STPI took the Commercial Taxes Network Project that involved networking of nearly 93 branches of Department of Commercial Taxes, Govt. of Karnataka. STPI Bengaluru also managed the VSAT Hub operations as part of the project.
In 2004, India announced itself online via .in domain. STPI acted as a backbone for implementing .in Internet Domain Name Policy that resulted in 75,000 domain registrations in the very 1st week of its opening to the public.
STPI took an ambitious consultancy project called Khajane NET to interconnect all the treasuries in Govt. of Karnataka on a central platform, helping achieve complete transparency & control over transactions.
Europe Star teleport facility, located in STPI, Bengaluru commenced for monitoring downlink signals covering ISN region (India/Nepal/Srilanka) through CSME (Communication System & Monitoring Equipment) facility based out of Toulouse, France.
STPI-USA business support centre "Infotech" was established with 337 beneficiaries. In a matter of just 2 years, STPI more than doubled the number of centres from 15 in 2000 to 35 in 2002.
The world started seeing STPI as a great example whilst replicating the STP model. STPI collaborated with Mauritius to execute the “Ebene Cyber City Project” and with UNESCO to replicate STP model in Nepal.
3 lakh sq. ft. of incubation facility was made available pan-India for startups and MSMEs, a majority of which was in Tier 2/ 3 cities.
To encourage education sector to utilise internet for R&D and innovation, STPI provided internet for "Student Internet World", an event where 30,000 students in Bengaluru participated.
In a span of 5 years, STPI units’ exports increased 10,000% from Rs. 17 cr in 1992 to an impressive Rs. 1780 cr.
STPI units clocked Rs.3.4k cr exports, contributing 52% of national software exports in 1998. An impressive 1.3 lakh employment was provided by STPI units in 1999.
Identifying the needs of IT industry, STPI collaborated with 57 international carriers to provide connectivity to STP units promoting software exports across the globe.
To encourage investment (both domestic and FDI) & entrepreneurship in IT industry, tax benefits under 10A & 10B were provided to the software exports units. STPI also started offering Project Management Consultancy (PMC) in 1995. The 1st project was an ambitious software development project for Fujitsu, Japan.
STPI became the 1st Class-A commercial Internet Service Provider for IT industry, government & academia in India. To expand the international business of STPI units, STPI was the 1st organisation in India to demonstrate video conferencing facility between USA & Bengaluru, and further collaborated with 20 international carriers, connecting the world.
STP & EHTP schemes were implemented to provide single window clearance to accelerate software & electronic hardware exports, clocking an inspiring Rs. 17 crore, 1st time by STPI members.
Satellite-based High-Speed Data Communication (HSDC) services was launched to bolster software exports, spearheading last-mile connectivity. This enabled companies implement software on their international clients’ computers from India.
Software Technology Park (STP) was established at Bengaluru, Pune and Bhubaneswar to promote software exports, a pioneering step to realise the potential of global IT opportunities.
Formative years of Indian IT industry noticed a slew of policy measures including New Computer Policy, New Electronic Policy & Software Policy to promote software development & exports.
The 1st Railway reservation through computerization was a visible outcome. Understanding the importance of software exports for the growth of the economy, RBI delegated the evaluation of software exports to DoE.
