Gas goes electronic

Dhaka's caretaker government, before leaving office, will take steps so that all utility bills can be paid through electronic transactions, special assistant to the chief adviser Tamim said, says BDNews24.com.

"Before we go in December, we will make arrangements for people to pay all four utility bills (electricity, gas, water and telephone) through electronic billing and payment systems," he said, at the launch of a new payment service by Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company and Grameenphone.

The service enables Titas Gas consumers to pay their bills either from mobile phones with GP connections or at over 1 500 'BillPay' centres across Bangladesh at anytime.

VistaPrint, the small business marketing company, today has added of over 200 professionally designed templates for numerous industries, says CNNMoney.

These new templates are available on a range of small business products and enable customers to build an impressive and consistent image across all marketing materials, both offline and online.

With the launch of these new designs, VistaPrint's goal is to offer a selection so extensive that nearly any small business, regardless of industry can locate a relevant, high-quality design to meet their needs.

CTI Group, an international provider of electronic invoice processing and management (EIM), reported revenues ending 30 June, 2008, says Market Watch.

Commenting on the results, John Birbeck, CTI Group's president and CEO stated, "We continue to work on and have incurred significant patent license and enforcement costs in the first half of 2008 without a new settlement or license agreement being recognised. Although no assurances can be given, we anticipate that we will be able to finalise a settlement agreement during the second half of 2008."

Commenting on product developments, Birbeck stated, "I believe that the high level of innovation of our people will result in significant new products in e-billing and VOIP applications which positions us well to meet the growing demand of fixed-mobile convergence markets."