Indian IT sector which grew leaps and bounds of the Y2K bug is now stepping into the stage of metamorphosis where companies work to engineer an innovative product. To fuel innovation amongst the Indian geeks, techTribe backed by several well known VCs in the valley is born. A yearlong campaign calledContinue Reading

Earlier I had reported about Toll Free number incompatabilty in India. The situtation is heading towards a mess. Bharti-Airtel has started its own toll free series beginning with 1-800. For instance I can dial 1-800-102-2455 to use Airtel’s “Phone Pay” service(Pay your bill). If I dial the same number fromContinue Reading

CyberMedia India Online’s Voice & Data honoured Sunil Mittal, founder and CEO of Bharti-Airtel as the telecom man of the year for 2006. Bharti-Airtel is India’s numero uno mobile carrier. Bharti-Airtel also received the “Top Cellular Services Company” and “Top Fixed Phone Company” award. WOW! They beat long time and India’s favoriteContinue Reading

Dainik Jagran and Times Network might be the largest circulated dailies in India, but a new trend is emerging in the Indian Advertising market – Internet Advertising, much in line with the global markets. A 2004 McKinsey & Co report suggests that between 2000 and 2004, the US newspaper market lostContinue Reading

Anil Ambani controlled, Reliance Communications subsidiary Flag Telecom today connected India, Middle East and the Europe by Falcon. Falcon has an initial capacity of 90GigaBits which can be scaled to 2.5 TeraBits. Falcon will be further connected to the Flag Global Network which would now become the largest undersea cableContinue Reading

Finally, the Indian internet companies have got a dozen reasons to smile, but free cash flow is the one which makes them grin. Indian population seems to be a blessing in disguise for these companies as more people log on to the internet everyday. We are all aware of theContinue Reading

Convergence.In has a new identity, goBroadband. Though “Convergence” is the right word to describe this blog, its however a bit of overused word and 25% of them spelt it wrongly. I was inclined to change the punch line or tag line to “disruptive thinking” but decided to continue with “linking diversity” which represents Indianism. IContinue Reading