An information economy requires an attitudinal shift in society about the critical role of quality public data In God we trust; all others must bring data.” This quote is widely attributed to the American statistician W. Edwards Deming, who helped to develop sampling techniques in the 1940s that are still used by the US department…
The department of telecommunications (DoT) has asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to review the usage of spectrum by private players and government institutions that are not related to defence and security. “Trai may carry out review and make its recommendations on the present usage of spectrum… on the ‘efficient management’ of available spectrum,” the DoT said in…
An inter-ministerial panel has requested the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to take up the role or suggest if there is a need for a separate regulator for e-commerce. At present, Trai regulates telecommunications, media and broadcasting industries. The need for an e-commerce regulator was felt after the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) sought the commerce ministry’s intervention over ‘predatory…
Requests for mobile number portability (MNP) went up by 3.64 million in November 2014, according to a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) statement. “In the month of November 2014, 3.64 million subscribers submitted their requests for MNP. With this, the cumulative MNP requests increased from 135.86 million at the end of October 2014 to…
Union minister for road transport and highways and shipping Nitin Gadkari has promised the digitalization of the roadways and to make it more eco-friendly for the citizens. Gadkari made the comments at the launch of a web portal for online approval of movement of over dimensional and overweight cargo by modular hydraulics in the national…
Report by Odisha Diary bureau, Bhubaneswar: Naveen Patnaik led BJD government should provide an adequate infrastructure for the growth of Digital Media which the Odia farmers can use for getting connected with the local and global market to sell his produce to get a good return on their investment in the agriculture sector, the experts…
Customer Retention shows a sharp increase as a marketing goal in the 2015 edition of Octane India Annual e-Marketing Study. While majority of marketers still vote for Customer Acquisition as their primary marketing goal, Customer Retention sees an 80% growth since 2011.
Read More
The Narendra Modi government`s plans for Digital India initiatives are refreshing and exciting and Google is ready to help it out in this project, its Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton G. Cerf said Tuesday. “The aspirations of the new Indian government and its initiatives of Digital India are very refreshing and exciting,” he said in his…
The global Internet and mobile telecast rights of Indian Premier League (IPL), the popular Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), are up for grabs for the next four years beginning this year, as the board’s contract with Times Internet Ltd comes to an end.
Read More
The vocabulary is changing and becoming more loaded. Print and TV journalists are now called legacy media. As opposed to being part of the expanding digital dawn. New digital properties emerged over the last year and claimed mind space. Indian start-ups of international media sites such as Quartz, Scroll and The Huffington Post, India Today’s DailyO.in, Raghav…