Iran Telecommunication Market Analysis (2010)

I visited Iran in 2010 (Read my story Here). Below is a summary of my findings of the Telecom market there: Demographics:  Total Population:    74 Million Urban Population:  60% Young Population:  36% GSM penetration:  60%, expected to grow up to max 80%. Internet usage:      36% Fixed Line Penetration:    High in urban and Continue Reading

TCP vs UDP

TCP & UDP are two of the most important Transport Layer protocols used for error-free end to end data delivery. Understanding these and some of the relevant important concepts is vital. Below is a summary of these: There are two main Transport Layer protocols namely TCP and UDP. Transport Layer Continue Reading

credit crunch vs monkey crunch

  If you find it difficult to understand the current world financial crisis, the following should help… Once upon a time in a village in India, a man announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each. The villagers seeing there were many monkeys around, went out to Continue Reading

Sydney Sheldon

Life is like a Novel Sydney Sheldon is the most famous dramatic/suspense novel writer of 20th century. He is also film, TV & stage show/drama writer and winner of an Oscar. Sydney’s own life was a pure drama, pooerst at one stage & Billionaire at another. Sydney wrote his first Continue Reading

Enjoying Egyptian Food

  Read Cairo Visit Part 1 Here Egypt has an ample variety of food and there are a lot of street restaurants to enjoy from. Frying Fish: I was strolling through the streets of Cairo downtown looking for a local food shop to have lunch. There were plenty of them Continue Reading