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| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| Internet Subscribers Statistics |
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Number of broadband internet subscribers in India has been very disappointing. Here is some statistics.
- Number of broadband subscribers at the end of June-2007 - 2.52 million
- Broadband subscribers on ADSL - 83% followed by Cable - 10% and Ethernet Lan - 3.4% and Fibre - 1%. [Source, Draft recommendations for Growth of Broadband in India]
- At the end of March 2007 BSNL and MTNL together have provided just 1.45 million broadband connections using DSL. Available copper loop with BSNL and MTNL - 40 Million.
- There are 71 million cable TV subscribers in India and just 0.25 million broadband connections are on this network
The TRAI has put out recommendation on how to enhance the pace of broadband services growth in India. |
| Published on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at 8:53 PM |
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| Friday, September 14, 2007 |
| TRAI + BSNL + MTNL - Shame of India |
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If you read this post about National Do Not Call Registry, then you probably think really high about TRAI and the IT Ministry. Its time to paint them in Black & White. TRAI's intentions are good but is terrible in execution. Well, that's the fate of most Government organizations in India otherwise why are we still an emerging economy after 60 years of independence ?
Coming back to NDNCRegistry, people write it as a Joke :-) They aren't wrong. TRAI employees don't know how to design and engineer a product / process. TRAI folks should read the newspaper and grab the term "outsource" from newspapers. TRAI website was hacked and their e-mails have never worked for me.
An octogenarian complains to me that the numbers published by TRAI for the Do Not Call Registry [PDF] don't work at all. This elderly person is fed up with the service of MTNL in Mumbai. I decided to take this matter with TRAI and as usual Mr. Sudhir Gupta's[ Architect of NDNCRegistry] e-mail bounce back within seconds.
The problem is not with just TRAI. I wrote to the Minsitry of Corporate Affairs [MCA] requesting details about MONOPOLIES AND RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICE COMMISSION [MRTPC] but in vain. Mr. Premchand Gupta, Honorable Minister of Corporate Affairs should be ashamed of himself to issue full page advertisements about MCA, when they can't reply to a simple online query. |
| Published on Friday, September 14, 2007 at 7:21 AM |
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| Saturday, September 08, 2007 |
| IAMAI Search Marketing Course |
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 IAMAI has taken the initiative to start a Search Engine Marketing course for the first time in India. I am not sure if any of the American Universities have introduced as a part of Business School Curriculum, if not, its not a bad idea at all.
IAMAI's course is spanning for a week and details as follows.
Faculty base: Agencies, Publishers
Course commences: 24 September, 2007
Course certified by: Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)
Venue: IAMAI, F36 Basement, East of Kailash, New Delhi 65.
Duration: 7 days X 8 hours
Batch Size: 15 Attendees
Contact:
Netra Parikh at 098673 60396, netra@digitalmarketing.in
Gaurav Chopra at 099670 29292, gaurav@iamai.in
I would also like to bring to your notice that Google offers AdWords certification, which is similar to this course. |
| Published on Saturday, September 08, 2007 at 7:02 AM |
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| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 |
| Zapak GamePlex Opens in Bangalore. |
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 Bangalore / Bengalooru, the test market for Retailers in India has also the become the first choice for online and digital entertainment. Anil Ambani's privately held company Zapak Digital Entertainment launched its first Gaming Cafe under the brand name Zapak GamePlex at Fraser Town in Bangalore. Model turned actress Pooja Gandhi launched the GamePlex [Thanks to our associate for capturing this picture]
Zapak plans to have 250 GamePlexes by March 2008. By 2010, they plan to have 3,000 GamePlexes with 50,000 gaming seats said, Rohit Sharma, COO of Zapak. Zapak GamePlex has all kinds of games including MMOG. I am not a big gamer, if you are one, do let us know your views on this cafe. |
| Published on Wednesday, September 05, 2007 at 9:16 PM |
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| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 |
| iMom for moms + Oota 2.0 + UP Government Websites |
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 Indians have finally realized the potential of Internet. Every week their are number of sites that are going online. Henceforth, we will be covering in short some of them. iMom is a site for working mothers who have questions on motherhood. BeingGirl is another site that went live for the Indian Teenage girls few months ago and is sponsored by P&G.
Techies in the valley know about Lunch 2.0. The concept has flowed to the silicon valley of south Asia, Bangalore / Bengalooru. You are requested to attend Free Open Social Lunch. More details on Oota 2.0 [Oota - Food in Kannada]
Finally, someone web savvy is existing in the state government of Uttar Pradesh, the most populated and one of the most backward states in India to do business. The state government of Uttar Pradesh launched 33 websites providing information on Child Education to Small and Medium Industries. Check out the directory of UP Government Websites here. |
| Published on Tuesday, September 04, 2007 at 7:14 AM |
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