Unwired Bangalore to go Live
Every city is planning / deploying an ambitious Wi-Fix / WiMax project. Their was limited Wireless connectivity during BangaloreIT.In. However, this time, Bangalore has taken the lead yet again by going for a soft launch next week which will be extended further. M N Vidyashankar, IT Secretary, Government of Karnataka, saidContinue Reading
Google AdSense as a Web Service ?
I normally don’t write about AdSense but here is a thought and my 2 cents. I am not talking of Google AdSense APIs. What I want Google to do is go a step further than what is existing. Lets say I have 50,000 advertisers with good budget. However, I lack the technologyContinue Reading
Video Piracy Put to Rest in India ?
With the launch of Moser Baer Home Video, will Video Piracy in India be thing of past ? Delhi based Moser Baer Ltd which was in the production of CD / DVDs for the global market changed its direction when Ratul Puri got involved in day today managment of the company. MoserContinue Reading
Vodafone for Low Cost Handset and Tariff
Vodafone’s Sarin is betting on Low Cost Handset[ Lower than Rs 1,500 ?] and still lower Telecom tariffs. In 2-3 years, India will contribute the laregst number of subscribers to Vodafone Plc. He said, At this stage, all I can say is that (mobile handset) prices have room to go lowerContinue Reading
Weekend Update
Apart from ADC reduction, Pragati Maidan was the host to Convergence India 2007. Nikhil has an update here. BSNL introduced unlimited broadband for business. Nokia N95 will be launched in India by April-1st and the expected cost is Rs 42,000. Google Asia-Pacific Chief, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy speaks about her IndiaContinue Reading
Rock and mingle
Social networking startup, minglebox has been rocking for a while now. Few months ago it was iPod then last week it was free tickets to Iron Maiden concert and now Music! for all. This addition is significant mainly because the youth want entertainment. I guess this is in conformance with a report comScore e-mailed meContinue Reading
ISD calls to be Cheaper
TRAI just a while ago announced the reduction in ADC – Access Deficit Charges. TRAI is mainly relying on the growth of Incoming international calls for the reduction in ADC. The changes will be effective from April-1st and are as follows, No ADC on outgoing ILD calls. Current charges – Rs 0.80 /Continue Reading
Mobile Advertising in India by Customer Profiling
The GSM Association is planning a common mobile advertisng platform. What is a Common Platform ? It is a platform where all the GSM service providers[ Airtel, Voadafone, Aircel, Spice etc] will share their customers profile including monthly bills. For instance profile of all the customers whose average bill is greater than RsContinue Reading
Indian Telephone subscriber base crosses 200 Million
India’s Teledensity is now at a record 18.26% at the end of Feb-07. India now has 202.74 Million phone subscribers. India has 162 Million Wireless subscribers and mere 40.39 Million Wireline subscribers. The number of broadband connections have also increased to 2.21 Million.The Broadband Wireless Access Policy unveiled last September callsContinue Reading