Just last week Carlos Slim, the wealthiest man alive, bought the biggest suscription TV provider in Nicaragua. That company, ESTESA, was already a de facto monopoly in its market, and now is part of the telecom empire Slim has built in Nicaragua. At this moment, Slim owns ENITEL, with the brands CLARO (Mobile phone), Turbonett (Wireless internet access), AMNET (broadband […]
Digi photo frames hot up Desi market
Here’s another gizmo making the traditional photo film rolls obsolete. Optical majors are now offering digital photo frames to display pictures. A digital photo frame displays digital images without the need to print them or requiring a computer to view the pictures. Though the market for digital photo frames is still in a nascent stage […]
Allot a space for one Private University in each Special Economic Zone,
EPZs are developed as premium real estate property and they are leased to businesses which are in the export oriented manufacturing sector, it makes sense to have a private university within each of these zones. This policy, if adopted, could be a perfect opportunity to create a marriage that benefits both. Lets look at different […]
Mobile Portability in India by June, 2009
The Mobile phone has become a household article in India and also has become an indispensable and integral part of every Indian. Despite of having number mobile service operators throughout India, the mobile subscribers are increasingly finding it difficult to have a satisfactory service from their service providers and in the process have to frequently […]
History Happening: Sydney, Kormoran, and Grossman Found
Max Watts, Annandale, Australia March, 2008: Sydney, Kormoran, and Grossman have been found: Oh ! said my American Friend: “I didn’t even know they were lost !” They were. They had been. The Sydney and the Kormoran, together, since 1941. Grossman – perhaps linked, – since 1951. Of Grossman(n), more below. Now, March 2008, 67 […]
Your waiter a thief? Is it?
Beware the next time you make payments through your credit or debit card at a store, restaurant and even at ATMs. You could cost you heavily. Little had Brad Lipman known that dinner out with his family would turn out to be much more expensive than he expected, at least temporarily. When he paid […]