Category: mobile
Top Handset OEM – WorldWide
Nokia continued its lead as the Top Mobile Handset OEM in terms of Quarterly Revenues. Apple with its 3G iPhone was the biggest gainer. Apple also has the highest gross margins on handsets upto 50% and have plenty of room to slash retail prices. The Top 8 Mobile Handset OEM…
2G Spectrum Charges Rise from 2009
The Telecom Secretary of India, Telecom Commission has approved the revision of annual 2G spectrum usage charges payable by telcos, starting January 1,2009. The spectrum usage charges, payable quarterly by telcos as a percentage of their Adjusted Gross Revenues (AGR), will rise across the board by 1% for spectrum up…
2G Wireless Spectrum Charges Paid by Operators
We have compiled data from various sources – TRAI, DoT, Telecom companies and presenting to you the 2G mobile spectrum charges paid by Cellcos in Q2-FY09. Bharti Airtel – Rs 270 cr Vodafone Essar – Rs 168.4 cr Idea Cellular – Rs 98.6 cr BSNL – Rs 86.82 cr Reliance…
Reliance Communications Data Disparity – TRAI + Stock Exchanges
There is a disparity between the data reported by Reliance Communications to TRAI and to the Stock Exchanges. Morgan Stanley has investigated the matter and here is a brief excerpt from the same.Revenues reported for all the operators in the quarterly results for individual companies were similar to that reported…
SMS Push Advertising Grows – ROI measurable
Mobile Push advertising is growing faster than other mediums in India because this helps the Advertisers measure the ROI on his campaign more accurately than any other forms. Especially true in the economic downturn when Brands are cutting marketing budgets. Navin Tiwari of mKhoj said, Today, every advertiser wants to…
Reliance Vs Airtel – Customer Care is the Difference
Handsets Makers in India have little value for consumers buying high end handsets. Lately, high end handsets are launched by Cellular operators in association with handset manufacturers and in one such instance Blackberry and Reliance Communications are in trouble. Motilal Oswal Venture Capital’s VP – Mr. Anuranjan Mohnot has sent…
7.7 Mn GSM net-adds in Sep 2008
GSM operators reported combined subscriber net-adds of 7.7 MM in September versus 6.7 MM in August; we have assumed that RCOM’s GSM net-adds in September were the same (376,000) as in Aug. The GSM Mobile subscriber base stood at 233.67 mn at the end of Sept-2008. Bharti Airtel: 2.7 mn…
Virgin STD Call Prices Drop 50%.
Virgin Mobile, Franchisee of Tata Indicom has dropped the STD / NLD Tariffs by 50% to mere Rs 0.50 / minute. Virgin subscribers will be billed for the first 3 minutes of the STD call at Rs 1.5 / minute and after that all STD calls from the 4th minute…