Posted on June 11th, 2008 by dhirender
The telecom companies have the otherwise underdeveloped states of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh to thank for their growth in subscriber base.
Bihar registered the maximum increase in annual telecom subscribers, registering a growth of 88.2% in the previous fiscal as compared to 51.1% in FY 2006-07, according to an Assocham Eco Pulse (AEP) state-wise analysis of […]
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Posted on June 10th, 2008 by dhirender
According to a new study by TCS, India, the world’s IT services backyard, figures quite low in a global e-governance ranking with a per capita IT spend of just $1.29. Compare this with $199 in New Zealand and $153 in Singapore.
According to the WEF Global Information Technology Report, India ranks 44 out of the 122 […]
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Posted on June 9th, 2008 by dhirender
Introduced two years ago, India’s largest e-governance project, and the second biggest of its kind in the world, the MCA-21, which enables e-filing of corporate information with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, is set to be revamped shortly.
The ministry is now looking to launch the second generation of e-filing process, and has tied up with […]
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Posted on June 7th, 2008 by dhirender
The market for pay-TV in India will continue steady growth for the next several years, according to a recent reseach, Pay-TV and Video-on-Demand Potential in India, by In-Stat. Total pay-TV subscribers is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2% from 2007 to 2012, when it will reach about 90 million […]
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Posted on June 6th, 2008 by dhirender
India is the fourth most attractive business location for European business houses, according to the fifth annual European attractiveness survey carried out Ernst & Young says the Business Standard. Of the 834 decision-makers who responded to the survey, 30 per cent found India gaining investor confidence and growing as a better business destination than US […]
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Posted on June 5th, 2008 by dhirender
According to conservative advertising industry estimates, current mobile advertising in India is worth Rs 40 crore and is expected to grow to Rs 500 crore by 2011.
At the forefront are companies like Affle with its short messaging service, SMS 2.0, which crossed 100 million advertising impressions, making it the largest mobile media service in India.
“These […]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by dhirender
After SecondShaadi.com, Vivek Pahwa seems to have turned his attention to automobiles, currently a rather underserved market in the online space in India. The Indian Automobile Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.5 percent amounting to be worth Rs. 13,008 million by 2010, which gives an idea of the potential.
Worldwide, one rather […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by dhirender
WiMax, generally considered to be Wi-Fi on steroids since it can provide broadband wireless access (BWA) up to 30 miles (50 km) for fixed stations, and 3-10 miles (5-15 km) for mobile stations, compared to the 100-300 feet for Wi-fi/802.11, is making its presence felt in India, albeit with a whimper as this article states.
Major […]
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Posted on May 30th, 2008 by dhirender
According to the latest ORG data, Samsung is the only prominent player to have increased its market share in the Indian mobile instrument market in the January-March period, going from 5.7% in January to 7% in March says the Business Standard. In the same period, Motorola India lost market share from 6.7% to 5.9%, while […]
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Posted on May 29th, 2008 by dhirender
As part of the 11th Five Year Plan, the postal department is in the process of collating the National Address Database which would map where you live, who you live with, how long you’ve been living there, what car you drive and your last five addresses. With a budget of Rs. 5 crores, the project […]
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