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Anil Ambani managed Reliance Communications has bounced back and not only aims to be the leader in Indian market but also globally. Here is an insight into the business of Reliance Communications Ltd. Post split of the Reliance empire built by the controversial Polyester Prince, Dhirubhai Ambnai, Reliance Communications LtdContinue Reading

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IAMAI, released a report (I-Cube) on a study conducted by IAMI jointly with IMRB International. Excerpts from the report are as follows.   Indian metros have the highest percentage of active Internet users. Mumbai leading the pack with 2.6 Million active users. The share of internet users from smaller towns hasContinue Reading

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Anil Ambani controlled, Reliance Communications Ltd today announced at an analysts conference that it has bagged enterprise data business from the global internet majors Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Reliance will provide the GYM companies bandwidth connectivity and data managed services from India. It’s nice to see the convergence of global internet giants at Reliance dataContinue Reading

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In a recent study conducted by IAMAI, they have found out 38% of Indian internet users are heavy users and on an average spend 8.2 hours/week on the internet. That’s mere 1.17 hour/day. I would personally classify someone as a heavy user if they spend more than 3 hours onContinue Reading

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Disruptive technologies have always bled the Telcos all around the world. At the end of September-2006, India had mere 1.7 Million broadband subscribers and a whopping 120 Million Mobile Phone Subscribers. To correct this imbalance, TRAI has recommended a BWA policy[PDF] according to which any Telco can get an all India WiMax licenseContinue Reading

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Close on the heels of MTNL launching IPTV in Mumbai and Delhi, Zee TeleFilms Limited, group company DishTV India has signed up with Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific to beam Hollywood Movies on Demand to their customers in India. Buena Vista is the distribution arm of The Walt Disney Company. DishTV alreadyContinue Reading

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I have been covering the IPTV Hype in India since July. Questionnaire sent to IOL Broadband Limited(Partners for MTNL’s TriBand IPTV) and Bharti Airtel Limited were unanswered even after months of following up. Maybe they are not ready yet ? Cable TV guys who operated in a secured environment for over aContinue Reading

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Even though net telephony is legal in India from Jan-2006, their is still lot of il-legal termination of these calls on PSTN circuits /landphones without proper agreement and royalties. In a letter to the DoT, the Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) said: Internet telephony services can be offeredContinue Reading