Indian operators first in the world ?
I should not hesitate to congratulate Hon’ble IT Minister, Dayanidhi Maran for clearing all the hurdles that are in the way of telecom growth story in India. He initiated, chaired and negotiated a meeting of the captains of the Indian Mobile industry asking them to share and efficiently use infrastructureContinue Reading
From e-learning to m-learning
The west is caught in converting traditional softwares like spreadsheet and wordprocessor into web enabled tools like Writely and Google spreadsheet. While in Pune, India, Kalzoom a startup which is aiding e-learning is moving up the value chain to also aid m-learning. Kalzoom has expertise in m-enabling the traditional e-LearningContinue Reading
Mobile operators pool resources to avoid congestion during crisis
During floods or other crisis like 7-11 of Mumbai, you should feel lucky if your mobile call has gone through. To avoid congestion in the event of such crisis, Airtel, Hutch and Idea have joined hands to make their network function as a single unit. No you should not beContinue Reading
Toll free number incompatibility is bad
We are talking of Telecom revolution in India and boasting about lowest rates in India. But everything is coming at some cost. Poor QoS and customer service, lack of security and incompatibility between operators. What ? Yes did you know that Toll Free calling is incompatible between telecom service providers.Continue Reading
Telcos and Cellcos in expansion mode
Looks like telcos and cellcos in India are in no mood to slowdown. Reliance Communication’s GSM arm, Reliance Telecom has announced to expand aggressively in 4,000 cities and towns. Reliance has also sought a license fees of Rs150 crores and Rs100 crores for 3G licenses for Metro circles(Delhi, Mumbai, ChennaiContinue Reading
Mobile retailing gets hotter in India
The concept of branding and retailing has caught every faction of the Indian consumer market. After Bangalore based Mobile NXT, Pantaloon quietly ventured setting up ConvergeM mobile retail chain under the brand name M Bazaar, M Port and Gen M. It is now Essar groups turn to enter cell retailing. Esaar TelecomContinue Reading
Tata Sky TV launched
The long awaited Tata Sky TV(Dish TV) will be soon available to you. Tata Sky is a 80:20 joint venture between Tata and Star TV. With majority of the Telcos opting for IPTV, Tata’s took the Dish TV path while Reliance communications is still in a fix. Tata Sky intends toContinue Reading
Blogger exposes Reuters. AOL releases search logs
Not too long ago I had written if we can trust the Indian newspapers. Jeez! We can’t trust Reuters as well. Reuters admited and pulled down doctored photograph of burning buildings in Beirut after a blogger exposed the same. What’s up with the media lately ? Are they losing outContinue Reading
Finance Minister favours entery fees for 3G licenses
Finance Ministry has favoured entry fees for autioning 3G licenses. The fees could be as high as Rs250 crores for each of the metros – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkatta. Each of the “Category A” states (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Mahrashtra, Gujarat and Tamilnadu) are likely to attract fees of Rs150Continue Reading