Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday 9 July 2018

NOSE-TIP IS THE NEW HORIZON


Disruption :  The Inevitable
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Yesterday’s Economic Times carried following news :





May woo unlicensed entities by asking them not to share revenue


Extract :


Telcos are united, for once, in opposition to the plan on the grounds that the move would disrupt a  level-playing field  and violate current law.


The older telcos are typically ranged against new entrant Reliance Jio Infocomm.

The tussle comes as the government, at its highest levels, is keen on making public WiFi an election plank as an extension of Digital India and a symbol of its success, say industry insiders. 

To that end, DoT is considering ways to make the programme attractive for all stakeholders in a bid to rapidly roll out hotspots--500,000 across the country by the end of 2018, with at least one in every village in India. 


I recollect that around 1972 , Central Govt ( under Indira Gandhi ) erected / commissioned 2,000 TV transmission towers , all over India, within one year

If I am not mistaken, looming general election was the motivating force at that time too

That single act ( whatever the motive ) , gave rise to TV industry as we know today


But soon came Cable TV and DTH TV and made those towers “ obsolete “


But that disruption gradually happened over next 30 years


In 2018 , things move fast


I would not be surprised if those 500,000 Wi-Fi Hot Spots get “ obsolete “ within the next 5 years !

By Li-Fi


Content  “ streaming “ down ( or even up / sideways ) using ordinary LED bulbs in each and every home ( and from each and every Street Lamp ? ) at 10 Gbps

What will this do to 1 Gbps  JioGigaFibre announced by Reliance just 3 days back ?


Short answer  :  Disrupt

“ What / Who”  else is in the process of getting “ disrupted “ or about to get disrupted – even if difficult to perceive as such  ?



( Current Industry )   getting disrupted by   ( New Comers )


*    Coal based Power Plants      Solar  Power  Plants

*    Banking Industry                FinTech Mobile Apps

*    Airlines  / Railways             Hyperloops   >   Holo-portation

*    Petrol –Diesel Cars             Electric Cars

*    Paper-based Newspapers    Walls of homes

*    Electric Transmission Lines  Roof Top Solar Panels

*    Mobile Phones                    Wear-ables  ( tattoos – glasses – watches etc )

*    Humans Effort                    Robots

*   Supply Chain  Delivery         Drones

*   Car  Ownership                    Autonomous  Ride Sharing

*   Manual Stock Trading           Algorithm-based trading 
*   Black  Money                       Currency notes embedded with RFID sensors 

*   Fiat based Currencies           Crypto Currencies 

*   Lithium-ion Car Batteries      Metal Air ( Alu ) Batteries   

*   Job Portals                           >   Google  Job  Search 

*   Battery Charging Stations     >   Piezo-Electric Generating roads 

*   Data Protection Law ( Draft )>    Privacy is Dead

*   Construction Industry          >     3 D Printed Houses

*   Telecom / ISPs                    >     Powerline Broadband  with  Li  Fi 


But Telecom Operators and ISPs ( Internet Service Providers )  are crying “ foul “  !


They are saying :


Public Wi Fi is a threat to security and lead to a non-level playing field between licensed and unlicensed players  “


If they have their way , they would want to take me back 60 years when I needed two “ Licenses “  to own / operate two radios in my home and renew those licenses every year by standing in a long queue at a post office for paying Rs 5 / 10 , as annual renewal fee !


These days, I don’t need a licence , either for my radio or my TV , but I need to provide a lot of info about myself to the Mobile Service Provider, in the form of KYC ( Know Your Customer ) for owning a Mobile Phone


But what happens when 10,000 items in my home ( from door handles  to every ball pen to every piece of currency note in my home ), gets a IP V 6.0 internet connection ( there will be 50,000 trillions available per person )  ?


Each of those items will form a part of Internet of Things [ IoT ] and will be capable of transmitting CONTENT ( voice – data – images ) , all over the World

And they won’t need ANY LICENSE from anybody !


What will that do to the Telecom / ISP  ?


Shri Rajan Mathew ( Director General – COAI ) / Shri Rajesh Chharia ( President – Internet Service Providers Association of India ) may want to alert their member companies to watch out for the “ Shape of Things to Come “



Reference :





09  July  2018





With Regards,

hemen  parekh 
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