In India, Mobile Data Service is already substituting traditional revenue streams like SMS, with data use per sub increasing 316%, vs a decline of SMS sent per subscriber by 34%, over the past 2 years. With the upcoming launch of LTE on a large scale, incumbent operators [Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel]Continue Reading
The Indian telecom regulator TRAI wants to know about consumer perception on mobile services in India. TRAI Survey collects details from Mobile Service Customers on various parameters such as – Provision of Service, Billing, Network Performance, Reliability and Availability, Value Added Services, Customer Care, Implementation and Effectiveness of Telecom RegulationsContinue Reading
It requires no big brainier to tell as mobile data gains scale and penetrates relatively lower-income subscribers, it will start cannibalizing voice revenues. We expect this cannibalization of voice by data to start materializing during FY16. In this backdrop, incumbents need to increase their investments to build quality data-ready networksContinue Reading
MTS India / Shyam Sistema Telecom (SSTL) reported revenue of Rs 3.2bn, growth of 6.4% QoQ on the back of 6.8% traffic growth and 8.9% data revenue growth. After the cleanup of inactive subscribers, subscriber base contracted by 8% to 9.04mn while MOUs grew by 11% QoQ. Despite low base,Continue Reading
India is still in nascent stages of Data boom with consumers having good access to 2G and 3G networks and selectively to 4G as well. Let us see what is the state of Mobile Data in other Asian countries. Indonesia – Like India the focus is on upgrading from 2GContinue Reading
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