Understanding allocation of spectrum for telcos Rumi, June 5, 2010June 5, 2010 These days you read a lot about telcos having a war with the Government about allocation of spectrum. So what does it actually mean? Spectrum is airwaves which carry sound on a given frequency or band. It is scarce because there is limited bandwidth and a major chunk of airwaves… Continue Reading
Trip to Manikgonj Rumi, May 4, 2010 The subject line though saying a trip to Manikgnj, but the place I’ve never been. This morning I just read an article on Ittefaq- thought save it for future reference. Made a PDF version of the Bangla content (unfortunately Ittefaq doesnt support Unicode) Download here Continue Reading
Microsoft Address: Bangladesh Rumi, December 22, 2009 Woo! It was too time consuming to get their Dhaka Office location. But finally google did find that out from a thrid party site instead of Microsoft!!!! Now you see why google is getting bigger than micros? Frustrating isn’t it- they just can’t manage to express their location in right… Continue Reading
Cuppucake sweetie pie… Rumi, November 27, 2009November 27, 2009 You’re my Honeybunch, Sugarplum Pumpy-umpy-umpkin, You’re my Sweetie Pie You’re my Cuppycake, Gumdrop Snoogums-Boogums, You’re the Apple of my Eye And I love you so and I want you to know That I’ll always be right here And I love to sing sweet songs to you Because you are so… Continue Reading
Pause & Rethink Rumi, September 27, 2009 Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately two thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was… Continue Reading
A remittance strategy scribble Rumi, August 7, 2009 As mentioned, last week was a Remittances week in Rome. Remittances continually intrigues me as a market, especially the major focus financial institutions are now placing on this area as an opportunity. This is contradictory as those who need remittance services the most are often those who do not use… Continue Reading