After news that Microsoft and Nokia would use a pre-scheduled event to showcase the next Windows phone in early September ahead of the next iPhone launch, responses have ranged to being as apart as two extremes.InfoWorld in an August 15 story titled “Windows 8 review:...
If one were to discount the one-off gain of S$119 million from sale of a 4 percent stake in Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications, SingTel suffered a decline in its first-quarter profits, as seen by results announced only a day ago. SingTel owns 32.25 percent in...
Agreed that India’s best managed telco Bharti Airtel has posted its tenth quarterly profit decline in a row partly due to the ultra-competitive state of industry affairs, but there also is room for measures to be taken at the company level. Here are five key immediate...
The to-be-launched “har haath mein phone (HHMP)” scheme comes when a highly uncertain telecom climate prevails, from business as well as regulatory standpoints. It raises a number of questions that seek to be answered.One important question would be regarding the...
While independent India turns 65 this August 15, the tele-density in the country hovers around a massive 80 percent. In fact, going by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) numbers, it stood at 79.58 percent in June 2012, which is a phenomenal progress compared...
The launch of Outlook personal mail service by Microsoft is a masterstroke, from all perspectives, that visibly kills many birds with just one throw.It promptly de-incentivizes churn from Hotmail to non-Microsoft mail services, communicates a...
According to latest Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) numbers, tele-density in the country stood at 79.58 percent in June 2012, which is simply phenomenal compared to the tele-density of 0.8 in 1994 before the telecom sector was liberalized. Even then,...
The launch of Outlook free personal Web mail service by Microsoft is a welcome piece of news for users, being a rare opportunity for many to get an email ID of their choice.One can already see there’s a rush. Soon after I got the launch, in its preview form now, I...
The launch of Outlook as a free web mail service comes at a time when the cloud model of IT delivery seems to have crossed the hype cycle and is in an evaluation mode by IT managers at user organizations. The presence of a catalyst could significantly help accelerate...
Out of the 10 development I had earlier expected to happen in 2011, seven did take place while three either didn't happen or fell short. Here's is quick analysis of what happened (or did not) and why: What the Expectation Was A Hit or a Miss? Quick Review 1....
As noted in my earlier post, a reader wrote in a few days ago, sharing his travails of living with the mobile phone radiation, despite keeping a good general health.Holding a mobile phone in hands caused mild breathlessness and fatigue, and bringing it close to...
Mr. Deepak Ramaswamy wrote:I would like to make an enquiry from you. I am 42 years of age. My health, stamina and physical/mental energy are good. However, the strange phenomenon is that, I have always been highly allergic to radiations from the mobile phone.The...