3G India 2011 Conference – Takeaways
We present the highlights of the conference, which was attended by mobile operators, content creators and network vendors. 3G service in India is less than 12 months old and is yet to reach the length and breadth of the country. Penetration of 3G in India is around 2% and a…
Explaining the Falling Net Adds in Mobile / Wireless SIM Subscribers
Indian Telecom Operators have seen sharp declines in Subscriber Net Additions in recent months, with industry net adds falling by nearly two thirds between January and August 2011. Adding to their woes is the Seasonality in Indian Telecom industry. Indian operators are experiencing among the highest churn rates across the…
Wireless / Mobile Data Usage Gaining Traction
With 3G being launched in Most Tier – I and Tier II Indian Cities, we hot the road to understand the Wireless Data consumption. While at Delhi, we bumped into these 3 Girls, who were so addicted to their Mobile SmartPhones, they Surf while they Shop and Eat. Convinced by…
Active Mobile SIM Subscribers Rising
The decline in subscriber net additions partly reflects the conscious efforts of the telcos to eliminate wasteful SIM card sales (low revenue potential & no more spectrum allocation based on subscriber numbers) in order to reduce subscriber acquisition costs and preserve numbering resources. Based on VLR subscriber-based subscriber base of…
Mobile Call Tariff Hike – Industry on Cost Cutting
We first Analyzed the Mobile Call Tariff hike in India after talking to various operators and their strategies. During this interim period we closely monitored the actions of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular. What we infer now is there is still scope for small upside from increases in call…
Baidu Personalized Search Homepage – Lessons for Google
One of our Analysts had a Chance to Review the new homepage of Baidu – China’s leading Online Search Gateway. Large scale migration to personalized search homepage will be gradual, as both content accumulation and the form of a new user habit take time. Lessons from Baidu’s Management even Which…
LG Releases Android Mobile Phone for LTE Network
LG group Company LG telecom [LG U+] today released Optimus LTE phone for its customers with a 4.5inch IPS display, 1.5GHz dual core processor and has an 8m pixel camera. The OS is Android Gingerbread (2.3.5). This phone looks even better than we anticipated and we believe it shows how…
Mobile Services Retailing – No more Lucrative
Our team undertook ground visit over the past few days to get an update on the tariff/competitive situation. On the operator front, the tariffs have remained stable or have risen. However, we were surprised to find out that the Mobile Services Retailer being unhappy as a consequence of over 150%…