Mobile in India
MTS India’s go forward plan involves sharpening the Company’s focus on its data centric-voice enabled strategy and to build a stronger MTS brand in the country. Company’s bidding strategy in the auctions considered a range of variables including spectrum pricing, number of carrier slots available, levels of competition, future dataContinue Reading
With the end of Telecom tariff War in H2-2012, operators have been continuously reducing benefits on Pre-Paid Mobile STVs / Minutes STD Packs to boost their Revenue Per Minute. In this article I’ll illustrate few examples of how RPM has increased to operators in some cases as much as 100%Continue Reading
Tariff hikes which started as baby steps in Oct and Nov 2012 have now spread wider and are bolder. Wireless Operators have hiked mobile Call Tariffs across the board by reducing Minutes in the Minutes Pack or other benefits like Validity, SMS or Talktime on STD Packs. Airtel and VodafoneContinue Reading
There have been Rumors in the Market Circle Today [My trusted source] that Bharti Airtel is likely to exit Sri Lankan Operations in favor of Axiata. Airtel’s Sri Lanka operations consists of 1.6mn subscribers, assets of INR7.4bn, liabilities of INR14.8bn and losses of INR2.5bn for the year ending Mar12. AxiataContinue Reading
In CY 2012, 730 Mn SmartPhones were sold worldwide with Samsung taking the crown and reporting a global MarketShare of 29% followed by Apple’s iPhone with 21% doing extremely well in the United States but trailing elsewhere. Galaxy S3 Sales may decline double digits in 1Q-2013 ahead of the likelyContinue Reading
If media reports are to be believed [We’ve not yet heard directly from Aircel AP Circle], Aircel became the first operator to launch One Nation, One Rate Plan for Roaming customers in Andhra Pradesh Circle. What does Aircel One Nation, One Rate Offer ? Cost of the Special Roaming PackContinue Reading
Juts got of the Analysts call of RCom and here are some interesting numbers. First, lets start with Broadband and Data Services. Reliance Communications at the end of DEC 2012 had 27.6 Mn Data Subscribers which include 2G, 3G and CDMA based EVDO Dongle Customers as well. RCom reported 6.1Continue Reading
In the August of 2008, I then made the case, for Reliance Communications it made more sense to switch Voice / 2G Customers to GSM Network when it acquired 1800MHz Spectrum. However, the Anil Ambani managed company after 4 years has realized this and in its new strategy, CEO ofContinue Reading
Telecommunications Industry by design is a capital intensive business and with rising Spectrum Prices, the CAPEX is still higher. World over the Telecom industry operates in Lobby or in an oligarchic setup and is no different in India. One thing is certain, everybody from the GSM incumbents to potential entrantsContinue Reading
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