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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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Is India Ready for Mass-Market Wi-Fi Offload? We Think Yes!
With a surge in interest from nearly the entire mobile industry (save a few established 3G/LTE giants) in seamless Wi-Fi offload, has the time come for India? In many ways India is nothing less than the textbook case for Wi-Fi: … Continue reading
Posted in Business Model, Carriers, Emerging Markets, India, Spectrum, Technology, Wi-Fi Offloading
Tagged China Mobile, Smartphones, Telecom, Trends, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Offloading
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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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India Smartphone Outlook for 2012
2011 was the first big year for smartphones in India. Convergence Catalyst estimates between 9 to 9.5M smartphones to have been sold in India in 2011. October was a landmark month having witnessed smartphone sales crossing the 1 million mark. … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Devices, OS, Smartphones, Telecom
Tagged #"Windows Phone 7.5", #India, Android, Apple, Bada, Forecast, Handset Forecast 2012, HTC, iOS, Nokia, OS, Outlook, Samsung, Smartphones, Symbian, Telecom, Trends
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Key Drivers for Evolution of Tablets in India
Tablets have been in existence only these past 15 months, with Apple launching iPad in April, 2010. Since then, tablets have gained significant traction and have globally clocked an estimated sales of 15 million in Q2, 2011 alone. Of tablets … Continue reading
Posted in Convergence, Tablets
Tagged Convergence, India Market, OS, Tablets, Telecom
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Genesis of Convergence Catalyst
I have witnessed how the world changed due to Telecom in a positive and self empowering way especially in emerging nations as I have been a part of Telecom and Technology my entire career. To this day, am fascinated at … Continue reading