common architecture for CAS through the HITS project that will then usher in the direct to home platform for the country. More

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