We all have grown up hearing promises of “Rs 2 per Kg of rice” type goodies. Not sure how much of it gets implemented as you often see TV reports which show tons of wheat rotting with the govt 🙁 BJP is the first national party to have announced some “new goodies” in their IT […]
Broadband
US Approves a whopping $6 Billion Broadband Plan
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. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) would have two years to develop a map of broadband availability throughout the […]
Americans too find broadband expensive
Looks like we have company, even Americans find broadband expensive! A report released by Pew Internet & American Life Project says, The three policy goals associated with broadband in the Obama stimulus package: creating new jobs, creating new broadband subscribers, and improving the broadband experience for all subscribers through faster networks. About one-third of Americans […]
Internet userbase in Rural India on the rise
It is encouraging to learn from a research carried out by IMRB/I-Cube that the userbase in Rural India is increasing. The report doesn’t talk about how the rural India connects to the net but my guess is most of them in rural India access the internet using BSNL broadband. I recall reading a while ago […]
For Media, Small-Town India is Rocking
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, This story is not about […]