Speaking at the Nasscom 10th anniversary, Intel Singapore director Dave Perks said time has come to remove all barriers. "You are on the right track with the ISP privatisation," Dave said.

"Internet means news business opportunities, new rules, instant access to information and speed, highly critical in any business," he said while speaking on the topic, Internet and e-commerce.

He cited the status of America On-line in the Internet business and said more than 1.25 billion people use the web facility. Dave, however, cautioned that no government should limit the global deployment of technology.

Dave mentioned the concerns of security in net deals as an issue to be dealth with.

Ganesh Natarajan of Aptech stressed on the educationaspects of the net during the session. He touched a range of applications related e-commerce and said the boost to the Internet education will take off soon.

Hughes Software Systems' general manager Madhusudan Reddy discussed a host of web-based interactive customer services and said common services like payment of bills and cheques will become fast and more accurate through the net. In US, he said about 65 billion cheques and 40 per cent of the recurring consumer bills are paid through such facilities.