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Technology Stocks : Satyam Infoway Ltd-(Nasdaq:SIFY)
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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (618)2/8/2000 7:42:00 PM
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VSNL plans to take Internet to rural areas

Our Bureau

MUMBAI, Feb. 8

VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) is exploring the possibility of taking the Internet to rural areas using a technology that features a physical link for connecting to the ISP but permits direct reception of return signals from a satellite.

Customers would require a satellite dish receiver for getting the incoming signals. However, since the dish apparatus is meant only for reception of incoming signals, equipment cost involved is not high.

Mr. Amitabh Kumar, Director, VSNL, said that the company was in talks with various players for providing this service. He added that one outcome of such a facility could be further reduction in Internet access rates. The dish receiver can work as a shared facility for a group of Internet users, if needed. VSNL had negotiated with a company called Zaknet for providing this service.

Mr. Kumar was speaking at a seminar on `Role of Cable TV and Interactive TV in Internet Services', organised by FICCI, on Tuesday.

hindubusinessline.com
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