TRAI’s latest report on ‘Indian Telecom Service Performance Indicators’ has three main highlights, observed during Jan-Mar 2010. First, rural tele-density has increased reasonably, accounting to 32% of total telephone sub base in India. Second, ARPU is down substantially as compared to previous year’s recorded figures during same period. And lastly, there’s need to improve broadband penetration in India- a prima foci.
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Y’day I attended an online Webinar on ‘Growth prospects of Telecom Industry’ by Yankee Group. The Webinar itself is of 1hr long duration, but the interesting part of the Webinar is the way ideas are presented in sequence, one after another. The elite panel of Yankee group stressed more on change in line of thinking for operators/service providers, in order to cash on data deluge. If we are viewing telecom as a standalone business integrating most of voice and bit of non-voice, then we are making wrong assumptions. There’s need to change this business model and service providers need to see every threat to their core business (Voice) as potential opportunity to partner. Read on below presentation or attend the Webinar here.
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Ericsson awarded its largest fiber-to the-home contract:
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Last week was truly hectic on mobile front. On 22nd WSJ broke the story that Nokia is seeking replacement of CEO Olli Pekka Kallasvuo, which was then followed by rumors of breaking its four years old partnership with Siemens AG ( Read NSN). Certainly all isn’t well in Nokia camp. For CEO Mr. Kallasvuo, since taking up charge of company, just one year before launch of Apple’s flagship device iPhone ( in 2007), nothing is going right for company. But what’s wrong with company, started way back in 1865, which boasts operations in 130 countries across globe and having 11 R & D centers with more than 1, 24,000 employees on roll, in just span of 3-4 years? Is it just Smartphone woes or Symbian problems? Or there’re too many worries to hold back? Let’s check it out.
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Tata DOCOMO-the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, has introduced a refreshingly different initiative, ‘Live Chat’ service for all its customers. Live Chat Service is first-of-its-kind endeavor in the Indian telecom industry and aims at ensuring customer service as a key differentiator for Tata DOCOMO. The service will take care of all postpaid & prepaid queries/ requests & complaints through live Chat option. Further more, the customers post chatting with the company representative, can also fill in a feedback form to help Tata DOCOMO consistently evolve the service.
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First complete TD-LTE solution showcased:
TD-LTE solution with complete end-to-end capabilities demonstrated for the first time
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