The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 15, 2003

VisualSoft shareholders ratify ESOP scheme
THE shareholders of VisualSoft Technologies Ltd. have unanimously approved and ratified the issue of 4,00,000 options granted by the Compensation Committee in August 2001 at a price of Rs 93.65 per share, which was the closing market price on the ... More

OUTSOURCING

`India can offer software skills for telecom cos'
IMPERATIVES such as reducing costs, continually improving customer experience, freeing up revenues to focus on core tasks and creating efficiency and agility through streamlined and improved processes make outsourcing a compelling proposition for ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

7-member panel to sort out telecom disputes
THE warring factions of the telecom industry - private and basic service providers - have for once decided to join hands and sort out the various contentious issues that have cropped up over the last couple of years. A seven-member ... More

AirTel unveils contests for cricket enthusiasts
All the messages would be printed on an Airtel greeting card, which would be sent to the Indian cricket team at South Africa on a weekly basis. More

Carrier access code must by June: TRAI
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has shot off a letter to private cellular operators to enforce the carrier access code (CAC) regime without any further delay, thereby giving a choice to their customers to choose their ... More

Hughes Tele gets new name
Hughes Tele.com, basic telephony services provider in the Maharashtra circle, has now been formally renamed Tata TeleServices (Maharashtra) Ltd. The name came into effect from Friday, said a news relese from Tata TeleSservices Ltd. (TTSL), ... More

SOFTWARE

Intelligroup bags Nagarjuna project
INTELLIGROUP Asia, a provider of application implementation and offshore software services, has announced that it has bagged a SAP implementation project from Nagarjuna Agrichem Ltd (NACL), a Nagarjuna Group company. As per this arrangement, ... More

Software for cotton market yard soon
THE software package for the cotton market yard, which will provide farm market related information to the farmers, would be ready in another three months. The special software pack being created at a cost of Rs 2 crore by the Technology ... More

IT TRAINING

SSI makes open offer for 20 pc more in Aptech
SSI Ltd has announced an open offer to the existing shareholders of Aptech Ltd for the purchase of an additional 20 per cent stake in Aptech. The additional purchase would increase SSI's equity holding in Aptech to over 47 per cent, assuming full ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Software jobs may come hard in US
IF going to the US and getting a job there are tough for software engineers today, it may get tougher in the coming days. Expatriates taking up jobs on lower salaries than Americans may come under scrutiny as job cuts and unemployment levels ... More

Nasscom sees 24.4 pc rise in IT jobs
EMPLOYMENT in the Indian IT software and services sector is expected to reflect a 24.4 per cent growth in 2002-03, with the industry projected to employ 6,50,000 professionals by March 2003 compared to last year's figure of 522,250 personnel, ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

Polaris firming up China plans — Overseas listing likely next calendar year
The business plan for the China centre would be similar to that of Tata Consultancy Services - use China as a hub to tap similar markets including Korea and Taiwan. Cost-wise, China was cheaper than India, Mr Jain said. Polaris does not plan to sell its products or services in China. More

E-MAIL

Keeping memories alive
In the lives of most people, long letters written to dear ones far away have been replaced by e-mail. But the frenzied excitement of tearing open an envelope from a close friend can never be replaced. More

E-GOVERNANCE

Grasso draws up plan for networking villages
The organisation has undertaken a programme to link villages in all 17 districts of the State through a self-employment scheme. More

EVENTS

Microsoft seminar on .Net

PEOPLE

3 Madras IIT-ians reach Microsoft contest finals
THREE students from IIT, Madras, — Mr N. Dhyanesh, Mr P. Balakiran and Mr Milan Manawat — have reached the national finals of the Microsoft Campus Challenge, an annual contest on software development held by Microsoft. The team ... More

TRENDS

Keeping connected
Technological advances have made it easier to do business, but the dark side is lots of junk mail, invasion of privacy and confidentiality and growing vulnerability resulting from too many people knowing too much. More

Laptop in the classroom
In an era when human beings are pitted against the computer all the time, the question before educationists today is whether a laptop is necessary in the classroom. More

Dakiya phone laya...
In remote areas of rural India, where telephone is a rare commodity, the availability of the mobile phonewallah is creating waves. More

The day of the digital diva
Is there a gender digital divide? The question has the knack of evoking laughter, ridicule, cynicism and scorn. Not many can associate technology with a gender issue. Not in this day and age, they say, as they point out that women are as savvy as ... More

Not daunted by technology
There are any number of senior citizens in India who have happily embraced the changing technology to keep in touch with dear ones living all across the globe. More

Thanks to technology...
The Internet centre at Changi Airport attracts more customers than the duty free shops... and is cheaper too! More

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