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‘Some 22 Year Old Kid Will Revolutionize Internet In India’ – Ajit Balakrishnan – Rediff.com
Trust Ajit Balakrishnan of Rediff to be candid with his views and candid he was at the recently held IAMAI Digital Summit.
Ajit Balakrishnan said “The internet industry needs 22 year old Computer Science graduates who can create products that have inherent network effects. Products like twitter and facebook are there because of the network effects.”
He [...]
IAMAI’s 4th Indian Digital Summit – 50% Off on Registration and an Interesting Agenda for Startups to Take Note
IAMAI’s 4th Indian digital summit will happen on December 3rd and 4th at the Hotel Intercontinental The Lalit, Sahar Mumbai. We had earlier announced the event and gist of the agenda and speaker list. Now along with the entire agenda, we also have some interesting news for Startups to take note of. You can get a 50% off on Registration for the event if you’re a startup firm.
Events Update: 4th India Digital Summit
Every year IAMAI which is the Industry association that represents Internet and Mobile in India organizes the India Digital Summit. India Digital Summit is where the who’s who of the India Digital Media space gather to discuss and debate the future of the Industry.
This year the 4th Digital Summit shall be held at Hotel Intercontinental [...]
India’s Internet Penetration Grows By 17% In A Year – Comscore Study
The Indian Internet space suffers from statistics problem as different research agencies predict a different number of the total internet penetration in India. IGF statistics last year pegged it at 80 million Indian Internet users and then there was IAMAI which pegged it at 46 million way back in 2007 which got reduced to 39 [...]
Radical Changes Required For Financial Inclusion Through Mobile Phones – R.Chandrashekhar At IAMAI Symposium
Speaking at the IAMAI symposium on financial inclusion through mobile phones, R.chandrashekhar, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, said that radical changes are required for financial inclusion through mobile phones.
Some of the changes he pointed out were:
Removal of link with the need for a formal bank account, he pointed out that without this , the quantum [...]
Eventful Saturday Coming Up – StartupCity, Startup Saturday & Digital Convergence IAMAI
This saturday is turning out to be a very eventful one if you stay in Mumbai. This is because 3 events are lined up.. Here is a look at all three of them..
StartupCity – We had covered the last startup city that happened in bangalore and brought you the videos from there as well. Now [...]
2G to 3G, Possibilities, Pitfalls and Indic SMS Challenges @ IAMAI Mobile Conference
At the inaugural session at IAMAI conference on Mobile content and services, some of the questions the session tried to contemplate answers to are:
With the 3G spectrum auctions just around the corner, will there be massive push towards data and services as opposed to voice?
What is going to be regulatory environment?
Are MVAS [...]
Events Update: VAS Asia 2009, IAMAI “ICT for SMEs” & StartUp Saturday
In the next 5 days there are upcoming events. The events are around VAS, ICT for SME’s and for startups. Here are some updates on them :
10th July, 2009 – VAS Asia 2009, International Conference & Exhibition.
Venue – Le Meridien, New Delhi
Agenda – 0900 – 0945 hrs Registration
0945 – 1000 hrs Speed [...]
MVAS Players Define Code Of Conduct Policies
IAMAI has issued a diktat for the orderly movement of Mobile VAS players.The code of conduct agreement issued by IAMAI will help in scrutinizing mobile VAS players in times of mishaps and would help in providing more qualitative services to Subscribers and Telcos.
The code of conduct defines following regulations:
All members to abide by TRAI regulations [...]
ROI –Sole Determinant Of ICT Use Among SME’s: IAMAI Survey
Return on Investment is the sole determinant of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) use among Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises [MSME's] in India concludes a survey conducted by the Internet and Mobile Association of India [IAMAI] in association with eStatsIndia.com.
The survey was conducted among 1000 MSME’s,most of them IT savvy B2B suppliers in 8 cities [...]
Events Update: StartUp Saturday & Web Analytics Roundtable
In the next 10 days there are a couple of events that we shall be attending and we hope to see you as well. Here is an update on both of them.
11th April – Startup Saturday Mumbai – Entrepreneurship Skills Workshop
Time: 2.00 – 8.00 pm
Venue: FMB1, Next to Bistro,S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Munshi [...]
IAMAI Mobile Ad Conference – Opportunities In Mobile Advertising
The first panel at the IAMAI Mobile Ad conference held in mumbai on the 16th of January was Opportunities in Mobile Advertising in India. The panelists for this session included:
Moderator: Abdul Khan, Vice President & Head Marketing, Tata Teleservices
Panelists:
Sanjay Tripathy, Executive Vice President & Head Marketing, HDFC Standard Life
Jai Maroo, Director, Shemaroo Entertainment
Vibhas Mehta, Business [...]
Rural India Has 3.3 Million ‘Active’ Users – Can Vernacular Content Drive This Number Higher?
IAMAI And IMRB have come up with a release on the number of active rural internet users. The number as of March 08 is pegged at 3.3 million active internet users in rural India. The total number of Internet users that have accessed the internet atleast once is pegged at about 5.5 million.
According to the [...]
Pay For Performance Marketing – A Curse Or A Boon For Digital Media?
We were at the Pay For Performance panel yesterday held at Sunville Rooms Worli, Mumbai by IAMAI and Pinstorm. The discussion was an interesting one but for me certain key issues were highlighted during the discussion which threw light on what could possibly be the future of Digital Marketing in India.
Insight 1- When you say [...]
Event Update: Marketing Through Recession – IAMAI Pay For Performance Panel Today
Today IAMAI is organizing a panel discussion on Pay for performance marketing which looks at the ways in which marketing can prosper through recessions.
This panel will consist of Pradeep Shrivastava of Idea Cellular, Ronita Mitra of ICICI, Rajiv Prabhakar of Sharekhan, Debadutta Upadhyaya of Yahoo and Lynn de Souza of Lintas and moderated by Mahesh [...]