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JuxtConsult Reports 35.06 Million Regular Internet Users; 19% Growth In Urban Regular Net Users - 3 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 04 Jun 2008 10:28 AM PST

Regular Indian internet urban users grew 19% in 2008 to reach 30 million ‘regular’ users and a total of 35 million. Regular is defined as users who access the internet…

Details Of India’s National E-Governance Plan - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 06 Feb 2008 11:16 PM PST

IT For Change has compiled list of list of documents detailing the rollout of the National E-Governance Plan (NeGP), which involves a massive rollout of the Common Services Centres (CSCs).…

Government To Spend Rs. 5400 Crore On Connecting Quarter Million Panchayats In Three Years - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 22 Jan 2008 03:25 AM PST

Can’t help but be cynical about connectivity and e-governance given the Indian governments forgettable track record, but anyway: The government intends to computerize nearly 250,000 Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), for…

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IIT Mumbai Sets Up aAQUA - An SMS Based Helpline For Farmers - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 10 Dec 2007 08:18 PM PST

The Telegraph has a story on an SMS based helpline for farmers set up by IIT Mumbai: aAQUA (almost all questions answered), is a scheme that enables farmers to enquire…

Ericsson Moves Into Rural India With Broadband Project - 2 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Wed 19 Sep 2007 01:52 AM PST

Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) has launched a rural broadband project called Gramjyoti, which uses WCDMA/HSPA technology to connect rural communities to high-speed internet services for the first time. [via release] Launched…

ITC Plans An Outlay Of Rs. 5000 Crore For E-Choupal Expansion - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 27 Aug 2007 10:16 PM PST

More details on ITCs plans for the expansion of its e-Choupal initiative: the company intends to spend Rs. 5000 crore over the next five years, increasing the number of e-choupals…

BSNL To Use Govt Kiosk Network To Provide 85,000 Customers Wi-Max - 8 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Mon 20 Aug 2007 09:06 PM PST

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will use a wireless broadband network that it’s setting up for a large computer kiosk network for the Union government to offer up to 85,000…

Handset Roundup: Mobile Music Trends; Nokia Margins; Rural Focus - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 17 Jul 2007 12:19 AM PST

-- Lloyd Mathias, Director (Marketing) for Motorola’s South West Asia unit tells HT that consumers look for music clarity, storage capacity, multiple formats, availability of the latest software and wireless…