Indianomics

A ban is a ban. 25 million phones which do not have a IMEI number will not be able to make any calls. The mobile operators are already blocking calls made from mobiles without IMEI numbers.

Many blogs die in the first year for the lack of traffic or income. But, Indianomics lived to see this day. In fact it has rejuvenated itself in the past 2 months with some new targets.

It only has 408 million mobile users and India already ran out of mobile numbers. At least the one’s starting with 9.

Top 20 telecom operators across the world has a total of 2.4 billion telephone subscribers. That is 58% of the total telephone subscribers in the world.

Citibank in partnership with Vodafone and Nokia is trying out near field communication or contact less payment in Bangalore. This is a pilot project to arrive at a business model rather than a  technology pilot.

Reliance ADAG’s Reliance Infrastructure has won IT consultancy projects from 5 state electricity distribution companies in Karnataka. This marks Reliance’s inevitable entry into the Information Technology field.

Outsourcing is taking a whole new meaning because of the recession. Instead of creating jobs in home countries they are choosing to shift the business elsewhere to stay afloat.

Which way is it? India has developed a  sudden craving for Smartphone’s or handset makers have discovered a new market in India? Either way we are seeing a deluge of Smartphone’s this summer and looks like the monsoon is on its way.

As per a recent survey Engineering graduates still prefer Information Technology over many other fields irrespective of their specialization. And I hope the new batch which will start in 2009 will change that.

Is it a camera, is it a phone, is it a camcorder or is it a gaming device? That seems to be the question of every Smartphone that is being introduced every other day. Nokia N86 priced at Rs. 27, 359 seems to be that kind of phone.