Monday, June 2, 2003		Companyspeak

ICICI-MCD pact

Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) signed an agreement with ICICI Infotech, a provider of end-to-end IT solutions, for two years. In addition to consulting on e-governance, ICICI Infotech will advice MCD on issues ranging from networking, computerisation of municipal hospitals, introduction of computer literacy programmes in schools, as well as back office automation and assistance to the various departments of MCD in all matters connected with computerisation.

DVD design platform

To support the cause of manufacturing DVD players in India, ST Microelectronics has introduced the AIDA2 DVD player design platform. The platform constitutes a complete DVD playback system based on the DMB2 monoboard. The monoboard combines the front-end drive mechanism and the back-end DVD decoder onto a single PCB. This has been specifically designed as a low cost mass producible component of a DVD system.

For doctors

Ind Medica, a Chandigarh-based computer company, has launched hospital management and electronic patient record system software. The software, meant for doctors, has modules to help in the efficient management of hospitals.

Motorola-Tata tie-up

Tata Teleservices (TTSL) and Motorola, the world’s second largest handset manufacturer announced the launch of the Motorola T720c, colour CDMA handset for the Indian consumers. The Motorola T720c will be bundled by TTSL under the aegis of its Tata Indicom brand to provide CDMA mobile connections.