Kerala gives `right of way' to nine companies for laying optical fibre cables
Decks have been cleared for laying fibre optic cables along the state highway by private telecom companies with the government committee approving all the nine applications for `right of way' that were pending before it.

Getting the timing right -- Sony's gameshow ducks KBC slot
Sony Entertainment Television has strategically decided not to pitch its game show Chhapad Phad Ke against Star Plus's Kaun Banega Crorepati by slotting it at 8-9 pm.

Ways India in talks with banks, service provider for 1st mobile payment gateway
M-commerce solutions provider Ways India Ltd is in talks with banks and leading mobile service providers for what would possibly be the first mobile payment gateway in India.

China allows first foreign stake in telecom
A pair of long-dormant Chinese telecommunications deals flowered this week, as the world's largest market showed signs of thawing to the presence of ambitious American companies.

Lubricants -- Idemitsu to reposition brand
Idemitsu, Japan's number one lubricant company, is going in for a new positioning in the Indian lubricant market.

Levi's to open exclusive Dockers Only Stores in metros by 2001-end
Levi Strauss (India) Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of San Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co, is planning to open exclusive DOS in all the metros and mini metros by end-2001 to showcase its international Khaki brand `Dockers'.


  Kodak to invest in multiplexes in India
  `At Kodak, the concept now is Unique Emotional Proposition'
  NFL enlists Spike Lee to direct ad campaign to boost ratings
  Bullish on India -- CA opens global tech-support centre in Chennai
  Software radio can help optimal spectrum utilisation -- Vanu Bose
  Gartner -- Corporates must develop a multiple domain-name strategy
  Primesoftex to commission four Internet gateways by first quarter of 2001
  Centura Software scouting for partners in India
  Discovery to double investments in Indian operations to $20 million
  Babudom blues -- Vittal advocates SMART formula for e-governance
  Microsoft to expand Indian arm, to pump in $50 million
  Jog -- Marking the `Borders' of new Internet frontiers
  It's kids day out at AIR Calcutta on Sunday
  Usha Martin Infotech eyes $65 m business from Internet and software projects
  Is the handset war already over?
  e-Briefing
  Marketplace
  News bytes
  MegaWrite unveils three portals