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News Around WWW--20010113
Quote:
"We are bringing
work to the desktops of the technology professionals. They will not need
to obtain a visa and leave the country in order to cash in on their knowledge
and expertise,"
- Sabeer Bhatia,
Hotmail founder,
while unveiling the latest version of his Arzoo portal
www news
Dot-com Disclosure Draft Report Ready
Indian dot-coms will
be required to disclose their accounting policies,
says the draft report prepared by the sub-committee of the Malegam
panel on disclosure and valuations for Internet companies.
Read more at:
http://india.internet.com/news/article/0,1942,1281_546331,00.html
Source: India News
E-Mail: listsupport@internet.com
India's mobile phone firms expect 100 million subscribers by 2008
from the current level of three million thanks to the explosive demand...
Read more at
Source: "Asian Internet
News"
E-Mail: newsletter@venuetba.com
Cancer fears still dog wireless industry
The threat of a barrage of high-profile lawsuits charging cell phone companies with causing brain cancer is emerging just as wireless companies gear up for 2001's new subscriber push.
http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBOo03gzR0U0Zrxb
Source: CNET News.com
Dispatch
E-Mail: cnet-news@two.digital.cnet.com
2001 a turning point for wireless Internet
The year ahead will
be a turning point for mobile communications, predicts IBM
network software subsidiary Tivoli. The firm believes that third-generation
(3G)
telecommunications services, due to hit the market in the second half
of the year, will soon prove more popular than PC access.
http://technology.scmp.com/telecoms/ DAILY/20001227150207849.asp?
Section=Main
Source: Asian WAPWire
E-Mail: "Asian Internet News" mailto:newsletter@venuetba.com
Close-Up Is First Indian Brand Sponsor On MSN Messenger
Hindustan Lever Ltd.'s
(HLL) Close-Up has become the first Indian brand to
sponsor MSN Messenger, a popular one-to-one messaging system on msn.com.
A banner of Close-Up appears at least three times on MSN Messenger each
time an MSN messenger user logs in during the course of chatting and during
log off.
Source: http://www.bizreport.com/international/2000/12/20001227-2.htm
Author: CT Mahabharat
New search engine by Bangalore guy
INDIAN American-founded
GeoTouch may be located in Palo Alto, but it has
the ability to virtually transport its users to anywhere in the US. Bangalore-bred
Palasamudram is the man behind the interactive geographic search engine.
GeoTouchs patent-pending technology provides location-based content and
commerce services using a map interface for wired and wireless Web instruments.
Read more at webeditor@economictims.com
U.S.-based Netscape Communications, best known for its Netscape Navigator Web browser, announced the launch of its India operations with an initial investment of $10 million.
Read more at:
http://india.internet.com/news/article/0,1942,1281_543131,00.html
Source: India News
E-Mail: listsupport@internet.com
Contribute to charity while you shop
mahadiscounts.com, funded by the Tata's, has committed a part of the revenue from its online sales to charity. The scheme involves a number of parishes running charities for the under-privileged in and around Bangalore city, wherein the on-line shoppers can specifically contribute to their affiliated organization.
Source: mahadiscounts.com
Author: S. Balamurugan,
Director
E-Mail: nssr@vsnl.com
Cyquator
Technologies plans to set up three world class
data centres
Cyquator Technologies, promoted by media tycoon Subhash Chandra's Sons, plans to invest $18 million (approximately Rs.82 crores) in the next one year to set up three world class data centres in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore...
Source: Times of
India dt Dec 25th 2000
Author: Saikat Chatterjee
Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia's Arzoo portal
would enable companies to tap information technology solutions from experts over the Internet - the portal would hook up a network of 2,200 IT professionals worldwide, allowing companies to find answers to quick-fix problems, which otherwise could take vendors days to deal with.
Read more at:
Source: "Asian Internet
News"
E-Mail: newsletter@venuetba.com
World IT spending to cross one trillion-dollar threshold in 2001
International Data Corp. (IDC) has revealed. Electronic business is forecast to be the "driving force behind spending on information technology hardware, software and services" in 2001. Internet commerce is also projected to cross the 500 billion dollar mark worldwide next year, with the Asia-Pacific accounting for 18 billion dollars.
Source: "Asian Internet
News"
Author: E-Mail: newsletter@venuetba.com
Spyrance is building a Net-based platform for medical transcription
The company, which is backed by a $4 million (Rs.18 crore) funding from the the World Bank, claims that it will be responsible for creating at least 10,000 jobs in the next three years. Another story from the start-up? Perhaps not. Spyrance is banking on building a technology platform for medical transcripltion that will facilitate remote working through the net...
Source: Business
World, 1 January 2000
Author: Vidya Vishwanathan
HP to host the Global Summit on the next Generation Internet technology
India's first Global Summit on IPv6 will be held from January 3-5, 2001 in Bangalore. Experts and Delegates from leading international IT companies will be addressing the summit. This will replace the prevailing IPv4 version of Internet protocol. The summit is being hosted by Hewlett Packard's India Software Operations(HP ISO) and marks the launch of Ipv6 forum in India.
Source: Melcole PR
Author: Lakshmi Kanchan,
HP
E-Mail: nssr@vsnl.com
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