Sivoo, an Internet TV network of multicultural on demand content has tied up with the 2007 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) for hosting online, content based on the festival. IFFLA is being held at the ArcLight Hollywood, and being held between the 17th and 22nd of April, with…

First up: during the Q&A, when Lloyd Mathias, Director Marketing-India for Motorola India was asked about Motorola’s plans for terrestrial broadcasting, much like the Doordarshan DVB-H launch with Nokia. Mathias confirmed that Motorola is talking with broadcasters in India for a pilot project. As of today, only the public broadcaster…

Tarun Mohan, CEO of PhoneyTunes, during his presentation at the session on Mobile Entertainment and VAS at Convergence India said that though the subscriber base is growing, the VAS provider is not seeing a corresponding growth in VAS. Even then, it’s not enough for there to be a VAS boom…

I switched to the session on “Wireless Delivery: Broadband for all” from the one on infotainment which seemed to be rather introductory and focused mostly on the US market and product features. Parag Kar, Senior Director, Government Affairs, Qualcomm - India and SAARC said that technology should be appropriately placed…

It’s ironic that at Convergence India, access to WiFi in the conference halls was a real struggle. On the first day, the conference began on a positive note: Pradip Baijal, former chairman of the TRAI said that it’s not up to the government to choose between GSM and CDMA –…

I’ll be at Convergence India today, and there’s going to be talk of wireless, broadband, IPTV and VAS. A few launches are planned on the sidelines of the event. I’m probably attending the session on Business & Infotainment today, the session with a talk on VoIP during the first half…