Both the products were developed by the company in association with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Addressing the press on the eve of the launch, Mr Vijay K Raghavan, managing director and CEO of the company said the new technology would go a long way in solving the Internet and telecom access problem in the country. "Both the products herald the debut of intravenously developed hi-tech digital products which do not require any special cabling and can be installed and operated using the existing telephone or local area network",He said H-Connect is a remote ethernet bridge that interconnects LANs that could be separated as much as 16 km. The conductivity is achieved by using HDSL technology that can pump in as much as two mbps on ordinary twisted pair of copper wires, depending on the distance and thickness of the wire.

"This technology is best fit for networking several educational and industrial campuses", he said. DIAS is an Internet access solution based on high bite rate HSDL technology providing symmetrical high-speed access using existing telecable network. The product offers several unique features including simultaneous voice and data transmission over the same telephone line providing up to two mbps of data.

He said the company, after fine tuning the technology for the past 30 months or so, is now ready to start commercial production. He said several institutions including MTNL, BHEL and BSNL are using this technology. "There is a huge market potential for this product both in India and abroad. We are now focusing on the domestic market and once we establish our firm grip here, we will look for overseas markets", he said. He said several ISPs are already started using this technology and many are expected to follow suit.

He said the company, in which several global angel funds and venture capital majors including Intel and IL&FS have invested close to 32 per cent equity, is in the look out for contract manufacturers to produce the instrument on a mass scale. He said the company has also entered into a marketing agreement with two foreign companies for marketing the product in the overseas markets. He said, the company has got several enquiries including firms from the US, Singapore and some far eastern countries.