Lot of things happened in India in the telecom sector – 2G scam, MNP (Mobile Number Portability), rise in smart phone usage, profits of telecom companies shrinking. For details see “Spectrum of troubles in 2011 for telecom industry“. The main table from the article has been captured here. Broadband has to be far bigger, I […]
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Small towns finally making its presence felt on India’s internet map
Diwali is being celebrated from October 25-27 in India. Wishing you all a Happy Diwali. Yesterday’s press release from IAMAI (in association with IMRB) about India’s internet penetration is very interesting. For those, like me, who live in Tier-1 cities “assume” that most of the metro population is on the net. Wrong. The findings from […]
Govt all set to cut off Bangalore from internet world
Last week “Bangalore Mirror” reported that illegal fibre cables would be cut off by Bangalore’s local govt body (BBMP). Of the 25,000-km optical fibre cable (OFC) network running under the ground, only 5,000 km is ‘authorised’ IT industry contributes 35% of the total revenue generated in Karnataka. BBMP is demanding Rs 120 rental per meter of […]
Will language support give the steroids for ecom growth in India?
Today’s article in Mint “Data indicates an e-commerce boom” talks about the good growth of ecom in India. The study was conducted by India’s leading market research firm JuxtConsult. Some notable points from the article are,
Internet Penetration in India: Wireless broadband will help, but where is the power?
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 have to, else prefer to […]