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I just got off the Reliance Communications conference call and would like to share some of the key points from the same. They have announced real good results for FY2008, though with a caveat on Debt and others [See the balance sheet, I hardly know accounts] Mr. Anil Ambani said,Continue Reading
It is reliably learnt from various analysts that India’s leading mobile service provider, Bharti Airtel is likely to bid for MTN South Africa. Bharti’s management recently stated that Bharti’s business model could be replicated in other emerging markets and it may opt to go for oversees acquisitions. Bharti Airtel’s modelContinue Reading
Being a Google’s AdSense publisher for over a year and closely tracking this network, I am of the opinion that good quality user generated content [UGC] generates high revenue. Social Network have atleast 35% quality UGC inventory and hence can cash-in on this. Hence, we conducted an agile study onContinue Reading
The Silicon Valley of South Asia, Bangalore is under hectic political activity to elect a new government. If you have read newspapers that politicians are going for a door to door campaign through mid-night [24/7 working class], one of the candidates chose to target viewers of the IPL Twenty-20 cricketContinue Reading
GSM mobile operations constitute ~67% of India’s wireless market. Bharti Airtel continued to rock in the GSM space at the cost of BSNL increasing its market share to 32% [30.63% in 2007] at the end of March 2008. Vodafone India has thrown BSNL to the third spot [See March –Continue Reading
A year after then IT Minister, Mr. Maran declared 2007 as the year of broadband, BSNL DataOne and Bharti Airtel have quietly launched a tariff war and are ready to serve customers’ higher bandwidth needs. It was BSNL DataOne which announced the launch of 512Kbps unlimited data transfer plan atContinue Reading
TRAI just a while ago has released recommendations on implementing mobile number portability [MNP] in India which is already running late by just 2 years 🙂 TRAI is supporting implementation on PAN-India basis but starting from metros. TRAI has recommended to setup a neutral third party MNP Clearing house andContinue Reading
After perusing through various documents and reports I have found that India currently has around 60MHz of 3G spectrum of which 30MHz will be made available for 3G services. Spectrum available in 1920-1980MHz paired with 2110-2170MHz. This means 5 operators are likely to be accommodated for 3G services as oneContinue Reading
Skenzo – a leading provider of technology, in the traffic monetization business, has raised undisclosed significant funding parting a very small stake. Skenzo is Directi Business Unit / Subsidiary. Skenzo was the fastest growing domain parking company worldwide for 2006 & 2007. They also claim that they are globally numberContinue Reading
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