“Content is King” was a phrase popularized by Bill Gates former Chairman & Chief Software Architect of Microsoft Corp. However, changing tastes of a billion citizens has led to the rise of local content becoming more important than ever. India trials its neighbor China in the Internet Revolution by atContinue Reading

Changes in the telecom and internet market, including significant competitive and regulatory pressures, are driving business and IT transformation within network service providers worldwide. To overcome these challenges, operators are steering their businesses towards multi-sided, cross industry collaborative models, wherein service providers equipped with the relevant infrastructure and delivery capabilitiesContinue Reading

Tencent recently added VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) to its standalone Weixin address book app “Weixin Dianhuaben“. This service enables users to make free calls (not including data traffic costs charged by the carrier) when connected to the internet (Wi-Fi or cellular data). The new product claims to support highContinue Reading

One thing I love about Google is they don’t do things traditionally and their Out of the Box thinking and implementation leads to Disruption in the market and eventually leads to innovation. Though Google didn’t go all out to commercialize Software Defined Networking [SDN] but they were the first onesContinue Reading

It comes as a Surprise that Reliance Jio Infocomm has chosen Airtel over Reliance Globalcomm [erstwhile Flag Telecom, acquired by Mukesh Ambani for just $200Mn] to route international data traffic via i2i submarine cable that connects India and Singapore. i2i connects India to Singapore and is wholly owned by Bharti.Continue Reading

Intel sprung a surprise as it announced the next-gen tablet platform, Bay Trail, supporting Android and Windows 8.The road map of Bay Trail appears to be more aggressive than previously planned and expected to be launched in lats 2013. The new platform features quad core processors built on 22nm process.Continue Reading