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DoT Shuts Down S Tel Services: V For Vendetta?

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 9th, 2010 |

IPL Global Smartphone App Rights Go To DCI Mobile & Sigma Ventures

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 5th, 2010 |

PayPal To Resume India Payments By 3rd March; Export Code Needed

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 27th, 2010 |

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Update: (March 2nd): It appears that Paypal will no longer require an Export Code, but a ‘Purpose Code. Much easier, this way. Read the update here. Earlier (Feb 27th): The Reserve ... Continue_Reading

Copyright Act: Rational Assumption Of Ownership Of Music Rights?

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 16th, 2010 |

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The baby is being thrown out with the bathwater. While the proposed amendments to the copyright act haven’t been made public yet, the HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, after a meeting ... Continue_Reading

Mail Today Editor Bharat Bhushan On Copyright, Crediting & Online Photographs

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 11th, 2010 |

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Since yesterday, much spleen has been vented regarding the lifting of creative commons and copyrighted content from the Internet by Indian media publications. This is by no means a new ... Continue_Reading

IAMAI & AAAI Sign Agreement To Resolve Online Publisher-Agency Issues; Terms & Our Take

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 8th, 2010 |

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It’s about cashflows. The Indian Internet Industry has been plagued for long by issues of delayed payments, with payment cycles going well beyond the usual 60 day period. For online ... Continue_Reading

Vodafone Essar’s ARPU At Rs.209, Rev Up 9.1%

By Diwaskar Chettri on February 5th, 2010 |

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As expected, Vodafone Essar has added a much higher 8.56 million connections in the quarter ended December 2009. In the previous quarter, it added 6.3 million. The #3 telco had ... Continue_Reading

Pyramid Saimira Posts Net Loss Of Rs. 36.4M

By Preethi J on February 2nd, 2010 |

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It appeared to be recovering but the quarter has been a setback for theatre chain owner Pyramid Saimira, which reported a standalone net loss of Rs. 36.4 million, down 95.1% year ... Continue_Reading

Updated: JustDial Accuses Infomedia18’s Askme.in Of Database Theft

By Preethi J on February 1st, 2010 |

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Updated below with case details and how Askme was caught It’s a cursed beginning for Askme.in, Infomedia18’s newly launched local search service which has been taken offline barely a fortnight after ... Continue_Reading

Sify Posts Net Profit, Settles Case Against Yahoo?

By Preethi J on January 28th, 2010 |

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Nasdaq-listed Indian Internet and IT firm Sify Technologies appears to have finally settled out of court the business tort suit (case no: 1-06-CV-076671) which it filed against Yahoo in the ... Continue_Reading

Updated: Court Reverses Order On Telemarketing In India

By Preethi J on January 25th, 2010 |

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Update: The Indian telecom regulatory body TRAI has been struck with the realisation, supremely delayed as it is, that consumer complaints are not being addressed by the three-tiered structure most ... Continue_Reading

Balaji Telefilms Net Profit Up 76%

By Preethi J on January 18th, 2010 |

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After suffering an 88% decline in profits in the quarter July-August-September last year, Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms recovered slightly with consolidated net profits increasing 76% sequentially to Rs. 18.15 million ... Continue_Reading