Month: June 2007
Airtel brings SMS 2.0 to Delhi
goBroadband writes that Bharti Airtel in association with Affle of UK has introduced SMS 2.0 in India. SMS 2.0 inherits some features from Web 2.0 based instant messengers. However, the most compelling business idea is to keep it FREE for the consumer. In the Picture above, you can see that…
Why is Nokia Tying with Yellow Pages ?
At the Nokia Connection 2007 in Singapore, Nokia unveiled that it will tie up with regional Yellow Pages in 5 countries – India, Malayasia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand to offer “Local Search” service on Nokia N Series phones. Infomedia India is Nokia’s partner in India. However, their are other Yellow…
Nivio Software As a Service or a Joke ?
I was excited about this company called Nivio which has developed Windows as a software service. From their website, What is Nivio ?Nivio is a fully functional Windows desktop environment accessible via a web browser through any Internet connected device running on any platform (including Linux, MAC and Windows). Nivio…
Defence Declines to vacate Spectrum + TRAI Complains of Congestion
The Indian Army and Navy which occupy spectrum in the band of GSM communications is refusing to vacate until an alternate arrangement is made. Air Force has agreed to vacate the spectrum because BSNL is providing them a Optical Fibre network for their communication needs. The Indian Air Force will…
Harry Potter + Big Discount Offer on IndiaPlaza
IndiaPlaza, a.k.a Fabmall is running a super discount offer if you pre-order the book Harry Potter And The Deadly Hallows. The book is scheduled to be released world-wide on 21st July,2007 and IndiaPlaza guarantees that you will have the book in your hand on the same day in Metros 🙂…
Tata Indicom Streaming Radio
Tata Indicom’s brand ambassador, Miss India Universe and Bollywood Star, Neha Dhupia just a while ago launched – Tata Indicom Internet Streaming Radio available in English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. With this launch, Tata Indicom became the first Mobile Service provider in India to offer streaming radio service. The Live…
Highest Talk Time by BSNL Subscribers
BSNL Subscribers speak them most when one measures the number of outgoing minutes contributed by cellular subscribers leaving Airtel and Vodafone-Hutch-Essar behind in the race. Reliance Infocomm comes close second to BSNL. In a study by TRAI, it is found that BSNL subscribers have the highest minutes of mobile usage…
BSNL Data Card for Wireless Internet
State owned BSNL which is trying hard to retain existing customer base in Mobile and Landline verticals just a while ago announced that it will focus on Data services as well. Tata’s controlled VSNL last week announced that Data Service will be a core competency and it expects significant part…