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Nearly a year ago I had forecasted that Digital Video Recorder would become as common as a bottle of Asprin. It did not mean good things for TiVo, but there was a business model for a cheap DVR device. We might be on the money with this little do-hickey, the Dreambox DM7000. If you check [...]

It may not be the safest place on the planet, but it surely is wired. Even though the tourism is pretty much dead in strife torn Jammu & Kashmir, there is now Wi-Fi available on Dal Lake, one of the prettiest places on the planet.
bq. CIOL Reports Dax Networks Ltd, part of Apcom Group, has [...]

EarthLink Inc. (ELNK.O), the No. 3 U.S. Internet service provider, on Tuesday posted a third-quarter net profit as an influx of subscribers to its high-speed service outweighed a decline in dial-up users, reports Reuters. [Yahoo! News] Given that it comes close on the heels of near dismal results at AT&T and SBC, this is indeed [...]

Voice telephony is the real paid content. It is cheap, efficient and at the same time it is something everyone needs. Which is why I am surprised when most people tell me that they are looking for the next suite of killer apps that will help the telecom business out of its current doldrums.
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The Economist covers the boom in Indian mobile market:
bq. Some 5m new users have signed up since March; there are now over 17m subscribers. Add to this around 3.5m subscribers to a “limited” mobile service provided by fixed-line operators that works within a restricted area, usually a large city, and the total is even more [...]

A very subtle change has happened. Normally I would get up in the morning and check the cricket scores. I have somehow lost interest in the test series between India and New Zealand. But lately, all that has changed and can only think of the Yankees and their recent efforts to win the World Series [...]