Airtel India to Guernsey Airtel
Bharti Airtel India’s best GSM service provider is all set to operate globally. Bharti bagged the 2G and 3G license in the channel island nation of Guernsey. Guernsey is roughly 78 Sq Kms in area and has a small population of just 66,000 people. Sure the deal won’t benefit theContinue Reading
Innovators connect at techTribe
Indian IT sector which grew leaps and bounds of the Y2K bug is now stepping into the stage of metamorphosis where companies work to engineer an innovative product. To fuel innovation amongst the Indian geeks, techTribe backed by several well known VCs in the valley is born. A yearlong campaign calledContinue Reading
Indian companies aspire to join “Emerging Asian Telecom” group.
The rate race to grab a slice of mobile, broadband, land line and long distance phone services in emerging economies of the world has gotten intense with Indian telcos joining the bandwagon. SingTel, Hutchison and Maxis are the pioneers of “Emerging Asian Telecom” group. We at goBroadband first coined the EmeregenceContinue Reading
Toll Free calling gets trickier and messy
Earlier I had reported about Toll Free number incompatabilty in India. The situtation is heading towards a mess. Bharti-Airtel has started its own toll free series beginning with 1-800. For instance I can dial 1-800-102-2455 to use Airtel’s “Phone Pay” service(Pay your bill). If I dial the same number fromContinue Reading
Sunil Mittal – Voice & Data Telecom Man of the Year 2006
CyberMedia India Online’s Voice & Data honoured Sunil Mittal, founder and CEO of Bharti-Airtel as the telecom man of the year for 2006. Bharti-Airtel is India’s numero uno mobile carrier. Bharti-Airtel also received the “Top Cellular Services Company” and “Top Fixed Phone Company” award. WOW! They beat long time and India’s favoriteContinue Reading
Investing time for VCs in Indian Mobile Retailers and Service Providers
MobileNXT, mobile retailer which started operations in April this year with initial funding of $5 Million is now planning to raise another $10 Million in Venture Capital funding. Mobile NXT CEO, Vijay Menon said that, At present, the firm’s exclusive outlets are located in Gurgaon, Mangalore, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, HubliContinue Reading
Indian Online Advertising Trends
Dainik Jagran and Times Network might be the largest circulated dailies in India, but a new trend is emerging in the Indian Advertising market – Internet Advertising, much in line with the global markets. A 2004 McKinsey & Co report suggests that between 2000 and 2004, the US newspaper market lostContinue Reading
Reliance Communications connects Middle East through FALCON
Anil Ambani controlled, Reliance Communications subsidiary Flag Telecom today connected India, Middle East and the Europe by Falcon. Falcon has an initial capacity of 90GigaBits which can be scaled to 2.5 TeraBits. Falcon will be further connected to the Flag Global Network which would now become the largest undersea cableContinue Reading
Cash flows into Indian Internet companies.
Finally, the Indian internet companies have got a dozen reasons to smile, but free cash flow is the one which makes them grin. Indian population seems to be a blessing in disguise for these companies as more people log on to the internet everyday. We are all aware of theContinue Reading