Category: internet
Research and Analysis on the Indian Internet and Broadband
Subscribers Cross 5 Million – Users Double in 12 Months
Small number yet great news to Indians. Just a while ago we got numbers from TRAI and broadband subscribers have crossed the 5 million mark – 5.05 mn at the end of Oct-08. This is a 100% rise in the number of subscribers between Oct-07 and Oct-08. India added more…
WiMax Internet – Differences – US Vs India
Indian operators, Tata Indicom Broadband and Reliance Broadband took the initiative to stand up to the National Telecom Policy’s target of 20 mn broadband users by 2010 and introduce wireless broadband services using WiMax technology. However, we went ahead and did a little study on how WiMax offering in India…
Revenues of ISPs for Q2-FY2009
We have always wondered how big is the Indian ISP market. To quench our thirst, we filtered through various reports from DoT, Quarterly Results of Telecom companies and TRAI and have compiled the data set. [We were unable to obtain Revenue figures for ISPs like YouTelecom, Hathway, Zee etc] Let…
BSNL unveils virtual conference solutions
State owned BSNL is all set to cash-in on the Indian Economic slowdown and rising Air travel costs by offering bundled products such as Virtual Conferencing solutions to Small and Medium businesses. BSNL in collaboration with CEPL, an Indo-US joint venture is offering this solution. So hwo is this different…
Reliance NetConnect + Free Laptop
Reliance Communications in association with hardware vendors – Acer, HCL and Lenovo is offering a FREE Notebook / Laptop with Reliance Wireless Internet / NetConnect.RCom is the first Telco to make such an offer in India following into the footsteps of Carphone Warehouse of the UK and Orange in Slovakia….
Top 10 Internet Service Providers
TRAI, which is doing a good job but with little bit of inertness has published the Internet and Broadband subscriber numbers. At the end of June-2008, India had 11,160,000 million Dial-Up Internet subscribers and 4.38 million Broadband subscribers. The Top 10 Broadband service providers in India are as follows. BSNL…
Essel to Scale Siti Cable Internet Business
Essel group owned Siti Cable / Broadband now under Wire and Wirless India Ltd – WWIL [after business restructuring] has unveiled an ambitious expansion plan to ramp up its existing network infrastructure to serve Cable TV customers with Broadband internet as well. WWIL is targeting households and SMEs in all…
Airtel + Compaq HP Internet Offer
Airtel Broadband in association with Compaq / HP has announced broadband Offer for customers BUYING a Compaq / HP Laptop or Desktop. According to the offer, consumers are eligible for FREE Broadband Service when they sign-up for Airtel Broadband internet service. No their are no Hidden installation charges, No Security…