Month: May 2010
Sanjeev Bikhchandani on Internet Entrepreneurship
Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani CEO and Founder of Infoedge India speaks on Entrepreneurship and the Venture Capital ecosystem in the online space. Excerpts from his interview that appeared in the book “Enterprising India“. The Way Indian technology entrepreneurial space is shaping up Well, it is a sea change, compared to the…
Naukri.Com CEO – Naukri.Com journey so far
Excerpts of Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani’s interview published in Enterprising India. The beginning of Naukri.Com Web Ventures In 1989-90, I was working in the marketing department of a consumer product company. I used to see that when the office copy of Business India came, everybody would read it from the back…
Can We Selectively Deploy Femtocells ?
Lets us begin by understanding what Femtocells are and what do they do ? The femtocell looks like a Wi-Fi router and emits radio waves similar to a cell phone tower to provide wireless connectivity. Femtocells can be installed in users’ homes in order to provide in-building or indoor coverage….
End of Web 2.0 – Beginning of Third Wave
John Doerr one of the largest legal wealth creator in the World backing innovation for decades announced today the beginning if the Third Big Wave in Computing at Disrupt Conference of TechCrunch. John said, I think we’re on the verge of a third great wave of innovation. The first was…
BWA Spectrum Auction Begins
The mush awaited push for the Broadband Data Services has began with the DoT flagging off the auction just a while ago in New Delhi. The bidding for BWA could turn out to be equally competitive as that for 3G, as the number of operators (11) who are participating in…
Aircel + Tata DoCoMo 3G Spectrum Maps – Fit for Merger
In continuing our coverage on the 3G Spectrum allocation maps of India, we present to you two new operators – Aircel backed by Maxis Communications of Malaysia and Tata DooMo backed by DoCoMo NTT of Japan. Interestingly, both Aircel and Tata Docomo seem to have complementary circles, indicating that the…
Reliance Communications + Vodafone 3G Spectrum Maps
We have already shown you the 3G Spectrum Maps of Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular here. Reliance Communications put up an aggressive showing in the 3G auctions, where it has a payout obligation of over US$1.8bn in addition to the US$4.3bn debt currently. This would lead to a debt-to-EBITDA of…
Bharti Airtel + Idea Cellular – 3G Spectrum Maps
We Would like to enlighten our readers about the 3G Spectrum Maps of Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular. Circles where Bharti Airtel has gained access to spectrum are primarily those where Bharti had leadership position. Except for Punjab, MP and Orissa where it did not get spectrum, Bharti has acquired…