GERMANY: The Department of Telecommunication, TEC, vide its order dated 23rd July 2008, has approved the adoption of International Commission on Non–Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) guidelines for the telecom sector in india. These guidelines lay down the limints of maximum exposure that can be permitted from mobile phones and base stations.
Recently, the ICNIRP has issued a press note in respect of the validity of the present radiofrequency safety recommendations for limiting exposure to electromagnetic fields up to 300 GHz.
The statement concludes that:
“The recent in vitro and animal genotoxicity and carcinogenicity studies are consistent over all and indicate that such effects are unlikely at low levels of exposure. Therefore, ICNIRP reconfirms the 1,998 basic restrictions in the frequency range 100KHz–300GHz for the moment.”
The ICNIRP guidelines were published in 1998 and are considered to be the safest, and have been adopted by most of the countries across the globe to ensure compliance against all the safety limits from EMF.
The World Health Organization (WHO), is closely involved with the studies and research being carried out by various international bodies, and has recommended adoption of ICNIRP standards to limit human exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF).
. In India, the Telecom Commission in its order dated July 23, 2008 has approved the adoption of ICNIRP guidelines.
The statement also comments on mobile phones:
'...individual national and multinational [INTERPHONE] results published thus far do not indicate an elevation of the risk of cancers in the head with cell phones.
Regarding base stations, the statement states that:
'Epidemiological data on possible health effects of chronic, low-level, whole-body exposure in the far-field of radiofrequency (RF) transmitters are poor, especially because of lack of satisfactory individual exposure assessment. The few studies with adequate exposure assessment did not reveal any health-related effects. Exposure levels due to cell phone base stations are generally around one-ten-thousandth of the guideline levels.'
This is an important confirmation that the present WHO and ITU endorsed safety recommendations i.e. ICNIRP are protective for all persons against all established health risks.
We believe that the same will remove many misconceptions and apprehensions with regard to the radiations from the mobile phones and base stations.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Indian telecom industry prepares for new 3G regime
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Highlighting the current mobile content and services market shift, IAMAI organized the National Conference on Mobile Content & Services in New Delhi.
Industry experts came together and emphasized the need of their preparedness for the upcoming 3G regime for Indian telecom industry.
With the 3G spectrum auctions just round the corner, the event was a timely platform to have serious dialogue on how the industry sees a massive push towards data and services as opposed to voice.
TV Ramachandran, Secretary General, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), said: “Operators still have limitations with regards to 2G in addressing the consumer demands of new data usage patterns. Undoubtedly, 3G holds a lot of prominence for the consumer of mobile services. In order to support the upcoming growth from mobile value added services the industry needs a clear spectrum policy which should cover both 2G and 3G.” However, he also emphasized the need of affordable mobile broadband.
While highlighting the need of regional content based SMS services, Nadeem Akhtar, Senior Research Engineer Centre for Excellence in Wireless Technology said: “Looking at Indian mobile users context only 37 percent of urban population uses text messages. Some factors effecting the SMS penetration are: lack of multilingual content, secondly user friendliness of the mobile device with regards to text messages generation.”
Akhtar further emphasized on the need to define suitable mechanism of handling legacy devices and need to showcase a prototype of new technologies like Unicode Technology of text messages.
While acknowledging the fact of mobile broadband and wireless growth going to happen in near future, Sangeeet Chowfla, Executive Vice President, Comviva added: “Adoption of services like navigation, location based mobile services, mobile internet across the world where 3G services have already forayed. The revolution is about to come in India as well. All we need to do is to come up with India specific services which would also require services to be delivered in Indian regional languages.”
Debasis Chatterjee (CEO, Netxcell) reiterated that the key thought of the day is to understand the need of the customer at a greater depth and subsequently provide a mix of technology as per the needs and requirements of the consumer.
He also stressed on the importance of the ease of usage at an affordable price. For doing this a complete integration of the eco system by diff stakeholder is required.
The one day event was attended by the who’s who of the mobile content and services players, Mobile VAS companies and professionals from the industry. The forum highlighted the industry preparedness for the new 3G regime.
With the 3G spectrum auction almost coming up, the event has witnessed some key resolutions and takeaways for the industry to manage this new mobile technology arena.
Industry experts came together and emphasized the need of their preparedness for the upcoming 3G regime for Indian telecom industry.
With the 3G spectrum auctions just round the corner, the event was a timely platform to have serious dialogue on how the industry sees a massive push towards data and services as opposed to voice.
TV Ramachandran, Secretary General, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), said: “Operators still have limitations with regards to 2G in addressing the consumer demands of new data usage patterns. Undoubtedly, 3G holds a lot of prominence for the consumer of mobile services. In order to support the upcoming growth from mobile value added services the industry needs a clear spectrum policy which should cover both 2G and 3G.” However, he also emphasized the need of affordable mobile broadband.
While highlighting the need of regional content based SMS services, Nadeem Akhtar, Senior Research Engineer Centre for Excellence in Wireless Technology said: “Looking at Indian mobile users context only 37 percent of urban population uses text messages. Some factors effecting the SMS penetration are: lack of multilingual content, secondly user friendliness of the mobile device with regards to text messages generation.”
Akhtar further emphasized on the need to define suitable mechanism of handling legacy devices and need to showcase a prototype of new technologies like Unicode Technology of text messages.
While acknowledging the fact of mobile broadband and wireless growth going to happen in near future, Sangeeet Chowfla, Executive Vice President, Comviva added: “Adoption of services like navigation, location based mobile services, mobile internet across the world where 3G services have already forayed. The revolution is about to come in India as well. All we need to do is to come up with India specific services which would also require services to be delivered in Indian regional languages.”
Debasis Chatterjee (CEO, Netxcell) reiterated that the key thought of the day is to understand the need of the customer at a greater depth and subsequently provide a mix of technology as per the needs and requirements of the consumer.
He also stressed on the importance of the ease of usage at an affordable price. For doing this a complete integration of the eco system by diff stakeholder is required.
The one day event was attended by the who’s who of the mobile content and services players, Mobile VAS companies and professionals from the industry. The forum highlighted the industry preparedness for the new 3G regime.
With the 3G spectrum auction almost coming up, the event has witnessed some key resolutions and takeaways for the industry to manage this new mobile technology arena.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Can BSNL and MTNL be turned around?
Amit Gupta, Principal Analyst, Ovum
UK: While the Indian telecom industry is experiencing high growth and private sector operators are posting impressive results, performance of the two state owned operators -– namely, BSNL and MTNL -– continues to decline.
As state owned entities, these two operators get preferential treatment from the government. Nevertheless, they fail to take advantage of such a treatment. One of the recent examples is dismal uptake of 3G service launched by these two, despite being the only operators in India with 3G spectrum.
Speculations around divestment in these companies and their merger have been rife for many years. While the current government has not expressed any intention to further divest in MTNL, it has renewed its efforts to divest 10% stake in BSNL. The government plans to explore a possibility of merging BSNL and MTNL after divestment in the former is completed.
BSNL’s management and the government believe that divestment will help the company raise capital required for its long-term growth and turn around. BSNL has also laid-out a strategy to reverse the company’s declining performance. However, cure of these companies’ malaise require different medicine.
Political intervention, a bureaucratic culture and pre-liberalization mindset are the root causes for BSNL and MTNL’s poor performance. The inadequacy of a divestment solution to address these weaknesses is evidenced in the case of MTNL, which has been a listed company for many years but nonetheless continues to see declining performance.
Potential investors would need control over management and decision-making in order to turn these companies around, which is impossible while the government owns a majority stake.
Privatization will provide potential investors the required control. Even with such a control, the challenge to transform BSNL and MTNL from state owned sick companies into customer centric service providers will be daunting. Due to the size and complexity of these companies, it won’t be possible for an outsider to manage change without the cooperation of the existing employees.
At the same time, investors will have to cut the flab from a bloated workforce. Employees of these companies are likely to be strongly entrenched with a keen sense of internal loyalty, so achieving both objectives will require time as well as efforts.
Despite these challenges, privatization is the only economically viable option. Competition in the Indian telecom industry will become more intense. With their culture and mindset, along with the political baggage they come with, BSNL and MTNL as state-owned companies cannot face such a competition.
The realities of coalition politics will prohibit the Indian government from taking the radical and unpopular decision of privatizing these companies. However, if political will is there, it is still possible to save these companies from their eventual demise.
UK: While the Indian telecom industry is experiencing high growth and private sector operators are posting impressive results, performance of the two state owned operators -– namely, BSNL and MTNL -– continues to decline.
As state owned entities, these two operators get preferential treatment from the government. Nevertheless, they fail to take advantage of such a treatment. One of the recent examples is dismal uptake of 3G service launched by these two, despite being the only operators in India with 3G spectrum.
Speculations around divestment in these companies and their merger have been rife for many years. While the current government has not expressed any intention to further divest in MTNL, it has renewed its efforts to divest 10% stake in BSNL. The government plans to explore a possibility of merging BSNL and MTNL after divestment in the former is completed.
BSNL’s management and the government believe that divestment will help the company raise capital required for its long-term growth and turn around. BSNL has also laid-out a strategy to reverse the company’s declining performance. However, cure of these companies’ malaise require different medicine.
Political intervention, a bureaucratic culture and pre-liberalization mindset are the root causes for BSNL and MTNL’s poor performance. The inadequacy of a divestment solution to address these weaknesses is evidenced in the case of MTNL, which has been a listed company for many years but nonetheless continues to see declining performance.
Potential investors would need control over management and decision-making in order to turn these companies around, which is impossible while the government owns a majority stake.
Privatization will provide potential investors the required control. Even with such a control, the challenge to transform BSNL and MTNL from state owned sick companies into customer centric service providers will be daunting. Due to the size and complexity of these companies, it won’t be possible for an outsider to manage change without the cooperation of the existing employees.
At the same time, investors will have to cut the flab from a bloated workforce. Employees of these companies are likely to be strongly entrenched with a keen sense of internal loyalty, so achieving both objectives will require time as well as efforts.
Despite these challenges, privatization is the only economically viable option. Competition in the Indian telecom industry will become more intense. With their culture and mindset, along with the political baggage they come with, BSNL and MTNL as state-owned companies cannot face such a competition.
The realities of coalition politics will prohibit the Indian government from taking the radical and unpopular decision of privatizing these companies. However, if political will is there, it is still possible to save these companies from their eventual demise.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Indian comms sector to become largest GDP contributor by 2014-15: Nokia study
BANGALORE, INDIA: Nokia India shared the findings of a study that highlights the increasingly significant role of the communication sector in driving growth across rural and urban India.
The study – “Economic Impact of the Communication Sector in India” – has been carried out by Dr Rajesh Shukla (Senior Fellow) and K.A. Siddiqui (Associate Fellow) of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER).
The study indicates that the communication sector is predicted to emerge as the single largest sector of India’s economy, with a 15.4 percent share (equivalent to Rs.865,031 crore) of GDP by 2014-15. In India’s transformation from an agrarian to a services economy, communication is recognized as the fastest growing sector, growing by 25.7 percent during 2001-08.
The findings of the study indicate that the communication sector will be one of the major drivers of the Indian economy in the next five years. Its ranking in terms of contribution to total GDP has moved up from #17 in 1980-81 to #8 in 2007-08, and is further expected to surpass all other sectors by 2014-15, assuming that all other sectors grow at the average growth rates observed during 2001-08.
At the same time, the communication sector’s share of total GDP has increased from just 0.7 percent in the 1980s and 1 percent in the 1990s to 3.6 percent during 2001-08. In 2007-08, the sector accounted for 5.7 percent of GDP.
Trade, Communication and Registered Manufacturing have shown more than 10 percent contribution (16.7 percent, 12.24 percent and 11.68 percent, respectively) to GDP growth during 2001-2008; however, the Communication sector has outperformed the others despite its share of total GDP being only 3.6 percent as against the shares of Trade (14 percent) and Registered Manufacturing (10.2 percent).
The communication sector has also had a significant impact on employment in the country. The study predicts that the sector will generate an additional 8.5 million jobs by 2014-15, taking the total number of jobs in the sector to 10.3 million.
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President and CEO of Nokia said: “This study reinforces the view that the communication sector will continue to be an engine of the Indian economy over the next years. There is plenty of potential for growth in the sector considering that teledensity is currently only around 39.8 percent.”
Kallasvuo continued: “The role of communications in accelerating socio-economic development should not be underestimated. In India, communication is having a positive impact on employment in the services and retail sectors, and helping the country to emerge as a major manufacturing power.
"It is critical to empower every individual to connect to people, information and services regardless of their location or income. This is a key element in the vision of a truly inclusive knowledge society. Connected people can create, accumulate and disseminate knowledge, eventually leading to enhanced productivity and equitable socio-economic development. This latest study reiterates communication’s growing importance as an agent of transformation.”
The study – “Economic Impact of the Communication Sector in India” – has been carried out by Dr Rajesh Shukla (Senior Fellow) and K.A. Siddiqui (Associate Fellow) of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER).
The study indicates that the communication sector is predicted to emerge as the single largest sector of India’s economy, with a 15.4 percent share (equivalent to Rs.865,031 crore) of GDP by 2014-15. In India’s transformation from an agrarian to a services economy, communication is recognized as the fastest growing sector, growing by 25.7 percent during 2001-08.
The findings of the study indicate that the communication sector will be one of the major drivers of the Indian economy in the next five years. Its ranking in terms of contribution to total GDP has moved up from #17 in 1980-81 to #8 in 2007-08, and is further expected to surpass all other sectors by 2014-15, assuming that all other sectors grow at the average growth rates observed during 2001-08.
At the same time, the communication sector’s share of total GDP has increased from just 0.7 percent in the 1980s and 1 percent in the 1990s to 3.6 percent during 2001-08. In 2007-08, the sector accounted for 5.7 percent of GDP.
Trade, Communication and Registered Manufacturing have shown more than 10 percent contribution (16.7 percent, 12.24 percent and 11.68 percent, respectively) to GDP growth during 2001-2008; however, the Communication sector has outperformed the others despite its share of total GDP being only 3.6 percent as against the shares of Trade (14 percent) and Registered Manufacturing (10.2 percent).
The communication sector has also had a significant impact on employment in the country. The study predicts that the sector will generate an additional 8.5 million jobs by 2014-15, taking the total number of jobs in the sector to 10.3 million.
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President and CEO of Nokia said: “This study reinforces the view that the communication sector will continue to be an engine of the Indian economy over the next years. There is plenty of potential for growth in the sector considering that teledensity is currently only around 39.8 percent.”
Kallasvuo continued: “The role of communications in accelerating socio-economic development should not be underestimated. In India, communication is having a positive impact on employment in the services and retail sectors, and helping the country to emerge as a major manufacturing power.
"It is critical to empower every individual to connect to people, information and services regardless of their location or income. This is a key element in the vision of a truly inclusive knowledge society. Connected people can create, accumulate and disseminate knowledge, eventually leading to enhanced productivity and equitable socio-economic development. This latest study reiterates communication’s growing importance as an agent of transformation.”
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Mobile VAS to drive Indian telecom growth
NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH: Backed by young Indians, music and gaming are going to be cherry on the pie for the Indian telecom sector growth, with value-added services estimated to reach over Rs 16,500 crore by 2010, says the recent analytical study “Indian Telecom Analysis (2008-2012)” by RNCOS.
Among various other VAS, music and gaming are going to be the major driving forces boosting revenue and growth of telecom sector in India.
Anticipating high growth potential in various segments of the telecom sector, extensive research on the industry has been done. We have found that the pressure on profits and revenues has forced operators to look at other avenues using the same platform.
In this regard, MVAS has an immense potential to grow as services like mobile banking, mobile commerce and mobile location based services. Considering this fact, companies are adopting various promotional policies by offering several schemes in order to attract customers.
We have observed that the mobile VAS has been expanding to rural areas where more VAS in banking, gaming data and TV segments will be seen. This will further improve the profit margins of the service providers over the current SMS VAS.
Moreover, with 3G mobile services set to rollout in India, service providers would increasingly bank upon the VAS segment to bring in additional revenues. Hence, wireless teleconferencing, multi-player online games, m-commerce and larger screen-sized videos will gain momentum too.
Mobile VAS is offered on multiple platforms such as SMS, voice and WAP enabled services, etc. People availing these services are spread in every corner of the country. Strong growth in the subscriber base of the telecom sector is also taking the business of mobile VAS to new heights in the country.
Our study analyzes the key markets and segments of Indian telecom industry to make clients aware of the present and future scenario of the industry. We have thoroughly studied the factors fueling the growth of Indian telecom sector.
Besides this, report also provides rational analysis and forecast on various segments of the industry.
For FREE SAMPLE of this report visit: http://www.rncos.com/Report/IM096.htm
Among various other VAS, music and gaming are going to be the major driving forces boosting revenue and growth of telecom sector in India.
Anticipating high growth potential in various segments of the telecom sector, extensive research on the industry has been done. We have found that the pressure on profits and revenues has forced operators to look at other avenues using the same platform.
In this regard, MVAS has an immense potential to grow as services like mobile banking, mobile commerce and mobile location based services. Considering this fact, companies are adopting various promotional policies by offering several schemes in order to attract customers.
We have observed that the mobile VAS has been expanding to rural areas where more VAS in banking, gaming data and TV segments will be seen. This will further improve the profit margins of the service providers over the current SMS VAS.
Moreover, with 3G mobile services set to rollout in India, service providers would increasingly bank upon the VAS segment to bring in additional revenues. Hence, wireless teleconferencing, multi-player online games, m-commerce and larger screen-sized videos will gain momentum too.
Mobile VAS is offered on multiple platforms such as SMS, voice and WAP enabled services, etc. People availing these services are spread in every corner of the country. Strong growth in the subscriber base of the telecom sector is also taking the business of mobile VAS to new heights in the country.
Our study analyzes the key markets and segments of Indian telecom industry to make clients aware of the present and future scenario of the industry. We have thoroughly studied the factors fueling the growth of Indian telecom sector.
Besides this, report also provides rational analysis and forecast on various segments of the industry.
For FREE SAMPLE of this report visit: http://www.rncos.com/Report/IM096.htm
Monday, July 6, 2009
CMAI Infocom announces national telecom awards
NEW DELHI, INDIA: For the first time in India, to recognize and salute the Nation Builders who have contributed to the path breaking growth of Telecom Sector in India, CMAI, Communications & Manufacturing Association of India, led by NK Goyal, partnering with INFOCOM, a Businessworld initiative, and Star News as TV partners, has announced the INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Awards 2009.
These prestigious Awards would be presented by Thiru A. Raja, Hon'ble Union Minister for Communications and IT, Government of India, on 24 July, 2009 at Hotel Le Meridian, New Delhi.
Sachin Pilot Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications & IT; Gurdas Kamat, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications and IT; Siddharth Behura, IAS, Secretary Telecom; R. Chandrashekhar, IAS, Secretary IT; Dr. J.S. Sarma, IAS, Chairman, TRAI and Hon’ble Justice Arun Kumar, Chairman, TDSAT, have been invited to the event.
Businessworld, India ’s leading business magazine published by ABP -- publishers of Anandabazar Patrika, The Telegraph, etc., one of the largest media conglomerates in the Country has been organising INFOCOM, an annual ICT conference and exhibition. INFOCOM along with CMAI -- Communications and Manufacturing Association of India -- an apex trade and business promotion body with over 28 international MoU partners and representative offices in eight countries jointly announces the National Telecom Awards 2009.
This initiative will work with an objective towards recognizing and providing greater encouragement and impetus to the telecom players for their contribution in building a robust National Telecom Network and providing an effective means of communications.
The industry would be represented by Telecom Operators, Enterprise Solution Providers, Equipment Manufacturers, Exporters, Technology Providers, and Systems Integrators from the ICT arena. This grand event is expected to be attended by over 400 delegates and is being branded as the mother of all Telecom Events in India organized till now. The event has support of Apex Telecom, IT Hardware, Internet and Operators Association in India and international associations.
These prestigious Awards would be presented by Thiru A. Raja, Hon'ble Union Minister for Communications and IT, Government of India, on 24 July, 2009 at Hotel Le Meridian, New Delhi.
Sachin Pilot Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications & IT; Gurdas Kamat, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications and IT; Siddharth Behura, IAS, Secretary Telecom; R. Chandrashekhar, IAS, Secretary IT; Dr. J.S. Sarma, IAS, Chairman, TRAI and Hon’ble Justice Arun Kumar, Chairman, TDSAT, have been invited to the event.
Businessworld, India ’s leading business magazine published by ABP -- publishers of Anandabazar Patrika, The Telegraph, etc., one of the largest media conglomerates in the Country has been organising INFOCOM, an annual ICT conference and exhibition. INFOCOM along with CMAI -- Communications and Manufacturing Association of India -- an apex trade and business promotion body with over 28 international MoU partners and representative offices in eight countries jointly announces the National Telecom Awards 2009.
This initiative will work with an objective towards recognizing and providing greater encouragement and impetus to the telecom players for their contribution in building a robust National Telecom Network and providing an effective means of communications.
The industry would be represented by Telecom Operators, Enterprise Solution Providers, Equipment Manufacturers, Exporters, Technology Providers, and Systems Integrators from the ICT arena. This grand event is expected to be attended by over 400 delegates and is being branded as the mother of all Telecom Events in India organized till now. The event has support of Apex Telecom, IT Hardware, Internet and Operators Association in India and international associations.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Indian mobile services market to reach $30 billion by 2013
MUMBAI, INDIA: Total mobile services revenue in India is projected to grow at a CAGR of 12.5 percent from 2009-2013 to exceed US$30 billion, according to Gartner Inc.
The India mobile subscriber base is set to exceed 771 million connections by 2013, growing at a CAGR of 14.3 percent in the same period from 452 million in 2009. This growth is poised to continue through the forecast period, and India is expected to remain the world’s second largest wireless market after China in terms of mobile connections.
“The Indian mobile industry has now moved out of its hyper growth mode, but it will continue to grow at double-digit rates for next three years as operators focus on rural parts of the country,” said Madhusudan Gupta, senior research analyst at Gartner. “Growth will also be triggered by increased adoption of value-added services, which are relevant to both rural and urban markets.”
Mobile market penetration is projected to increase from 38.7 percent in 2009 to 63. 5 percent in 2013. Gartner said this growth is primarily attributed to the operators increasing their focus on the rural market, local consumer durable and electronic companies entering the domestic mobile handset segment, and lower handset prices.
The Indian mobile connection market continues to be dominated by prepaid subscribers. Prepaid connections accounted for more than 93 percent of all mobile connections in 2008 and it is expected to grow to more than 96 percent of the connection base by 2013, surpassing 741 million versus 312 million in 2008. The postpaid subscriber base will exceed 29 million subscribers by 2013, grow at 2.5 percent from 23 million in 2008.
The churn rate in India is 53.2 percent in 2009, and despite a maturing market, the ratio is expected to increase to 59.6 percent in 2013.
Data revenues driving growth: Revenue from data services will significantly contribute to the overall growth of mobile services in India, with a CAGR of 16.8 percent from 2009 to 2013. Prepaid subscribers are expected to adopt data services faster than the post-paid segment.
The bulk of revenue will continue to come from voice services. However, with the increased growth in data services, the percentage of revenue coming from voice will reduce from 89 percent in 2008 to 86 percent in 2013.
Expected changes in the Indian telecom landscape: Gartner predicts a significant drop in ARPU as the bulk of new subscribers will come from rural areas that are dominated by prepaid subscribers. Also, voice tariffs will decline substantially in 2009 as new operators join the market.
Growth will be triggered by increased adoption of value-added services, which are relevant to both rural and urban markets. However, the bulk of new connections will come from data cards and multi-SIM use. Voice usage will increase steadily, but data usage will grow more strongly with the increased consumption of value-added services.
The India mobile subscriber base is set to exceed 771 million connections by 2013, growing at a CAGR of 14.3 percent in the same period from 452 million in 2009. This growth is poised to continue through the forecast period, and India is expected to remain the world’s second largest wireless market after China in terms of mobile connections.
“The Indian mobile industry has now moved out of its hyper growth mode, but it will continue to grow at double-digit rates for next three years as operators focus on rural parts of the country,” said Madhusudan Gupta, senior research analyst at Gartner. “Growth will also be triggered by increased adoption of value-added services, which are relevant to both rural and urban markets.”
Mobile market penetration is projected to increase from 38.7 percent in 2009 to 63. 5 percent in 2013. Gartner said this growth is primarily attributed to the operators increasing their focus on the rural market, local consumer durable and electronic companies entering the domestic mobile handset segment, and lower handset prices.
The Indian mobile connection market continues to be dominated by prepaid subscribers. Prepaid connections accounted for more than 93 percent of all mobile connections in 2008 and it is expected to grow to more than 96 percent of the connection base by 2013, surpassing 741 million versus 312 million in 2008. The postpaid subscriber base will exceed 29 million subscribers by 2013, grow at 2.5 percent from 23 million in 2008.
The churn rate in India is 53.2 percent in 2009, and despite a maturing market, the ratio is expected to increase to 59.6 percent in 2013.
Data revenues driving growth: Revenue from data services will significantly contribute to the overall growth of mobile services in India, with a CAGR of 16.8 percent from 2009 to 2013. Prepaid subscribers are expected to adopt data services faster than the post-paid segment.
The bulk of revenue will continue to come from voice services. However, with the increased growth in data services, the percentage of revenue coming from voice will reduce from 89 percent in 2008 to 86 percent in 2013.
Expected changes in the Indian telecom landscape: Gartner predicts a significant drop in ARPU as the bulk of new subscribers will come from rural areas that are dominated by prepaid subscribers. Also, voice tariffs will decline substantially in 2009 as new operators join the market.
Growth will be triggered by increased adoption of value-added services, which are relevant to both rural and urban markets. However, the bulk of new connections will come from data cards and multi-SIM use. Voice usage will increase steadily, but data usage will grow more strongly with the increased consumption of value-added services.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Nokia Siemens Networks helps IDEA create new revenue streams
BANGALORE, INDIA: Indian mobile operator IDEA Cellular is upgrading its network in 22 telecom service areas to tap into the lucrative value added data services market. By March 2010, IDEA subscribers will be able to enjoy multimedia messaging, email, web browsing, online music and other innovative mobile services.
The services will be enabled by Nokia Siemens Networks’ GPRS (general packet radio service) technology and Unified Charging Solution (UCS evolve).
Nokia Siemens Networks will add GPRS capability to 10 IDEA telecom service areas, while the existing GPRS capability in 12 other areas will be expanded.
“The value added services market in India holds tremendous potential. The greater opportunity lies in data services, and in expanding our capabilities and service portfolio in this area. The right technology foundation is fundamental to our success, and it needs to include not just a method of delivering services, but of monetizing them effectively. Nokia Siemens Networks has strong credentials in this field and has played an important role in the development of our technology strategy for data services,” said Anil Tandan, CTO, IDEA Cellular.
As part of the project, Nokia Siemens Networks has also designed and will implement a charging solution that will enable IDEA Cellular to use a single system across these locations for real time charging of the new services for both prepaid and postpaid subscribers.
Michael Kuehner, Country Head, Nokia Siemens Networks, said: “Customer lifecycle management entails building a flexible ecosystem of multiple partners that can develop innovative applications and content quickly, and at the right price points. The volumes and complexity are high, which makes billing and charging of these services difficult. As its technology partner, we are confident that our solution will not only help IDEA Cellular build new revenue streams but also deliver greater quality of service.”
The IDEA service areas where Nokia Siemens Networks will add GPRS capability are Mumbai, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, Kolkata and West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Punjab, Assam and North East.
Nokia Siemens Networks will upgrade IDEA’s existing GPRS capacity in the service areas of Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh East, Uttar Pradesh West, Haryana, Kerala, Bihar, Maharashtra and Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
The services will be enabled by Nokia Siemens Networks’ GPRS (general packet radio service) technology and Unified Charging Solution (UCS evolve).
Nokia Siemens Networks will add GPRS capability to 10 IDEA telecom service areas, while the existing GPRS capability in 12 other areas will be expanded.
“The value added services market in India holds tremendous potential. The greater opportunity lies in data services, and in expanding our capabilities and service portfolio in this area. The right technology foundation is fundamental to our success, and it needs to include not just a method of delivering services, but of monetizing them effectively. Nokia Siemens Networks has strong credentials in this field and has played an important role in the development of our technology strategy for data services,” said Anil Tandan, CTO, IDEA Cellular.
As part of the project, Nokia Siemens Networks has also designed and will implement a charging solution that will enable IDEA Cellular to use a single system across these locations for real time charging of the new services for both prepaid and postpaid subscribers.
Michael Kuehner, Country Head, Nokia Siemens Networks, said: “Customer lifecycle management entails building a flexible ecosystem of multiple partners that can develop innovative applications and content quickly, and at the right price points. The volumes and complexity are high, which makes billing and charging of these services difficult. As its technology partner, we are confident that our solution will not only help IDEA Cellular build new revenue streams but also deliver greater quality of service.”
The IDEA service areas where Nokia Siemens Networks will add GPRS capability are Mumbai, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, Kolkata and West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Punjab, Assam and North East.
Nokia Siemens Networks will upgrade IDEA’s existing GPRS capacity in the service areas of Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh East, Uttar Pradesh West, Haryana, Kerala, Bihar, Maharashtra and Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Telesoft aids SMS and USSD services growth in India
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Telesoft Technologies announced the introduction of the MILBORNE SMS USSD Gateway for the India market.
With a field proven open standard SMPP interface developers can create SMS applications such as bulk SMS broadcast/alert, mobile advertising and mass telephone voting as well as USSD applications like subscriber balance checks, prepaid top-up and menu driven information services such as weather, news, and sport. India has a rapidly growing subscriber base representing a huge opportunity for text services.
A high capacity cost effective solution, the MILBORNE Gateway allows application developers to rapidly deploy value added SMS (short message service) and USSD (unstructured supplementary service data) services into GSM networks via the use of an SMPP (short message peer to peer) interface.
“The SMPP interface is straight forward to use and hides the complexity of core network protocols”, said Mathew Downham, Channel Manager, Telesoft Technologies. “It reduces development time for new applications allowing a faster return on investment”.
Supporting both mobile originating (MO) and mobile terminating (MT) SMS applications the MILBORNE Gateway maps incoming texts to a virtual handset and acts as an SMSC for outgoing texts. A virtual HLR within the MILBORNE makes adding new virtual subscriber numbers easy, facilitating short duration activities such as competitions. The SS7 signalling interfaces allow very high SMS volumes with up to 100 different applications simultaneously supported.
USSD allows transmission of information over the signalling channel to the GSM network. USSD is session orientated, unlike SMS, which is a store-and-forward technology. Therefore response times for interactive applications are shorter for USSD than SMS. Typically incoming messages from the handset are fed to the relevant application. The application sends the user back a response in the form of a simple text reply or structured menu. Information flows in both directions and can be network or subscriber originated.
India is the world’s fastest growing wireless market with 15.64 million new subscribers in March making it 391.8 million, according to the newest available data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
With a field proven open standard SMPP interface developers can create SMS applications such as bulk SMS broadcast/alert, mobile advertising and mass telephone voting as well as USSD applications like subscriber balance checks, prepaid top-up and menu driven information services such as weather, news, and sport. India has a rapidly growing subscriber base representing a huge opportunity for text services.A high capacity cost effective solution, the MILBORNE Gateway allows application developers to rapidly deploy value added SMS (short message service) and USSD (unstructured supplementary service data) services into GSM networks via the use of an SMPP (short message peer to peer) interface.
“The SMPP interface is straight forward to use and hides the complexity of core network protocols”, said Mathew Downham, Channel Manager, Telesoft Technologies. “It reduces development time for new applications allowing a faster return on investment”.
Supporting both mobile originating (MO) and mobile terminating (MT) SMS applications the MILBORNE Gateway maps incoming texts to a virtual handset and acts as an SMSC for outgoing texts. A virtual HLR within the MILBORNE makes adding new virtual subscriber numbers easy, facilitating short duration activities such as competitions. The SS7 signalling interfaces allow very high SMS volumes with up to 100 different applications simultaneously supported.
USSD allows transmission of information over the signalling channel to the GSM network. USSD is session orientated, unlike SMS, which is a store-and-forward technology. Therefore response times for interactive applications are shorter for USSD than SMS. Typically incoming messages from the handset are fed to the relevant application. The application sends the user back a response in the form of a simple text reply or structured menu. Information flows in both directions and can be network or subscriber originated.
India is the world’s fastest growing wireless market with 15.64 million new subscribers in March making it 391.8 million, according to the newest available data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Newgen to increase focus on telecom sector
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Newgen Software, a leading provider of Business Process Management and Document Management System solutions, announced that it shall enhance focus on the fast-growing and lucrative telecom sector to accelerate its growth.
In the ever-evolving and competitive environment, telecom sector is facing tremendous pressure from the customers regarding the quality of service offered in terms of time taken to resolve a customer query and a strong and flexible infrastructure platform that allows management of end-to-end business processes.
Newgen with its powerful web-based document management, business process management, bill management and output management solutions helps Telecom Service Providers gain new agility in responding to dynamic changes. Newgen solutions help operators enhance customer service by reducing cycle times of query handling, increasing coordination with subscribers, reducing errors in billing processes, presenting bills/statements online and improving responsiveness to customers.
Diwakar Nigam, Managing Director, Newgen Software Technologies said: “The sector has maintained growth momentum with operators now expanding networks to smaller towns and villages. We believe that with our domain knowledge and technology thought leadership, we can offer expert solutions to telecom service providers around the world and establish ourselves as the vendor of choice.”
Telecom companies can achieve operational excellence with the help of the Newgen solutions. The solutions help in cost efficiency, better storage, improving customer care, compliance to regulatory needs and faster verification.
Besides this focus on the Telecom sector, Newgen has also expanded its attention on industry verticals such as Retail, Hospitality, Insurance and Government departments.
In the ever-evolving and competitive environment, telecom sector is facing tremendous pressure from the customers regarding the quality of service offered in terms of time taken to resolve a customer query and a strong and flexible infrastructure platform that allows management of end-to-end business processes.
Newgen with its powerful web-based document management, business process management, bill management and output management solutions helps Telecom Service Providers gain new agility in responding to dynamic changes. Newgen solutions help operators enhance customer service by reducing cycle times of query handling, increasing coordination with subscribers, reducing errors in billing processes, presenting bills/statements online and improving responsiveness to customers.
Diwakar Nigam, Managing Director, Newgen Software Technologies said: “The sector has maintained growth momentum with operators now expanding networks to smaller towns and villages. We believe that with our domain knowledge and technology thought leadership, we can offer expert solutions to telecom service providers around the world and establish ourselves as the vendor of choice.”
Telecom companies can achieve operational excellence with the help of the Newgen solutions. The solutions help in cost efficiency, better storage, improving customer care, compliance to regulatory needs and faster verification.
Besides this focus on the Telecom sector, Newgen has also expanded its attention on industry verticals such as Retail, Hospitality, Insurance and Government departments.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
BOLT mobile browser takes India by storm
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Two months after its public debut at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Bitstream Inc. today announced that BOLT, the company’s web browser for mobile phones of all types, has more active users in India than in any other country outside North America.
Today, one in six of BOLT’s active users reside in India where users have visited more than 5 million web pages and consumed more than 1 terabyte of bandwidth using the mobile browser since it debuted in February of this year.
“Seeing how popular the BOLT mobile browser is becoming in India is particularly gratifying for the team here in India which has contributed to its engineering,” said Lokesh Joshi, director of research and development at Bitstream India. “The BOLT browser has been getting good reviews and strong support from users all over the world but it’s very exciting to see such strong adoption here in India. We are impressed with the number of feature phones in India on which BOLT is installed, leading us to believe that India’s mobile population is embracing mobile applications for regular phones faster than we are seeing in the West.”
BOLT’s feature set:
* Fast, secure, desktop-style web browsing on both high-end and low-end handsets.
* Unrivalled speed -– routinely at least 25-50 percent faster than competitors.
* Streaming video capabilities.
* Split screen and full screen modes for easy navigation and viewing.
* Easily add and select favourites and view browsing history.
* Intuitive keystroke shortcuts for easier navigation and content selection.
* Protection against spyware and malicious or faulty add-ons.
People are enjoying the video streaming feature of the BOLT browser -– the only mobile browser that lets people enjoy videos on average mobile phones from popular services such as YouTube, vids.myspace.com, video.yahoo.com, blip.tv, dailymotion.com, metacafe.com and more.
BOLT usage in India
Well over 100,000 different web pages have been visited by BOLT browser users in India, resulting in over 5 million web pages served in just the last fourteen weeks.
The top five domains visited most by BOLT browser users in India include:
orkut.com
google.com
youtube.com
yahoo.com
gmail.com
The top 5 Indian-based domains visited by BOLT browser users in India are:
rediff.com
manoramaonline.com
masalatalk.com
exbii.com
santabanta.com
Nearly 300 different models of mobile phones are currently used by BOLT users in India. Unlike in North America where BOLT has become very popular among the users of smartphones such as BlackBerry smartphones from RIM, India’s BOLT users are using feature phones in far greater numbers.
The 10 most popular phones used in India are:
Nokia N73
Sony Ericsson W200
Nokia N70
Nokia 3110C
Nokia 6233
Nokia 6300
Nokia N95
Sony Ericsson K530
Motorola MOTOROKR E6
Nokia N72
You can download the BOLT mobile browser for free
Today, one in six of BOLT’s active users reside in India where users have visited more than 5 million web pages and consumed more than 1 terabyte of bandwidth using the mobile browser since it debuted in February of this year.
“Seeing how popular the BOLT mobile browser is becoming in India is particularly gratifying for the team here in India which has contributed to its engineering,” said Lokesh Joshi, director of research and development at Bitstream India. “The BOLT browser has been getting good reviews and strong support from users all over the world but it’s very exciting to see such strong adoption here in India. We are impressed with the number of feature phones in India on which BOLT is installed, leading us to believe that India’s mobile population is embracing mobile applications for regular phones faster than we are seeing in the West.”
BOLT’s feature set:
* Fast, secure, desktop-style web browsing on both high-end and low-end handsets.
* Unrivalled speed -– routinely at least 25-50 percent faster than competitors.
* Streaming video capabilities.
* Split screen and full screen modes for easy navigation and viewing.
* Easily add and select favourites and view browsing history.
* Intuitive keystroke shortcuts for easier navigation and content selection.
* Protection against spyware and malicious or faulty add-ons.
People are enjoying the video streaming feature of the BOLT browser -– the only mobile browser that lets people enjoy videos on average mobile phones from popular services such as YouTube, vids.myspace.com, video.yahoo.com, blip.tv, dailymotion.com, metacafe.com and more.
BOLT usage in India
Well over 100,000 different web pages have been visited by BOLT browser users in India, resulting in over 5 million web pages served in just the last fourteen weeks.
The top five domains visited most by BOLT browser users in India include:
orkut.com
google.com
youtube.com
yahoo.com
gmail.com
The top 5 Indian-based domains visited by BOLT browser users in India are:
rediff.com
manoramaonline.com
masalatalk.com
exbii.com
santabanta.com
Nearly 300 different models of mobile phones are currently used by BOLT users in India. Unlike in North America where BOLT has become very popular among the users of smartphones such as BlackBerry smartphones from RIM, India’s BOLT users are using feature phones in far greater numbers.
The 10 most popular phones used in India are:
Nokia N73
Sony Ericsson W200
Nokia N70
Nokia 3110C
Nokia 6233
Nokia 6300
Nokia N95
Sony Ericsson K530
Motorola MOTOROKR E6
Nokia N72
You can download the BOLT mobile browser for free
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Manchester United signs five year content deal with Bharti Airtel
MANCHESTER, UK: Bharti Airtel, Asia's leading integrated telecom services provider, announced a five-year partnership with Manchester United Football Club. The partnership is first of its kind for both Manchester United and Airtel.
L to R: Carlos Tevez, Darren Fletcher, Shireesh Joshi, Director Marketing, Bharti Airtel, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sanjay Kapoor, Deputy CEO, Bharti Airtel and Wayne Rooney at the signing of a five year exclusive agreement between Bharti Airtel and Manchester United at Old Trafford, Manchester (UK).
With this, Airtel customers across India, Sri Lanka and the Seychelles will get exclusive access to rich football content of Manchester United (MU) on Airtel mobile phones.
In addition, Airtel users will also get an opportunity to participate in the Manchester United Soccer Schools program currently operated by Manchester United Merchandising Limited. Airtel customers will also get an opportunity to watch football matches at Old Trafford and travel to Europe to watch Manchester United play the UEFAChampions League.
The announcement was made by Sanjay Kapoor, Deputy CEO, Bharti Airtel in the presence of Manchester United Club CEO David Gill, Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United players Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez and Darren Fletcher at Old Trafford, Manchester City, UK.
“We are very excited to partner with Manchester United, a powerful global brand with huge following across the world and in India.” said Sanjay Kapoor, Deputy CEO, Bharti Airtel. He added “Football is definitely seeing a growing interest amongst the young population in India. Therefore, we are making a pioneering effort to bring to them rich football content on their mobiles, a fantastic opportunity to be part of the world’s leading football club through participation in soccer schools, and also an opportunity to watch football matches across Europe.”
Manchester United Club CEO David Gill said: “Manchester United is delighted to announce the partnership with Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications company and one of Asia’s emerging global brands. This partnership demonstrates the enduring strength of the Club internationally. We are very proud to have Bharti Airtel as the first Indian company to partner with Manchester United Club. This major partnership will bring the action and the passion of Manchester United directly to the millions of fans of Manchester United across India and other Asian countries."
Key highlights of the agreement
* Airtel will be able to bring for its customer rich exclusive content such as video clips of Premiership matches and UEFA Champion’s League Highlights, Classic Goals and Games of Manchester United, Match Feeds & reports and editorial features. Also, downloads of Mobile Games, Ringtones, animations, and Wallpapers of popular Manchester United first team players such as Ronaldo, Rooney, Ferdinand.
* Airtel customers will be able to access the internationally popular Manchester United mobile portal where rich mobile products and content will be exclusively available for the Airtel customers.
* Airtel customers can also watch Manchester United Football matches at the Old Trafford Ground in the Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, UEFA Champions League. A few lucky Airtel customers will also get an opportunity to travel with the Manchester United first team during their away UEFA Champions League matches.
* Football enthusiasts among Airtel customers will get an opportunity to train at one of the Manchester United Soccer Schools (MUSS). MUSS are currently run in Hong Kong, Seattle, Toronto and Dubai as well as Manchester, and it enables people around the world to participate in soccer activities. These programmes take their lead from the coaching at the Manchester United Academy and First Team training sessions.
L to R: Carlos Tevez, Darren Fletcher, Shireesh Joshi, Director Marketing, Bharti Airtel, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sanjay Kapoor, Deputy CEO, Bharti Airtel and Wayne Rooney at the signing of a five year exclusive agreement between Bharti Airtel and Manchester United at Old Trafford, Manchester (UK).With this, Airtel customers across India, Sri Lanka and the Seychelles will get exclusive access to rich football content of Manchester United (MU) on Airtel mobile phones.
In addition, Airtel users will also get an opportunity to participate in the Manchester United Soccer Schools program currently operated by Manchester United Merchandising Limited. Airtel customers will also get an opportunity to watch football matches at Old Trafford and travel to Europe to watch Manchester United play the UEFAChampions League.
The announcement was made by Sanjay Kapoor, Deputy CEO, Bharti Airtel in the presence of Manchester United Club CEO David Gill, Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United players Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez and Darren Fletcher at Old Trafford, Manchester City, UK.
“We are very excited to partner with Manchester United, a powerful global brand with huge following across the world and in India.” said Sanjay Kapoor, Deputy CEO, Bharti Airtel. He added “Football is definitely seeing a growing interest amongst the young population in India. Therefore, we are making a pioneering effort to bring to them rich football content on their mobiles, a fantastic opportunity to be part of the world’s leading football club through participation in soccer schools, and also an opportunity to watch football matches across Europe.”
Manchester United Club CEO David Gill said: “Manchester United is delighted to announce the partnership with Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications company and one of Asia’s emerging global brands. This partnership demonstrates the enduring strength of the Club internationally. We are very proud to have Bharti Airtel as the first Indian company to partner with Manchester United Club. This major partnership will bring the action and the passion of Manchester United directly to the millions of fans of Manchester United across India and other Asian countries."
Key highlights of the agreement
* Airtel will be able to bring for its customer rich exclusive content such as video clips of Premiership matches and UEFA Champion’s League Highlights, Classic Goals and Games of Manchester United, Match Feeds & reports and editorial features. Also, downloads of Mobile Games, Ringtones, animations, and Wallpapers of popular Manchester United first team players such as Ronaldo, Rooney, Ferdinand.
* Airtel customers will be able to access the internationally popular Manchester United mobile portal where rich mobile products and content will be exclusively available for the Airtel customers.
* Airtel customers can also watch Manchester United Football matches at the Old Trafford Ground in the Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, UEFA Champions League. A few lucky Airtel customers will also get an opportunity to travel with the Manchester United first team during their away UEFA Champions League matches.
* Football enthusiasts among Airtel customers will get an opportunity to train at one of the Manchester United Soccer Schools (MUSS). MUSS are currently run in Hong Kong, Seattle, Toronto and Dubai as well as Manchester, and it enables people around the world to participate in soccer activities. These programmes take their lead from the coaching at the Manchester United Academy and First Team training sessions.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Ericsson deploys India’s first commercial fiber-to-the-home (GPON-FTTH) solution
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Ericsson’s fiber access solution is connecting homes in India for the first time with a breadth of high-end data, TV and communications (triple-play) services. A milestone agreement with one of India’s leading in-building management solution companies is the first step in bringing high-speed connectivity to millions of homes in this rapidly flourishing nation.
In a 3000-unit complex near New Delhi residents are enjoying personalized IPTV in high-definition, video-on-demand and other advanced entertainment services. They can download data content at 100Mbps and access Wi-Fi in the complex’s common areas and gardens.
Automated lighting, electricity bill payment and security services are also being made possible with Ericsson’s high-speed fiber access solution. Ericsson’s Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) solution has been used as an open access solution enabling residents to select services from an internet service provider of their choice.
Demand for broadband services is quickly growing in India’s dynamic market, and Gowton Achaibar, President, Ericsson India and Sri Lanka, predicts that adoption of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology will be dramatic.
“Real estate developers and property management companies realize that high-speed broadband access in the home is a value-added differentiator,” Achaibar says. “Gratifying user experience, greater convenience and a large and rapidly growing telecom market are all pointers to the immense potential of GPON in India.”
The contract with property management services provider Radius Synergies is the first such agreement for Ericsson with a customer in India’s real estate sector. AK Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of Radius Synergies, says: “This is a great achievement and a significant development for India’s economy, and it would not have been possible without Ericsson’s platform expertise and solution-driven approach. Ericsson’s solution enables us to cost-effectively offer residents a superior communications experience.”
The end-to-end fiber access solution from Ericsson is based upon its EDA 1500 GPON system, which offers the highest capacity on the market and its Micronet and Ribbonet air-blown fiber and microcable solutions. The contract also covers systems integration, consulting, training and support services for Radius Synergies.
The GPON network enables converged services for consumers, allowing for a range of operator offerings –- including voice, data and video (triple play services), as well as services such as connected-home activation, security and lighting control -- delivered over Ericsson’s deep fiber access network.
In a 3000-unit complex near New Delhi residents are enjoying personalized IPTV in high-definition, video-on-demand and other advanced entertainment services. They can download data content at 100Mbps and access Wi-Fi in the complex’s common areas and gardens.
Automated lighting, electricity bill payment and security services are also being made possible with Ericsson’s high-speed fiber access solution. Ericsson’s Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) solution has been used as an open access solution enabling residents to select services from an internet service provider of their choice.
Demand for broadband services is quickly growing in India’s dynamic market, and Gowton Achaibar, President, Ericsson India and Sri Lanka, predicts that adoption of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology will be dramatic.
“Real estate developers and property management companies realize that high-speed broadband access in the home is a value-added differentiator,” Achaibar says. “Gratifying user experience, greater convenience and a large and rapidly growing telecom market are all pointers to the immense potential of GPON in India.”
The contract with property management services provider Radius Synergies is the first such agreement for Ericsson with a customer in India’s real estate sector. AK Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of Radius Synergies, says: “This is a great achievement and a significant development for India’s economy, and it would not have been possible without Ericsson’s platform expertise and solution-driven approach. Ericsson’s solution enables us to cost-effectively offer residents a superior communications experience.”
The end-to-end fiber access solution from Ericsson is based upon its EDA 1500 GPON system, which offers the highest capacity on the market and its Micronet and Ribbonet air-blown fiber and microcable solutions. The contract also covers systems integration, consulting, training and support services for Radius Synergies.
The GPON network enables converged services for consumers, allowing for a range of operator offerings –- including voice, data and video (triple play services), as well as services such as connected-home activation, security and lighting control -- delivered over Ericsson’s deep fiber access network.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Telcordia gains in India through MNP initiative, customer wins
GURGAON, HARYANA: India represents one of the most dynamically evolving mobile markets in the world, with 10+ million new subscribers each month, and remains a strategic area of focus for Telcordia, a global leader in the development of fixed, mobile, and broadband communications software and services.
With its unmatched expertise in highly scalable communications networks, Telcordia is ideally positioned to help both the country's government and leading mobile operators successfully manage the sharply rising demands for advanced mobile services.
Recently, MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions India Pvt Ltd, a joint venture of Telcordia, was selected by the India Department of Telecommunications (DoT) as the provider of number portability clearinghouse and centralized database services for the country's southern and eastern regions for the next 10 years. This will facilitate accurate number porting for subscribers, enabling the transfer of telephone numbers when subscribers want to keep their numbers if they move from one operator to another.
"Telcordia is committed to the India market and is helping operators successfully manage the unprecedented growth, realize operational efficiencies, and maintain a competitive edge that will drive communications usage and revenue," said Mark Greenquist, President & CEO, Telcordia. "The recent number portability clearinghouse deal will bring added choice and convenience to India's 400 million mobile subscribers and accelerate the rollout and adoption of brand-differentiating, value-added services."
Telcordia is a leading global provider of fixed, mobile, and broadband communications software and services. For 25 years, the company has created the innovations that have helped organizations deploy advanced networks and groundbreaking new communications services.
On the number portability front, Telcordia is the world's market leader in number portability clearinghouse and gateway solutions supporting fixed and mobile number portability services. Telcordia market leading number portability solutions are already deployed in 14 countries, including the United States, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Greece, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey.
Telcordia's operator customers in India include:
* TATA Teleservices, which selected the Telcordia service delivery solution to grow its prepaid customer base, and introduce new and innovative value-added services in the converged environment.
* Idea Cellular, which relies on the Telcordia® Converged Application Server to consolidate prepaid services on a single real-time charging platform.
* Reliance Infocomm, which uses the Telcordia® Network Engineer planning and design solution to streamline the outside plant engineering process.
"Telcordia has made a substantial investment in India to fully understand the various cultures and business challenges that this hyper-growth market presents," said Greenquist. "We are seeing this commitment result in business opportunities throughout the country, highlighted by the recent number portability initiative."
Telcordia established an entity in India, Telcordia Technologies India Pvt Ltd, in 2006. The business is headquartered in Gurgaon, with program delivery offices in Hyderabad. The entity also includes Telcordia India Labs, a state-of-the-art facility based in Chennai. The office in Tidel Park provides dedicated software resources, including development, for mobile, fixed line and cable operators throughout India.
With its unmatched expertise in highly scalable communications networks, Telcordia is ideally positioned to help both the country's government and leading mobile operators successfully manage the sharply rising demands for advanced mobile services.
Recently, MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions India Pvt Ltd, a joint venture of Telcordia, was selected by the India Department of Telecommunications (DoT) as the provider of number portability clearinghouse and centralized database services for the country's southern and eastern regions for the next 10 years. This will facilitate accurate number porting for subscribers, enabling the transfer of telephone numbers when subscribers want to keep their numbers if they move from one operator to another.
"Telcordia is committed to the India market and is helping operators successfully manage the unprecedented growth, realize operational efficiencies, and maintain a competitive edge that will drive communications usage and revenue," said Mark Greenquist, President & CEO, Telcordia. "The recent number portability clearinghouse deal will bring added choice and convenience to India's 400 million mobile subscribers and accelerate the rollout and adoption of brand-differentiating, value-added services."
Telcordia is a leading global provider of fixed, mobile, and broadband communications software and services. For 25 years, the company has created the innovations that have helped organizations deploy advanced networks and groundbreaking new communications services.
On the number portability front, Telcordia is the world's market leader in number portability clearinghouse and gateway solutions supporting fixed and mobile number portability services. Telcordia market leading number portability solutions are already deployed in 14 countries, including the United States, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Greece, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey.
Telcordia's operator customers in India include:
* TATA Teleservices, which selected the Telcordia service delivery solution to grow its prepaid customer base, and introduce new and innovative value-added services in the converged environment.
* Idea Cellular, which relies on the Telcordia® Converged Application Server to consolidate prepaid services on a single real-time charging platform.
* Reliance Infocomm, which uses the Telcordia® Network Engineer planning and design solution to streamline the outside plant engineering process.
"Telcordia has made a substantial investment in India to fully understand the various cultures and business challenges that this hyper-growth market presents," said Greenquist. "We are seeing this commitment result in business opportunities throughout the country, highlighted by the recent number portability initiative."
Telcordia established an entity in India, Telcordia Technologies India Pvt Ltd, in 2006. The business is headquartered in Gurgaon, with program delivery offices in Hyderabad. The entity also includes Telcordia India Labs, a state-of-the-art facility based in Chennai. The office in Tidel Park provides dedicated software resources, including development, for mobile, fixed line and cable operators throughout India.
Strong growth momentum for Bharti Airtel as income grows by 21pc!
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Bharti Airtel Ltdannounced its audited US GAAP results for the fourth quarter and full year ended March 31, 2009. It has once again maintained its strong growth momentum.
The consolidated total revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 of Rs. 9,825 crore grew by 26 percent and EBITDA of Rs. 4,001 crore grew by 23 percent on a year on year basis. The cash profit from operations of Rs. 3,788 crore grew by 25 percent over last year. The net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 was Rs. 2,239 crore, a growth of 21 percent over last year.
The revenues and net income for the full year ended March 31, 2009 was Rs. 36,962 crore and Rs. 8,470 crore, a growth of 37 percent and 26 percent, respectively, over the same period last year respectively.
Bharti had 9.66 crore subscribers, as on March 31, 2009, an increase in the total subscriber base of 50 percent over the corresponding period last year and maintained its leadership position through an improved market share of all India wireless subscribers at 24 percent as on March 31, 2009, up from 23.7 percent corresponding to the same period of last year.
Commenting on the results and performance, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharti Airtel Ltd, said: “I am happy to share the results and performance for the year ended 31st March 2009. Bharti Airtel has had an excellent year with revenue growth of 37 percent. Our focus on rural penetration and customer affordability has been instrumental in delivering this strong growth. The India growth story continues, and we expect revival of the economy in the second half of this fiscal year. I have no doubts that the telecom sector will lead the economic revival and Bharti Airtel will be at the forefront. I am also delighted that the shareholder’s patience is being rewarded with the Board having decided to give a maiden dividend of 20% of face value for the year. Further Board has proposed sub-division (share split) of existing equity shares of Rs. 10/- each into two equity shares of Rs. 5 each."
The consolidated total revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 of Rs. 9,825 crore grew by 26 percent and EBITDA of Rs. 4,001 crore grew by 23 percent on a year on year basis. The cash profit from operations of Rs. 3,788 crore grew by 25 percent over last year. The net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 was Rs. 2,239 crore, a growth of 21 percent over last year.
The revenues and net income for the full year ended March 31, 2009 was Rs. 36,962 crore and Rs. 8,470 crore, a growth of 37 percent and 26 percent, respectively, over the same period last year respectively.
Bharti had 9.66 crore subscribers, as on March 31, 2009, an increase in the total subscriber base of 50 percent over the corresponding period last year and maintained its leadership position through an improved market share of all India wireless subscribers at 24 percent as on March 31, 2009, up from 23.7 percent corresponding to the same period of last year.
Commenting on the results and performance, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharti Airtel Ltd, said: “I am happy to share the results and performance for the year ended 31st March 2009. Bharti Airtel has had an excellent year with revenue growth of 37 percent. Our focus on rural penetration and customer affordability has been instrumental in delivering this strong growth. The India growth story continues, and we expect revival of the economy in the second half of this fiscal year. I have no doubts that the telecom sector will lead the economic revival and Bharti Airtel will be at the forefront. I am also delighted that the shareholder’s patience is being rewarded with the Board having decided to give a maiden dividend of 20% of face value for the year. Further Board has proposed sub-division (share split) of existing equity shares of Rs. 10/- each into two equity shares of Rs. 5 each."
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