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Convergence.In has a new identity, goBroadband. Though “Convergence” is the right word to describe this blog, its however a bit of overused word and 25% of them spelt it wrongly. I was inclined to change the punch line or tag line to “disruptive thinking” but decided to continue with “linking diversity” which represents Indianism. IContinue Reading

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Earlier I reporetd the popularity of mobile retailing in India. The story doesn’t end with MobileNxt, ConvergeM & M Bazaar or Essar Telecom. This time we have Mr. Vijay Singh a NOKIA dealer from Mahrashtra who has grown his business organically and had a choice to expand in assocation with NOKIA or venture on his own. VijayContinue Reading

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On one hand the GSM operators are lobbying hard for cheaper 3G entry. On th other hand, Reliance a CDMA operator which feels humiliated by Qualcomm’s indifferent treatment on tax issues has thrown its bid for 3G space in both GSM and CDMA. Enter, third player, the Cable TV OperatorsContinue Reading

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If you have read The Google Story then you will probably regret having not majored in Math 😉 Billions of dollars lying idle in your bank account and all of a sudden you think Wall Street is the place to be at. That’s exactly what Googler’s might have thought. IContinue Reading

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Earlier this year, I had reporetd on the unique business model adopted by Airtel for network expansion, upgradation and management – outsource the entire networking operation to GSM equipment manufacturer, Ericsson. Airtel has done it again. It has outsourced a Billion dollar(Rs4,600 crores) contract to Ericsson for the next 3Continue Reading

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TRAI and the telecom ministry together had put a hefty demand of $2Billion for all India 3G license. COAI represnting the GSM assoication have offered just Rs300 crores($66 Million) for all India 3G license. Recall that the government wanetd to price the 3G spectrum on the European model of TelecomContinue Reading

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TRAI has directed all the mobile service operators to cut premium SMS rates. What is a premium SMS anyway ? SMS sent to TV contests, or Win a civic with your lowest unique bid on Airtel network etc are all categorized as premium SMSs. They typically cost between Rs5 throughContinue Reading