Noble effort -- First global online trade directory launched
Noble Tele Infotech has launched the first global online trade directory in the country to offer free Internet directory listing to domestic firms.
High voltage -- PowerGrid to invest Rs 7,000 crore on telecom foray
The PowerGrid Corporation of India Ltd, the nodal transmission company in the power sector, plans to invest over Rs 7,000 crore in its telecom business over the next five years.
Adding byte -- Bank of Punjab plans Rs 20 cr investment for IT initiatives
Bank of Punjab is planning to invest Rs 20 crore this year to fund its IT initiatives and expansions, which include setting up an Internet banking solution, a B2C portal and a B2B portal.
Indya.com weaves web of alliances for content, marketing & services
Microland-promoted Indya.com has thrashed out a slew of alliances for content-sharing, marketing and service offerings. This includes long-term strategic deals with jobsahead.com, apnaloan.com, Caltiger, contests2win.com and a number of music and entertainment companies.
GW Capital invests in Orbit E, three others
GW Capital the venture capital fund set up by Ambit Corporate Finance, Gary Wendt and HDFC has begun operations about a month ago and will announce investments in four companies shortly.
VSNL bandwidth set to go up
VSNL's bandwidth capacity will increase at 800 Mbps from the present 325 Mbps in next three months. In addition to this, the bandwidth of nearly 40,000 Mbps will also be provided through optic fibre technology.
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Zee Network steps up funding in music publishing
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Napster CEO urges users to organise `buycott'
TicketNo1 takes over Mumbai Theatre Guide
Indian computer wizards offer the world free operating systems
Nasscom to launch campaign for dot.in
Orchid Chem to set up healthcare portal
Vijay TV ties up with NDTV for news content
VSNL to hike bandwidth capacity in 3 months
Cummins Engine to take major stake in Cummins Infotech
`IT is about identifying common elements between sectors'
`IT firms face under valuation as they tap the market early'
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Hero IT arm to focus on specific value chains, plans software centre
NetContinuum may shed part of stake to HCSL
Concierges service in retail tie-up with Hindustan Lever
News bytes
Tokyo stocks at lowest close since March 1999
Retail investors support Tele Data, IPO oversubscribed around 1.6 times
Binary Semantics likely to hit market in Sept
Shahnaz Husain to float IPO for herbalfirm in 2000; plans software foray
`Dotcom ads are repetitive– almost like popcorn'
Kmart, MTV challenge teens to hit the road with Route 66
Large format printers -- HP targets Rs 3 crore growth
Marketplace
Franchising India 2000 expo from Aug 26
Ebony ties up with NIS to set up retail academy