More on Vodafone
by Abhishek on October 31, 2005
It seems that Vodafone is creating more ripples than it ought to. I had reported earlier that Vodafone’s investment seems more like a speculation, rather than any real investment. As the details became clear, Warburg Pincus exited with the sale (…)
The Rural Gamble
by Abhishek on October 29, 2005
Much has been talked about the rural telephony and the need for mobile services. Though there are caveats to the same. First define a rural area. On an arbitrary basis, it is an area of less than 5000 population. The (…)
Vodafone’s entry
by Abhishek on October 29, 2005
It was expected. I had mentioned it long time back that Airtel is looking to divest it’s stake in Telecom and look for greener pastures elsehwere. Notably in Agriculture. Yet, what does the entry of Vodafone means here? For starters, (…)
The smaller ISP’s
by Abhishek on October 29, 2005
The ISP licence is available for a token Re 1. That was started off to encourage many companies to provide internet connectivity. Yet, before the project could take off, the public companies – BSNL and then VSNL ( which was (…)
Denial of Information
by Abhishek on October 29, 2005
As the momentous occasion of transcribing Human genome has become history, the spin offs have been amazing. For after years, the discreet molecular mechanisms that underlie much of the process of Cancers, is slowly being unravelled. The worst part is (…)
Right to Information
by Abhishek on October 28, 2005
The Right to Information is a momentous bill. However, I have a reason to be cynical about the same. Traditionally the governments have chosen to throttle and gag the media. The fourth Estate has huge responsibilites but the present mess (…)
Chinese Onslaught
by Abhishek on October 28, 2005
Over the past few years, Chinese manufacturing base has grown by leaps and bounds.While the media tends to highlight the inflow of FDI and the concurrent economic benefits, it has so far failed to report the actual situation on the (…)
