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DishnetDSL launches India's first DSL


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NEW DELHI: DishnetDSL Ltd, an enterprise of Sterling Infotech Ltd, has launched Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service in the Grand Paradi residential complex at Kemps Corner in Mumbai. According to DishnetDSL, this broad-band access in India is up to 140 times faster than the fastest analog modems available today, and keeps subscribers effectively 'always on' at a fraction of the cost of other comparative technologies.

DSL will offer speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps and different grades of service will be offered for home and office use. All users will be provided with a DSL modem at no additional cost. According to P R Eknath, Chief Technology Officer, DishnetDSL Ltd, "Video works exceptionally well on DSL, depending on the speed of your DSL connection. Most movie trailers and high bandwidth videos are designed for 80-128 Kbps speeds. These are well within the capacity of DSL, which is up to 12 times faster than 128 Kbps."



DishnetDSL has plans to establish a strong nationwide infrastructure offering a range of Internet services within the span of a year. In addition to extensively expanding its service network in Mumbai, DishnetDSL plans to introduce its services in more 50 cities in India within the next six months.



PwC, Bharti BT sign WAN collaboration agreement


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BANGALORE: Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) and Bharti BT have announced the setting up of a joint initiative to address the applications integration needs of customers in India.



The collaboration extends to WAN Applications and involves the showcasing of these applications over a VSAT network in the lab set up jointly by PwC and Bharti BT. The VSAT network has been established between the WAN Competency Center at PwC's Technology Center at Calcutta and the Bharti BT hub station in Bangalore. The lab will help prospective implementers of different WAN applications (such as ERP), as well as clients of PwC and Bharti BT, to evaluate the performance of various applications on a VSAT network, before making a purchase decision, claims a press release.



"Through this unique alliance, we will be able to help businesses choose the required bandwidth to get optimum response time over the WAN," said PwC director Amitabh Ray.



"The presence of a live set-up will greatly benefit prospective WAN implementers by cutting down decision cycle times considerably. Also, a documented knowledge base helps to slash lead times during the implementation phase, thus saving on costs" said Bharti BT marketing manager Supriyo Sanyal.



Integra to launch first Indian WAP Server


CIOL Bureau


BANGALORE: Bangalore-based software company, Integra Micro Systems has made a foray into WAP technology, by developing the first Indian WAP server ‘Jataayu’ and the WAP gateway which will provide access to the WorldWideWeb. The new WAP server software from Integra is targetted at the wireless service providers who can enable the users of cell phones, pagers, palmtops, PDAs and all such sophisticated mobile devices to do online transactions and navigate through various websites.



The WAP server connects WAP enabled devices to content and applications hosted by web servers. And the WAP gateway acts as an interface to the technologies used in the wireless devices and the Internet. THE WAP Server throws up the myriad possibilities of the wireless environment--like access to e-mail and instant information such as stock quotes and airline flight information while on the go. With this, wireless access to internet and corporate intranet content and access to personal information becomes possible. Also consumers can benefit from e-commerce through the small screens of the wireless portal devices.



Commenting on the high potential of the WAP technology, Mahesh Jain, Managing Director, Integra Micro Systems, says "WAP offers a new opportunity that will re-define e-commerce and re-engineer the business processes. Also,we would be the fifth in the world to develop a WAP server after the global communication giants, Nokia, Ericsson IBM and Phone.com.



Integra has plans to tap at first the overseas markets, primarily the US and Europe, considering the high potential of the WAP server. The company is seriously considering joint ventures with overseas companies in Europe and USA. The WAP server is currently under Beta test and it is scheduled for commercial launch late this quarter.

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