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Smartphone Success Caused Wireless Network Congestion

January 1, 2010

Analysis of:Managing the wireless data deluge | www.businessweek.com

With the success of smartphones like iPhone, Droid, Blackberry etc there is a rise in data over voice service escalating the volume of data over wireless network. There is a growing risk that data traffic will strain the capacity of wireless networks, and that networks will not be able to remain profitable while supporting emerging services that generate low revenue. Thus carriers have to update network to enhance its service and retain customers.

Growth in Russian Mobile Market

December 31, 2009

Analysis of:Russian cellphone penetration 141.5 pct in Nov | www.reuters.com

According to a report by market research group AC&M, Russian mobile subscription rose to 205million in the month of November. Analysts usually calculate the penetration level by the number of SIM cards among subscribers. Thus there were 196 SIM cards users out of 100 in Moscow, 186 out of 100 in St. Petersburg but this number has gone down in Ukraine.

Sony Ericssion’s Move Towards Reviving its Market Share

November 9, 2009

Analysis of:Sony Ericsson launched Satio, Aino, Yari | www.financialexpress.com

Sony Ericssion has come up with there new products for Indian market restore the fortune of the company and make a move towards smartphone segment. Satio, Aino and Yari, are priced at Rs.35, 950, Rs.28, 950 and Rs.16, 950 respectively. The phones are positioned around the imaging, gaming, applications and content services quotient.

End Of Exclusivity Of O2, Orange To Sell Iphone In UKOn November 10

November 6, 2009

Analysis of:Orange to sell iPhone in UK from 10 Nov | www.totaltele.com

France Telecom SA's Orange is all set to start selling iPhone from November 10. It has entered into two years agreement with Apple to sell iPhone in UK market. This agreement had ended the exclusivity of its rival Telefonica SA's O2 mobile network It will sell 3G and the latest model 3GS. This deal will hoist a cutthroat competition between the two players to acquire subscribers one’s network and finally customers will get the best of the deal.

Chinese Mobile: Emerging As A Threat For Legitimate Handset Manufacturers

November 6, 2009

Analysis of:China's smartphone shipments to triple by 2013 | www.totaltele.com

Domestic mobile manufacturers of China is continuously capturing the global mobile market and becoming a threat for legitimate handset manufacturers. These handsets are flooding China’s domestic as well as international market. China's grey wireless handset shipments have grown by more than 43% in 2009. The situation looks set to deteriorate further for legitimate handset makers, with the grey market expected to reach 192 million by 2013. 

Competition Affected Slump In Docomo’s Profit

November 5, 2009

Analysis of:Global handset shipments drop by 4% in Q3 | www.telecompaper.com

Inspite of having a control on half of the Japan’s mobile market NTT Docomo reported a drop in its profit by 21%. Since Japan’s market is reaching its maturity, it is facing tremendous competitive pressure within and outside its domestic market. Docomo is losing its subscriber to competitors like Softbank, KDDI and eMobile. Thus Docomo’s slump in profit is helping its competitors to make a gain.

Competition Affected Slump In Docomo’s Profit

November 4, 2009

Analysis of:Docomo sees profits drop 21%, revises guidance | www.telecompaper.com

Inspite of having a control on half of the Japan’s mobile market NTT Docomo reported a drop in its profit by 21%. Since Japan’s market is reaching its maturity, it is facing tremendous competitive pressure within and outside its domestic market. Docomo is losing its subscriber to competitors like Softbank, KDDI and eMobile. Thus Docomo’s slump in profit is helping its competitors to make a gain.

Yahoo’s Online Advertising Has Stabilized After The Economic Slump

November 3, 2009

Analysis of:Yahoo: Online Advertising Has Stabilized | www.businessweek.com

Yahoo’s online advertising business has witnessed a rapid emergence in its revenue in the last quarter and a dropdown in its search and display segment. Similarly Google has also shown a modest growth in this market. The report submitted by these companies showed the current and future outlook of online advertisement market. This shows that this market is stabilizing and may show improvement in coming future.

Iphone’s Popularity Helped Apple To Achieve Record Setting Figures in Q4

November 2, 2009

Analysis of:Apple increases iPhone sales 7% to 7.4 mln in Q3 | www.telecompaper.com

With the release of Apple’s Q4 financial figures, market dominance of Iphone is made clear. The report produced shows record setting quarter for Iphone sales.  Apple has increased Iphone sales by 7% to 7.4 million in Q4 surpassing analysts’ estimates which was much below the achieved figures.

International Calling Facility At Low Rate With The Launch Of Vonage Mobile.

October 6, 2009

Analysis of:Vonage Goes Mobile: First of New Calling Applications Now Available | finance.yahoo.com

Vonage has launched its Vonage Mobile, a mobile application for smartphones. Currently this application can run only on Iphone, Blackberry and IPod Touch.This application will help users to make international calls at a very low price without changing their existing number. This application is launched as an alternative to the calling card. Convenience and best calling experience is an assurance by Vonage.

Passive Infrastructure sharing Deal Between Aircel And BSNL

October 6, 2009

Analysis of:Aircel Signs Tower-sharing Pact with BSNL | www.cxotoday.com

GSM service provider Aircel and India’s largest and world’s 7th largest telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has stepped into a 10 years deal for sharing the passive infrastructure sharing owned by BSNL. This deal may help BSNL make some more money and Aircel to expand its reach all over India leveraging BSNL pre-existing infrastructure and reducing its operational cost and time.

Why Mozilla Is Becoming Anti- Google Chrome Frame?

October 5, 2009

Analysis of:Why is Mozilla getting involved in the IE/Chrome Frame debate? | blogs.zdnet.com

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000167 EndHTML:0000001270 StartFragment:0000000454 EndFragment:0000001254Executives of Mozilla showed their concern on the release of Google’s Chrome Frame a plug-in which according to Google could improve rendering speed of Internet Explorer speed by nine folds on the other hand other browser vendor like Mozilla claims that it makes the browser less secure and reduces the user’s positive experience.

Vodafone Orange Iphone Deal Ends Two Years Exclusivity Of O2 In UK

October 5, 2009

Analysis of:Vodafone, Orange win UK iPhone deals | www.telecomasia.net

Vodafone UK and Orange UK has reportedly won the right to distribute Apple’s revalorized handset Iphone in UK putting an end to the two year monopolistic tenure of Telephonica’s O2 as an exclusive carrier of Iphone in UK market. They will market both Iphone 3G and 3GS from their retail distribution channel. A price war is expected among the carriers due to this multi carrier strategy which may result affordable pricing, better coverage and service.

AT&T Charges Google For Violating Federal Call Blocking Rule

October 4, 2009

Analysis of:AT&T calls for FCC action on Google | www.ft.com

Google Voice systematically blocks calls to various rural areas. The move allows it to save money in regions where access rates are especially high. But this kind of restricting is something that the FCC forbade AT&T and other common carriers from doing in 2007. Thus FCC can’t give Google a special privilege to play by its own rules while the rest of the industry, including those who compete pay as per the FCC rule.

Retailers No To Sony’s PlayStation Portable Go

October 4, 2009

Analysis of:Sony's Latest Gaming Device Cuts Out Retailers | www.cnbc.com

With the abandon of UMD system in the PSP Go has spread a large wave of disappointment among the retailers all over the world and they are less enthusiastic about selling this product. With the download only system in PSP Go, it won't be requiring much help from retailers in the retail distribution channel.Sony has to find another way to market its product and make it available to the end users like online marketing, targeting its existing customer base

India gearing up for next generation M- Telephony

January 9, 2009

Analysis of:Airtel launches new BlackBerry | www.businessstandard.com

The Indian cell phone mart is getting smarter every year.With the growth of total cellular market, Smartphone market is also  growing. Airtel is the first service provider to introduce Blackberry in India. Now it is launching new Blackberry hand set i.e. Perl flip in the Indian Market in a bid to rival Apple's iPhone in the consumer market.  Despite the overall attractiveness of the iPhone, it lacks too many vital features to replace the Blackberry as the corporate weapon of choice. The Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 is priced for 21,990 INR and its availability has just expended the choice of users among the already crowded Smartphone segment. The phone is a compact Smartphone and offers a wide variety of applications. It includes the mobile email solution, powerful multimedia capabilities, and support for text messaging, picture messaging, and built in Wi-Fi. 

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