Hindu Gods bitten by telecom revolution in India

January 26th, 2008

Yesterday I was reading about Bill Clinton running for President in 2008. The banner on that page was..hmm..you decide - funny/ok/offending/tasteless.

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Has blogging arrived in India?

January 15th, 2008

I was notified by Kamla Bhatt about a program being aired on NDTV’s “We The People”, the topic was “Should Blogs Be Regulated?” [Video]. I made sure I saw the entire program but I must admit it was a total let down :-(

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CPC statistics are not a true reflection of performance

January 15th, 2008

I was reading “Why Call Centers & Live Chat Are Killing Paid Search Conversions” today. I agree with the contents of that blog post, it applies to India for sure.

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For a change Aussies are on the receiving end..

January 14th, 2008

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!

January 9th, 2008

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?

November 27th, 2007

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?

November 25th, 2007

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?

November 12th, 2007

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

November 7th, 2007

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!

October 30th, 2007

(Originally from flickr)

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