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The Telecom Engineering Centre [TEC] has released its report on efficient use of spectrum. The final recommendations are summarized [PDF] in this report. The report must have come as a shock to GSM operators. Brief analysis as follows, In Metro Circle of Delhi, GSM operators are required to have 4.8Continue Reading
eBay India is booking ads for its website. You can place an ad on home / categories / search results page. This is not eBay’s Adcontext nor contextual nor behavioral advertising, but the old model of booking display ads. The site boasts of 2.5 million unique users and 30 millionContinue Reading
Facebook founder, Mark is in conversation with John Battelle. It is a must watch for anybody who is into Web 2.0. Facebook is one of the fastest growing platforms attracting more than 100,000 developers worldwide.Continue Reading
Reliance Communications was the luckiest in this round of battle. DoT issued PAN India GSM license to RCom + HFCL + Shyam Tele. IT ministry also accepted the DoT’s guidelines for crossover of technology [GSM / CDMA]. Another blessing for Reliance communications is that the deal is effective in retrospectiveContinue Reading
Networks worldwide struggled for years to get a truly competing product to AdSense. Om says that Yahoo’s Panama and search marketing is gaining some traction but I am still skeptical about the completeness of Panama. Earlier, Yahoo bought 35% stake in Indian online advertiser – Tyroo. Looks like the rulesContinue Reading
The spa* from Rediff has increased 3 fold after the Do Not Call registry went live. Here is one that I received just a while ago, Let more people read your blog and post comments, post an ad on Rediff P4C classifieds – FREE for 13 weeks. Rediff wants toContinue Reading
India is likely to allow all players[domestic + foreign] to bid for 3G spectrum, if auctioned. There is just enough spectrum to accommodate 4 operators for every circle. It has always been said that BSNL will get a back door assured entry provided they match the bidder. So the restContinue Reading
Indian Wireless Subscriber numbers for the quarter ended Sept-30th are just in [exclude RCom for all purposes]. Net new additions has slowed down. GSM mobile operators added 5.6 m new users compared to 5.95 in Aug and 5.75 in July. India at the end of Sept-07 had 149 m GSMContinue Reading
We’ve always wondered how Google would monetize the Web’s most popular Video destination – YouTube, after the $1.6 bn buy out. Google has unveiled Video Ad Units for select publishers who can choose to play Videos on their sites and depending on the content, Google will display overlaid ads. The revenuesContinue Reading
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