Tata DOCOMO adds 1.8m GSM subscribers in July – 50% of Net Adds market
According to NTT DoCoMo’s investor presentation, Tata DoCoMo GSM Wireless services which went live in South India on June 24th has managed to add a whopping 1.8mn subscribers. This represents approximately 50% market share of net-adds, based on Jun-09 figures, in the five Southern circles where TTSL launch GSM inContinue Reading
Qualcomm bows down to CDMA Operators Demand with Open Market Handsets
In order to give a big push to the Indian Wireless industry, then IT & Communications minister, Dayanidhi Maran had tried hard to negotiate between CDMA operators [Reliance and Tata Indicom] and the technology provider – Qualcomm in July-2006. Exactly 3 years later, as Indian operators and customers began toContinue Reading
Olx more Web 2.0 + Mobile enhancmenets underway
Mr. Batra, Country Head India for Olx Classifieds spoke to us earlier this week [Part-1 of Interview]. In continuation of the same hre is the second part. Operations of Olx in India and how the Indian platform is served and scaled India specific operations include local marketing, category developments, contentContinue Reading
Reliance Communications to Franchise Reliance World + Competing Offer for DoCoMo – MTS
Last evening I had a chance to dial into Reliance Communications Earnings Call and here is an excerpt from the Sr. Management [ex Ambani]. My comments will appear in Italics. Satish Sheth, Group MD of RCom said – The company has received encouraging response after the end of Customer ExperienceContinue Reading
Reliance Communications Q1 FY10 Results Lackluster
Reliance Communications reported revenues of Rs 6,145 cr and a PAT of Rs 1,637 cr for Q1 FY 2010. Compared to March Quarter, Revenue Growth is Flat while Profit Growth is 12.5%. The company has surprised us with EBITDA Margin expansion of 100bps, taking it to 39.9%. The company hasContinue Reading
BSNL transforming 32,000+ Indian Villages with Broadband Connectivity
Forget Bijli, Sadak Paani [Electricity, Roads, Water] – the basic infrastructure for living which you may not find in many Indian towns and villages but we have the power of Wireless communication and now Broadband 🙂 State owned, BSNL has taken an excellent decision to make the best use ofContinue Reading
Online Classifieds – Local Language + Smaller Cities to Gain Traction – Amarjit Batra, Olx
Olx, global online classifieds platform has established its presence in India since 2006. I had an opportunity to interview Amarjit Batra, Olx India, CEO who was earlier with eBay for over 5 years and has deep understanding of B2B, B2C and C2C Internet business in India. Here is an excerptContinue Reading
160by2 Launches Ad Free Mobile App + Ad Free Paid Web Interface to send SMS
160by2.Com one of the first FREE SMS service providers has launched “Ad Free Mobile SMS Application“. Yes, you read that right. With your smart phone, just point to http://m.160by2.com/app and you are all set to download and start messaging your friends for FREE and the number of characters in theContinue Reading
Global Social Networks overtake Indian Startups – Facebook Leads – Why the Fall ?
After over 18 months to 2 years in operation, India centric social networking startups are lagging Global peers by a tremendous margin. [Ref – June 2009 Traffic Data for India only ] Facebook is the undisputed leader with 9.1 m unique visitors and a whopping 800 m page views. ThisContinue Reading