FTV reaches for cover
Answering the call of the Indian government, the director general of the controversial French fashion channel FTV, Mr Francois Thiellet, was in the Capital on a two-day trip till Tuesday.

TDA Capital invests $2 min Octon
TDA Capital has invested about $2 million in Pune-based Octon a technology company which is involved in technology architecture, deployment and maintenance of applications.

E-RPG decelerates portal launches
The diversified Rs 6,500-crore RPG group which recently set up a separate company E-RPG Ventures as part of its New Economy initiatives has now decided to go slow as far as operations of the company are concerned.

Prasar Bharti opens bid for feature films
Doordarshan is now playing catch up. Not only has DD invited bids for supplying films, but has gone a step ahead by not fixing any floor price for the bid.

Sasken takes early position on global 3G needs
Wireless and 3G data access concepts set to take off in 2001, multimedia over mobile platforms is likely to be the next key market.

Ole! Indian IT firms can bank on Latin America for more business
Indian IT companies operating in the banking and financial sector now have a new market to tap: Latin America.


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