Can Nokia + Windows Phone Really Compete the Androids and iPhones ?
Lately I have been reading about Windows Phone and Nokia trying to emerge from the grave. Microsoft strategically weakened the position of Nokia in market as well as in the company’s management, to an extent that it has no choice but be run as a Division of Microsoft. Here are some of my views on the issues Windows Phone has.
- The Web is high with many reviews that Windows Phone is easy to use and nicely differentiated. However, it lacks the application ecosystem of Apple and Android, has limited multi-tasking.
Idea Cellular – Results Review + Incumbents Lose Outgoing Traffic to Low Cost New Entrants
Idea Cellular reported its results for Q3-FY2012. Here is a brief excerpt from the same.
- Idea reported ARPU of Rs 159/month, an increase of 2.6% qoq, and MOU increased 1.4% qoq to 401. Idea Cellular now has an enviable Subscriber base of 106 Mn
- VAS as a percentage of revenues was 13.7% up from 13.2% in 2QFY12 and helped to drive the strong non-voice RPM
- Prepaid churn continues to stay at high levels of 10.7%
- Wireless capex for the quarter was Rs9 bn, taking the 9MFY12 capex to Rs33.7 bn
- 3G Update – Idea gained some traction in adding 3G Subscribers with the launch of their 3G Smart phones and having 2.25m active 3G
subs (750k in 2Q) with incremental data ARPU of Rs 79.
Here are some Management Views, Read more
You Recommend / Demand – TRAI / Government Listens – Finally
WE all know that from Top to Bottom most Government Officials are lethargic and not at all innovative. They just don’t treat citizens as customers that’s where the lacuna begins. Now that Anna Hazare has been pro-active calling for “Citizens Charter”, TRAI has come up with the same for Telecom Companies.
Apart from this I had been observing the exponential growth of Complaints against Telecom Operators on private Websites because consumers are frustrated. I wrote to the National Telecom Policy Panel as well as Copied the same to the TRAI, DoT etc. It is indeed nice to see our recommendation [PDF] being accepted as TRAI has mandated all the Telecom Companies to setup a Web Based Complaint Registering and monitoring System.
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Indian e-Retailing / e-Commerce Headed for Explosive Growth
Wishing You a Fabulous 2012. Year has begin with a SaaS Cloud Application for which everything else is sacrificed. Do or Die. Here is a quick update on the e-commerce / e-retailing market in India with projections from various sources. Business research suggests that the most attractive space in Indian Internet is e-retailing, owing to low penetration (it comprises less than 0.5% of India’s total retail as against 8%+ in the US / 4% in China). According to various data points, India’s e-retail market is projected to be over USD12bn in the next 5 years from the current USD 600mn (2011) implying a 80% CAGR. This would still imply less than 2% of overall retail sales and 3.5% of per capita income.
It is well known fact that Travel / Reservations is single largest chunk of Indian Read more
All Mobile Operator Compatible 3G USB Data Card / Dongle Huawei E303c + E560 in India
Their can’t be a better news than the release of Huawei E303c and Huawei E560 3G USB Dongles for High Speed Mobile Broadband Access. Both are Network Independent Devices – Meaning Change your SIM and access 3G network of the new operator on the fly.
Huawei E303c This is a 3G USB Dongle Modem with which you can access 3G Broadband on your Laptop / PC / Tablets, etc irrespective of the Telecom Operator. E303c / E560 are compatible with Airtel, BSNL, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance, Aircel and all other 3G Operators operating in India. Detailed Spec available here.
Huawei E303c Indian Rupee Price Read more
Airtel Bucks the Trend – Raises Off-Net Tariff – Uninor + DoCoMo Offer Deals – Mobile Traffic Analysis
India’s Largest Cellular Traffic carrier Bharti Airtel with 174 Million connections took the dare-devil step to arrest the falling Telecom tariffs by a 20% hike to 1.2 Paise/ Second, thus putting an end to 1 Paise / Second call regime few months ago; other operators quietly followed.
Effective Today, Airtel has raised Off-Net [Airtel to other operator] Call Tariffs by 25%. What used to cost 1.2 Paise / Second will now cost 1.5 Paise / Second . However, this comes at a time when other Read more
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