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I normally don’t write about outsourcing or management. Being Diwali weekend, and for some reason  didn’t enjoy the fireworks, I decided to peruse through my ACM journal archive and hence this posting. [Unrelated to Broadband or Telecom] In October-2006 Issue of Communications of the ACM[Oct issue not yet available online], I read an article, “TechnologyContinue Reading

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Spice Telecom started its operations in the states of Karnataka and Punjab in 1997; One of the first companies to get licenses and begin operations. Spice has done well in Punjab but gets a C Minus for its performance in Karnataka. In Karnataka it has mere 500,000 subscribers in 9Continue Reading

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Indians are embracing SMS more than ever and probably more than any other country in the world ? Here are some of the applications of SMS I have come across in India, excluding jokes and other routine ones.. Feel free to add any other application or services making use of SMSContinue 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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ET reports that Egyptian Telecom giant, Orascom Telecom Holdings is in talks with Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (HTIL) to take control of HTIL. Late last year, Orascom bought 19.3% stake in HTIL, giving it an indirect stake of 10% in Hutchison India and a board reprsesntation as well. This move byContinue Reading

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Targetted social networking is getting hotter in the cyber space. To cash in on this boom, Dan Kerzner an American techie has moved to India to found Trendylicious. What Trendylicious does ? Trendylicious sends out e-mails to its subscribers updating them of the latest Trends in Lifestyle, Fashion, Shopping and Entertainment. Currently theContinue Reading

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I had a chance to correspond with founders of burrp! a platform established with the goal to build highly localized online communities around local businesses and events. They have acquired the most comprehensive database of lifestyle-related local businesses in the country and their aim is to provide people a platform toContinue 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