Internet in India
An interesting extract of the book “The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons From CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed,” in NY Times talks about the 5 important qualities of a good CEO, CEOs are curious Are confident in their ability to work through challenges Understand team dynamics Are concise when thinking and speaking … [Read more] about Do you have the qualities of a good CEO?
In general I feel we don't have easy access to useful data in India yet, especially for the internet segment. But we have come a long way though. Medianama, IMRB, BusinessWorld books have been doing an exception job in releasing research reports. The latest report from IMRB “Digital Divide to Digital Dividend” has an interesting summary of … [Read more] about Broadband statistics in India for 2010
The latest report from IMRB "Digital Divide to Digital Dividend" is about the increased broadband penetration in rural India. While many question terming 256K as "broadband", I personally am comfortable calling 256K as broadband internet in India. We can't compare ourselves with the western world where home users have 6 Mbps bandwidth at home. … [Read more] about Rural Internet usage on rise in India, will this help language usage?
Most 'unlimited' broadband plans today in India have incorporated 'fair usage limit'. Even though I have an unlimited data transfer on my Airtel broadband, the speed reduces to 256K the moment the usage crosses 10 GB. With a teenager at home hitting the 10 GB is not at all difficult, month on month! I received a promotional email from Airtel, … [Read more] about Bandwidth Usage: Fair usage policy
Bangalore Metro was supposed to have been inaugurated today, which is an auspicious day in Karnataka - Ugadi. I live very close to the upcoming Metro line, it didn't look ready for inauguration by any stretch of imagination. Metro has been approaching localities to hire people for various support jobs they have (cleaners, helpers etc). I … [Read more] about Bangalore Metro jobs – applications accepted only online