rural india

State run telecom firm BSNL will launch a major modernization drive pan-India; and a generous amount of Rs 2000 crore has been earmarked for the same. Interestingly, 3G network would be a major focus area, and almost 50-60% of the…

Saankhya Labs, an electronics and chipset manufacturer based in Bengaluru has developed a small postage stamp sized chip called ‘Pruthvi’; which has the potential to change rural India forever. Using White Space, this small chip can…

Last year, we had reported that SMS is dying a slow death in India, as collectively, we are sending only 2 SMSes per day, down from 9 per day in 2009. In the year 2013, telecom companies incurred losses worth $1.2 billion due to less…

Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB have reported that there will be 45 million, or 4.5 crore internet users in rural India by December 2012. Dr. Subho Ray, President of IAMAI believes that internet penetration of…

Large swathes of India continue to remain isolated from the rise of information technology and the accompanying economic boom, with the result that migration to urban areas is still considered to be one of the first steps towards success.…

Recently I stumbled upon a talk by Professor Anil Gupta on ted.com . He was talking about how to locate, identify and harness India’s innovative talent, residing deep inside India, far from the bustling cities. In absence of a strong…

Healthcare in India has improved drastically in the last few years. Sizeable private sector investment has boosted the hospital infrastructure in India and given the obvious cost advantages, Indian healthcare sector looks better than it was…

I have probably used every phrase in the dictionary to describe Indian Mobile growth over past few years. Over 15 Million new mobile users join the telecom bandwagon every month. There is every possibility that India may reach the 1 Billion…

The number of mobile subscribers in the country has reached 723 million as of last month. Over the next couple of years, the penetration of mobile services across the nation particularly in the rural areas is expected to increase manifold.…

Per Capita income of average Indian has been on the rise thanks to stellar performance of India’s Economy. We are seeing people move from villages to towns and from towns to cities. In a short span of little over a decade, Urban pie has…