ICENET is a pioneering Digital Internet Service venture of IceNet.Net Ltd., Ahmedabad. IceNet is a joint venture with equity participation between the Elecmech Group of India and the Eclipse Micro Computer Group of USA, two corporate groups with decades of entrepreneurial excellence behind them.

The relevance of IceNet lies in the perceptual change it has brought about in the whole ISP scenario of Western India, and the tremendous Web awareness it has created in Gujarat. Today IceNet is biggest and fastest growing ISP.

Apart from a clear technology chasm, another edge IceNet had over its competitors is the company is set up by two technocrats who knew exactly what they were doing, how to do it better, and where to shop for what technologies, while most existing ISPs were run by traditional entrepreneurs who got into IT lured by its global sheen. And IceNet made sure that the technology gap between it and others were never filled; that the company was always six months and a dozen technologies ahead.

From the very beginning, IceNet has been a highly media-savvy company. It has taken maximum mileage out of the special features and unique advantages it offers, through highly conceptual advertising campaigns and direct marketing methods. The promoters of the company themselves have gained a high media profile through their leadership qualities and extensive activities on the lecture circuit.

IceNet was India's first Private Digital ISP, with dedicated Optic Fibre Cables, Digital Modems, Fully Automated Helpdesk, a world class Portal Site, a Users-to-Lines Ratio conforming to global standards, and the promise of a Multiflavoured Internet Access, it was a breakthrough venture.

In a short while, IceNet completely transformed the way Internet was perceived and experienced in Western India. By continually introducing newer technologies and user privileges, the company made sure that IceNetizens were one of the most privileged Net populations in the world.

The company has pioneered in India an astonishing number of Web technologies, innovative Internet applications, surfer privileges and other benchmark services & products. So much so, that it has become the corporate culture of IceNet to offer something new every month -- be it new user perks, a new world class Web technology application, or a new user-friendly scheme.

What is more, IceNet changed the lives of Netizens all around, by spawning a host of other digital ISPs that followed the lead and created a highly competitive environment in Western India, and turned Ahmedabad into India's hottest ISP arena. And it brought endless benefits to the Internet user at large.

IceNet has long grown out of its "Service Providing" nature into a smart business partner, a proactive market catalyst for companies paving a new way to commerce and industry in Gujarat. Having taken credit for setting up of the infrastructures of other ISPs like BSES Telecom, it has acquired the moniker of being "An ISP that creates other ISPs". Supporting this are the ISP softwares developed by Elitecore, an IceNet group company that runs the inner workings of these ISPs.

The transition from a market player to a market force has been rapid because we always had a vision for it.

Icegate was IceNet's own International Internet Gateway, one of the first few in the country. A feature that helped IceNet offers high quality bandwidth to Corporates.

The 24 Online Internet on Cable was another of IceNet's firsts herald - the concept of MAN (Metropolitan Area Network).

All this didn't happen just because we wanted to do the best business. It was preplanned vision. With nodes in almost all the key cities of Gujarat we were part of the technological wave of Gujarat.

Maybe one of the reasons of our edge is that we are not just about IT we are about solutions. Solutions to Communication, fast business the much larger view of globalization. With the mammoth proportions of complex wide area networks that we handle we now offer network and WAN consulting. Another milestone is just around the corner, Voice over Internet, we eagerly wait to see how far we can take this technology and make it ground breaking for you.

Funding from Gujarat Venture Capital Limited
Viewing the potential that IceNet possess Gujarat Venture Finance Limited(GVFL) - The leading Venture Capital firm in Gujarat has invested Rs 4 Crores in equity of IceNet. At the time when Venture Capital Industry is shaken with the fallouts in Internet scenario this is a welcome step and can be see as a pre cursor to the events, which are in the offing.
There is a significant difference between any other ISP and IceNet says Mr Vishnu Varshney - CEO, GVFL. "IceNet is a smart ISP as compared to any other regional or National ISP which are just ISPs, and that is the reason we invested into IceNet to facilitate the creation of Internet infrastructure in Gujarat like International Gateways, Internet on Cable.

Our mind knows no bandwidth it runs and that's what makes us tick. We dream and dream with a vision.

There's one thing good about being lonely at the top, it gives you time to dream.