DoT To Telcos: First Pay, Then Argue
Seeking to curb the number of disputes logged with the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), the Department of Telecom (DoT) is planning to bring about a change in regulations so telcos will have to cough up 50% of the amount before they can challenge financial penalties imposed on them. An estimated Rs 500 crore is currently held up due to the disputes. (More on ET)
IndyaRocks’ SMS Gold
Indyarocks has launched a new service SMS Gold which offers various tariff plans for SMS packs. The pre-paid plans are targeted at users, schools and small business owners. They can also be used for events like weddings to send reminders. The basic plan costs Rs 2,500 where an SMS costs just 25 paise, but the larger packs include one of Rs 5,000 and Rs. 8,000 which allow the registered user to send . Indyarocks promises unlimited validity on all the offers with SMS Gold and allows users to schedule their delivery – quite a useful option.
New E-Learning Portal Launched: MeritNation.com
Info Edge (owner of job portal Naukri.com) has launched an e-learning portal Meritnation.com. The site offers coaching in Maths, Science and English for students in classes 6 to 12. MeritNation offers detailed multimedia learning modules, practice tests, videos and animations to help the students understand text-book solutions. It also features blogs and an ‘Ask and Answer’ section where students can share their knowledge. It has also been heard that the Malayala Manorama group is launching an education website.
Games2Win In Top 20
Games2Win.com claims it is now one of the top 20 online gaming portals, quoting Comscore numbers. There are 13 million unique users in the extended web category and 5 million in the portal category, the May 2009 statistics say. Please note that we are not aware of Comscore’s methodology and so can not certify its numbers.
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I am curious – if medianama does not recognize comscore methodology, which measuring authority does it believe in or its has certified methodology ratified?
Alok:
we don't recognize comscore methodology because we don't understand how they do their sampling and how they arrive at their conclusions. I have contacted Comscore for an explanation in the past, and not received an adequate response from their side.
Companies like Consim Info and Info Edge, who have used Comscore for marketing purposes have been unable to explain to me how it works. At the same time, Info Edge uses Comscore in their financial results as a third party stats tool. If we were aware of Comscores sampling methodology and method of calculation, we would be able to give adequate warning to our readers, like try to do in other cases.
It's not about us certifying any authority, but about us having sufficient knowledge of how the research has been conducted, so our readers are aware of potential for inaccuracy.
If you think our thought process regarding Comscore is incorrect, please do share your opinion on how, and we'll do a rethink. Thanks.
Nikhil:
#1) You still havent answered alok's question – which methodolgy do you believe in.
#2) Comscore is under no obligation to explain you the methodoly. Most probably it is a trade super secret, and explaining anything special to you would be unlawful (comscore is listed company). It would also mean its methodolgy is more prone to rigging if it is not secret.
#3)Also saying that you dont endorse comscore methodoly is unneccessary – your readers are intelligent enough to make a judgement on that. In that sense it seems that you endorse ET (since you have not put a disclaimer)
#4) It seems fashionable to trash comscore, alexa by everyone in india. At the sametime noone has any alternate/better solution. Whats the point then…