Reliance Infocomm eyes Middle East market.
Anil Ambani controlled Reliance Communications Ventures plans to provide broadband, interactive TV and media solutions in association with OCC – Orbit communnications of Bahrain in the Gulf. The solution is branded as RiTV(most probably an acronym for Reliance India TV) and will service the hospitality sector(all 5 star and 4Continue Reading
Quota protestors release ringtone.
Folks opposed to the government of India’s implementation of additional reservation based on caste and race have released a ringtone to create mass awareness and let others know about what they are going through. Ofcourse they are the cerative and innovative pillars for a better and brighter India who haveContinue Reading
Ratan Tata’s acqusition on subscriber number authenticty gets a blow.
ET & PTI report that TRAI chairman, Nripendra Misra has confirmed that the figuers of subscribers released by cellcos are authentic. Earlier Tata group chairman Ratan Tata had questioned the authenticity of subscriber numbers released by cellcos on which they are eligible for further spectrum according to TRAI and DoTContinue Reading
Indian mobile advertising market to grow leaps and bounds.
I am extraordinarily bullish on the Indian and Asian Mobile market in general. Lately, Indian Cellcos have been toying with the ideas of cashing in on its vast mobile subscriber base by offering more value added and innovative services. Mobile coupons, Location Specific Services, Mobile Portals, Advertising on mobiles byContinue Reading
Indian Bandwidth Prices to Crash ?
The International court of Arbitration today ruled in favour of Reliance Telecom, who owns and controls international carrier Flag Telecom. Flag Telecom’s landing station in India are under the control of Tata’s owned VSNL. VSNL refused to give access to Reliance Infocomm thus creating a monopoly to carry international traffic.Continue Reading
Google Mobile Targetting India and China
Timesonline is reporting that Google Mobile Labs is targetting the fastest growing Mobile marksts of the world, India and China. Earlier I had reporetd that the equation for Mobile 1.0 is not the same as Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 – East will rule the West 🙂 It is interestingContinue Reading
BSNL makes call cheaper to private networks
Hindustan Times is reporting that, BSNL is reducing the tariff for local calls originating from its network and terminating on private GSM or CDMA networks. BSNL subscribers who were paying Rs4.80 to talk for 3 minutes to a GSM or CDMA phone will now pay only Rs1.20 and ofcourse thisContinue Reading
On Mobile Number Portability – Insiders View
Earlier I had reported about mobile number portability in India. I happened to read an article by Alok Singh of CyberMedia published in their magazine Voice & Data April-05(Jeez I am so late, a procrastinator). Alok quotes that…With regards to MNP, the pertinent issue is why does it have toContinue Reading
COAI comes heavily on Tatas
COAI has strongly criticized Tata’s stand on the new spectrum policy to which Tatas had filed objections. It is very well known that Tatas first joined the IDEA consortium and then backed out of IDEA when the Ambanis lobbied with late Shri Pramod Mahajan for CDMA technology to join theContinue Reading