Industry watchers say that shutdowns of low-utilization sites are mostly in those rural areas where the ARPUs have been abysmally low.
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While 5G is talked up at MWC, consider this IoT use case
Yes, internet of things (IoT) is where 5G’s biggest promise lies. 5G and IoT could together spawn a next generation of applications. While speed also gets a bumps-up, 5G isn’t about speed alone. After all, of what good is speed if there are not enough applications to...
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India’s telecom consolidation could precipitate a global one too
The first wave of telecom consolidation in India is nearly over but there are still no signs of a let-up in its impact that continues to be far and deep. Barely two days after Aircel said it would be filing for bankruptcy, another report says that telecom...
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Cloud in government
cloud in government
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Startup India: Govt’s role is to help build a culture, not a startup
Start-ups thrive best on innovation—that free-wheeling creativity which strives for value creation and doesn’t put monetization first. The core guiding principle of start-ups is: Create value; money will follow. Let’s acknowledge it—the birthplace of...
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Seven wonders of a resurgent Google world
Google’s holding company Alphabet just confirmed yet another one-billion-users service under its hood—Gmail. The other six Google services to have already achieved one billion users or more are Search, Chrome, Android, Google Play, Maps, and...
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Free Basics a veiled corporate greed of the worst order?
"If what TRAI or Airtel did was a sin, how does it become a virtue if Facebook’s Free Basics wants to do just that?" I deeply suspect someone would have told Mark Zuckerberg that the ultimate secret to get Indians to buy something is to use “FREE” as a...
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Why Netflix’s India show can’t be a hit in its existing avatar
1. It’s got the India pricing wrong; very wrong: In launching its streaming services this week, Netflix certainly has not been mindful of the local internet pricing. Given that even a standard-definition (SD) stream could consume up to 700 MB of data per...
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Make in India: Steer away from the dragon zone!
As Make in India gathers momentum, it is important to see that the country doesn't rush onto a route that has a snarl ahead Years after the Nano car was launched, Ratan Tata was quoted in the media saying it was a mistake to position it as the...
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So, is there really no tech bubble at work?
This VC firm has posted quite interesting and compelling arguments to counter the perception that VCs may be falling for another tech bubble. I'm yet to come across data points that could effectively challenge these slides. Have you? Do share your...
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Spectrum auctions a means to Digital India or else?
The entire auction process—right from the determining of reserve prices to the amount of spectrum that was put on the table or the aggressive bids that telcos went for—shows one thing very clearly. That, the stakeholders have not learnt their...
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How about a Social India campaign on social media?
Recent elections have shown that social media can be harnessed for achieving political changes increasingly effectively. However, it has yielded little result when it comes to delivering social changes. Why? Peoples’ engagements with social...
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