Dishnet Dial - New look, enhanced performance

Hyderabad, June 2K1:  Dishnet Dial, the dial up arm of DishnetDSL-the complete ISP, unveiled its plans to further make inroads for its Dial up segment. Having successfully created a stronghold in the southern part of the country, it is now aiming at strengthening its presence across the country. The new strategy is focused around the theme "It's time to Dishnet Dial". Dishnet Dial introduced its service in 1999 and its current subscriber base stands at over 2.4 Lakhs, ranking it amongst the topmost ISP's in the country.

Dishnet has also constantly increased its purchase of bandwidth and has today emerged as one of the largest purchaser of bandwidth amongst all ISP's. DishnetDSL avails International bandwidth from VSNL in eight places. In addition to this Currently there are four International gateways operational in Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. 

The fast speed offered by Dishnet Dial is attributed to one of the best contention ratios offered in the industry. A universal number 172341 ensures convenience and faster connectivity. Speaking on the occasion Dr. Vijay Bhatkar, Chairman, DishnetDSL said, "A unique feature of Dishnet Dial is the convenience of a single pack for registration and renewal. National roaming is another feature of Dishnet Dial, which very few others offer".

Mr.V.Srinivasan, COO, DishnetDSL added, "We have one of the most satisfied customer base across the country. With immediate connectivity/ least need to redial and excellent speeds, Our Dial service is ranked amongst the best currently in the offering."

Mr. C.R.Sitaraman, Sr.Vice President, Marketing remarked, "Despite heavy costs we are one of the ISP's in the country who have taken the Internet to the masses in over 42 cities and towns. We have also successfully offered to our customers post paid facility service."

The aggressive strategy is supported by a colorful new campaign developed by Hindustan Thompson Associates (HTA). It is aimed at the young target audience and young at heart.

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About DishnetDSL
DishnetDSL, incorporated in March 1998, commenced its operations from Pune in March 1999 as a national ISP holding category A license, to offer Internet services in more than 200 towns. It has its headquarters in Chennai and offers quality service at affordable prices. 

DishnetDSL has three arms catering to the various requirements of the Internet industry. These are the DSL division, Dial up operations and DishnetDSL Hubs. The South Eastern Asia Cable Network (SEACN) project will be implemented through a separate subsidiary company.

Dishnet was the first to introduce the DSL technology in the country. Dishnet's Digital subscriber Line (DSL) access is currently rolled out of 6 cities in the country (Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune Bangalore and Hyderabad). Dishnet rolled out its DSL services in November 1999 and currently has around 14,500 DSL subscribers.

Dishnet Dial up has a subscriber base of over 2.4 Lakhs as of today and covers over 42 cities in the country. Dishnet has the credit of offering some of the innovative packages to its customers. 

Dishnet was the pioneer and the first ISP to open up a chain of Internet Browsing centres called the Hubs across the county. The Hub division today operates over 135-world class Internet Browsing centres in 59 cities. These are all owned and operated by the Dishnet's own staff thereby providing impeccable quality of service.

The SEACN system is a fully protected, self-healing 19,000 Km high capacity undersea ring connecting Chennai, India with Singapore, Guam and Jakarta. The four-fibre pair cable will be capable to carry bandwidth upto 7.68Tbps. The Chennai-Singapore leg of the project is expected to be commissioned by June 2002.

Outside of India, DishnetDSL is also operating out of Singapore and has plans to expand its operations to other Asian countries as well.

DishnetDSL launches DSL service in Hyderabad

Reachout's News Bureau
-June '2001

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