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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (10046)	12/15/1999 10:19:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Yahoo!, ZDnet To Launch India-Specific Sites By Uday Lal Pai India Correspondent, asia.internet.com [December 15, 1999--MUMBAI] ZDnet is set to launch its Indian portal by January 2000. Yahoo! Inc, on the other hand, is looking at an Internet guide rather than a full-fledged integrated portal for India. ZDnet, the technology news-based website of Ziff Davis, is also in the final stages of negotiations with various Indian newspapers and technical business magazines for possible news-sharing arrangements. The portal will provide India-specific tech news on a daily basis. However, the major focus will be on Internet content and commerce. The ZDnet office will be set up in Mumbai. Arthur Chang, business development manager for ZDnet, said that the company plans to make significant investments towards strengthening its Indian operations, and is also setting up an Indian server. ZDnet also plans a high profile advertisement campaign aimed at building brand equity. Chang said ZDnet was currently evaluating the Indian market and was optimistic about its Indian operations. Meanwhile Yahoo!, as a start-up property in Indian subcontinent, is formulating an Internet guide. The project should be roughly similar to Yahoo! China, which was launched in September this year. According to analysts, the complexities of the Indian market, with its disparate linguistic regions and the need to build up strategic partnerships, may have prompted Yahoo to implement their India strategy in stages.

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (10046)	12/16/1999 11:15:00 AM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Mohan, As the proud owner of a new cable modem, I noticed this article you had posted on SoftNet and began wondering about the current state of broadband to the home initiatives in India. I am trying to determine: (1) How many Indian homes have cable TV connections? (2) What is the largest Cable company in India in terms of number of subscribers? (3) How many Indian homes have dial-up internet access? (4) Who is the largest ISP? (5) To what extent has government regulation affected the market? (6) If private sector telecom development is not being totally stymied by the government, what is the new generation of computer millionaires (what is the word for this in Hindi?) such as Infosys' Murthy doing to spur development of telecom infrastructure? I don't expect you to necessarily have all the answers, Mohan, but perhaps you could help point me in the right direction.

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (10046)	12/16/1999 1:12:00 PM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Mohan, What I meant to ask is this: To your knowledge, do the majority of Indian households which have access to cable tv connect via coaxial cable or via satellite dish? SoftNet has initiated talks with Reliance Group and Siticable to set up joint ventures in India to distribute Internet services via cable using a VSAT backbone. When I read this, I thought it implied that many Indian households already use satellite dish, relative to the number that use a traditional coaxial cable based system.