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Net4India to offer .IN domain names

Jasjit Sawhney chief executive officer Net4India

Indian Internet Service Provider (ISP), Net4India is offering in-country domains for an annual fee of Rs 800 per domain name. Companies that are interested in taking up this offer can apply for the .IN domain in the sunrise period starting from January 1 to January 21, 2005. Applicants will be required to apply through an accredited registrar [such as Net4India]. Said Jasjit Sawhney, CEO, Net4India, “We feel that at least 50,000 domain names would be registered upto January 21, 2005. The sunrise period of 21 days gives the trademark holders an opportunity to get domain names before the offer is opened to the general public.”

Tesco launches shared service centre in Bangalore Retail major Tesco has launched its Hindustan Service Centre (HSC) in Bangalore, India. HSC will support the Tesco group by delivering IT and IT-enabled business processes to the group’s global operations. Tesco operates over 2,300 stores across 13 countries and employs more than 330,000 personnel. The HSC will act as a centre of excellence for the business supporting existing technologies and introduce new leading edge retail-focussed technologies and applications. Said Philip Clarke, Tesco International’s IT director, “The variety and availability of technology skills in Bangalore made the city the obvious choice for the new centre.”