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Basic phone operators can charge less — TRAI tariff order only a `standard' package
FOUR-crore landline subscribers who feel badgered by the recent directive issued by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) hiking rentals and tariffs post-April have some hope left. The basic service operators are not tied to the tariff ... More

DoT gets tough with cell operators — Emergency access must for mobiles
BELIEVE it or not: Cellular subscribers in most parts of the country cannot access basic emergency services such as police (100), fire brigade (101) and ambulance (102) from their handsets. Although the three-digit access numbers have been ... More

Naidu dubs TRAI basic order as retrograde
THE Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, has criticised the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India for its proposal to hike the rentals for basic telecom services and described it as a retrograde step which would be detrimental ... More

Air2Web turns SMS into key biz tool
SHORT Messaging Service (SMS) may be the in thing for communicating among friends. But for corporates and banks, SMS is emerging as a crucial tool to improve efficiency, reduce cost and provide enhanced customer support and service. For ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE


Polaris net dips 66% on provisioning
POLARIS Software Lab has reported a 66 per cent drop in net profit, to Rs 5.21 crore, for the third quarter ended December 31, 2002, compared to Rs 15.29 crore during the corresponding quarter last year. Net sales were Rs 70.26 crore (Rs 70.77 ... More

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IBM offerings in grid computing
BANGALORE: IBM has introduced offerings in grid computing targeting key industries — aerospace, automotive, financial markets, Government and life sciences. IBM India Ltd and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing ... More

SOFTWARE


Boston Group mulls portal for insurance courses
BOSTON Software Consultants India, part of the $37 million US-based technology solutions provider for the e-learning space, has drawn up plans to expand India operations. This includes reaching out its Intralearn technology solutions, ... More

ADC India to start BPO operations
ADC (India) Communications & Infotech Pvt Ltd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of broadband company ADC Telecom, is expanding its India operations by foraying into back-office processing (BPO). It also plans to set up a team to support its global ... More

CMC wins Central Bank order
MUMBAI: CMC Ltd, a Tata Group company, has announced that it has won a multi-crore, total branch automation (TBA) order from the Central Bank of India. The TBA order covered automation of 300 branches across 36 cities and involves ... More

Infosys board calls EGM on Feb 22
BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that a committee of the Board of Directors of the company has convened an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the company on February 22, to consider ... More

INTERNET


Sify rolls out new network infrastructure
SIFY Ltd, the Nasdaq-listed Internet company, has said it has rolled out a new Internet Protocol (IP) backbone network infrastructure, which will help the company provide enhanced voice, video and data services to clients. Sify claimed the ... More

SECURITY


Digital signatures slow to take off
DIGITAL signatures, supposed to boost e-commerce by making transactions more secure, have been slow to take off in India despite the Government providing legal and technical infrastructure, but recent trends suggest that a surge in their use is ... More

EVENTS


Gitex Hyderabad makes waves in Dubai
Gitex Hyderabad 2003, which is the annual IT&C expo organised by the Dubai World Trade Centre in association with the Department of IT&C, Government of Andhra Pradesh, has grown by over 55 per cent in size and stature from last year. More

Conference on data engineering
BANGALORE: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society and Computer Society of India are hosting ICDE 2003 — International Conference on Data Engineering. Targeted at IT professionals, database ... More

PEOPLE


Scandent inducts TCS official
BANGALORE: The Scandent Group has inducted Mr Ramjei Narasimhan as the President, Delivery Operations. Mr Narasimhan will be responsible for resource management and will oversee the company's development facilities at Bangalore, ... More
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