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Vikas Saxena, India Head, Nimbuzz on Skype, VoIP and 3G in India
WATBlog spoke to Vikas Saxena, India Head, Nimbuzz on Skype, Voip and 3G in India.. Here is the interview:
1. Tell us something about Nimbuzz
As I said Nimbuzz is a Rotterdam based company, and we are backed by some of the most successful VCs in the business like Naspers Group and Mangrove Capital Partners. Nimbuzz predominantly [...]
Sabeer Bhatia’s Sabsebolo Acquires Jaxtr – No Merger – To be run as separate entity
Sabsebolo.com which is a conferencing company started by the hotmail fame Sabeer Bhatia has acquired Jaxtr a widget based tool for making free calls from computer to phone. We had covered Jaxtr on WATBlog when they had added free sms capability in over 38 countries in the early part of last year and have covered [...]
Google Voice Phone number, One Phone Number For Your Life!
No matter what people say I am a big fan of Google, be it Search, Gtalk, Google apps for my custom domain or blogger. Well the new offering from it’s basket is google voice, we have already reported google’s voice transcribe service, the news is that Google has now gone a step forward in unifying [...]
Get Ready For Skype Pre-Loaded Nokia Phones
Skype has announced a partnership with Nokia, the largest handset maker in the world, in which later this year Skype will be integrated into Nokia devices, starting with the Nokia Nseries. The Nokia N97 flagship device will be the first to incorporate the Skype in the 3rd quarter of 2009. Skype eventually will be available [...]
Nimbuzz Ties Up With Spice Mobile For Distribution Deal – Bundling the only option for Mobile Apps?
Price Waterhouse Coopers reports the Indian mobile VAS market will reach $2 billion by the end of 2008 and expect it to account for 18% of operator revenue by 2010. So its no surprise that Nimbuzz a Dutch mobile instant messaging and VoIP provider is very gung ho about the Indian Market. Nimbuzz which we blogged [...]
Mobile Services on WIMAX – Internet Telephony to lift off in a big way!
Get ready to dial a new set of numbers in near future. he earlier announced guidelines had specified that spectrum for broadband wireless can be used only for data services. However, the Telecom Commission, in its meeting on August 21 has taken a decision to remove the restriction.
TRAI’s Newest Recommendations Suggest Unrestricted VOIP
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released recommendations on what could change the future of Internet Telephony in India. According to the recommendations released, the regulator claims that the Indian Government should remove all restrictions that have been imposed over Internet Telephony in India.
Indian University Implements Wi – Fi Mesh to form the Country’s Largest Wi – Fi Network (Which is Still Quite Small!). More on Wireless Mesh Networking.
While this may not seem like great news to many of you – it did get me quite excited. I have always maintained that setting up a Wi Fi Mesh is not too difficult if the topography is not too varied and the Line of Sight is clear because equipment (with powerful dual radios) today [...]
TRAI Puts Forward Consultation For Guidelines On Liberalization of Internet Telephony
The TRAI put forward a consultation paper yesterday, which sought the views of industry experts on issues like permitting the internet service providers (ISPs) to have interconnection with landline and mobile telephones to provide internet telephony within the country.
Currently, ISP’s are not allowed to link landline and mobile phones to the Internet thereby providing Internet Based Telephony [...]
Geodesic to Launch Landline Based VoIP Services
Geodesic Information Systems had said previously that it plans to extend its software voice over internet protocol (VOIP) suite with the launch of VoIP hardware phones in FY 2008-09. Well, that story has now been confirmed by ET.
Is VoIP in India Legal?
Making local calls using VoIP is illegal in India. Users in India can make VoIP-originated outbound [...]
Unlimited Long Distance Calls for a Third of the World’s Population
Skype announced unlimited (it’s actually 5 hours a day) calling today to over a third of the world’s population with the launch of its new calling subscriptions. The new subscriptions signal the first time Skype has offered a single, monthly flat rate for international calling to landline numbers in 34 countries.
Stefan Oberg, VP & GM telecoms at [...]
Of Broadband, the Governement, Entrepreneurship, and More…
Have a look at the statistic below – try and find where India figures on this list that ranks countries on the basis of Average Broadband Speed.
Surprised? A supposed hub of International technology development does not even figure on this list. Until August 2005, India did not even have a route server. It thus took [...]
Ichip India Develops Breakthrough Internet Device At US $100.00!
The Internet is growing at a rapid pace. Indian technology companies are on the verge of capturing the global internet devices market. Ichip Technologies, a Hyderabad based technology company, has developed an internet device ‘@box’ for entertainment, education and communication purposes by making an investment of Rs. 10 Crore which they plan to install in [...]
ISP’s To Offer Wi-Fi Services To Residential Homes!
The internet is soon to take up the space of what television holds today for the common man in India. Very soon, ISP’s are going to start offering Wi-Fi services to residential homes. If these services are offered at cheaper prices to residential homes, it might even lead to the internet taking the space [...]
Skype To Launch SkypePhone In UK!
Skype, the premier Internet Messaging service founded in 2003, is about to launch its much awaited 3 Skypephone in the UK on the 2nd of November, 2007 in association with Britain’s mobile carrier ‘3 mobile’. The mobile phone will be launched soon in the UK, Austrailia, Italy, Hong Kong, Sweden, Denmark, Austria and the [...]