RCom Tower Sharing Deal with Reliance Jio Infocomm at 50% Discount – Why ?
Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio Infocomm Telecom Tower Sharing Deal was expected to happen but the amount at which the deal has happened and the unanswered questions comes as a surprise to many of us. Like in the previous RCom-Reliance Jio Inter City OFC Sharing Deal which happened at 50%Continue Reading
Indian Telecom Voice $30Bn Market, Mobile Data Game just Began – Himanshu Kapania
Himanshu Kapnia, CEO Idea Cellular was at the Morgan Stanley 15th India Summit and he shared his perspectives on the Indian Telecom – Voice and Data Markets. On Indian Telecommunications Voice Market Over the last 2-3 years Indian Telecom sector witnessed huge battle on the competition front as result ofContinue Reading
China Mobile – 4G/LTE – CSFB Backward Compatibility Challenges
China Mobile is leading the deployment of 4G LTE network in China while china Teleocm and Unicom are happy riding the 3G Data boom. China Mobile [CM] is faced with one Big Technical Challenge when it comes to provide & maintain QoS for existing users along with 4G. CM isContinue Reading
Facebook, Amazon, Travel Companies Reports Record Growth in Mobile Users
According to comScore Data, Facebook mobile minutes were up 129% y/y, offset by a 17% decline in PC minutes. Including all platforms, Facebook’s total US minutes were up 37% y/y compared to up 34% in March. Total Internet time share was up m/m to 14.5%, vs. 14.0% in March. ActiveContinue Reading
Captain Dash: All Your Social Data Analytics at Finger Tips (App)
Captain Dash, a French based Start-up that offers Data Analytics solutions to Marketers, has just released their tablet app on iOS. The app is completely free, and is simple and easy to use. Basically, if your company is on either Facebook, Twitter, or Google Analytics, managing all that data canContinue Reading
Airtel Expects Above Average 3G Data Growth, Pulls out Promotions
The management of Bharti Airtel is optimistic about 3G Data Revenues which was seen at 20% q-q growth in Q4-FY2013. This should continue to grow, partly also driven by improving coverage. Current 3G coverage is at 30% of its 2G coverage. This means Airtel 2G/ 3G Data services will growContinue Reading
How Chrome has helped Google’s Core Search Business Reduce Traffic Acquisition Cost ?
According to StatsCounter, Google’s Chrome is the top Web browser on desktops with 40% market share surpassing Microsoft’s old and lethargic Internet Explorer. Google realized early in the game that a large percentage of worldwide searches come from the toolbar and browser and hence Chrome became Central to Google’s Strategy.Continue Reading
Idea Cellular Reducing Promotional Minutes, Tariff Hike in Stages
Idea Cellular continues to execute strongly in this market, as seen by its operational trends. Idea is reducing promotional minutes in the system. It estimates that if all promotional minutes were removed, this could result in around 8-10 paisa improvement in voice yields – although it would be hard toContinue Reading
Monetization of Google Maps – Engineers Successfully Navigate a Way
Google Engineers are working with their Product Managers to deliver the WoW experience for Users and Advertisers on SmartPhone or PC. Roughly 50% of US mobile users are using Google Maps monthly, now you probably get why Google and Apple were at war for the Maps App on iPhones /Continue Reading