Month: August 2007
Social Networking Sites, List
Here is an exhaustive list of Social networking sites operating in the context of India or Indian Diaspora – popularly known as Desis. Orkut – Very popular in India. My 9 year old nephew is on Orkut and sometimes the community spam on Orkut scares the hell out of me….
Nokia on Massive Damage Control Exercise
Nokia, the world’s largest cell phone manufacturer is on a massive damage control exercise after the BL-5C series battery crisis. As per latest reports, Nokia is likely to replace 300,000 batteries in India alone. So far 95,000 batteries have been replaced. D Shivakumar, MD & VP – Mobile Phones, Nokia…
Hindi + Tamil – Classifieds Up and Running
Kijiji India a subsidiary of eBay Inc had launched Local Classifieds in Indian Vernacular – Hindi and Tamil on a pilot basis. We were aware of the launch and were waiting to see the response form consumers. On browsing the Hindi Classifieds, we see most of the content is still…
VSNL – trueroots international calling service
Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL) has announced the launch of Trueroot, an international calling service that allows people from South Asia residing in the United States to reliably, securely and economically reach out and connect with their family and friends. Tata’s controlled VSNL woke up from their slumber 3 years after…
Naukri’s Loss is Monsters Gain
Back in 1999-2000, Times of India’s Ascent published ever Wednesday was the major source for Jobs Classifieds. The situation is entirely different today and is changing rapidly. In the past few years, Naukri, Monsters and TimesJobs have all gained traction. In a study conducted by JuxtConsult, Naukri has substantially lost…
Orkut Leads + FaceBook Grows + Campus18 Debuts
Orkut from Google is the leader in the Indian social networking space with 7.2 Million unique visitors in June and Facebook attracted 785,000 unique visitors according to comScore. Web18, has also thrown its hat in the social networking space by unveiling Campus18 to compete with Reliance ADAG’s BigAdda. Web18 is…
RCom Plans Online venture for Infrastructure Sharing
The tower business unit of RCom aims to launch an exchange platform for sharing infrastructure. The exchange, to be set up by Reliance Telecom Infrastructure, would help operators, tower owners and people who want to rent out space for towers to transact business and book tower space online. Indian telecoms…
Month of record GSM net Subscriber Additions
GSM operators (excluding RCL) added 5.8 mn subs in July 2007, an increase from 5.4 mn in June 2007 (5.9 mn including RCL) led by strong subscriber additions by Bharti and Vodafone-Essar. Bharti and Vodafone-Essar together contributed to 65% of July 2007 GSM net adds. BSNL – The Loser:BSNL improved…