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Competition Among Chipset Players and Its Impact on Smartphones Adoption in the Emerging Markets
In the recent years, the availability and easy access to Android operating system, and reducing costs of various components (such as display, memory, battery, etc.) have been driving the cost of smartphones down. We expect 2013 to be the year … Continue reading
Posted in Business Model, Chipsets, Emerging Markets, Smartphones
Tagged #India, Broadcom, China, Chipsets, Emerging Markets, Intel, Marvell, Mediatek, Qualcomm, Smartphones, Telecom
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India Smartphone Outlook for 2013
2012 Smartphone Year in Review: The smartphones sales in India grew over 100% (year-on-year) in 2012 to reach 20 to 22 million units. For the first time, monthly sales crossed 2 million units in Q4 and smartphones breached the USD … Continue reading
Posted in Business Model, Consumer, India, Mobile Devices, OS, Smartphones
Tagged #"Windows Phone 7.5", #India, #Lumia, #Microsoft, #Phone, #Windows, Apple, Blackberry, HTC, India Market, iOS, Micromax, Mobile Phones, Nokia, OEMs, OS, Samsung, Smartphones, Symbian, Trends
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Overview of Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS) in Emerging Markets
Voice revenues of mobile carriers in emerging markets have been stagnant for a few years, while there has been a slow, but but steady increase in VAS revenues. A look at the mobile carriers’ revenues of the emerging markets reflects … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, Business Model, Carriers, China, Emerging Markets, India, Mobile Devices, Smartphones, Telecom, Uncategorized, VAS
Tagged #India, Brazil, China, Emerging Markets, Indonesia, Mexico, Mobile Data, Mobile Internet, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, VAS
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Emergence of E-Commerce Sites as Potential Sales & Marketing Channels for Tablets in India
The average monthly sales of tablets in India have trebled since Q4, 2011. This is primarily due to the increasing number of low-end (sub $200) device models being launched by Indian OEMs, enabled by both hardware commoditization (driven by China/Taiwan … Continue reading
Posted in Business Model, Distribution, E-Commerce, India, Marketing, OS, Tablets, Technology, Telecom
Tagged #India, amazon, Android, Digital Education, Distribution, E-Commerce, Ebay, Flipkart, Junglee, OS, Snapdeal, Tablets
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Comparison of China & India Smartphone Markets
China and India are the world’s biggest mobile markets with 1.05 billion and 934 million subscribers respectively. At the end of 2011, the smartphones installed base in both these markets was less than 100 million (over 90 million in China and … Continue reading
Posted in App Stores, Apps, China, Emerging Markets, India, Smartphones, Technology
Tagged #"Windows Phone 7.5", #India, #Lumia, #Microsoft, #Windows, Android, App Stores, Apple, Apps, Blackberry, China, HTC, India Market, iOS, Nokia, OEMs, OS, Samsung, Smartphones, Symbian, Trends
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Indian Mobile App Developer Dynamics – Key Challenges and Opportunities
There are close to 10,000 companies developing mobile applications in India. Together, they employ over 250,000 developers. Most of the mobile app development work carried out by Indian developers is limited to product development (software coding) and validation (testing) and … Continue reading
Posted in App Stores, Apps, Business Model, Mobile Devices, OS, PE/VC, Smartphones, Telecom, VAS
Tagged #"Windows Phone 7.5", #India, Android, App Developers, Apple, India Market, iOS, OS, Smartphones, Trends, Vodafone
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Is India Ready for Customized and Branded Mobile App Stores?
Branded mobile application stores (app stores) by both device OEMs and carriers have existed in India for a while, and continue to be launched. Nokia launched its ‘Ovi store’ in 2009 (later rebranded as ‘Nokia Store), Airtel has its ‘App Central’, … Continue reading
Posted in App Stores, Apps, Business Model, Convergence, Digitization, Mobile Devices, OS, Smartphones, Telecom, VAS
Tagged #"Windows Phone 7.5", #India, #Lumia, #Windows, Android, App Central, App Stores, Apple, Apps, Blackberry, Borqs, Convergence, Google, Google Play, Handsets, India Market, iOS, Mobile Phones, MTS, Nokia, Nokia Store, OS, OTT, Ovi, Ovi Store, PocketApps, Samsung, Smartphones, Symbian, Telecom, Trends, VAS
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Proliferation of Tablets in the Indian Education Sector
Digital technologies have existed for over ten years in the Indian Education Sector, albeit with minimal adoption. Earlier, the use of VSAT based classrooms for distance learning, plasma TVs in schools and colleges, Ethernet based networks in connected campuses have … Continue reading
Posted in Business Model, Convergence, Digitization, Education, Tablets, Technology, Telecom
Tagged #India, 3G, Android, Apple, Colleges, Connect2Gurukul, Content, Convergence, Digital Education, EAFT Technlogies, Education, Educomp, Everonn, HCL, Higher Education, iBooks 2, India Market, iProf, iTunes U, Micromax, OEMs, Online Tuition, Schools, Tablets, Telecom, Test Preparation, Trends, Wi-Fi
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Evolution of Indian Handset OEMs – History, Current State and Future Outlook
In early 2008, there were only 6 to 8 brands operating in the Indian mobile devices market, and almost all of them were global. This number increased to over 180 by 2011. Young Indian handset vendors such as Micromax, Karbonn, … Continue reading
Posted in Business Model, Mobile Devices, OS, Profitability, Smartphones
Tagged #India, Android, Forecast, Handsets, HTC, India Market, iOS, Karbonn, Lava, Margins, Micromax, Mobile Phones, Motorola, Nokia, OEMs, Olive, Samsung, Smartphones, Spice, Symbian, Trends
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Analysis of Wireless Spectrum Auction in India and Pricing Benchmark
Recently, the Indian Supreme Court has cancelled the 2G operations licenses in 122 circles (license areas) of multiple carriers. The government is planning to auction the spectrum obtained from these license cancellations. Historically, in India, startup 2G spectrum was awarded … Continue reading