Associates India launches interactive Web site
Associates India Financial Services Pvt Ltd has launched an interactive Web site that makes obtaining information on various financial schemes simple and easy. The company has now launched a Web site, www.associatesindia.com that brings information to a potential customer. The Web site has a unique feature of an in-built loan calculator. This innovative feature allows the customer to calculate the exact monthly installment given the loan amount item and tenure that he requires.

VSNL's free Net accounts
VSNL has launched a scheme of promoting contributions to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund by issuing free Internet accounts of 25 hours for every 5000 contributed to the Fund. The scheme had drawn overwhelming response from the public.

Foodforward offering goodies to women
Footforward, an Indian portal for women, has announced that it will dispatch gifts ranging from stuffed toys, chocolates and microwave containers to women whose addresses are provided by people who log onto their site before March 8. The visitor to the site will, however, have to answer a question related to footforward before they avail of the goodies.

Cricketnext.com gets sponsorship rights
Cricketnext.com has become the first dotcom company to win title sponsorship rights to an international cricketing event. The ICC Cricketnext.com Cricket Week will start on April 2, 2000, and will culminate in a one-day match for the cricketnext.com Cup on March 8 in Dhaka.

NovaSoft fastest growing Asian private company
NovaSoft Information Technology, a Princeton-based, IT consulting, implementation and training organisation has been rated as the fastest growing Asian-owned private company in the US by India Abroad for 1999. Novasoft was chosen from among 123 applicants.

Bharti commences optic fibre transmission network
In line with its expansion plans of laying 5000 km optic fibre network to cover Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in two phases, Bharti Enterprises, a telecom conglomerate with majority stake in JT Mobiles, on Tuesday announced the commencement of a optic fibre transmission network (backbone) project.

Media summit from tomorrow
Over 100 experts from the communication world will attend a three-day summit "Communicating for Change" beginning in New Delhi on March 9. The summit is being organised by the British Council in association with British Trade International and Confederation of Indian Industry, a British high Commission release said.