eBay Releases The Findings Of Census 2011

One of the biggest revelation of the census this year unveiled the eBay Census Guide 2011 at Mumbai has regained its position as India’s second largest eCommerce hub. Mr. Kashyap Vadapalli, Director-Category...
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TNS-Movirtu Study Reveals The Potential Of Mobile Technology As A Change – Agent

The potential of rural India in terms of being a market for mobile technology and the benefits of the same to the rural poor has been highlighted earlier on this blog. Recently, one of the leading research...
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National Policy On IT Puts Emphasis On Increasing Connectivity In Rural India

The Indian government seems to have finally woken up from its slumber and taking a serious step towards correcting India’s dismal IT infrastructure. The first National Policy on IT, 2011 is being drawn...
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Digital Communication To Provide Sustainable Solutions To Rural India

750 Million Indians, that is three fourth of of the countries population, lives in rural India. Yet, traditionally, companies have for the most part ignored this huge market in favour of urban markets....
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Rural VAS Update: Handygo Partners Tata Indicom

Handygo Technologies has partnered with Tata Indicom to launch a VAS service called ‘Ek Behtar Zindagi’ for the customers in the rural areas of India. ‘Ek Behtar Zindagi’ sounds...
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3G To Arrive Soon – Airtel, Vodafone, Idea To Join Hands

3G auctions have been done and dusted since some time now but the country is still waiting for the roll out of 3G services. Earlier this month, we had reported that 3G services were just around the corner...
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BCG Reports 237 Million Internet Users In India By 2015 – Possible?

India’s population and the number of mobile phone connections in the country seem to be growing at similar rate. Ok maybe, just maybe, the mobile revolution is growing much faster. A recent report...
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After Tata DoCoMo, RComm Provides Nokia Ovi Life Tools In Rural India

After tying up with Tata DoCoMo, Nokia has now joined hands with Reliance Communications to provide Nokia Ovi Life Tools to RCom subscribers in the rural areas of India. Nokia Ovi Life Tools provides information...
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PC Vs Mobile Penetration – Analyzing Study By Intel And IMRB

Intel and IMRB recently concluded a study, which is considered to be one of the largest studies conducted in India, on the penetration of personal computers in India. The study that was conducted across...
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3G Subscribers To Cross 107 Million Users In India by 2015:PwC

Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC), one of industry’s leading accounting and business consultancy firm, in its latest report titled “Mobile Broadband Outlook 2015” has said that the number...
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Nokia To Give Away Phones For Free In 5 Villages

Nokia have definitely taken a lot of steps to penetrate the Indian market. First it tied up with Tata DoCoMo to provide Nokia Ovi Life Tools. This was a good move considering DoCoMo’s reach in rural...
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Tata DoCoMo Users Will Now Have Nokia Ovi Life Tools

Tata DoCoMo, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices, which has always come up with innovative offers, has tied up with Nokia to provide Tata DoCoMo users Nokia Ovi Life Tools. Nokia Life Tools are great services...
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3G To Penetrate Rural India By 2012

The recent 3rd generation (3G) spectrum auction totaled a whooping Rs 67710 crore, much against the government expected Rs. 35000 crore. With its services starting post September 2010, a new era awaits...
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ISRO Plan To Launch Satellites To Facilitate Rural India – Is Immediacy More Important Or Brave Announcements?

Something from the outer space, International Space Station and Discovery shuttle will soon get back from space after they accomplish their new mission. And, this time they’re out there to collect...
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Feature And RTOS, The Phones India Will Still Need For Long

Smartphone sales growth was very impressive in last year and in the first quarter of 2009 too, while the total mobile phone sales dropped around 8.6% globally Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units,...
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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...
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