[Goanet] India's Bandwidth Bonanza (Times of India, 6/4/2018)

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https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIGO%2F2018%2F04%2F06=Ar00800=CFE86429=text

Catapulting ahead of the rest of the world, India is now by far the
largest consumer of digital data via mobile smartphones. Today, the
country uses over 1.3 gigabytes (GB) per month. That’s more than the
data usage of China and the USA combined, which is the result of a
staggering growth rate over the past three years. Just last week, the
Department of Telecom (DoT) posted on Twitter, “Average data usage per
subscriber grew 25 times from 62 MB per month in 2014 to 1.6 GB per
month in 2017.” In tandem, there is an equally spectacular rise in the
number of broadband users, from 61 million in March 2014 to 325
million in September 2017. We are experiencing a dramatic
technological revolution, with far-reaching effects for every possible
dimension of politics, society, culture and the economy.

Affordability is one main reason for the seemingly unstoppable surge
in Indian data usage. Over the past three years, mobile internet
tariffs have plunged over 90% to the lowest levels in the world, with
a host of ambitious competitors bringing rates down to the range of
just Rs. 4 per GB per day. This has translated into an explosion in
demand. The DoT says, “Average data usage per subscriber grew 25 times
from 62 MB per month in 2014 to 1.6 GB per month in 2017.” Now global
content providers like Netflix and Amazon are readying themselves to
exploit a potential goldmine. When the latter inaugurated its video
services in India, more new users signed up in its first year than in
any other country.

Nested right alongside this dizzying growth is another marvellous
success story. That is the exponential buildout of mobile phone
manufacturing in multiple locations. Just last week, the Indian
Cellular Association wrote to Telecom minister Manoj Sinha and IT
minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, ‘India has now emerged the second
largest producer of mobile handset by volume.” While China still
remains the dominant global player, India has quickly passed Vietnam
and now accounts for 11% of global mobile production, which is an
impressive jump from just 3% in 2014. Next year, the industry aims to
achieve production of 500 million mobile handsets, with a value close
to $50 billion.

The stunning story of Indian telecom stands out particularly starkly
because so much of the rest of the heavily-touted ‘Make in India”
policy campaign has sputtered unevenly, after the twin shocks of
demonetization and the poorly implemented GST regime. While foreign
direct investment is at record levels, including significant emphasis
on manufacturing, an atmosphere of anxiety continues to reign. At last
calculation (around six months ago) the value of stalled manufacturing
projects in India was over $200 billion. Meanwhile, products made in
China dominate countless market segments across the country despite
transportation costs and tariffs upwards of 10%.

Here it should be noted that India’s fantastically cheap mobile data
has not yet resulted in any appreciable improvements in the overall
quality of service available. According to Ookla, makers of the most
popular and accessible network speed tests, India ranks a lowly 67th
in the world for fixed broadband speeds, and an abysmal 109th in terms
of mobile internet speeds with an average of just 9 megabits per
second (Mbps). For comparison, Norway (1 in the world) averages 62
Mbps. Even right across the border, China ranks averaged 34 Mbps (26th
in the world) while India is also behind Sri Lanka (82nd) and Pakistan
(92nd).

Ever since the Internet became widely available to the public,
analysts have predicted that this “information superhighway” would
have the greatest impact in India. This is because decades of poor
infrastructure development – physical, political, economic and social
– could potentially be neutralized, in one great leap to digital
technology. Policy makers have been talking excitedly about this
possibility for decades, but nothing of the sort ever happened, as
computer penetration remained negligible per capita.

Now, all of a sudden, everything is changing, and all we really know
is this is a huge inflection point reverberating like an earthquake in
the global marketplace. Last week, YouTube reported it has 225 million
active monthly users from India. Indians on Facebook are the single
largest national contingent. These are unprecedented events. Future
generations are certain to point back in time to this precise moment,
when hundreds of millions of young Indians came into the global
marketplace, given access by a technological revolution. Together,
they are going to make history.

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....Dean Martin - "That's Amore" (Lyrics)

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[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Icelandic Winter Sketches – 5

[Rajan Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Icelandic Winter
Sketches – 5'

Light sculptures.

The idea in this ongoing series is to seek out scenes that give the
impression of strokes on an artists’ canvas. These photos typically
have a subdued monochrome palette and are as seen by the eye, not
black-and-white conversions.


You may view the latest post at

http://blog.parrikar.com/2018/04/05/icelandic-winter-sketches-5/


Warm regards,


Rajan Parrikar
parri...@yahoo.com

[Goanet] Press Invite for announcement of Goa Sevens Premier League

[Futsal Association of Goa]

Greetings!

*Press Invite*

Goa Sevens Sports and Cultural Association together with Ambelim Sports
Club will organize a press conference on Friday (April 6) to announce
the *Second
Edition of Goa Sevens Premier League (GSPL)* at the FAG office, PJN
Stadium, Fatorda, at 11 a.m. GSPL President Benjamin Silva will address the
same along with GFA members.

Kindly depute a reporter/correspondent from your esteemed daily to cover
the same.

Note: Kindly forward the same to different media groups.


Thanking You,

Regards,
Futsal Association of Goa

[Goanet] Requesting advertisement for Ballet Classes for Children

[gautam nima]

Hello,

My name is Gautam Nima and I am a performing artist with a Masters of Fine Arts 
degree in Dance from U.S.A.
I have been teaching Ballet classes for children at Club Harmonia since August 
2017.
My work has also been featured in your TheGoan article in May 2016 for our one 
week 'Movement Installation' performance at Goa Chitra museum.

http://englishnews.thegoan.net/story.php?id=17157

I thank you for that wonderful coverage.

I would like you to help me get the word out on your prestigious newspaper so 
that children can benefit from this opportunity. If you could please help 
advertise my classes I would really appreciate it.

My phone number is +91 8954619805.
Thank you very much.

Note for the Event section in the paper:
Internationally Trained Dance Artist  Gautam Nima is teaching 'Ballet, Creative 
Movement Class' for children at Club Harmonia, Margao.
Timings-
Mondays & Tuesdays
4:15pm to 5:15pm for Kids of age 8 to 12 years
5:30pm to 6:30pm for Kids of age 4 to 7 years
Registration contact number 8954619805 (Teacher)

Thank you for your help in advance. I would appreciate your help in being 
featured in whatever way you can enable for us. I would be happy to provide any 
further information regarding the same.

Warm Regards,

Gautam Nima

(MFA in Dance)

[Goanet] Easy listening selection....Moonlight Serenade...Glenn Miller Orch.

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[Goanet] US vs China....Heres who pays the price in a trade war.

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https://eblnews.com/video/heres-who-pays-price-brewing-us-china-trade-war-371467

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[Goanet] AIFF REPORT: KERALA BLASTERS ARE EXPECTING A 'FIERCE' GAME AGAINST 'TEAM' NEROCA

[AIFF Media]

Dear Colleagues,



Please find the preview of Kerala Blasters v NEROCA FC on April 6, 2018.



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*KERALA BLASTERS ARE EXPECTING A 'FIERCE' GAME AGAINST 'TEAM' NEROCA*



*BHUBANESWAR:* Kerala Blasters gaffer David James is expecting nothing
short of a ' fierce game' against NEROCA FC in the final round of 16 game of
the ongoing Hero Super Cup competition tomorrow (April 6, 2018).



*READ MORE:* https://the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8889



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Request you to follow our OFFICIAL accounts:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/IndianFootball
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[Goanet-News] Olav Albuquerque... Goa in the 1960s... journalism in Bombay... contracts... Goan journos... journalism and law

[Frederick Noronha]

>From a chat on the past weekend:

Olav Albuquerque: growing up in the Goa of the 1960s (including times at
the Don Bosco's Panjim of those days)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osm9593Is7g=10s

On journalism in the Bombay of the 1970s and 1980s... and what constitutes
sub-judice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GhtIeF7NLw

On the contract system for journalists... and why it hurts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQb3dOkMopE

Some Goan journos in Bombay/Mumbai ... and how the media covers the courts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpswSiypmbI

On journalism, on law... and how the two compare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E1HeVKxTQ0
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[Goanet] Goa's famous Mapusa market is a perennial source of inspiration for artists.

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https://scroll.in/magazine/858456/why-goas-famous-mapusa-market-is-a-perennial-source-of-inspiration-for-artists

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[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....Frank Sinatra All of Me

[Gabe Menezes]

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