Sriram Vadlamani
Sriram is the Editor in Chief and the co-founder of TheGadgetFan. Sriram writes the Indianomics column at Asian Correspondent. Contact Sriram through twitter: @indianomics or @6sv.
India: 50 Million Phones Shipped in Q1 2012, But Smartphone Sales Have Declined
The mobile market continues to grow in India, with feature phones leading the pack. Trends show that India is fond of multi-SIM phones and cheap handsets.
Sify Videomeet Offers Personal Telepresence for Enterprises at Rs. 3 Per Minute
Sify Videomeet provides a software based telepresence service for quality video-conferencing without using any expensive hardware, at a cost of Rs 3 per minute.
ValueFirst Acquires 160by2 and Way2SMS
Free SMS services are quite popular in India, and the market is consolidating.
India Startup News: TaxiforSure, Quikr, Autowale.in, JustRechargeIt
This week’s funding stories are a bit different, with a listing company, an auto on call service, an online prepaid reloading service, and online hail-a-taxi.
Dhingana, India’s Spotify, Celebrates 10.5 Million Active Users with an Infographic
Dhingana has signed up more than 300 labels to stream their music legally, which is a big deal for the company and India’s music industry.
After Twitter Block, Pakistan Files Complaint Against Facebook
After blocking Twitter from local ISPs, Pakistan has now filed a compliant against Facebook and three other sites for posting blasphemous material.
India: File-Sharing Websites Blocked, Anonymous Retaliates, Sanity Takes a Break
Hacking group Anonymous brings down Indian government websites in retaliation for ISPs doing a blanket ban on file sharing sites.
Growth of Social Networks in Asia [Infographic]
Facebook might be the top social network worldwide, but some Asian countries have their own dominant social networking service.
India: Men Browse, Women Text
A Nielsen study has found that men and women use smartphones differently, particularly with messaging apps, web browsing and time spent on each activity.





