Carrier Ethernet Transport

Just two weeks ago Zahid Ghadialy uploaded a post on Carrier Ethernet Transport (CET). It was a basic introduction which had to be supplemented by my own research to understand what CET actually meant. Part of the difficulty is the “collision” of terms. For example, the interview of a Nokia-Siemens manager mentions the term “transport [...]

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Mobile Monday Bangalore, 26-Nov-07

Yesterday at MoMo Bangalore’s November event, it was yet another session of sensible arguments, discussions and insights which I have come to believe characterize every MoMo event. In this community, ideas are shared openly. Suggestions are welcomed and analyzed. In a world in which knowledge is power, the people of MoMo community realize there is [...]

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Back to Basics

Yesterday I visited a bookshop on Bangalore’s M.G. Road. I came across this classic – John G. Proakis, Digital Communitations, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001. I was overcome with a wave of nostalgia. This is a book I had used in engineering course in college some twelve years ago. I must have used the second edition. [...]

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A Review of Indian Mobile Market

Going by the number of mobile phone subscribers, India has become the world’s fastest growing region. Cellular mobile services were introduced in India in August 1995. The initial growth was lacklustre. Subscribers were added at the rate of 0.1 million per month at best for the first 5-6 years. In August 2007, 8.31 million subscribers [...]

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