Genisys plans overseas float to raise $500 m
UK-based Genisys Software, the solution provider for the financial services industry, is all set for a mega expansion plan which includes an overseas float to raise a minimum of $500 million and strategic acquisitions.

Slashed STD rates break basic operator backbone -- ABTO protests to TRAI
Basic service operators are crying foul over what they call "predatory and anti-competitive practices" by the BSNL, which has slashed STD rates for up to a distance on 200 kms for its customers, but is not extending this benefit to the customers of private operators, who will ride on the BSNL network.

Licence fee for Net rights of BCCI events too steep at Rs 25 lakh Dotcom
Once again there's a controversy brewing over awarding of Internet rights. Last year, dotcoms faced a major hurdle in getting accreditation and covering the Olympic Games.

Move over e-mail and phones, E-Letter is here
Deltagram, the Chennai-based satellite messaging company, is gearing up to go global with its soon-to-be-launched product styled E-Letter.

Broadband Solutionsropes in ep.net toset up Net exchange
The US-based ep.net has been roped in to run India's first Internet exchange to be set up by BSPL, the broadband subsidiary of the power and gas major Enron. ep.net is already running 42 such exchanges globally.

Burst of on-ground initiatives to push Dolphin
Just why did MTNL choose a Dolphin for its first major marketing mascot? ``It's friendly. It's soft. It's the most intelligent creature on the planet and has the extraordinary ability to communicate over distance,''


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