Modis ink 50:50 JV with VFS, to set up animation schools
Modi Entertainment Group has entered into a business alliance with VFS of the US to set up professional training institutes for animation in India.

Sify to launch services by mid-January using CorDECT
Sify is planning to commercially launch its broadband on demand services by mid-January 2001, using CorDECT technology for high-speed data transmission in the last loop.

BSNL defers Rs 800-crore tender for GSM lines till January
BSNL's Rs 800-crore tender for 15 lakh GSM lines has been postponed yet again. The tender, which was originally scheduled to come out in October, and was then delayed to November and then to December, now has been postponed again by another month.


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