Kerala govt allows laying cables along roads for free
After two months of dithering, the Kerala Government has announced the decision to allow private ISPs and telecom companies to utilise state highways for laying fibre-optic cables free of charge.
BPL, Bharti, Batata, Reliance to emerge winners
According to a Jardine Fleming report on `The Emerging Topography' in the cellular industry, Batata has paid through its nose for acquiring RPG Cellcom in MP, while the Modis struck a bargain in terms of cellular deals, when it bought out Australian partner Telstra's stake in Modi Telstra.
Venture Info raises $30m in second round
Venture Infotek, an e-infrastructure services company for the payments industry, has raised a total of $30 million in its second round of funding from Warburg Pincus, which has invested $27 million and Walden which has infused $3 million into the company.
Sage ready with next generation digital chipsets
US-based Sage Inc is all set to unveil its next generation video processor chipsets =- the FLI9200 digital video subsystem chipsets -- targeted at the digital television segment.
Launching the mother of all sites
In a classic example of putting the cart before the horse, Online IndiaCapital.com Pvt Ltd on Thursday, launched its ``mother site'' Indiacapital.com -- 15 months after it first launched its first Website, mutualfundsindia.com. Mutualfundsindia.com was launched as the first comprehensive content site on all mutual fund schemes operating in India, and in less than a year, was ranked amongst the top 150 Websites of the world by Forbes.
Finally -- There's a biz like show-biz
They are, to put it mildly, highly entertained. With the Union Ministry of Finance notifying that the entertainment industry had been recognised, under the IDBI Act, 1964, as an approved activity under `industrial concerns', the badshahs of Bollywood and Tellywood are sporting 70 mm smiles.
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Bazee.com enters into a slew of tie-ups with dotcoms
CII meet on media to be held from Nov 3-4
Indiavision targets Rs 80cr in first round of funding, to break even in 3 yrs
Internet Explorer 5.5 hole lets hackers read files
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Transtream Inc floats Indian subsidiary
Harrah's entertainmentto ban ads that target children and gamblers
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Ramrampavna.com to showcase Maharashtra
Mailjol unplugged launched
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