INFONET SOFTWARE WINS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT TO SUPPLY ELECTRONIC MESSAGING SYSTEM FOR INDIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS AGENCY.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 28, 1994- VSNL VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (India) , India's international telecommunications operator, has selected Infonet Software Solutions to provide a computer-based electronic messaging system that will link businesses on the Indian subcontinent with their trading partners around the world. The initial contract, to be implemented immediately, is valued at $3.1 million. The messaging system, to be delivered before year end 1994, will include electronic mail, fax, and telex links, with electronic data interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. . (EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. ) planned for a future expansion. The system will connect sites in Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Madras, and Bangalore and will carry as many as 600,000 messages a day, handling a traffic flow of up to 50,000 messages per hour. Users will be able to send and receiv e-mail, faxes, and telexes from a personal computer or workstation. The Infonet Software system will give these users access to key international public and proprietary e-mail systems. It will link dissimilar systems and technologies, offering seamless communication for businesses and their international trading partners. The system will provide usage accounting for VSNL customers. Mr. Amitabh Kumar, general manager of planning at VSNL, said, "The VSNL e-mail solution is specifically oriented to integrate both X.400 and LAN-based customer applications into an overall communications network. This infrastructure will enable India to become a global business stop in the Asian continent and will bring India closer to the global information infrastructure. VSNL believes that e-mail solutions should enable organizations worldwide to seamlessly integrate their networks and applications." Ms. Azita Nader, director of international business development at Infonet Software, said, "The aggressive delivery schedule underscores Infonet Software's ability to take on complex integration projects for service provide such as VSNL." Product Details The VSNL system provides Infonet Software's Messenger 400 client- server message exchange software linking Sun workstations that serve as message switching and protocol translation nodes. Messenger 400 is an X.400 message transfer agent The store and forward capability in a messaging system. See messaging system. (messaging) Message Transfer Agent - (MTA, Mail Transfer Agent) Any program responsible for delivering e-mail messages. that links e-mail products through gateways and a backbone architecture. It allows dissimilar mail products to exchange message and files. Key to the solution offered VSNL is Infonet Software's newly announced Messenger InterOFFICE in·ter·of·fice adj. Transmitted or taking place between offices, especially those of a single organization: an interoffice memo; interoffice conferences. , developed jointly with The Boston Software Works. Messenger InterOFFICE, introduced today, provides connectivity from Messenger 400 to such popular E-mail products as Lotus cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail, Novell Global MHS (1) (Message Handling Service) An earlier messaging system from Novell that supported multiple operating systems and other messaging protocols, including SMTP, SNADS and X.400. It used the SMF-71 messaging format. , CE QuickMail, DEC ALL-IN-1, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) OfficeVision/400, and HP Desk Manager. It enables users of these E-mail systems to exchange messages with one another, with systems based on the X.400 messaging standard, and with users of Internet mail. Infonet Software and its local partner Wipro Infotech have a five-year agreement with VSNL. Wipro Infotech has previously handled systems integration projects for the Bombay Stock Exchange Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) See: National Stock Exchange; Mumbai stock exchange. , the Unit Trust of India UTI Mutual Fund is managed by UTI Asset Management Company Private Limited (Estb: Jan 14, 2003) who has been appointed by the UTI Trustee Company Private Limited for managing the schemes of UTI Mutual Fund and the schemes transferred / migrated from UTI Mutual Fund. , and other large financial institutions. Infonet Software Solutions is a leading international vendor of messaging solutions based on standards. Focused on providing platform- independent backbone messaging products and implementation services, the company has been delivering X.400 and X.500 products since 1989. Infonet Software Solutions Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. 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