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by Pranav Agarwal
Facebook vs Orkut. Which one of these do you have an account in? Chances are, both. Orkut was an early entrant into the Indian Social Networking Scenario. Facebook, which arrived much later, however seems to grabbed quite some attention. Though both were launched at the same time, Facebook was initially not very popular in [...]

AOL has officially launched Bebo the social networking site for India today. Bebo launches with a content tie up with newly launched Turner Broadcasting-owned Hindi entertainment channel Real. The Real TV Show Sarkaar ki duniya is currently  be showcased via the Bebo Platform.

Part of Global Expansion Strategy
AOL acquired Bebo last year for a hefty 850 [...]

It is quite evident in all the recent actions of TRAI,the pace at which the actions for 3G auction are going, the way MNP implementation is delayed for a long time, the usage of the available spectrum or even the latest TRAI’s move on restricting content ratios rather than trying to solve the root problem of very low actual throughput obtained by the broadband subscribers which resulted in FUP’s by all the ISP’s.

Sulekha a commerce search engine and classified site would soon become paid service, till now they are offering free classified but they shall continue to offer free classifieds as well (Check comments) for c2c segment and charging for only jobs and real estate segments in b2c segment.
The move would be fully implemented in 6 months [...]

According to the latest figures by TRAI, Indian telecom service providers added 15.41 million wireless users in January-09.
The total telecom subscriber base also exploded past 400 million mark in January end and giving a boost to India’s teledensity which now stands at 34.5%.
What’s really surprising is that this growth is even higher than the subscribers [...]

The Nielsen Company (formerly AC Nielsen), has launched its Nielsen Online’s services in India. The company is an independent measurement and analysis of online audiences, consumer behaviour and advertising firm. Nielsen Online will launch two of its services AdRelevance and Market Intelligence in India out of its 11 odd online research services.

Just saw this bit of news on Rediff that India has unveiled its much talked and blogged about $10 Laptop, and apparently the ministry of HRD has kept its promise with this price. After Ratan Tata laid claim to the cheapest car ever with the Nano last year India has its hands on the cheapest laptop if this story remains confirmed.

Indiabanao is an apolitical movement that aims to get the youth of India involved in public affairs debates and give them a platform. This is how we were introduced to IndiaBanao.org today. The initiative will go live on October 20 and in this post WATBlog takes a look at what the effort is all about.

Web Startup News
Mouthshut.com the website which is a platform and community for feedback and rantings as well as ratings for brands/products/services has now launched another platform for employee’s to express their anger or their love for their employers/companies. Mouthshut has launched a new platform - Employers.
According to mouthshut this new platform would provide:
1) Feedback to [...]

The India centric blog Mutiny.in is venturing into the print media space.
Mutiny.in, which started in 2006, prides itself as an Indian thought terminus - a platform to place one’s opinion, share experiences, and debate issues. A community blog that aims at discussing and addressing issues of social importance around politics, religion, science, media, technology, terrorism, [...]

Delhi based Educomp Solutions Ltd, who acquired a 51% stake in Learning.com for Rs. 105 Crores and acquired Singapore based Ask n Learn back in May 2008, have now announced that they have been handed a project to implement Computer Aided Education in the schools of Karnataka.

Karnataka’s Department State Education Research and Training (DSERT) have [...]

According to Hindu, BSNL has made its dial-up connection, NetOne, available for free. Such a move by BSNL spurred a thought in me. What if dial-up connections are actually made free in India? Will that see people making bee lines outside land line operators’ for new connections, all year round? How can an operator leverage on such a scenario. Let us try to analyze how life would be, in a world of free internet (dial-up, of course).

One can always trust the Department of Telecom to come up with the most radical of ideas and storm up conspiracies. Of course, it must be said that almost all the ideas, DoT has ever implemented, have benefitted the end user till sun dawn. And of course, they have done it again, their favorite theft of time, the 3G policy.

In a landmark decision, the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has decided to allow the foreign companies, interested in offering telecom services in India to bid for 3G license in India, without partnering with an Indian player, reports The Hindu.
However, the said company will have to partner with an Indian company before starting the operations, as [...]

Real estate major Unitech’s telecom arm, Unitech Wireless has just sold a 49% minority stake in the company to Telecom Italia, Italy’s largest telecom company.

Unitech Wireless has managed to win licenses to operate in all 22 circles in the country and were on the look out for partners. We’d reported about Norwegian telecom giant, Telenor, who was [...]