After numerous false starts, and controversies spanning more than a year, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has announced that auctions of licences for third generation (3G) high-speed telecom services would start from April 9.
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Tempted by the fast growing Indian internet audience, Wikipedia, the world’s largest online encyclopedia, is considering a proposal to launch Wikipedia.in, a local India chapter, similar to its country-specific portals in China, Germany, US and UK.
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Looks like 3G might just be getting closer to reality, with the government deciding to go ahead with the auction of three slots of third generation (3G) spectrum for all 22 telecom circles on February 25, and scheduled to be completed by March 3rd to 5th.
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The LinkedIn India member base has passed the 4 million mark, while the global count has topped 55 million. Not all that much when you consider the 350 million+ on facebook, but then LinkedIn is geared toward professional networking, and is pretty much the most successful social network to add value to your professional life.
Looks [...]
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Bharti’s dreams of overseas acquisition is finally coming true, with the approval to purchase 70% stake in Warid Telecom and to invest $300 million in the company. According to Reuters, the $300 million was an initial payment and Bharti could pay more for a 70% stake in Warid Bangladesh. Launched in 2007, Warid has nearly [...]
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Just over 3 months, since the Apple app store crossed 2 million downloads, and it’s already crossed 3 million downloads with over 100,000 apps available on the store.
“Three billion applications downloaded in less than 18 months—this is like nothing we’ve ever seen before,” said Steve Jobs. “The revolutionary App Store offers iPhone and iPod touch [...]
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Even as Google gets ready to debut the Android operating system powered Nexus One phone, Apple gets ready to announce it’s acquisition of Quattro Wireless for $275 million says All Things Digital.
Quattro is a competitor to AdMob which Google had recently acquired for $750 million
The arena is now shifting to the mobile screens. This is [...]
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Shedding aside its railway PSU image and embracing good business sense, the railways ministry-controlled Indian Railways Tourism and Catering Corporation (IRCTC) has begun selling air tickets to passengers as part of its holiday tour packages.
While air travel to some international tour packages, such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, etc. have been around for some time, [...]
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For all of you who were gearing up to change their mobile service providers (while retaining your mobile numbers), by the end of the month, hold your horses. Looks like mobile number portability (MNP) across the country would be delayed by about two to three months, as some of the operators are not ready.
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Google Chrome for Mac is finally out (just about squeezing into 2009). Still in Beta, and missing some of the later features of the Windows version, (like the bookmarks manager, support for gears, App Mode, etc.), but with the same minimalistic design (which can be changed with the themes gallery), loads fast, and is pretty [...]
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