The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 06, 2003

BSNL, MTNL owe Rs 900 cr to ITI
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd owe ITI Ltd close to Rs 900 crore in dues accumulated over a couple of years. According to official sources, ITI, which has been reeling under heavy losses, has been forced to seek ... More

BPL, Data Access tie up for global calling card
IN a move that stretches its market to include even fixed service subscribers, BPL Mobile, has tied up with Data Access (India) Ltd. and launched a prepaid international calling card under its `MOTS' brand name, `MOTS World Phone card'. The ... More

`Flash Service' from BPL
BANGALORE: BPL Ltd is to launch a programme `BPL Flash Service' on February 9 coinciding with the World Cup cricket. The programme aims at providing a prompt service to BPL customers facing any glitch in their TV sets during the ... More

BSNL-Vizag cellular network
VISAKHAPATNAM: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will establish its cellular network in the city by the end of March for providing complete mobile services, Mr. M.S.S Rao, General Manager, has said. At a press meet here on Wednesday, he said ... More

`Termination fee for PCO booths unfair'
THE private basic operators have sought the intervention of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to ensure that the interconnection user charge (IUC) regime that is sought to be introduced does not harm the public call office (PCO) ... More

Alcatel to expand India operations — More focus on wireless to tap telecom market
WITH competition in the telecom sector picking up, equipment major Alcatel, that has maintained a low key presence in the country despite having a leading market share in most of its areas of operations, is determined to give a more aggressive ... More

HARDWARE

More corporate spending lifts PC sales in 2002
PERSONAL computer sales in the country grew by 11.8 per cent in 2002 to cross the two-million-unit mark, fuelled by increased spending by organisations, according to Gartner Dataquest, the market research arm of Gartner Inc, a global research and ... More

SOFTWARE

Allindia Tech is IBM business partner in East
ALLINDIA Technologies Ltd, a Kolkata-based, Web-centric consulting and solutions company, has been enlisted as IBM business partner in the eastern region. The company has also been chosen as the exclusive business partner of Verisign for the ... More

INTERNET

World Cup fever catches cricket portals too
THE Cricket World Cup 2003 is just days away - the event starts on February 8 in South Africa. While television channels will provide a wide coverage of the mega event, Internet players including exclusive cricket portals, are not too far ... More

Wire-free networking at Café Coffee Day
IMAGINE walking into a coffee parlour for a cup of coffee, getting a laptop at your table and plugging into the Internet to check your e-mail— all without tripping over cables! It is now possible at the first "Wifi" (Wire-free Internet) ... More

IT TRAINING

Aptech offers Valentine course
HYDERABAD: How about gifting an IT course to your Valentine? Aptech has introduced `Gift Your Valentine', especially for couples. With this facility one can enrol to Aptech's basic multilingual IT literacy course — Vidya ... More

Technopark in pact with TUG for training
THE State Government-promoted Electronics Technology Park (Technopark) is joining hands with the TeX Users Group of India (TUG India) to launch a programme for training young graduates in running businesses in sophisticated electronic text ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Hughes to take over Lucent's manpower
`The move was in line with Lucent's plan to exit from software development in the third generation GSM More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Bharti Telenet offers Combo package
NEW DELHI: Bharti Telenet, the basic services arm of the Bharti group, which offers fixed line services in Delhi, has introduced a new tariff package targeted at the residential and SMEs segments. According to an official statement, ... More

PEOPLE

Thiagarajan back in WeP Peripherals
BANGALORE: WeP Peripherals Ltd has announced that Mr Arun K. Thiagarajan, former President of HP India, has rejoined the board as Chairman. Mr Thiagarajan was on board of WeP in 2000-01, the first year of WeP's operations after its ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Ittiam launches wireless LAN design product
ITTIAM, the Bangalore-based technology start-up, today launched a wireless LAN IP, by tying up with companies in the world who are already offering this facility. "There must be less than ten players in the world and customer feedback puts us ... More

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