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ISPs to set up gateways
NEW DELHI: Government will soon allow Internet Service Providers ISPs to set up international gateways, planning commission deputy chairman K C Pant said today. A national internet backbone is also being set up besides taking up a project to install at least 20,000 km route of very high speed fibre optic lines to facilitate growth of information technology IT, Pant said inaugurating a two-day South Asia conference on global knowledge Tasknet 8217;99.
Stressing the need to narrow the gap between the quot;information rich and information poorquot;, Pant listed the initiatives taken by the government in IT sector and said India has set up 12 software technology parks.
CSE Y2K testing
CALCUTTA: The Calcutta Stock Exchange CSE inched a step forward to attaining Y2K compliance after successfully conducting a mock trading to this effect. The CSE had thus become the second exchange in the country after National Stock Exchange, which had conducted successful mock trading forY2K compliance.
iBook launched
MUMBAI: Building upon its success in the consumer and education markets with the popular iMAC, Apple India unveiled iBook, its new product for Indian customers here last evening.The iBook, the Mac Unplugged8217; features all day8217; battery life upto six hours, Pentium-toasting performance and Apples revolutionary airport wireless internet networking for cable-free internet access optional, all in a stunning notebook design available in two colours.
Introducing iBook in India is Apple8217;s commitment to prepare India for a mobile millennium, said Naren Ayyer, MD, Apple Computer International Pvt Ltd.
