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How global telecos can profit from India’s experience

by Paul Joseph April 3, 2011 Featured

As many wireless telecommunications operators around the world reach saturation points in consumer penetration, they fear hitting a growth wall. These companies face mounting competition, declining average revenue per user (ARPU) and steeply rising costs. All these factors put tremendous pressure on their margins. Increasingly, wireless companies must hunt for ways to squeeze more from their business model–but where and how? To find answers they might consider dialing the country code for India. Source

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India Lags in Internet Access: Study

by Paul Joseph April 3, 2011 Featured

India’s booming IT industry is growing at an astonishing rate of nearly 18 percent, according to a recent forecast by Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies). That’s compared with a global growth rate of the industry at 4-5 percent. Yet India is the only country to be classified as “extreme risk,” meaning that the country’s population suffers from a severe lack of digital inclusion, in a recent study by British risk analysis firm MapleCroft. Source

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Do telecom companies stall number portability?

by Paul Joseph March 25, 2011 Featured

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will soon crack the whip on operators for the implementation of mobile number portability (MNP), even as a DNA survey found that the systems put up by some operators are far from fully functional. According to a nine-city survey, out of the major cellular operators of the country, only Vodafone could claim a 100% smooth operation of the first step. Source

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