What does India really need – broadband penetration or speed?

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Yesterday I read an interesting article in Mint (Nov 3, 2009) titled "Dialling up India's growth" - Cellphone, Internet aur growth should be the development slogan for India this century.  The article had few interesting statistics,

Can the government push languages on the net? No!

Friday, June 26th, 2009

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,

US Approves a whopping $6 Billion Broadband Plan

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

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.

Americans too find broadband expensive

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Looks like we have company, even Americans find broadband expensive! A report released by Pew Internet & American Life Project says,

For Media, Small-Town India is Rocking

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

A very interesting article written by Vanita Kohli-Khandekar about the potential of small towns in India. The article talks about the growth in advertising spend in small-town India. The advertising spend has increased for the simple reason - small-town is consuming media (print, internet, DTH).  Some highlights of the article,