Monthly Archives: July 2005

Hallucinating Maran?

Our communicantions minsiter hallucinates a bit and the media hails him as the next best thing to have happened to telecom. Throw in around another jokers in the pack( read TRAI ) and this buffonery is for everyone to see … Continue reading

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VSNL and Reliance at loggerheads

Anil Ambani is known for his hands on approach. Expect more fireworks in the coming days. Anil fiired first salvo by challenging the re-routing call controversy in the Supreme Court. It insists that there is nothing illegal about the same. … Continue reading

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India on the selling block

I could have used this oppurtunity to trash around the commies and the leftists of all hues who have taken over the centrestage in the governance and hence the biggest impediments in the path of reforms. Yet its not worth … Continue reading

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Featured on Indi blog

I am featured on an Indian blog called as Zoo Nation Thanks. Reuben Abrahamhas written a dissertation on the mobile phones and the emerging markets. I hope that he puts it up online. It should be interesting to see as … Continue reading

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Update on Apple Mobiles

Apple Insider reports the imminent launch of Apple iTunes enabled mobile. I had earlier mentioned about the same as to how Apple wants to be a part of the convergence game. It seems that Cingular would co brand with Apple … Continue reading

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India on the path of Telecom self reliance?

Over the past few months, I have been following the “telecom revolution”- the talk of 100 million Indians having a telephone connection is nauseating. Why? Because it still leaves out the remaining 900 million. No small number by any means. … Continue reading

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Chinese- Whodunnit?

How can the Chnese afford to quote such low rates for the telecom equipment? I had earlier explored the “mystery” behind the same- the entry of Chinese or for that matter any other foreign telecom equipment maker, is not really … Continue reading

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