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India’s digital revolution needs more than Aakash
Aakash, the $35 made-in-India tablet, may be one of the most significant efforts made by New Delhi, which backed the project, to finally bridge the digital divide that has kept Asia’s third largest...
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India’s tablet: reality bites
Reaching for the Aakash (tablet) – which means ‘sky’ in Hindi – may prove to be just that, after a series of performance complaints and development hiccups have hit the Indian government’s pet project...
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India’s 4G auction: people or profit?
Compared with the embarrassment of the 2008 Indian 2G spectrum auction – which resulted in a scam that is alleged to have deprived the government of $39bn – 2010’s 3G spectrum auction was a wild,...
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Aakash 2.0: another go
They look happy The world’s cheapest tablet, Aakash, has received a long-delayed upgrade and is ready to hit the market in July. And it’s even a little bit cheaper. Will it please the critics and...
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India TV reform: FDI opportunities in digital switchover
Among the suite of reforms in foreign direct investment rolled out by New Delhi – including retail, aviation and pensions – there is one that has attracted less attention. India is raising the cap on...
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The EM world isn’t that connected
That'll cost you A brief reminder from ITU, the UN’s telecoms agency, that for all the talk about the global internet, and how emerging economies are getting online, there is still a huge gap between...
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