Broadband in India
Business Standard set fire the speculation that Google may bid for Wireless Broadband Access / WiMax Spectrum in India. The reason why Google is considering this bid is that it does not want to be an ISP for sure. Google is more concerned about delivering Data Services / Apps onContinue Reading
To bridge the digital / wired life divide, BSNL is planning a massive WiMax rural network. Affordable computing device – Nettop will be provided by HCL Infosystems powered by Intel’s Atom processor [ as a consumer, they’ll have no choice of Geode processor by AMD ]. This is not it,Continue Reading
Internet Services in India is still a small market – 2039.51 cr / USD430 mn in Q1-2009 [June-30]. Here is the break up under various offerings as published by TRAI. Dial-up is still in vogue – 138.52 cr 🙂 Leased Lines – 454.09 cr Broadband – 1221.06 cr VoIP whichContinue Reading
One the first of September-09, as soon as MTS revealed to me that they have deployed 1X Advanced CDMA Network, I first wrote on this blog that they are going to launch EVDO Based broadband very soon and then established communication with them, which was clarified the next day 🙂Continue Reading
State owned Telco – BSNL known for its consumer friendly plans has gone Evil [maybe under the influence of Private operators lobby who started the bandwidth cap] BSNL Dataone Broadband has introduced two new unlimited plans, designed much on the lines of Bharti Airtel’s new broadband plans and has goneContinue Reading
CII + IMRB along with industry partners conduct Connect200* conference every year. The theme this year – India 2009-2014: Broadband Roadmap for Inclusive Growth [Inclusive Growth, aha! reminds me of India is Shining LOL]. Chandrajit Banerjee of CII and Manoj Kohli of Bharti Airtel are the Chairpersons leading this CloudContinue Reading
If you have been regularly reading my posts on Internet and Broadband here, then I am sure you’d sense my bearish attitude towards Internet / Broadband growth [Hey!, don’t blame me, it was the Netas, Babus and CEOs who were unwilling to open their eyes towards broadband service] However, afterContinue Reading
Much has been talked about and written about how WiMax will get everybody connected online. However, the Shangri-La picture painted by WiMax lobbyists is far from the ground reality. Here are some facts about Reliance Communications’ WiMax operations across the world. Reliance Communications – RCom has multiple WiMax subsidiaries acrossContinue Reading
With increasing pressure in Wireless Voice segment, Telcos are now shifting their attention to data services starting with Broadband where ARPU / Month is ~4 times than Voice. I would like to do a status check on the available Wireless / Mobile broadband technologies in India and their adoption byContinue Reading
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