Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Internet and Telecom’

By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 22nd, 2008 • Category: Ideas, India, Infrastructure, Internet and Telecom, Internet and Telecom India, Technology

India has the fastest growing mobile subscriber base in the world and is now ranked 2nd right after China. In order to grow its mobile consumer base Indian and Chinese telecom operators have recognized there is a need to reach out to the rural areas and provide viable, sustainable and efficient telecom infrastructure before they […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 20th, 2008 • Category: Bangalore, Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Start-ups, TechLife - Financial Express, Technology, Venture Capital, Video

It has been almost a month since I wrote my last TechLife column in Financial Express, but I am back this week. In this week’s column I take a look at the complex world of video ad networks, which appears to be a global trend and Indian investors have also jumped into the bandwagon.  Just this month […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Merger & Acquisition, Podcast, Technology, Web 2.0

Congrats to Rafat Ali and his team at ContentNext. They are being acquired by UK’s Guardian Group for over $30 million according to Kara Swisher of BoomTown.
Hats off to Rafat for starting this as a one-person site and growing it to a media group. Jemima Kiss of Guardian writes about Rafat’s rags to riches story […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Bangalore, Entrepreneur Interviews, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, Start-ups, Technology, YouTube Videos

Rajiv Poddar is a Bangalore-based entrepreneur, who is bootstrapping his second startup. His first startup Sedna Wireless is in the process of being wrapped up was probably the first Indian startup focused on delivering a VOIP-based phone. But, After 2 years of working on Sedna Wireless Rajiv made the difficult and tough decision to take […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 6th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Life, Living In America, San Francisco, Social Media, Video, YouTube Videos

It is hard to believe that my two weeks of break just flew by so quickly. I learned quite a bit during my break and discovered the power of meeting and reconnecting with old and new friends. I finally found time to meet many old friends, make new friends and also discovered that the […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 15th, 2008 • Category: Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, People, Technology

I just found that the Kamla Bhatt Show got the best design award for the online radio category in the PC World Web Award 2008. Here is a list of the jury members.
This comes as a pleasant surprise since I was not really aware of these awards and have no idea how I made it […]