Archive for the ‘mobile’ Category

Bandwidth Usage: Fair usage policy

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Most 'unlimited' broadband plans today in India have incorporated 'fair usage limit'. Even though I have an unlimited data transfer on my Airtel broadband, the speed reduces to 256K the moment the usage crosses 10 GB. With a teenager at home hitting the 10 GB is not at all difficult, ...

My Mobile Interview: Scope of Indian language in VAS

Friday, April 1st, 2011

This was carried on My Mobile

Selling mobiles online to 2nd time buyers a challenge in India

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Mobile handset shops have sprung all across India. Most retail shops have started having a small counter for selling mobile handsets. Lately few ecom sites have started selling mobiles online. The rates on these sites are not cheaper than the retail shops. The discounts being offered online can be easily matched ...

India userbase: Internet 100m, Mobile internet 40m

Monday, March 14th, 2011

If any organization can give an accurate, or almost accurate, statistics of internet users in India, it has to be Google. Every PC & mobile internet user uses Google, they could surely even categorize the demography of internet users in India.

India mobile stats: Ranks 7th for multiple SIM, 2nd for prepaid

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

According to a report from Nielsen, prepaid mobiles are popular in emerging markets. India ranks 2nd only after Russia. Prepaid users are not known for being loyal to their mobile operators, they just terminate the connection if they find a better plan from another operator. But getting a connection in ...