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Over the weekend, TRAI introduced a consultation paper with a view of regulating long distance calling card access charges. If the objectives/proposals in the paper are implemented, this could lead to greater competition in the highly profitable international long distance segment. Background of the STD/ISD Market in India While aContinue Reading
Sunil Mittal, founder Chairman of Bharti Airtel Ltd had an impeccable record in the industry until 2007. Like many other Indian Businessmen, his decision to move away from his Core Business of Telecommunication Services by diverting Funds and Energy with unrelated venture into Retailing [which was another bad marriage withContinue Reading
The Telecom Commission (highest decision making body of the Dept of Telecom) has recommended a 15% increase in the reserve price of spectrum on a pan-India basis to Rs 17.5bn/Mhz. The Telecom Commission has Purportedly recommended as follows,Continue Reading
Reliance Communications, India’s fully-integrated telecommunications service provider just a while ago launched the Best Diwali Dhamak in the Indian Telecom space offer – Rs 2,599 per month for the iPhone 5c and Rs 2,999 per month for the iPhone 5s, both for a duration of 24 months—which include the handsetContinue Reading
New Entrant Challenger, Uninor, a subsidiary of Telenor had declined to throw its hat in the 3G data war and wanst to focus on the Plain Vanilla Voice market in 6 circles where it has won licenses. Uninor Management believes the 3G ecosystem is not adequately evolved to invest inContinue Reading
Facebook surprised the street with better than expected revenue and cost controls. The revenue strength came across all regions and was clearly driven by newsfeed ad pricing gains and volume on both mobile and desktop (right-rail desktop ads are decreasing rapidly as a % of rev, and, over time, couldContinue Reading
Bharti Infratel, the Telecom tower arm of the Bharti Airtel in India reported a mixed quarter, with weak rental revenue growth and tower additions, but much improved cash flows and a slightly improved tenancy ratio while sustaining margins. Bharti Infratel Ltd (BIL) added 156 towers (+2.3%yoy) in 2Q, while totalContinue Reading
ERICSSON ConsumerLab conducted a survey in the age group of 15-50 years interviewing 4000 people across 16 Cities in India. Face to face interviews were also carried out with 200 customer care agents manning call centers for mobile operators across 8 Indian cities. They’ve also mined Twitter, Facebook, Blogs andContinue Reading
In July 2013, we highlighted the impact of saturation of smartphones in developed markets, asserting high-end handset sales were apt to decelerate in coming quarters. As a supplement to this report, we next looked at product life cycles, where we showed that lifecycles for progressive new product types are increasinglyContinue Reading
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