Mobile in India
3G is the buzzword for folks reading this blog. But bear in Mind that there are over 558 mn 2G Wireless SIMs out in India and not everybody is aware of what 3G is nor the demand for it. Here is a finding of a survey by RBS, 48% ofContinue Reading
The list of Applicants for 3G Spectrum Auction is out and as expected foreign Telcos have stayed out. No surprises in the list of contenders for 3G Wireless spectrum and the list is as follows, Bharti Airtel Aircel Etisalat DB [ Rumored to have bid understanding with Reliance] Idea CellularContinue Reading
Qualcomm which changed and diluted its arrogance stand on its proprietary CDMA chip sets by promoting the Open Market Handset Alliance last year has realized the potential, a country with billion hands offers to it, and has now gone to an extra mile to bid for Broadband Wireless Access Spectrum.Continue Reading
The traditional press is silent about 3G spectrum auction, however, my channel checks indicate of a Telecom cabal. Early reports with Insiders have varying expectations for incumbents, mainly Reliance Communications and Idea Cellular. One section believes that Reliance Communications will throw its bid for all the circles while the otherContinue Reading
If you have been tracking corporate India’s moves in the past 18 months [Tata Corus + Jaguar, Hindalco Novellis, etc] our businessmen are in a hurry to fulfill their global ambitions. Bharti Airtel‘s Mittal is also running on a similar track and this I believe is going to be reallyContinue Reading
Here is a quick peek into the market share[MS] of various mobile companies in India at the end of Dec-2009. Read Subscriber MS as SIM based MS. Bharti Airtel – Subscribers – 22.6% while Revenue is the highest at 29.1%, saw a decline of 1.1% in the Dec quarter. RelianceContinue Reading
Mr. Sunil Mittal is the most determined soul for Wireless African Safari 🙂 After having paid a premium in acquiring Warid Telecom, Bangladesh, this time his company is paying similar hefty premium [even RoE, RoCE are all low and not comparable to Airtel] to acquire the Wireless operations of ZainContinue Reading
To many this may come as a surprise that a lesser known company Micromax is the third largest mobile handset vendor in India by Sales behind Nokia and Samsung. Micromax followed a different strategy of hitting the bottomg of the pyramid and managed to make significant inroads riding on theContinue Reading
First, my apologies that I couldn’t cover neither Idea Cellular nor Bharti Airtel Results & Analyst Call as I am stuck in Mumbai for some personal work. However, going through the data, I find it interesting to note that Idea Cellular has punched straight into the face of Bharti AirtelContinue Reading
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