The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, June 07, 2003

Strong euro spells gains for BPO sector
THE soaring euro which hit a four-year high against the dollar recently has spelt loss of competitiveness for the European Union's IT products and service suppliers, triggering a move to outsource to Indian IT service providers. "The current ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

DoT paves way for industry consolidation — Telecom licences made flexible
THE Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has notified changes in the licence conditions of the cellular and basic service operators, which will enable greater consolidation in the telecom sector through merger, de-merger and acquisition. As ... More

BSNL to augment Andaman&Nicobar customer base
THE Andaman and Nicobar Telecom Circle of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) hopes to augment its customer base by around 5,500 during the current fiscal. This would comprise 2,000 new fixed line connections, 2,000 cellular connections and around ... More

Accident cover from BPL Mobile
THE cellular phone service provider BPL Mobile is launching a scheme to provide accident insurance cover to new entrants to its post-paid schemes who own two wheelers. The scheme styled as `Mobile Savari' is a special acquisition offer on ... More

AirTel, Hutch offer new packages
AIRTEL, the cellular service from the Bharti group, has introduced an offer under which subscribers in Chennai and Tamil Nadu telecom circles can buy a Nokia 3315 handset with an AirTel connection for an effective cost of Rs 3,315. This offer is ... More

SOFTWARE

JP Mobile to support MS server
JP Mobile, an enterprise mobility software provider with a development centre in India, has announced support for Microsoft Corporation's efforts to optimise Exchange Server 2003 for mobile access. Following this move, JP Mobile's flagship ... More

Polaris puts merger gains at Rs 16-20 cr
THE last financial year was a challenging one for Polaris Software. During the year, it achieved closure of its merger with OrbiTech Solutions in one of the largest mergers in the Indian IT industry. The merger placed Polaris in the league of ... More

TCS centre working on cheaper smartcards
THE eSecurity Group of Advanced Technology Centre of Tata Consultancy Services, based at Hyderabad, in collaboration with its Bangalore VLSI design centre, is developing smart card-based solution and expects to roll out services in the next six ... More

INTERNET

TN unveils online job portal
THE Tamil Nadu Government has launched an online interactive job portal through which the private sector can also access the human resource database available with the employment exchanges. Launched by the Department of Employment and Training, ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Oracle plans to hire 1,000 more
The company's other HR initiatives have been in the field of training and career development of its employees. More

VIRUSES

Bugbear is `high risk' worm
THE high-risk worm W32.Bugbear.B@mm is causing alarm among computer networks and PC users across the world. The mass-mailing worm that can also spread through network shares is rated at the high-risk ... More

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