Indian ISPs analyzed

May 14th, 2008

Some excerpts from a long and not very user-friendly (when it comes to navigation) article from Network World. The article doesn’t rate the ISPs in India as the title suggests but has analyzed their strong and weak points:

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Online stock trading in India: Few numbers

May 12th, 2008

Few interesting numbers from an article in Mint today: Read the rest of this entry »

Broadband density in India

March 24th, 2008

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Microsoft’s proposal undervalues us, says Yahoo

March 21st, 2008

For those who like to get into the details, check out what Yahoo has filed with the SEC [it can take a while to load, follow exhibit 99.2]. Few points in the document, Read the rest of this entry »

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Is the lack of Indian language on net hindering the growth of Internet in India?

March 16th, 2008

Last Friday (March 14, 2008) exchange4Media held a conclave in Bangalore. The theme was “Digital 2.0″.

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For Kannadigas only: What if Google and Ebay merged?

March 1st, 2008

These days you have been hearing about GooHoo, MicroHoo etc. But now a question for those who understand Kannada,

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Immigration - a touchy issue within India

February 18th, 2008

Immigration has been one of my favorite topics since early 1990s. Infact, I was the one who reserved ‘immigration.com‘ domainname and insisted on my friend Rajiv S Khanna to use it!

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Options: MicroHoo or GooHoo or Yahoo

February 4th, 2008

Few interesting links related to Microsoft’s offer to Yahoo,

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National Anthem in Bangalore theatres

February 3rd, 2008

A while ago I had read about movie theatres in India being required to play the National Anthem before the show. As a child growing up I remember it being played “after” the show and doors were being opened only after the completion of the anthem (rightfully so).

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Oneindia.in launches Indian language SMS alerts

January 30th, 2008

The Indian mobile user base is growing at a very impressive rate.

Few basics,

  • All latest Handsets “manufactured for” India have atleast 2 local languages enabled
  • Number of wireless subscribers has reached 217.14 million (Oct 2007)
  • Number of wireless subscribers being added every month is around 8 million
  • Opportunities in the Tier II cities are huge
  • Mobile VAS services estimated to touch USD 926 mn at the end of 2007 (SMS, Ringtones/CRBT, Voice VAS will continue to be the highest revenue generating services - TRAI) [link]

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