What a gold rush means
When the California gold rush happened, some people made their fortune selling pick axes and shovels to the dreamers. They had got their numbers right and were blessed with foresight.

Editorial -- What next?
While these are early days, the private operators deserve to be lauded. Take Satyam Infoway for instance. It is aggressively promoting its e-commerce portal and pumping in a huge quantum of funds to ensure high visibility.

Bandwidth battle and cable
The term "couch potato" is set to become obsolete. It will probably be replaced by "mouse mushroom", "rodent rambler", or some such Net-related term.

India readies itself for Net cable
If the US market is witnessing a battle over bandwidth in the cable industry, then India shouldn't be far behind. Hard to believe!! Consider these figures.

On the foot of a tidal wave
The market for information technology electronic commerce (E-commerce) is changing rapidly, courtesy recent developments in Internet technologies and the changing requirements of clients.

Commoditised & Coca Cola-nised
Evolution is as painful as it is dramatic. It is catalysed by a mutation which is accompanied by both death and metamorphosis. The elimination of the weak is implicit in this process.

The future of a wired India
The Internet is basically a network of networks. It is a network of servers, across the world, which are connected with the help of high speed communication facilities that carry data over the Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) standard.

ISP basics
Asymmetric digital subscriber line. One of four DSL technologies, ADSL is designed to deliver more bandwidth downstream (from the central office to the customer site) than upstream.

Ready to move in
The Bangalore-based E-Connect is Zee Telefilms' wholly-owned subsidiary. The company plans to invest Rs 400 crore over the next two-and-a-half years. Sunil Jasuja, the Chief operating officer of the company, speaks to Sibabrata Das of The Financial Express.

DSL -- Storm front building
The focus in the Internet business is currently shifting. Most companies are now concentrating on the 'last mile' part, the line from their complex networks to user homes.