For a change Aussies are on the receiving end..

The Sydney Test match has been (un)eventful. Unfortunately for the Aussies in this TV age everyone could see how unfair they were and also the umpiring. To beat it all the third umpire was also blind. Was it necessary for the Umpires to be as desperate as Ricky “Integrity” Ponting to make sure Aussies won the 16th Test in a row? Aussies might have won the game anyway but what was the need to cheat in broad daylight?

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Mint - it is refreshing!

Bangaloreans recently got yet another newspaper - Mint. I must say it is refreshing. The size of the newspaper is good and thankfully it has a white background. The newspaper is unbiased and you don’t get the feeling of article s being ’sponsored’ by the corporate world.

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What is 3G? Does India need it?

Current WAP speed in India is nothing great but it has improved. I understand from my friends who are experts in telecom that you cannot improve the speed performance of WAP any further on a GSM network (which is 2G). I am told only 3G can improve things. So what is 3G?

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What does allocation of spectrum for telcos really mean?

These days you read a lot about telcos having a war with the Government about allocation of spectrum. So what does it actually mean?

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Will the Mobile replace the PC in India?

India is in the midst of a mobile revolution. Every month India signs up 8.5 million new mobile users. No wonder all foreign telcos are drooling.

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IPTV in India

IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) delivers television programming to households via a broadband connection using Internet protocols. It is in digital format, hence all analog TVs require a IPTV set-top box. IPTV is typically bundled with other services like Video on Demand (VOD), voice over IP (VOIP) or digital phone, and Web access, collectively referred to as Triple Play.

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Google…oh God!

(Originally from flickr)

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WiMAX in India

I recently read about Bangalore becoming the first WiMAX enabled city in India. Exciting news? I guess so. These days you read so many jargons and people get all excited about these jargons even without knowing what it is about. What about me? I have to admit I know very little about WiMAX and I was asked by our Kannada editor Sham to examine what WiMAX was all about. I don’t want to get very technical (”it is based on IEEE 802.16″) because I really don’t understand it and I don’t think it makes a difference to me. On the other hand I think it is important to understand how it makes a difference to an end user. Read the rest of this entry »

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Smaller towns and languages are important in the Indian internet space

 Today’s article in Times Of India mentioned about smaller towns in India are fueling the growth of Internet in India. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ever hit the “Reply-All” button accidentally before ;-) ?

I doubt if anyone can claim they have never committed the crime of hitting the Reply-All button Atleast I have but luckily it hasn’t caused any damage. Read an interesting article on B.L. Ochman’s blog about such an incident.

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