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This is probably the first time that you are seeing the revenue comparison of all the major Wireless Operators in India. [Vodafone India's breakup were not available in the past since its not a listed company] All figures in Rs Million. For Period Apr-1-08 to June-30-08 Top 5 Wireless Operators based on Q1 FY09 Revenues are, Bharti Airtel - 76,493Vodafone India - 45,721Reliance Communications -

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It is well known fact that Reliance Communications will start PAN India GSM Wireless operations by the end of this year. However, the major question is - Will RCom adopt a strategy to migrate all CDMA subscribers to GSM platform and eventually shut the CDMA network ? The management in several conference calls has indicated that it will continue to run both however, analysts at HSBC have a

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Nokia has timed it right in India to stop its loyal customers from migrating to the iPhone Platform, which is likelyto be launched by Airtel and Vodafone anytime in the next few days. Nokia has launched the N96 phone - another one in the N Series. [This is something different from the rest, and is moving towards iPhone in features [16Gig Flash + Internet Browsing Features] Features of Nokia N96:

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India's integrated telecommunications company, Bharti Airtel has become the fourth largest telecom company in the world behind China Mobile, China Unicom and AT&T in terms of subscriber base. Bharti Airtel's customer base has moved above the 75-million mark. The subscriber figure includes Wireless, telemedia [Wireline] and enterprise services. In a separate yet related development, TRAI has

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The DoT has announced 3G Spectrum Auction thus paving way for high bandwidth applications to run on wireless networks. 5-10 blocks (of 5Mhz each) per circle in 2.1Ghz band at reserve price of Rs 20.2bn for nation-wide license. In circles with >5 slots, the bidding intensity would be lower than say Mumbai / Delhi, where there are only 2/3 slots. Three blocks of 1.25MHz each would be available for

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TRAI which had decided not to intervene with SMS Tariffs has asked the Telcos on why their rates have not come down with the fall in Wireless call prices. TRAI is specially unhappy with Inter-Circle and premium VAS SMS costs which range between Rs 2 to Rs 10. In case if the Telcos fail to provide satisfactory answer or doesn't pick up the clue that TRAI wants to see the tariffs lower, TRAI will

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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 find that Circle C ARPUs continue to stay ahead of A & B circles. This

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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 is where the new entrants in the wireless game who are betting on. Along with the new entrants,

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Russian Telecom giant, Sistema which has controlling stake in Shyam Telecom of India with Unified Access License in 22 circles has set an ambitious target of 35 mn subscribers by 2010. Sistema's rollout coincides with other launches - Datacom, Idea Cellular Maxis, RCOM - GSM) and comes at a latter stage of penetration, requiring higher upfront coverage. Sistema will invest US$2.5bn over three

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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 mandated that SMS be used for small ticket transactions [Rs 1,500 max] thus enabling customers

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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 your interest in the most innovative phone brought yo you by Airtel. This device combines three products in one - a revolutionary phone, a

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As Indian Retail sector tries to organize itself in verticals such as Apparels to Home Adorment, 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 2010. These stores are leaving no stone unturned to mature into the market of e-Zone or Reliance Digital.

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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 ever mobile phone - iPhone] Review of the Nokia N78 Mobile Phone: This is targeted at the youth as a

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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 break-up of market share of various cellular service providers [End of April-2008] in India

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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 it didn't work]Peperonity [Mobile Community]Mobile9.com [Gallery]Mocospace [ Social Networking]160by2.com [

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The Average Revenue Per User has been consistently declining in both the CDMA and GSM Wireless segments in the World's second largest and cheapest cellular market. Reliance Communications saw a decline in ARPU [Average Revenue Per User] from 375.0 to mere Rs 317 at the end of Fy2008[ March-8]. QoQ figures - 375.0 361.0 339.0 317.0 However, the company has been able to maintain Average Revenue

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Bharti Airtel CEO, Sunil Mittal is in London to arrange finances for the multi-billion dollar African Wireless Safari - MTN group. Bharti has lot of synergy with MTN and the bid makes strategic sense. Bharti could easily transport its low cost business model to the high population, low affordability MTN countries and the combined entity is likely to have significant leverage with equipment

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Our Analyst has done an excellent job in refining the details of Reliance Communications' operations. Here is a brief excerpt about Reliance's performance for FY08. RCom had 45.8 mn wireless subscribers Average monthly net additions for FY08 was 1,482,000Rcom's share of net adds 18.7%RCom's wireless market share in India - 17.89%ARPU / Month Rs 344ARPM - Average revenue per minute - Rs

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Motorola has launched the MOTOYUVA W270 in the Indian market. This is a flip phone with built in MP3 player and FM Audio. It has dedicated keys to control the Audio and can be operated even with the flap closed. It can have an expandable 2 GB memory. The best feature of this phone is "Hinglish predictive text software" indicating the need for localization :-) It can store upto 500 names in its

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India is currently the second largest wireless market in the world leaving the United States at the third spot. If you have ever wondered how the wireless market in India will grow, here is the bar chart that shows the projections. Circle A and Circle B will have the maximum subscribers and most of the growth is projected to come in FY09 and FY10 when the subscribers will hit 405 mn.

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The value-added services (VAS) account for 8% of the mobile market's revenues in India, and non-SMS services account for 65% of VAS revenues. CRBT (caller ring-back tones): This constitues bulk of the VAS market share at 45%. This is a popular service in which the calling party hears music chosen by the called party (instead of the ringing sound). Voice portals: 13% market share. The fastest

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160By2.com the FREE SMS startup in India powered by Mobile Advertising has introduced yet another feature - SMS from E-mail to Mobile. This is introduced after several Indian IT companies started blocking the website of 160by2.com. All you need to do is insert the recipient's mobile number in the "To" text box followed by your username in the "subject" and the content of the SMS in the body of

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Have you ever tried mobile payment services like Paymate or mChek ? We had an exclusive review of Paymate mobile payment system in India. However, I tried mChek and found it to be more user friendly than Paymate. Here are some differences between the two competing services. Paymate is like using your Phone to pay merchants as a pre-paid card. While with mChek, your Credit Card is tied to your

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News was leaked early this morning that Apple is planning to launch the official version of iPhone in India in Sept-08. Like elsewhere in the world how Apple has tied-up with a mobile operator for selling its handset, it is believed that it has chosen Vodafone in India and Australia. Expected launch price for the 8GB old version is Rs 27,000. Why would one BUY it from Vodafone at a premium when

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Google powered social networking site Orkut, the most popular network for Indians has gone live with Mobile edition. The site can be accessed with a GPRS enabled phone at http://m.orkut.com [On your left is the screen shot of the Login which I took on my N70 and Opera mobile browser] The right one shows a profile of some "Internet Evangelist". Not all features are accessible on the mobile version

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