A recent report says, Every 200th Punjabi has a broadband connection. Punjab has 106,892 broadband connections. Punjab circle also ranks among the top five in the country in per capita mobile connections. Haryana minus Gurgaon and Faridabad has 40,212 broadband connections (as of Dec 31, 2007) Jammu & Kashmir has about 10,000 … [Read more] about Broadband density in India
Is the lack of Indian language content hindering the growth of Internet in India?
Last Friday (March 14, 2008) exchange4Media held a conclave in Bangalore. The theme was "Digital 2.0". Janakiraman Murugavel, founder & CEO, BharatMatrimony.com was the Keynote speaker [Presentation]. He spoke about "Will Digital be the next TV in India anytime soon". Few points he made were, At some point of time Internet advertising will … [Read more] about Is the lack of Indian language content hindering the growth of Internet in India?
National Anthem in Bangalore theatres
A while ago I had read about movie theatres in India being required to play the National Anthem before the show. As a child growing up I remember it being played "after" the show and doors were being opened only after the completion of the anthem (rightfully so). Today I visited Lido Theatre which recently reopened in its new avataar. For old … [Read more] about National Anthem in Bangalore theatres
Oneindia.in launches Indian language SMS alerts
The Indian mobile user base is growing at a very impressive rate. Few basics, All latest Handsets "manufactured for" India have atleast 2 local languages enabled Number of wireless subscribers has reached 217.14 million (Oct 2007) Number of wireless subscribers being added every month is around 8 million Opportunities in the Tier … [Read more] about Oneindia.in launches Indian language SMS alerts
Happy Republic Day..
While we were growing up as kids, I never recall we wishing each other "Happy Republic Day" or "Happy Independence Day". It is very good to see the euphoria of these two holidays. Since morning there have been so many emails wishing everyone a "Happy Republic Day". I received this email from my classmate Freddi, … [Read more] about Happy Republic Day..