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Google’s Orkut is currently the number one social networking site in India. Who said so ? I am looking at the Alexa rankings for India and it ranks even higher than Google.Co.In 🙂 The Social Networking wave is now moving towards east and MTV’s Meet or Delete, a show toContinue Reading

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Arzoo.Com, name sounds familiar ? Yes if you are a Dot Comer. It was a company started by Hotmail founder, Sabeer Bhatia to provide companies  around the globe access to technology experts who would offer real-time assistance in solving complex problems. Soon after the Dot Com bust, the company shutdown. Nostalgic remains ofContinue Reading

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Chances are you are a reader from outside India and maybe planning to visit India. Now this time you need not activate romaing on your mobile but instead Rent a SIM or Mobile or Both with Clay. Clay provides cellular phones by the day, week, month or year for use in overContinue Reading

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India is probably the first country where Internet adoption and growth rates have been slower than mobile phones. IAMAI and comScore data deviated widely for the user numbers in India. However, lets go with IAMAI figures, i.e 37 Million internet users at the end of Sept-2006. Here are some interesting numbers from a recent equity research reportContinue Reading

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The emerging economy of India has created a new market which barely existed – Internet Advertising. A technical research was conducted on Search Engine Marketing by IAMAI and PinStorm – The Search Engine Marketing Firm, the first of its kind anywhere in the world. The report “estimates” the market size,Continue Reading

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TRAI today released its recommendations (PDF) for 3G spectrum allocation in India. The allocation and also the waiting list, if any of telecom service operators should be determined through a process of auction. Only licensed telecom service operators will have the eligibility for participation (Zee which had sought 3G spectrumContinue 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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Business Today is one of the leading publishers of Business magazines in India from the house of India Today publications group. For some reason, I blindly don’t enter my credit card. The first thing I check is if the web-page accepting my credit card details is secure or not. InContinue Reading

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The retail segment of the fastest growing Mobile market in the world has touched USD 16 Billion(Rs75,000 Crores) and rising 20% YoY. What does Mobile retailing include ? Mobile retailing is not just selling fancy handsets and accessories. The big chunk of it is selling pre-paid currency. Approximately 80% of theContinue Reading