Yahoo! shouts VSNL with joy
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Yahoo! India to host the latter's servers at its facilities in Mumbai.

DSQ Software takes over USA's San Vision for $30 m
In a move that will give it greater teeth in the competitive US market, DSQ Software Ltd has acquired a New York-based software firm San Vision Technology Inc (SVT) for an all stock deal worth $30 million.

IndiaBulls.com set to seek$15 million in second round
E-trading portal IndiaBulls.com will raise $15 million in the second round of funding within a month and is currently talking to two large venture capital funds.

The big threat from small software pirates
Think: software pirate. A shady, creepy, back-street operator occupied in the business of copying successful products and making a sly killing much to the chagrin of innocent companies?

Easycall to merge its four paging firms into one entity
Easycall India is planning to bring its four paging firms under one umbrella via a merger. These four companies include Matrix Paging (operates in West), ABC Communications (North), Telesistems (South), and EasyCall Communications in the East.

Bharti, IIT to set up post-graduate tech & b-school
Bharti Enterprises and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, have joined hands to establish the Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management (BSTTM).


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  LCC Infotech to set up training centres in Indonesia
  Plan panel moots single licence regime for telecom
  Vivendi head sees merger sooner than planned
  Consign Tech in ASP market
  News bytes
  e-Briefing
  ConvergeLabs plans $2 million investment in India operations
  IndiaVision TV launch in March next year
  Infotech industry lags behind telecom in revenue generation -- Survey
  ``Our target is to have the least amount of software piracy in the world''
  ESC delegation to visit US
  Turner to handle marketing, sales of channels in-house
  Marico ad-spend up 50.6 per cent
  Yahoo! India to e-tail Archies cards, gifts
  US military ads off-target in terms of luring recruits to the services
  Internet firms shun banner ads in favour of `affiliate marketing'
  ...As click-through-rates for portals plummet
  Marketplace
  Padmalaya Telefilms likely to be listed by third week of July
  Tradepoint and Swiss SWX launch pan-Euro exchange
  Tele Data's initial offer at a priceof Rs 25 opens on July 20
  Foreign markets
  Aggregate net for 176 firms turns negative in '99-00