Infrastructure Sharing in Telecom

 With the telecom operators going fierce for fast roll-out of network to be the leader in terms of subscribers, quality of service and revenues, it seems like the status quo in sharing of the infrastructure will lead to big altercation in the whole city landscape. New telecom towers erecting in just few days from new operators (with least frequencies in big cities like Kathmandu), will not only increase the carbon emissions from the gen set used in hundreds of stations, but also questions the sustainability of these small operators in the...

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Australia bans Huawei for a project.

There have been reports of ban on Chinese vendors in several countries for bidding projects due to espionage concern. In a latest news, Australian Government has banned Huawei from bidding in any tenders for the supply of equipment for the National Broadband Network (NBN). Huawei, meanwhile, is reportedly fighting the ban, both publically and via diplomatic channels, with sources at the vendor cited as claiming that the Chinese government could retaliate if the ban on the company participating in tenders is not lifted. The Australian government,...

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Two year old sings Adele.

Here is another viral video in youtube that has achieved 1.5 M views in just two weeks of the post. Now after three weeks, the no. of hits has reached to 6.5 M that's more of a viral (i guess). Due to rapid posts of the video in social media sites like facebook, twitter , the clip spread like a wildfire leaving smile in people and making news all over. Here is the video. This is sang by a two year old Canadian cutie Makena and her mother posted the clip on Youtube. In the video, she sings Adele's heart breaking track "Someone like you"and it seems...

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Huawei Claims 30 Gbps 'Beyond 4G'

As LTE goes commercial and operators start to plan for LTE-Advanced, some players are inevitably pushing towards yet another generation of wireless performance. Huawei says it has run internal demonstrations of what it calls 'Beyond LTE', which can deliver more than 20 times the speeds of current 4G networks.The Chinese vendor - which is seeking to position itself in the forefront of technology innovation, and is building major patent holdings in emerging standards - says the prototype system can reach peak data rates of up to 30Gbps. It...

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Everyone in this industry wants to be Hero/Heroine: Takme Buda

Wilson Bikram Rai (also known to many as Takme buda) is an actor/comedian who has got lot of potential in Nepali Film Industry. Though introduced to this field many years ago as a child actor, his movie (first movie with a lead role) "Sayad" is releasing this Baishak. With the comedy acts like Bisexual role in Tito Satya, Takme Buda in Meri Bassai, and this latest act, he has proved he can play any sort of character. Here is how I put the Interview.  RDMAN: I would like to start this conversation like this..lakhe hai...sebarau...haina yo manche...

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Ghodejatra Myth

Today is Ghode Jatra, an annual Horse Riding Festival in Kathmandu. This festival is marked by a big Horse Parade and acrobats by Nepal Army in Tundikhel, the center of Kathmandu. It is being celebrated from several hundred years on the fourteenth of the dark half of the Chaitra (sometime in March or April). Nepal Government  gives public holiday (only for the valley denizens) in this festival. President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Ministers, High Ranking Officials attend the festival to observe the horse race, stunts, and cultural...

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Tips on how to perform better in the exam.

Exam fever is on now, as SLC has just started from today and also many others are just around the corner. Exams are the most stressful time for many people. Students are very much worried about the outcome of a whole year/semester feeling high degree of pressure. But if you plan well and study with the plan, you will perform very well. Here are some collected tips for students to perform well in the exam. If you have got anything, please add it in the comments.  Before the exam: 1) Don't fear or hate exam, Be confident.2)...

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Technology Mixup

I came across a picture which was posted without any explanation and I think is quite interesting for all the techno-people. Here is the pic. I know some of you will be googling the term you don't know, you don't need to...as I am putting here the techno terms.  Text: Alias SMS Email: Exchanging information from one to many using a email address, something@sthmail.com Cloud: Cloud is an abstract memory space and is also a service that allows user to store data in web. Skype: Software Application that allows users to communicate with peers...

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Pushpa Basnet Nominated for CNN heroes 2012

Anuradha Koirala, a social worker from Nepal (the founder and executive director of Maiti Nepal) was awarded CNN Hero in 2010 for her drive against women trafficking to brothels. This year, another social worker Pushpa Basnet from Nepal (the founder of Butterfly Home, and the Early Childhood Development Center) has been nominated for the same. Here is what CNN has written for her: PULLING CHILDREN OUT OF NEPAL'S PRISON Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- Pushpa Basnet doesn't need an alarm clock. Every morning, the sounds of 40 children wake her up...

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Chapali Height Review.

Chapali Height is based on a plot where a couple(Bini and Amir) flees from Pokhara to stay at Amir's friend (Raj)'s home situated at Chapali (a village in north side of Kathmandu) and confusing sexual chemistry rolls in, which leads to a thrilling turn. Besides that no more thing to tell, otherwise the full story will be out. Movie is a mix of physical and little less adventurous ride that misses to mingle along, but the movie has something in entertaining people (not me though). This could only be done when the Director/Producers think and put...

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Revolution is here

Revolution is here people. I am not talking about the bloody or fake revolution. Revolution here is about the first ever radio in the internet cloud from Nepal. RVL radio (abbr. Revolution Radio) is what they have named it. And the people involved in it are the very own popular RJ duo......Ashish and Prasan a.k.a Rhythm Brothers. First Revolution in radio started back in 1995 with a single FM Station Kathmandu Fm aired at 100 MHz, and people were crazy about the station with present day popular stations like HITS FM, Kantipur Fm, Classic Fm,...

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Fingers crossed for Chapali, limitless for hollywood: Beenita

I wanted to interview actor/actress from Nepal but was in dilemma where to start with. Today I got a break to interview Beenita Baral, actress from the movie "Chapali Height" that is going to release from tomorrow. Let's go Straight to the Interview. Rdman: "Chapali height" is creating a lot of hype here, why do you think it has gained so much popularity? What do you think that's in the movie which makes it go straight to win Nepalese heart? Beenita: The reason behind Chapali Height popularity is the strong content/subject of the movie and the...

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Detecon in Nepal Telecom

A subsidiary of Deutsche Telecom,and a global telecom consulting firm Detecon International has been awarded the consultant service for 10 Million GSM Project in Nepal Telecom. With this appointment, Detecon is now responsible for the supervision and quality assurance of this new project. Detecon will also eye on the project implementation by Chinese Vendor Huawei as per the complied specification and the MOU reached between the two. This is the very first time that the state owned number one company is bringing a Consultant to supervise a project. Detecon...

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LTE Advanced Roaming

Last week a new apple product was out in the market, the first one from the giant apple with LTE enabled on it. If you are in US, then you can access the 4G LTE from AT&T and Verizon from this gadget, Otherwise this 4G LTE enabling is of no use for you. Problem lies in the frequency of operation of this device to be at 700 MHz and 2100 MHz which is predominantly used in USA and Canada. But for Europe and Asia, where the frequency of 4G LTE is different like 800 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2600 MHz, this new Apple product has to rely on 3G or Wi-fi for broadband...

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Nepal is in 16th century!!! : Graham Roberts.

Yesterday I joined a Facebook page named "Graham Roberts, Please Come Back!! Nepali Football Needs You", having a little hope he would come back or new contract would be signed after the shameful exit from AFC challenge Cup happening in Kathmandu. But today I am reading his leaving remarks, from which we can imagine how frustrated he is from the situation here in our country. Read the full leaving note below. Picture taken from the Facebook page "This was my last match as the coach. It’s a great pleasure to be the coach of this beautiful nation—Nepal....

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Nepal Telecom to deliver high speed Internet service through WiMax.

Nepal Telecom is all set to start the work of 4G WiMax project with a US based Company named Airspan. After receiving the Spectrum in 2.3 GHz by NTA (Nepal Telecommunication Authority) without any trouble last year, and this current contract with Airspan, NT will deliver high speed wireless data services throughout Nepal within a year. Four Telecom Vendors ZTE, Huawei, Airspan and PointRed vied for executing this project, out of which Airspan won the competition to roll out the 780 million Rs Project to all municipalities and VDCs. This project...

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What is Kony 2012? [video]

What is KONY 2012? KONY 2012 – a documentary about Ugandan warlord Film aims to create awareness and bring him to justice Cashing in? Expert fears “giving money won’t help”   KONY 2012 filmmaker Jason Russell first met Jacob when he visited Uganda in 2003                       Kony 2012 is a film created by Invisible Children, Inc. which became a viral video.The film’s purpose is to promote the charity’s ‘Stop Kony’ movement to make indicted...

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Cricket and Football Pictures

  For the cricket and football story., go to my previous blo...

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