Telecom Tuesday: 4G Talks, BSNL Enterprise Unit , Mobile Entertainment and More…

by Ankit Agarwal on February 9, 2010

TRAI To Start The Process For 4G
You have to give it to the telecom regulator TRAI for its ability to make headlines day in and day out.The 3G spectrum allocation is yet to materialize and is continuously getting delayed.Yes, the government is playing its true self too by poking its nose, but could someone tell [...]

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Internet nominated for Nobel Peace Prize !

Internet-for-peace

Now this is definitely a first – Internet has been nominated for Nobel Peace prize for 2010. I am not sure how should I react to this particular news because in my over 10 years of being on Internet I have seen many things  – Peace is something I have come across rarely though !
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Media Monday: Television to Stay, Mobile TV to grow and Cable Industry is still going strong

Online videos can’t replace subscription based TV

Those who are hoping that online television video services can replace Television, need to rethink. A recent survey in US tells that less than six million US households would consider canceling pay-TV service in favour of online video. That means only less than 8% of the Broadband owing households [...]

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Apple iPad Verdict – Consumers DONT want to buy it !

Apple-Ipad-tablet-before-after-study

Many declared that iPad would be a big failure, and it seems they were right on the money. iPad seems to have lost the buzz in very short period of time, and not only that, many are not at all interested in buying it – either now or in the future.
Are you interested in buying [...]

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Golden Temple To Start Online Donations – Going Mainstream?

It really struck me at the first time, but then when the whole world is online and e-commerce is entering our homes, what stops donations  going online too. Yes, we are talking about temple donations which to my knowledge amounts to a lot of money.
The devotees of the Golden Temple Of Amritsar can now make [...]

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Weekly Round-up

Here is a quick round-up of some of the buzzing posts for Last week.
Business

Mahindra Satyam Turnaround- The Phoenix That Rose From The Ashes Story
Future of India
Top 50 Business Schools in India: Career360 ranking
71% of Indian companies currently hiring – One of the highest in the world
Is the Rupee exchange rate inversely proportional to Stock market
Car [...]

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Regulatory Approvals Continue To Haunt Ranbaxy

Indian healthcare companies have been seeing a lot of traction both in terms of international reach and increasing revenues.Indian companies have been making good revenues through the sale of generics across the globe and most of the biotech firms have been increasing their R&D investment.
We recently had an article on the Indian Health Care sector [...]

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Finance Friday: India Growth, Stock Markets, SEBI Regulations & more..

India Growth Story Is Still On Track, says IMF
Even with a back breaking food inflation and policy tightening from the government, the India long term growth story is still very much on the right track.The International Monetary Fund (IMF). Betting on the strong fundamentals of the Indian economy, the IMF expects Indian economy to grow [...]

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India Shining, All Over Again?

India Shining

You may ask, did we ever stop growing that we have to talk about ‘India Shining’?

No! Nothing has changed and we are on the 7 to 9% GDP growth trajectory since the last decade and will continue to do so as many experts and media have been talking about. However, due to the [...]

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We are stuck! Next wave of revolution should come from Media?

Don’t you think our country is at a very critical stage these days? Don’t you think it’s confused? On one hand it’s A.R. Rahman who is winning accolades across the world and we are happy that finally our artists are accepted across boundaries. On the other we had a shocker at IPL where no player [...]

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Gartner Predictions On Enterprise and Social Media Marriage

I sometimes wonder if Online is going to become synonymous with Social Media in times to come.Everyone is talking about it at length,there are new start-ups emerging from everywhere which seemingly help you tap the social media platform and convert it into increasing business.The B2C segment has seemingly made good progress in leveraging Social Media [...]

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Kingfisher Xpress Cargo – Same Day Delivery Guaranteed– Too Good to be True ?

Kingfisher Xpress

You are not going to believe this! Can you imagine a door-to-door courier service that delivers within the same day (not 24 hours), not next day, but the same day across 20 cities in India? What’s more, it comes with a money back guarantee!
Potential Market
I am not sure how profitable will this service be [...]

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A Job Portal For Aspirants With Disabilities, courtesy Nasscom

Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies) is going to launch a dedicated job portal that will facilitate recruitment for persons with disability by creating a repository of applicants, available skill-sets and potential recruiters.
This is one of the first initiatives that Nasscom has taken after the formation of Nasscom’s disability advisory group (DAG). In [...]

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Telecom Tuesday: 3G Delay, Telecom Subscriber growth, Industry consolidation and more…

3G_Auction-delay

Wow ! Lot has been happening around Indian Telecom Industry and last week was no different. Many of our readers have complained that we are covering mostly Telecom and Technology – But we cant stay away from it – It just keeps buzzing all the time !
Here is a Telecom Round-up for past week.
3G Auction [...]

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Mahindra Satyam Turnaround- The Phoenix That Rose From The Ashes Story

Satyam Computer Services has probably been the buzzword of the year gone by, albeit for unfortunate reasons. Satyam was one of the top most IT services company and shouldered the industry veterans like Infosys and Wipro. Who would have known what was cooking behind the glamorous walls and the highly profitable balance sheets.
Evidently Satyam was [...]

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