IPTV has been in the news for some time and so has been MTNL’s association with the same. Now MTNL has finally launched IPTV service in association with Aksh Optifibre Ltd. They have launched a service called Aksh-Tel, an internet protocol television (IPTV) and V Spyk, (a video phone calling service) in partnership with For [...]
As recently as three years ago, if you told a top game industry executive that your favorite genre was online PC games, you would almost invariably provoke a reaction akin to telling a television mogul that your favorite shows explain the migration patterns of obscure African fauna. In other words, you would get the verbal [...]
The city-based Ichip India has developed a technology to deliver Internet-based entertainment, education and communication services through a single integrated device. The new device, @Box, is reckoned to be an affordable replacement for home entertainment PC. The company plans to start commercial production of the new low-cost device by March next year and deploy it [...]
Excerpt from Article on Hindu Business Line So, if the two big 'uns of the durables industry are seeing scorching sales, what gives? Why do official figures trotted out by the government say durables sales are flagging? Are the Cassandras beating the wrong drum? As Suresh Khanna, General Secretary, Consumer Electronic and Appliances Manufacturers Association, [...]
When a relatively unknown company promises to revolutionise its industry on the eve of its stock market float, even the most wide-eyed optimists have a right to be suspicious. That's exactly what ASX-listed Arasor and Novalux – makers of chips that are integral to laser TV – did at a media briefing in October last [...]
This is eco-logic gone perverse. Now, if a UK citizen flies to India on a holiday to see the Taj Mahal, he can cleanse himself of the guilt of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted from burning fuel by ensuring farmer families in India stop using diesel pump sets and instead begin pumping water manually. And there [...]
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SEARCH ENGINE RETREVO will launch a new version of its site next week, just before the upcoming holiday shopping season. The revamped site, still in beta, will feature overall value and "community" ratings for each product based on professional and user reviews. Started in 2005, Retrevo aims to simplify consumer electronics shopping by [...]
–Contributed by Ravi Srinivasan If you follow business, news like consumer electronics growing in India and organized retail in India coming of age is no news at all. If you are from one of the urbane parts of the country, especially a metro, then you might have seen some consumer electronic super stores too. But [...]
Contributed by Ravi Srinivasan We peep into the entertainment and display industry today. With the burgeoning middle class story and the higher purchasing power, people are willing to spend more and more on leisure and entertainment and this is obviously getting consumer companies all excited. This has made them introduce newer technologies into the market [...]
Contributed by Ravi & Pradeep It is old news that India is one of the fastest growing markets for the Personal Computer. For a developing economy it is also very interesting that a lot of this growth has been predicted not just in our urban pockets but even in the rural areas. The common Indian [...]
