BG Mahesh | Mahesh | mahesh.com » broadband http://www.mahesh.com Internet in India Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:57:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 India amongst top countries in terms of Internet users http://www.mahesh.com/2010/07/30/india-amongst-top-countries-in-terms-of-internet-users http://www.mahesh.com/2010/07/30/india-amongst-top-countries-in-terms-of-internet-users#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:40:54 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=1410 According to The top 20 countries on the Internet,

  • There are a total of 1.8 billion Internet users in the world.
  • There are 32 countries with more than 10 million Internet users.

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2010/07/30/india-amongst-top-countries-in-terms-of-internet-users/feed 0 PC sales in India up by 18% in 2009, but what about broadband? http://www.mahesh.com/2010/07/30/pc-sales-in-india-up-by-18-in-2009-but-what-about-broadband http://www.mahesh.com/2010/07/30/pc-sales-in-india-up-by-18-in-2009-but-what-about-broadband#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:13:27 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=1408 I had written a similar article earlier comparing the Oct-Dec 2009 quarter. The performance report for April 2009 – March 10,

  • 8 million PCs (desktops, notebooks, netbooks) were sold during 2009-10, 18% higher than the previous year

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2010/07/30/pc-sales-in-india-up-by-18-in-2009-but-what-about-broadband/feed 0 Obama to free up 500 Mhz spectrum for wireless internet http://www.mahesh.com/2010/06/30/obama-to-free-up-500-mhz-spectrum-for-wireless-internet http://www.mahesh.com/2010/06/30/obama-to-free-up-500-mhz-spectrum-for-wireless-internet#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:49:07 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=1388 According to the press release from White House, Presidential Memorandum: Unleashing the Wireless Broadband Revolution, President Obama has signed a memorandum in support of freeing up 500 MHz of spectrum for mobile broadband services.

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2010/06/30/obama-to-free-up-500-mhz-spectrum-for-wireless-internet/feed 0 Get ready for surge in internet user base: Wireless Broadband http://www.mahesh.com/2010/06/14/get-ready-for-surge-in-internet-user-base-wireless-broadband http://www.mahesh.com/2010/06/14/get-ready-for-surge-in-internet-user-base-wireless-broadband#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:00:20 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=1368 Indian has currently 9 million broadband subscribers. Currently only 8 people in 1,000 have broadband access in India. Pathetically low penetration. Will wireless broadband change this? I think it will.

The Indian government has mopped Rs 38,543.31 crore ($8.25 billion) from Broadband Wireless Access (BWA).

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2010/06/14/get-ready-for-surge-in-internet-user-base-wireless-broadband/feed 0 Small Towns in India: Food for thought http://www.mahesh.com/2010/05/26/small-towns-in-india-food-for-thought http://www.mahesh.com/2010/05/26/small-towns-in-india-food-for-thought#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 07:51:00 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=1340 Read an interesting article in ET “Small Towns, Big Appetite“, every business in India is looking at Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities to expand their business. MNCs were just not able to stay away from India and now they cannot afford to stay away from small towns of India.

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2010/05/26/small-towns-in-india-food-for-thought/feed 0 PC sales in India up by 26% in Q3, but what about broadband? http://www.mahesh.com/2010/02/22/pc-sales-in-india-up-by-26-in-q3-but-what-about-broadband http://www.mahesh.com/2010/02/22/pc-sales-in-india-up-by-26-in-q3-but-what-about-broadband#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:48:19 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=1276 Some encouraging numbers of PC sales in India for Oct-Dec 2009 quarter,

  • 25.7% yearly growth in PC sales (compared to Oct-Dec 2008)
  • HP (16.2%) leads the race, followed by Dell (13.6%) and Acer (10.4%)

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2010/02/22/pc-sales-in-india-up-by-26-in-q3-but-what-about-broadband/feed 1 Can the government push languages on the net? No! http://www.mahesh.com/2009/06/26/can-the-government-push-languages-on-the-net-no http://www.mahesh.com/2009/06/26/can-the-government-push-languages-on-the-net-no#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:27:41 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=1036 India’s premier industry body Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has submitted their recommendations to the Telecom Minister. More about this can be read on Medianama. I was surprised to see a note about languages,

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2009/06/26/can-the-government-push-languages-on-the-net-no/feed 0 Elections: New Mantra – Roti, Kapda, Makaan aur Broadband http://www.mahesh.com/2009/03/26/elections-new-mantra-roti-kapda-makaan-aur-broadband http://www.mahesh.com/2009/03/26/elections-new-mantra-roti-kapda-makaan-aur-broadband#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:49:07 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=685 It is that time of the year in India – it is legal for every political party to make false promises. General Election 2009 is heating up. Political parties have started releasing their manifesto.

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2009/03/26/elections-new-mantra-roti-kapda-makaan-aur-broadband/feed 2 Election Promises: Broadband for all at Rs 200 http://www.mahesh.com/2009/03/15/election-promises-broadband-for-all-at-rs-200 http://www.mahesh.com/2009/03/15/election-promises-broadband-for-all-at-rs-200#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:36:09 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=624 We all have grown up hearing promises of “Rs 2 per Kg of rice” type goodies. Not sure how much of it gets implemented as you often see TV reports which show tons of wheat rotting with the govt :-(

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]]> http://www.mahesh.com/2009/03/15/election-promises-broadband-for-all-at-rs-200/feed 1 US Approves a whopping $6 Billion Broadband Plan http://www.mahesh.com/2009/01/24/us-approves-a-whopping-6-billion-broadband-plan http://www.mahesh.com/2009/01/24/us-approves-a-whopping-6-billion-broadband-plan#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:52:33 +0000 bgmahesh http://www.mahesh.com/?p=417 The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday approved a $6 billion broadband plan that would provide grants to shore up the country’s broadband infrastructure. This is part of the $825 billion economic stimulus package.

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