India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) has lowered domestic call termination fees from 0.6 cents per minute to 0.4 cents per minute. This is the fee charged to a cellular carrier when a call terminates on someone else’s network within India. India already enjoys the lowest mobile calling rates of any major country and this should [...]
Posted on March 11th, 2009 by Gunjan
India’s ruling coalition government has paid several hundred thousand dollars to acquire the right to use the Oscar-winning Jai Ho song from Slumdog Millionaire as part of its election advertising. The UPA Coalition, led by the Indian National Congress party, embraced the British movie and its depiction of the poor immediately in a calculated move [...]
Posted on March 7th, 2009 by Gunjan
43 million new voters are expected to swell the electoral rolls to as many as 714 million citizens next month India, the world’s largest democracy goes to general parliamentary elections starting Aptil 16th. In a mind-boggling exercise, unlike any other on earth, four million poll officials will manage an incredible 828,804 election centers in a [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2009 by Gunjan
