Happy Independence Day!
India is celebrating its 61st Independence Day today. Wishing all of you a great 15th August. Jai Hind!
In our lifetime
An analysis by telecom regulator Trai on the success of lifetime validity schemes over six months revealed that in revenue proportion, lifetime schemes are no different from the general tariff plans offered by mobile operators.
“The big picture emerging from the analysis based on empirical data is that the scheme has been very popular. The scheme [...]
World Telecommunication Day
India along with 189 member countries of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will be observing the 39th World Telecommunication and Information Society Day today.
This year’s theme for the day is “Connecting the Young: The opportunities of ICT“.
Read “From Morse code to source download” for some historical background.
Mobile Phones Facilitate Romance in Modern India
Here are some interesting tidbits from a story on the doctoral research done by Carolyn Wei of the University of Washington.
“What Carolyn has done it take this really interesting element of youth culture
3G World Congress
I’m in Hong Kong attending the 3G World Congress this week. Mobile Pundit updates will be slow, and will catch up with Indian mobility developments over the weekend.
How to Save a Wet Mobile Phone
So what do you do if your mobile gets wet?
Here is what.
The Economist honors Sam Pitroda
Sam Pitroda, chairman of India’s National Knowledge Commission has been honored by the presitigious British weekly The Economist for pioneering India’s communications revolution.
“In 1987 Mr Pitroda was asked by Rajiv Gandhi, the Indian prime minister, to help democratise access to telecommunications. His response was to deploy instantly-recognisable yellow telephone kiosks in every town and [...]
Future of Internet in India linked to mobiles
Latest post on Technology Walla:
So what will it take to make the Internet an integral part of the digital life of the Indian consumer? Will the PC be the primary device of access to the Internet for Indians? Going by trends, the mobile phone is emerging as a strong contender to becoming the main Internet [...]
Hindi Chini bhai bhai
If Sino-Indian co-operation had taken off as intended during the 1950s, we would be reaping the benefits now. Imagine the advantage indigenous telecom manufacturing and services companies could have had with a combined market size that huge.
Putting competition and comparison between these two giants aside, here is another telecom stat worth noting.
According to a recent [...]
BlogCamping
I will be BlogCamping in Chennai over the weekend.
Will present on two topics:
360 degree view of the Indian BlogosphereWill share some experiences and stats from BlogStreet. Also launch the new version of BlogStreet.com
Mobile Blogging in the Indian contextBeta launch of our mobile media sharing tool Mofotu.
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