Jan Blom – Nokia Designer on Indian mobile phone market
In the Internews report, The Promise of Ubiquity, Jan Blom, the designer for Nokia in Bangalore is quoted as saying that: 1. India is a fashion conscious market, where mobile phones are seen as a way...
View ArticleMobile phones as media platforms in developing world
The Internews report, The Promise of Ubiquity, written by John West provides interesting information on how mobile phones are growing in the developing countries. The report points out that mobile...
View ArticleMobile phone Ads targeting youth in India
I recently came across these mobile phone ads targeting Indian youth: 1. MotoYuva A810: Sabko Banaa Dalo! – This ad shows that one young man is making a cartoon of teacher on his mobile phone. MotoYuva...
View ArticleHi-Tech Indian Elections
This story in AsiaOne digital reported that social media will play an active role in Indian elections this year. New electronic machines will be used for voting and there is an online voter...
View ArticleThoughts on Digital Activism
Digital Activism is becoming an important topic of discussion on internet, thanks to some very good digital activism campaigns across the world. Facebook, blogs, twitter and mobile phones are becoming...
View ArticleSandbox.com: A Filipino mobile social networking site
Sandbox.com is a web and mobile portal developed by Filipinos for online social networking, media content sharing and other web services. The users can chat, send email, watch TV. The cost of any...
View ArticleWeb resources for Indian mobile industry
Several people have been inquiring me about some useful web resources on Indian mobile sector. Here is a list of websites I have found useful. I will keep adding to it as and when I find more websites....
View ArticleHindustan Times is revamping!!!
This article reports that Hindustan Times, a major Indian newspaper is changing it’s look and reporting style to cater to India’s youth population. Sanjoy Narayan, editor-in-chief, HT, “Relationship...
View ArticleIndia’s mobile subscribers close to 400 million
Techtree reports India’s mobile subscriber base 391.76 million, despite the push, the growth in the rural sectors is slow. With a subscriber base of 282 million, urban centers account for 72% of all...
View ArticleMobile India: A statistical look at urban Indian mobile users
I found this excellent stats on mobile phone usage in India by Arun Prabhudesai on his blog Trak.in. I have summarized the main points in my post, you can read the full report here. - India’s mobile...
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