The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 01, 2003

Shourie backs TRAI on tariff revision
THE Union Communications Minister, Mr Arun Shourie, has come out in defence of the tariff orders issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) stating that without a hike in call charges and rentals, the basic service operators like ... More

HARDWARE

Export norms eased for units in hardware parks
For the software industry, the Exim policy has simplified procedures and formalities in software technology parks, which would result in free movement of computers and other equipment. Also, hardware for embedding software up to the value of $10,000 could be imported duty free. More

SOFTWARE

Madras HC declines to stall probe on DSQ Software
THE Madras High Court has declined to "stall or interfere" with the investigation by the Kolkata police into the alleged share transfer muddle of the Chennai-based DSQ Software Ltd. All the events and allegations that had been "exposed" by the ... More

INTERNET

Business for a cause
FOR many, wearing a T-shirt is a way of championing a cause or spreading a message, while for others `tees' are an opportunity to do business for a cause. Philosophyfootball.com, the UK-based Web site that created a stir when it put ... More

Karnataka Web site for jobless
THE Karnataka Government plans to put up a Web site giving a list of the jobless registered with its employment exchanges. The move is to help them secure jobs from across the world, the Labour Minister, Mr Qamrul Islam, told the Legislative ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

i-flex braces for legal battle
According to a spokesperson of i-flex, none of the employees had overstayed in the Netherlands though they were on business visas, which are issued for durations varying between one and three months. More

Business visa is quick fix for software cos
INDIAN IT companies seem to be taking advantage of the flexibilities of business visas to implement their overseas projects. Travel-trade sources as well as IT industry sources have confirmed that a large number of Indian software ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Infotech in pact with Certive
INFOTECH Enterprises Ltd and Certive Corporation, a US-based technology solutions provider, have struck a strategic alliance to accelerate deployment of the latter's business intelligence (BI) solutions. This alliance further seeks to ... More

TCS ties up with Canoo Engineering
MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that it has tied up with Swiss software firm, Canoo Engineering AG to promote the latter's ultra light client (ULC) technology. Following this alliance, TCS and Canoo will jointly ... More

E-GOVERNANCE

AP eSeva lacks security locks
THE Andhra Pradesh Government's flagship e-governance application project, eSeva, that has won accolades from several quartershas been indicted by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) for `its lack of transparency' and `exposure to ... More

PEOPLE

Changes at Bharti Tele
NEW DELHI: Telecom major, Bharti Tele-Ventures, on Monday said it has made `strategic organisational changes' in its top management team with effect from the new financial year. Mr Anil Nayar, who spent seven years in managing the ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Pyxix software for export zone units
VISAKHAPATNAM: THE Visakhapatnam special economic zone (VSEZ) has developed an exlusive software package and an online filing and approval system for 100 per cent EOUs in the State and the units in the zone, Ms K. Ratna Prabha, ... More

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