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Seventeen Indian infotech companies
are participating in the world's largest computer and communications
expo, Cebit 2001, being held at Hanover.
The Indian pavilion at the fair is
being coordinated by Nasscom with support from the Information Technology
Ministry and the Indo-German Export Promotion Council.
More than 8,000 companies from 60 countries
are participating in this fair being held from 22-28 March.
According to Nasscom President Dewang
Mehta, the focus of Indian participation will be on the emerging
technology and business of telecom software, wireless Internet,
IT services, application service providers, systems-on-chip, micro-electronics
designing, e-commerce and e-banking solutions.
India is expecting a business of Rs
100 crore through the participation in this fair.
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INSAT-3C
TO BRINGDOWN
TRANSPONDER COSTS
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The launch of Indian National Satelite-3C
(INSAT-3C) is likely to bring down the transponder cost for
the domestic and foreign satellite broadcasters operating in
India. At present, only few players are using the INSAT class
of satellites. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman
K Kasturirangan said the INSAT-3C satellite would be launched
by 30 July, this year.
Talking to Business Standard,
VR Katti, Project director, GEOSTAT, said the INSAT-3C would
carry 12 C-band transponders, 6 transponders C-band transponders,
2 S-band transponders and one MSS transponders, to be primarily
used for communication and broadcasting purposes.
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REDIFF
TO ACQUIRE 2 US FIRMS
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Nasdaq listed Rediff.com is acquiring
two US based companies, Value Communications Corporation and India
Abroad Publications. It is also increasing its stake in the Indian
financial portal, Apnaloan.com, with the option of taking 100 per
cent stake over a period of time.
"Rediff.com has entered into an agreement
to acquire an Illinois based communication company, Value Communications
Corporation, and New York based India Abroad Publications, which
is a South Asian weekly newspaper", a statement issued by the company
on Thursday said.
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INTERNET
TELEPHONY SET
TO EVOLVE IN INDIA
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Internet telephony will not be
cheap nor will it revolutionaries communication but will only
evolve according to industry experts at the Convergence India
2001.
Experts were of the opinion that
India - with its recent initiatives in the telecom sector -
is expected to be the fourth largest market in the Internet
telephony in Asia-Pacific by 2004.
Exploding the myths around Internet
telephony, Vijay Yadav, Country Manager, CommWorks - India,
a subsidiary of 3Com networks, said : "Internet telephony will
not be as cheap as expected. It may be the same as that of the
traditional voice carrier or slightly cheaper at the most. Internet
telephony is also not going to bring about a fast change in
communication, it will take time and will evolve slowly".
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INDIA
POISED TO BECOME
SATELLITE COMMUNICATION MAJOR
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With the access to right
tools, India can become a major market and player in the
satellite communication areas, says Alain Roger, President
and Chief Executive Officer of EuropeStar.
Delivering the keynote address
at the second day of Convergence India 2001, Roger said
: "Satellite is the most efficient system of answering
to India's specific needs. Trends are clearly to have
access to bandwidth for the fastest growing applications
as well as developing more traditional applications like
telephony".
Remarking that wired services
alone will not be able to meet the increased communications
needs, he said there was a need for satellite bandwidth
for Internet and broadcasting.
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NOKIA
PLANS LOCAL LANGUAGE
FACILITY IN CELLPHONES
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Nokia on Thursday said
it is considering language mobile handsets supporting
Indian language capabilities, which will enable the
users to access Internet content and send messages
in the local languages.
"India has a huge growth
potential for Nokia, especially as the market is largely
untapped", Lichfield said.
He said the company is
in the process of conducting internal surveys to gauge
the language requirements of potential Indian customers
in order to work out a local strategy.
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ERICSSON
SOFTWARE PLATFORM IN INDIA
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Swedish Telecom Equipment
Provider Ericsson is setting up a telecom software platform
called - Developers Zone in India to enable local software
firms to develop applications for the global market.
The company is also targeting
the Indian Telecom Service Providers with its GPRS systems
for the cellular sector and CDMA-based equipment for the
basic operators.
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LUCENT
IN ALLIANCE
WITH TATA TELESERVICES
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Lucent Technologies has
announced that it has signed a $ 31.1 million contract
with Tata Teleservices Ltd, a telecommunications service
provider, to build a broadband telephone network in
Andhra Pradesh.
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