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Indian Teledensity – The Goose Laying The Golden Egg Needs To Be Kept Alive?
The Indian telecom space has seen over one decade of private enterprise spurred on by rapid advances in the telecomputing arena . The tele density having grown from a mere 2 percent has risen to over 47 percent as we speak in just over 12 years. The miscalculations about the purchasing power of the huge [...]
… And Thus Deflates The Great Indian Telecom Bubble!
Two years ago, in 2007, I remember, it were the happier times of the Indian Telecom Industry. Everyone wanted to be a part of this. This sector rose as the flag bearer of the rising Indian economy which had so much in it. IT for the first time in years started taking a back seat. [...]
Telecom Sector Analysis for June Quarter – Severe Decline In ARPU, MOU But Growth Continues
The boom phase for Indian telecom sector continues to ride on availability of cheaper telecom services at the same time aggressive marketing by new and established players. The growth phase is panning out across India and is not just limited to urban India.
TRAI released the ‘Indian Telecom Industry performance indicator report’ for quarter ended june 09. The report points [...]
Mobile Internet Ad Spend To Boost By 2014 – Majorly From India & China
The way the mobile story in India (and in the rest of the emerging world) is panning out makes for a good case study on how great businesses happen over a period of time, and people of the present generation are lucky to witness the same.
The first step in any business is to offer value [...]
Antakshari On Reliance Mobile – Can Community-Driven Games Do The Trick?
Reliance Mobile has announced that it will be launching the popular Indian game, Antakshari for its users on the R-World platform. Available both for the CDMA and GSM users, the game shall be available for the subscribers at a monthly charge of Rs. 30 which comes with 30 minutes of free usage.
Last week, WATblog spoke [...]
Mobile VAS To Skyrocket.. Do You See It Happening?
Revenues from mobile VAS are expected to reach over INR 16,500 crore in the year 2010. To put this in perspective, mobile VAS revenues are projected to cross $348.8 million (approx. INR 1675 crore) in 2009. What will cause this sudden spurt in the revenue numbers is the introduction of advanced telecom services like 3G and IPTV services.
Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS) To Grow 70% YOY To Rs.16,520 Crore Market By 2010 – IAMAI & IMRB Report
Its seems like IAMAI and IMRB are on a report releasing spree. Now they have released a pretty comprehensive report on the Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS) Industry in India. This is their third report in just 2 weeks. It also comes at an appropriate juncture as IAMAI is conducting the National Conference on Mobile [...]
The Modi – (Telekom) Malaysia Lock Out for SPICE
Another Guest Post by ‘pretty boy‘ Abhinandan Nardekar
The buzz in the Indian telecom industry is just refusing to die down. Close on the heels of talks of Bharti-MTN merger [which eventually turned out to be a damp squib], comes another killer punch. This one is from the much lesser talked about minnow – Spice Communications.
It [...]
Why Are Indian Companies So Keen on Looking Outside? A Look at some Strengths and Weaknesses of the Mobile Operators in India
Through this post, we can possibly try and deal with some of the issues plaguing Mobile Operators in India, possibly get an insight into why they are looking to go Global. This may also lend some ideas as to why Mobile VAS providers are not getting what they think should be more than their fair [...]