Directi’s Skenzo raises funding from Ashmore Group
Skenzo – a leading provider of technology, in the traffic monetization business, has raised undisclosed significant funding parting a very small stake. Skenzo is Directi Business Unit / Subsidiary. Skenzo was the fastest growing domain parking company worldwide for 2006 & 2007. They also claim that they are globally numberContinue Reading
Penalize Telcos or DoT / TRAI for failure of Do Not Call Registry ?
Am I Fu**ing insane asking to penalize the DoT / TRAI ? Well, you’ve read that right. The TRAI in its recommendation has proposed to fine the Telco carrying the unsolicited call. Telcos have no role to play as they are merely completing the call. [It is hard to believeContinue Reading
Is WiMax a Failure ? Tata Communications acknowledges shortcomings
At the international WiMax conference in Bangkok, Buzz Broadband CEO, Garth Freeman called the WiMax technology as a disaster that failed miserably and closed the networks. Mr. Freeman said, In other parts of the world, citywide Wi-Fi is losing steam, WiMAX may not work. The technology is mired in opportunisticContinue Reading
Tata Teleservices + Indicom + Communications – Bundle of Poor QoS & Liars
The Tata house which boats to be the oldest and one of the ethical business houses [unfortunately it is not] in India should be ashamed of its management at Tata Communications [erstwhile VSNL] , Tata Indicom and Tata Teleservices. You are already aware of the poor QoS its broadband divisionContinue Reading
GSM wireless subscriber base over 185 million in India
GSM party continues to rock in India as they collectively added 5.9 million subscribers in Feb-08 taking the total tally to 184.67 million [excludes Reliance Communications subscribers] Bharti Airtel continued to gain market share with addition of 2.3 mn subs. The company had an impressiveGSM net adds’ market share ofContinue Reading
Virgin Mobile + Tata Indicom force to issue MVNO licenses
Finally, the executives in the Tata boardroom have woken up and took a bold step to let UK’s Virgin Mobile operate on their CDMA network without waiting for any MVNO license from DoT 🙂 Tata Teleservices will benefit from the deal as their mobile network is currently underutilized. Exactly aContinue Reading
GSM spectrum priotity list – Ridiculous Government
According to DoT, Videocon’s Datacom is at the front of spectrum priority list. Yes, Idea Cellular, Swan by RCom are all trailing Datacom. [Yes this is how Indian Government works] In the chart above it is very clear that Datacom leads in 19 circles and Unitech in 12 circles atContinue Reading
Telcos oppose TRAI’s National Integrated Directory
TRAI had released a consultation paper seeking recommendation on setting up an all operator National Integrated Directory Enquiry Service. Leading Telcos have opposed the move citing it having disastrous environmental affects. Bharti Airtel said, Printing a telephone directory consumes enormous resources especially paper, which is extremely critical from environment’s perspectiveContinue Reading
Bharti Airtel’s Online Bill Pay Sucks
Bharti Airtel no doubt has good wireless service and better customer care, however, they have miserably failed to realize and embrace the power of Web. Their online bill pay is down for the past two days, at least whenever I have tried [customer care claims working intermittently]. Finally, after theContinue Reading