Forget Dish TV – Watch Live TV using Mundu on Mobile / Laptop
BSNL did introduce IPTV so did Bharti Airtel but only in bits and pieces without any real proposition from the consumer stand point, thus losing its sheen. Mundu, a startup catering to Mobiles has launched an Application very similar to Tata Photon+ TV which will enable viewers to watch Live…
Sunil Mittal takes Control of Bharti Airtel Africa
The management of Bharti airtel hosted a conference call to update on the completion of Zain Wireless takeover in Africa. Excerpts from the call is as follows. Management expects growth to be driven primarily by increasing 1) Penetration 2) Usage and 3) Data revenues. Market opportunity is huge, backed by…
Wireless Spectrum – BWA Vs EVDO Vs 3G – Insight
Wireless broadband is the way forward in India which lacks Wired Infrastructure and where it exists, it is in the hands of State Owned Monopoly – BSNL. We’d like to enlighten on the current situation of the underlying infrastructure that powers Broadband in India. RIL with 20MHz of BWA spectrum,…
Wireless Data + VoIP Usage to Explode
Data traffic the world over has increased at a dramatic pace in the last 3 years, and is set to maintain its momentum for the next five years, as per studies by Cisco. In India too, this is likely to happen, and through a variety of applications, which may or…
BWA Likely on WiMax First then to LTE – No Threat to 3G
BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) winners recently received wireless spectrum, our meetings indicate they are no in a hurry to rollout the services given the eco-system constraints and slower pace of equipment procurement. Based on our discussions with industry participants we believe almost all BWA operators will initially rollout Wimax. Some…
How 3G chart could be as different as 2G ?
In India, one rarely witnesses or anticipates “launch hype” around product introductions in the share prices of their makers. This is quite unlike the US or Hong Kong where stocks often rise in a spectacular fashion on the back of first few days/weeks’ successes of some new gadgets or sales…
Microsoft Kin + Courier + Fails – Hopes on Windows 7 Phone
Microsoft’s overhyped and overestimated Social Phone concept has failed miserably in the market. Microsoft has been slow in responding to the mega-trends in Pervasive Computing and 3 (or more) screen strategies from network operators. We see this as a worrying signal for management execution capability in the Entertainment & Devices…
Reliance Communications Digicable acquisition – Growth Dilutive
RCOM has acquired >60% of Digicable, a cable TV service provider, in return for combining its DTH business into the new company to be called Reliance Digicom. The company explained that: 1) there would be synergies relating to content (currently related to 2.5m DTH subscribers); 2) economical digitalisation of cable…