Kochi (Cochin) is the cosmopolitan and the computer capital of Kerala, "



The Land of Coconuts", so called because of her natural spendour. (

Cosmopolitan means a citizen of the Cosmos ). The Landing point for all

visitors visiting this tiny state, this strategic center was a major center

of trade & commerce with the Arabs, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch and the

British in the past.

Housing one of the finest natural harbors in the world, Kochi is

strategically located on the East - West sea trade route from Europe to

Australia.

The 15th Century saw the advent of the Europeans and Kochi's trade links

with the Chinese and Arabs were said to be 2000 years old. Trade links with

the Portugese developed and Kochi soon became a Portugese colony.

Overthrowing the Portugese, the Dutch arrived towards the end of the 15th

century.

Kochi houses the main Stock Exchange of Kerala and she has undergone periods

of colonization. She has been exposed to diverse cultures and different

types of businesses. The city has Ayurveda, Heritage tourist centers and

numerous water sports. Different varieties of merchandise are available to

the shopper. Kochi is a major auction center for spices like cinnamon,

pepper and cardamom, ginger, and tea.

More thatn 200000 tourists visit this city annually and her tourism industry

has developed remarkably. There is still scope for furthur development in

the tourism industry in Kochi because of her strategic location and the

state-of-the-art facilities offered here. A reasonably warm weather

characterises this Arabian Queen.

SAFE Optic Fibre Cable Project:

Kochi is the only Internet Gateway in South Asia because of the South Africa

Far East ( S A F E ) Submarine Cable Project ( length 28800 kms ) for high

Speed Net Access and Communications, giving state-of-the-art communication

facilities. Like Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of Asia, Kochi has prospects

for being the next IT Center in South Asia due to the SAFE Project and the

abundant scientific & tech manpower available.

The SAFE project has enhanced the bandwidth for the mushrooming telecom, Net

and Mutimedia traffic. Also improved are the security and availability of

telecom links between Asia and Europe. With a major landing point in India

at Kochi, SAFE Cable Project's other landing points are Cape Town ( South

Africa ), Bay Jacote ( Mauritius ), Penang ( Malaysia ) and St Paul (

Reunion Island ).

The initial equipped capacity of the SAFE Project will be 80 GB expandable

to 120-160 GB 1.5 Million hi-speed data channels (64K equivalent) and

12,000 (8MB) digital video channels. The Cable System has a capacity of 7.3

Million simultaneous telephone calls.

Kochi is adorned by a state-of-the-art Software Export Zone & a most modern

Port. A major Container Port will be in operation after 3 years ( The

Vallarpadam Container Terminal ). Compared to the infrastructure in other

South Indian cities, the Infrastructure in existence here is modern &

state-of-the-art.

The International Airport at Nedumbassery is connected to all parts of the

world. Air India, Oman Air and Kuwait Airways, along with the domestic

Indian Airlines operate here.

The opportunities for investing in the ICT sector and Tourism Industry are

considerable as Kochi is the only Gateway in South Asia equipped with a

sophisticated, speed telecom SAFE Cable Project, excellent infrastructure

and a fairly well-developed Tourism Industry.

By implementing and commissioning its E-Tourism projects, we are committed

to making Kochi " The Queen of the E-Tourism Industry". We seek active

participation from you.