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In the highly competitive cellphone handset market it is becoming quite clear - the only way to profits is to have cool phones. Nokia’s recent troubles are directly related to their poorly designed and expensive phones. In comparison, Samsung, which continues to make cool phones and keeps them moderately priced continues to gain market share [...]

The changing demographics and new technologies are proving to be the death knell for the wireline phone service, according to Probe Research, a NJ based research group.
The ubiquity of wireless service and the migration of young users, from TV to video games and the Internet, will help bring an end to traditional telco and cable [...]

For the longest time, many have asked me, how does it feel to be an overseas Indian. I have struggled to come up with words, and today, Brij’s spirited defense of my my post on outsourcing has put it all in perspective.
He refers to a poem by Journalist turned media entrepreneur Pritish Nandy called Nowhere [...]

I got an alert this morning that Nextel is all set to launch its Flarion broadband service to customers in Raleigh/Durham area for $35 - $80 a month; pre-cursor to a larger roll-out? Any links etc. are appreciated. Mail me

T-Mobile after lighting up Starbucks with its Wi-Fi hot spots is now going after college campuses. The company has announced launch of its hotspot at the American University. The public access to the T-Mobile HotSpot will complement the existing private wireless network American University has previously deployed throughout the campus. The company plans to roll [...]

The Business Standard has a story on Coke entering the “business process outsourcing” business. To me this is a clear sign that BPO boom has reached bubble proportions. What does a sweet carbonated water maker have to do with BPO business, is anyone’s guess. In past two weeks, the sales of Daksh to IBM, and [...]