Category: mobile
Insight into Subscriber Parameters
The Indian Mobile industry witnessed strong growth in Q1. Bharti Airtel continues to top the chart. While the April-June quarter typically experiences slower net additions after a year-end spurt, Q1 additions this time around have been fairly strong. No new licensees have started their operations yet. Refining the numbers we…
93% of Wireless Market with Big 6 Operators
The Big 6 Wireless Operators led by Bharti Airtel, BSNL, Vodafone India, Reliance Communications, Tata Indicom and Idea Cellular control 93% of the market i.e 258 mn subscribers of total 277 mn. The subscriber base is expected to double from the current levels within the next 5-6 years and this…
Platform + Regulations – m-Commerce set for Big Boom
For a business such as m-Commerce to kick off, Technology platform and Regulations are the two most important requirements. mCheck and Paymate developed mobile payment platforms in India while the RBI removed the last hurdle by waving the Green Flag on Mobile Payments upto Rs 1,500 to kickoff. RBI has…
How to book iPhone with Airtel ?
Bharti Airtel along with Apple will launch 3G iPhone at half the cost of what Nokia launched its N78 phone. You should be a Bharti Airtel Post Paid or Pre Paid subscriber and send an SMS iphone to 54321 [Toll Free]. The response you will get is, Thank you for…
Organized retailers catch up and have ambitious expansion plans
As Indian Retail sector tries to organize itself in verticals such as Apparels to Home Adornment, Mobile handset retailers are competing on thin margins with high volumes as well. Branded mobile stores now account for 15% of the handsets sold in India with the figure expected to touch 40% by…
Nokia N78 – Not even Worth a Look.
Nokia which is having half of its sales from emerging markets like India and China has launched a series on phones in the popular N Series in these markets. However, after the initial euphoria, Nokia hasn’t lived up to people’s expectations [which only went higher after they saw the coolest…
8.2 Mn Subscribers Added in April
India added 8.22 mln mobile users in April, after overtaking US to become the world’s second largest wireless market in India. Start-up spectrum in some various circles was also allocated to new Telecom operators who are starting to operations to sell-out after a while [Unitech and Videocon] Here is the…
10 Most Popular WAP Sites – Google Leads
According to a study by Opera browser, here are the top 10 websites accessed by Indians using GPRS / WAP. Orkut [ Orkut Mobile – Social Networking Site but the mobile version has limited features but works cool] Google [Search Engine] Yahoo! Mobile [We tried Yahoo! Go Mobile Application and…