India’s department of posts (DoP) is set to spend up to $1 billion on its IT-led business revamp over the next five years. DoP has already short-listed Accenture, Ernst &Young , KPMG, McKinsey and PwC as potential consultants for the project, DOP will be announcing one of the above mentioned consulting biggies as the partner for selecting a tech vendor and also...

New analysis from Wireless Intelligence reveals that the top 20 mobile operators and operator groups ranked by total connections represented over 58 percent of global mobile connections in 1Q09. Aggregated top 20 operators and operator groups*, Q1 2009 The largest operator is China Mobile with just 11% market share. Vodafone is a distant second with 5% market share....

Think,Analyze,Act We all, at certain point of time, have attended highly over hyped “Leadership” trainings. Why over hyped? Cause most of these trainings do not add any value. Yes they obviously help people to learn some jargons and managerial talks but that is far from what leadership is. Wake up corporate. Instead of wasting money on these irrelevant redundant courses,...

Martin Varsavsky, CEO FON (largest Wi-Fi network operator) once said “We are sorry for telecom operators who made the mistake of 3G but it’s not our fault”. Another top executive at one of the European operators had once remarked that “For operators, 3G is essentially a waste of money”. There is a lot of media hype in the emerging countries like India and China...

Consulting is one of the most challenging yet highly rewarding professions. Effective consultants show a number of definitive traits which are not only necessary to achieve success in this field but also are identified as the key differentiating factors which allows them to stand apart from the rest. I would like to go ahead and define consultants as really smart bunch...

Understanding what it takes to work in consulting firm is very important. Long hours of work are part of every industry. And as one gets higher up in the rank, the amount of travel also increases. Consulting is a combination of  both and it requires much more thought process to get the work done smartly while thoroughly enjoying your off duty life. The two most important...

Consulting biggies, BCG, Bain and Mckinsey are back in the limelight. Engineering and construction giant Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has already implemented two five-year plans to reposition the company, which was heavily into engineering, procurement and construction segments, with a large exposure to commodity businesses such as cement and ready-mix concrete, to a more...

As I wander through the streets of Spain, I am ensuring that I am making use of my blackberry to the fullest extent – Chatting with people, Google mapping, Skype calls at the cheapest rate possible, booking tickets, booking my restaurants, storing information etc. – Amazing what it can do for me to move from one city to the other. Innovation is the key driver...

Various Media sources have reported that India”s second largest telecom operator by overall subscriber base, state-owned BSNL, which has seen massive erosion in net profits and is surviving only on interests from its cash reserves, is putting up a four-pronged revival plan based on the recommendations of Boston Consulting Group (BCG). According to Financial Express,...

Having lived in Europe for a little over three years, it has been fascinating while at the same time appalling to see the rise of the financial meltdown and more recently the road to its damage control. Fascinating because of the way the entire meltdown proceeded and partly because of the role that bankers from the top schools and firms played in this crisis situation,...