New, private 3G networks in India combined with mobile adoption and Google’s march towards powering inexpensive smartphones in the Asia-Pacific region could bring half a billion more people to the mobile web in India by 2014. Is this the perfect storm for small, upstart handset makers? Read More »
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After extracting a deal from Research In Motion that appears to give state authorities the ability to monitor messages sent over the company’s BlackBerry network, India has said it may go after both Google and Skype in an attempt to get similar kinds of security concessions. Read More »
India will have 150 million 3G connections by 2014, according to Wireless Intelligence. India just concluded a 3G auction (marked by bureaucratic delays) that raised about $11 billion, a big price tag which will ensure that the 3G rollouts are slow and 3G access expensive. Read More »
PayPal says it has suspended personal payments to and from India, as well as transfers to local banks in India. The changes may be in response to new rules in India intended to restrict money laundering. Read More »
African cell phone penetration rates are at an impressive 37 percent, according to a recent study by Ernst & Young. Impressive because a year and a half ago, at the beginning of 2008, the penetration rate was only 28 percent. That’s a huge increase, and… Read More »
After a short break that involved a whirlwind trip to New Delhi to see my parents and keynote at WordCamp Delhi, I am back in San Francisco and will be back on the job later tomorrow, or whenever I can kick the jet lag. Regardless,… Read More »
Another terrorist attack in India, this time in India’s financial & entertainment capital, Mumbai (Bombay.) I have been following this for a while on Twitter, where people from the city are reporting whatever updates they can get. It is a depressing start to a Thanksgiving weekend… Read More »
Ubisoft said this week that it’s expanding into India. The French multinational, one of the top game publishers (it counts the hits Assassin’s Creed and Prince of Persia among its large, diverse library), is purchasing a game development studio in Pune (near Mumbai) with stated… Read More »
Namaste, Found|READers! It has been several days since you’ve seen a new post on the site, and some of you have sent notes asking why. I’ve been been on a tour of India this last week, visiting with startup founders, investors and large business throughout the… Read More »
