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FIFA World cup: Mahindra Satyam the only Indian presence there

By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 29 June, 2010, 9:59 am

Fifa world cup has taken the entire world by storm. As for the Indians, whose team doesn’t even feature in the top 100 sides in the world, it is left to root for their favourite team or the team their favourite EPL player plays from. Apart from all this, there is another “Indian” thing in [...]

Can FIFA world cup repeat IPL success in indian Media ?

By Manoj Govindassamy at 10 June, 2010, 3:10 pm

Well, when it comes to cricket, its a religion as such in the country and so Sony Max was able to sweep ad revenue of over 700 crores from the IPL 2010 event in just 2 months time period….May be ESPN would not be able to cross SET Max’s IPL 2010 Ad revenue, but it can definitely bag a significant chunk as it has already sold off most of its ad inventory for the event….

BSNL staff on indefinite strike. Network may be affected. What BSNL needs to do?

By Poonam Singhal at 20 April, 2010, 12:55 pm

Three lakh employees of the state-owned telecom major, BSNL are on indefinite strike starting today. It includes 50K executive staff & 2.5 lakh non-executive staff. Financial health of the PSU has not been sound, from quite sometime, since it has not been able to keep up with the competition from private players. The company’s profit [...]

Bollywood loses over Rs 200 crores during Jan-March ’10 – Is IPL the cause?

By Muruganandham Krishnan at 20 April, 2010, 7:27 am

The Bollywood box office incurred losses of at least Rs 200 crore in the first three months of 2010, primarily due to poor content and the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, dominating the entertainment scene now. Failure of medium-to-big budget movies like Dulha Mil Gaya, Chance Pe Dance, Rann, Teen Patti and Pyaar Impossible, [...]

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai – New domestic terminal 1C opened

By Muruganandham Krishnan at 19 April, 2010, 10:04 pm

The new domestic terminal 1C at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport was inaugurated by Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan Saturday (17-Apr-10). Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (IATA: BOM, ICAO: VABB), formerly Sahar International Airport, is the primary airport in Mumbai, India, and is the country’s busiest airport in term of [...]

3G, broadband wireless auctions may last 45 days

By Muruganandham Krishnan at 9 April, 2010, 9:00 am

The auctions for 3G and broadband wireless airwaves that gets underway on April 9 is slated to be a long-drawn affair, stretching for as long as 45 days, said an official involved in the sale process. “The 3G airwaves sale may last about 15-20 days, while the bidding process for broadband wireless access (BWA) frequencies [...]

Desi Indian mobiles brings more cheer to IPL

By Poonam Singhal at 8 April, 2010, 12:47 pm

It goes without saying that world players like Nokia, Samsung, Motorola have been ruling the Indian mobile market. But talking about the IPL (Indian Premier League) advertising, its the desi Indian mobile companies like Karbonn, Maxx and Micromax mobiles that are getting more cheer into the IPL. Not only is this cheer one way, it [...]

Airtel broadband free upgrade to 2 Mbps – For IPL 2010 season

By Manoj Govindassamy at 21 March, 2010, 6:23 am

The so called broadband in India has connection speeds at 256 Kbps on average and live video streaming needs at least 1 Mbps lines for a non jerky experience…By which, Airtel is upgrading all its broadband customers to 2 Mbps speed plan at least just to give users better live streaming experience… But there is a catch here …

Reliance reaches 100 million subscribers

By Poonam Singhal at 18 March, 2010, 5:28 pm

Reliance Communications (RCOM) has attained the landmark of 100 million subscribers of its mobile service. This includes both the GSM & CDMA customer base of RCOM. It is the 2nd company in India to attain this high subscriber, after Airtel achieved it last year. It is only the 4th largest company in the world having [...]

Foreign universities, GMAT coming to India : Benefits & Advantages. What more needs to be done…

By Poonam Singhal at 18 March, 2010, 3:06 pm

The Human Resources Development Ministry of the UPA government has taken a major step towards getting world-class education in India. It has passed the Foreign Educational Institution (Regulation of Entry and Operation) Bill, which will allow foreign universities to set-up campuses in India. Kapil Sibal, the Union HRD Minister, says a move more revolutionary than [...]