I am in the midst of transitioning facilities and been swamped by work per se. That is the reason why I have been very irregular on this blog. In addition to that, I have suffered a writer’s block as well.

There is no real update in the Telecom world; despite our shrill noises, there is no customer resolution. The companies seem to mind on their business in the customer acquistion while huge numbers are being trumped up for valuation. It’s an imperfect crappy model but that’s the way it is.

As usual, the best way is to keep yourself updated through RSS feeds; in absence of any other viable reader on line, Google Reader is recommended.

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I have implemented a Tag Cloud (an excellent Word Press Plug-in WP-Cumulus).

The previous cloud was ungainly; it was a chore to navigate it. This tag cloud gives it some degree of interactivity.

Hope you enjoy it!

On a side note, I can actually see how dense the cloud really is; frankly it has helped a lot to semantically integrate the whole web site.

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I have experimented with the tone and tenor of the write ups here. It’s impossible to update on a daily basis although RSS as a delivery mechanism is very powerful in it’s context; it’s easy to set up feeds to keep the blog updated regularly.

However, I personally feel that the sector as a whole has not evolved to a meaningful extent to report on the events. Vodafone has been dragged to the court. Airtel has botched up it’s 3G offerings. 2G scam has caught up with its final actors. However, this is still the “tip of the iceberg”. A lot goes behind the scenes and some unlucky few get caught up in the swirl. Indeed, they are just minor fronts for the systematic loot.

Writing on all this is a chore. It’s pathetic to repeat the same thing ad-nauseum.

Hence, I prefer to write when I get a sudden burst of “inspiration”. This blog has definitely morphed from it’s rigid confines of Indian Telecom to something more of a “digital narrative”.

I could also write on the operators elsewhere; unrestricted data does not flow uniformly. Yet, in most of the developing countries, scarcity is something that is engineered. It holds no relevance for most of us to know about what AT&T is doing with it’s T- Mobile acquisition. Further, we have distanced ourselves, not only from the advertising, but also from reporting any industry sponsored events. I routinely get invitations (off and on) but they are mostly from clueless PR executives.

Daily updates is beyond the scope. Writing is a passion and needs to be stoked. Yet, there is no point in being pointless either!

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