Facebook Videos Reach 1 Billion Daily Views, 65% Share on Mobile
Facebook stated that video views grew >50% between May and July of this year and now exceed one billion views per day , with 65% viewed on mobile (YouTube is likely near 7bn/day and growing ~20% y/y). This follows comments by the company in late June that video views hadContinue Reading
What is the State of VoLTE Deployment, Globally
Telecom Carriers need to continue to focus on improving performance and capacity to improve retention and drive down the cost per bit. We see VoLTE as a critical tool for carriers to significantly improve voice performance and capacity while reducing cost. For mature markets, we believe wireless carriers will lookContinue Reading
Apple Pay on NFC, China on QR Code, India’s RuPay on ?
Apple has announced its much anticipated mobile payment offering, Apple Pay. The new offering employs NFC (near field communications) and fingerprint identification technology, which allows users to make a payment by simply swiping their iPhone. With regards to security, Apple claimed that consumers’ accounts and transaction data will be keptContinue Reading
How does India compare with Rest of World in Mobile Broadband Adoption ?
LTE subscribers formed 4% of global wireless subs and 12% of mobile broadband (3G or LTE) subs globally at end of Mar 2014. At the end of Mar 2014, 74% of LTE subs were in three markets (US, Japan and South Korea). Each of these three markets ranks high onContinue Reading
Backed by MBlaze Broadband, MTS India Targets Break Even
MTS India’s Data ARPUs have grown 12.4% to INR 321 while data subscribers grew by 8.5%. To compete with 3G data offerings of incumbents, MTS MBlaze has launched 3G Plus network with data speeds of up to 9.8 mbps and deeper in-building penetrations. With licenses in the most efficient, 800Continue Reading
Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Gain Revenue Market in 900Mhz Spectrum Circles
Top three GSM Operators gained 140bps RMS YoY as Airtel, Vodafone, Idea saw 40bps, 10bps. 90bps gain respectively at the cost of BSNL/MTNL and Reliance Communications. CDMA and PSU operators have found it difficult to defend their market share despite steady growth in the industry and a benign pricing environment.Continue Reading
15% of MakeMyTrip Transactions through Mobile, Hotels & Packages Big Growth Area
MakeMyTrip (MMYT) launched in 2000 focused on Airlines Ticket Booking both the non-resident Indian (NRI) inbound traffic as well as the Indian domestic traffic. Since then it has ventured into IRCTC Railway Ticket Booking as well as Selling Hotels & Tour Packages. Excerpts from Management’s Interaction is as follows,Continue Reading
How Amazon Blocks YouTube in Gaming by acquiring Twitch ?
Seattle based eCommerce Giant, Amazon has reached an agreement to acquire Twitch Interactive, a leading live video platform for gamers, for ~$970MM in cash. This is Amazon’s second biggest acquisition to date (after Zappos) and a major step in its digital content strategy.Continue Reading
How iOS & Android Disrupted Operator Led Handset eco-system of i-Mode in NTT DoCoMo
The Japanese have been at the forefront of the Mobile Internet adoption and usage. The introduction of the world’s first mobile Internet service i-mode in February 1999 by NTT DoCoMo in Japan soon became a nationwide phenomenon with an i-mode ecosystem involving handset manufacturers, content providers, and DoCoMo itself growingContinue Reading