The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 09, 2003

6 cell operators part ways with Bharti — Sign pact with BSNL for routing STD calls
IN what appears to be a clear break in ranks amongst six private cellular operators, Hutchison Telecom Ltd, Idea Cellular Ltd, BPL Mobile, Spice Telecom, Escotel Communications and RPG Cellular have decided to part ways with Bharti Telesonic Ltd, ... More

Kerala: BPL Mobile's new tariff for post-paid users
BPL Mobile has announced new post-paid tariff plans with a whole lot of exciting benefits. The highlights of the new tariff plans included low monthly rentals as low as Rs 349, composite rates making tariffs much simpler, 999 minutes free for ... More

Hutch revises STD, ISD tariffs
CELLULAR services provider, Hutch, today announced revised STD & ISD tariffs that will be effective across the country from Friday. STD rates from cellular to cellular phones have been brought down to Rs 1.99 per minute for post-paid customers. ... More

AirTel launches medical service for global roamers
AIRTEL, the cellular brand of the Bharti group, has launched a value-added service `AirTel Global Care' for its international roaming subscribers. According to an official statement from the company, this complimentary service will provide ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES

C-DAC training course on cyber forensics
THE newly established Technical Resource Centre for Cyber Forensics at the C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram (erstwhile ER&DCT) has opened a three-day training programme on cyber forensics for judicial officers in the State of Kerala. Mr Justice K.S. ... More

STOCKS

Public stake up in VisualSoft
ANTICIPATING a slump in technology stocks, institutional investors have reduced their holding in the Hyderabad-based software company VisualSoft Technologies during the quarter ended March 2003. The decline in shareholding has come from both ... More

HARDWARE

MRO-Tek switching for Hinduja TMT

SOFTWARE

Novell arm signs pact with PwC
ONWARD Novell Software (I) Pvt Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture of Novell Inc, of US and Onward Network Technologies Ltd, has announced that it has reached an understanding with PricewaterhouseCoopers India to promote Novell's security identity ... More

INTERNET

Cisco launches community portal

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Wipro Tech in pact with HighJump

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

Informatica flags off operations
Informatica has partnerships with TCS, Infosys and Wipro, and expects to set up dedicated teams to support their efforts as they use its product architecture to provide their customers with solutions. More

SECURITY

Panalpina certified under C-TPAT norms
PANALPINA, a major player in the forwarding and logistic services segment, has become a certified member of the US Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) programme. Panalpina operates a global network in 136 countries including ... More

OUTLOOK

Tata Indicom unit aims at Rs 550-cr revenue
THE Tata Indicom Enterprise Business Unit (TIEBU), the specialised sales and marketing team of the Group's telecom service providers has announced that it is targeting revenues in excess of Rs 550 crore in the first year of ... More

79 pc CAGR seen in local language market
THE local language applications market, currently estimated at about $11 million, is likely to grow at a CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) of over 79 per cent over the next three years i.e., 2002-2005, and is expected to cross $64 million by ... More

PEOPLE

HCL Tech director quits

TRENDS

Software firms depend more on top 10 clients
DECREASING revenues per client and increased dependence on the top 10 clients seem to be the trend for Indian software companies. Only Infosys Technologies seems to have bucked the trend on both counts. Typically, say experts, a good business ... More

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