Internet Penetration in India: Wireless broadband will help, but where is the power?

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

One of the most whinned topic in the Internet industry in India is its 'penetration'. I have mentioned in several posts of my blog that many localities in Bangalore don't have wired broadband service. The service of USB data cards are just about ok, I use it only if I ...

Tier-II cities overtake cities in net usage

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Today's DNA (Nov 22, 2009) carried an interesting article "Towns overtake cities in net usage". Few interesting findings,

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,

India needs a Minister For Internet

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

The most common 'grouse' you hear from VCs or internet entrepreneurs is - when will the govt push for internet penetration?

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,