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Mysore Railway Station Goes Wi-Fi!
Indian Railways is gearing up the IT infrastructure of it’s facilities big-time. The Indian Railways Online Website is one of the most busiest websites in India and they have such a powerful architecture that you will hardly see a downtime in the Online Services. From Web World, Indian Railways has now stepped into some real [...]
BSNL Assures Numerous Broadband Kiosks In Remote Areas – Will This Dream Come True?
BSNL to set up 30,000 broadband kiosks in the coming two years, should be one big news from the rural internet penetration perspective. And it is, since franchisees would be doing this job for BSNL in some of the most remote areas of India which will not only enhance internet connectivity but also help the [...]
Broadband Internet A Legal Right In Finland – When Will India Have One?
(With inputs by Abhishek Kapoor)
In the era of stringent Tweeting bans compared to performance drug tests, this news will not come as a shock to many. An unshakable belief in something without need for a proof or evidence could be the importance of internet in each one’s life today. With India working up their internet [...]
Broadband Internet: Where Does Karnataka Stand? – A Report
The recession might have bottomed out, but the cost cutting measures of the companies are still in place. Video conference and webinars have replaced the in person communication. In such a scenario, the most important resource becomes the high speed internet. So, how does the software hub of the east measure up to the world?
The [...]
TRAI Says, “Minimum Broadband Speed = 2 MBPS”
Inaccessibility to fast internet is probably the greatest problem faced by Indians. Cheap, easily accessible, fast Internet connections are a rarity in India. An associate of mine was boasting how he had downloaded around 200 GB in 4 days, all due to Wi-Fi and a dedicated internet connection of 16Mbps. This was in the USA. [...]
Over 100 Million Rural Mobile Subscribers In India – Opportunity For MVAS
Mobiles in recent days are not just a symbol of urbanization. Its also a necessity today in rural India. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), there has been a rise of 18% in use of the mobiles by rural subscribers. Rising from 93.2 million users at the end of last year, India [...]
Airtel Launches 16MBPS DSL BroadBand – What About Tata Tele’s 100 MBPS Connection Then?
Bharti Airtel has introduced a 16 Mbps broadband connection which it claims is the fastest wireline broadband on DSL in the country. This service, powered by Airtel’s Carrier Ethernet Network, will be initially available in the cities of Delhi NCR, Chennai and Bangalore with phased roll-out to additional cities of Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai and Kolkata.
TRAI To Now Ensure Broadband Speeds At Your Home & Office
As reported earlier in January 2009, broadband subscriber base grew to 5.65 million, compared to 5.45 million a month earlier and recorded 74.12% growth during the last year.Not yet affected by recession broadband penetration is still growing though at a slower pace when compared to the stellar mobile subscriptions.
It is well known fact that Broadband [...]
ConnectedIndians.com – Finally a Collective Effort to Boost Internet Penetration in India
I read the ET today (well I do it everyday, but that’s not the point) and saw this piece of news as an ad along with the knowledge forum article. Intel has launched a campaign to boost Internet penetration in India called ConnectedIndians.com. The effort named of course at the idea of connecting a billion Indians. The initiative has the biggest stakeholder’s in the Indian telecom and computing industry as sponsors and perhaps might be ‘the’ initiative to get the Internet moving beyond the metros in India.
IOL Netcom to offer CDMA services in Mumbai and Delhi
IOL Netcom, who had so far become synonymous with broadband and IPTV services in Mumbai and Delhi with its tie-up with MTNL is now all set to enter as a player into the Indian telecom market. The company has entered into an agreement with state-owned telecom service provider MTNL, which has presence in the Mumbai [...]
MTNL Slashes Broadband Tariff in Delhi – Launches MTNL-TV
Mahanagar Telphone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigal Limited (BSNL) have come up with more aggressive pricing for their broadband offerings, starting from August 15, 2008. Yes, MTNL has cut its broadband charges by almost 50% in its bid to boost its user base in Delhi and NCR.
Qualcomm Plans To Offer 3G USB Ports For Rs.3500
The United States based makers of the CDMA platform, Qualcomm said that it plans to offer chips for 3G telecom services at ultra-low prices in India. The company plans to offer the Internet Access Device at Rs.8000 and a USB port-device priced at Rs.3500 for accessing high-speed wireless broadband Internet on PCs and laptops.
Budget Roundups – What Matters for the World of Technology
1st things 1st – 3 New IIT’s are being proposed (in Bihar, Rajasthan, and Andhra) and so are 16 central universities. A boost for India’s IT Human Capital Development. 300 new ITI’s have been proposed as well.
The Finance Minister also put forth the institution of national knowledge centers and has allocated Rs. 100 crore for the Information [...]
YouTube Videos Now On 3G Cell Phones
In one of my recent posts I had discussed about the IIT classes now on YouTube. This service could only be accessed through a laptop or your PC’s. YouTube videos can now be accessed on your mobile phones. The minimum requirement for the mobile phone to download the YouTube video is the feature of 3G.
What [...]
Indian Entrepreneurs Count Gold On The Social Networking Business Model!
Social Networking has taken up Indian entrepreneurs with awe. As web 2.0 sites like orkut are filled with loads and loads of profiles of Indian youngsters and others, Indian entrepreneurs are starting to count gold on the social networking business model. There are two instances where in Indian entrepreneurs have found gold.
The first instance [...]