Vodafone India in-line with Airtel has reduced benefits on most of the Special recharge / tariff Vouchers and Pre-Paid Packs across all the 22 Circles in India. Even a Small Modification in STV / Recharge Pack adds considerably to the bottomline of the company in that circle. We’d like to present you data on the Vodafone Pre-Paid Mobile STV / Recharge Pack Modifications that happened in May-2013 as shown in the table below
Month: June 2013
Airtel Pre-Paid Mobile Tariff Benefits Reduced in May-2013 – Tracking Changes
Bharti Airtel India’s Largest Wireless Carrier has a Big Data Analytics Team Closely Working with its Product Managers in Delhi who decide how to modify the Pre-Paid Plans across 22 Cicles in India. We tracked Airtel closely in the last 1 month and here are the key changes they brought across circles reducing benefits on Pre-Paid Special tariff Plans / Vouchers and boosting bottom-line of the company. The following table shows the same
Yahoo! CFO Upbeat on Culture Shift + Innovation
Yahoo! CFO Ken Goldman is Upbeat on the new the culture shift of the company, which is attracting a high caliber of employees and acquisition candidates. Recent product changes in the core business, and improvement in partner relationships are key positives to the company. Yahoo’s pace of innovation and velocity of product launches are much … Read more
Global DRAM Market Share + Which Industry Consumes the most ?
The strength of the current upturn resembles the sharp turnaround seen in 2010, but could have longer sustainability based on (1) fewer producers; (2) the divergence of DRAM demand drivers with mobile devices overtaking PC DRAMs; and (3) the uncertainty in DRAM equipment technology keeping new fab builds at bay.
Reliance Jio Infocomm & Reliance Communications enter $2.5 Bn Tower Sharing Agreement
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd and Reliance Communications Ltd. today announced the signing of a definitive agreement worth over $2.5 Bn over the Lifetime of the agreement. RCom will offer its 45,000 Towers to Reliance Jio Infocomm to roll-out its 4G LTE Network. In our Previous Article we had raised the issue of Suitability of Reliance … Read more
Windows 8 Devices Expensive – Will Microsoft Learn the Android Lesson ?
Today, PCs’ value proposition as the internet device has been permanently taken away by smartphones and tablet. Better PC hardware can’t help the poor consumer reaction to Windows 8 Operating System either.
Acer and ASUS launched new PC and tablet products at Computex hoping to to drive the replacement demand the PC industry. However, PC used to be the key (in some regions, the only) vehicle for consumers to access the internet, but now smartphone/tablet offer consumers an alternative way to access the internet, and in some cases, with lower cost structure and better user experiences.
Amazon India Launch is to Test Backend Infrastructure only. No Direct Retailing
Amazon launched an Indian Marketplace (www.amazon.in), its 10th country specific site (Amazon previously only operated a comparison shopping site in India (www.junglee.com)). The Indian site will be served exclusively by third-party sellers to comply with local laws and will initially focus on the media category (books and movies), followed by consumer electronics.
Local Laws of India do not permit Foreign Companies to
operate in Multi-Brand Retail and thus Amazon has to be content as a Facilitator of e-commerce for various Indian companies. By doing so Amazon will end up Building Presence, Build Delivery & Distribution Network, Adopt to the Learning Curve of Cash on Delivery [Most Popular in India] so when the Govt of India opens the gates for FDI in e-commerce, Amazon can directly start selling its products and give Indian retailers a run for their money.
SmartPhones & Tablets – Gamechanger for Redington
Redington derives about 16% of its revenues from its non-IT business with mobile handsets contributing a major share in the segment. Units of smartphones shipped have grown at a CAGR of 135% in India from 2010 to 2012 and 76% in the Middle East and Africa from 2008 to 2012. The company’s non-IT business has grown at a CAGR of about 31% from FY07 to FY12 and this growth is driven by the steep growth in the smartphones segment. Redington is undertaking new initiatives in this segment by adding reputed vendors in its portfolio, e.g. Apple, Samsung.
RCom’s Tower Assets for Reliance Jio Infocomm – Not Suitable
Reliance Communications co-operation with Reliance Jio Infocomm is expected to be extended to tower assets and intra-city fibre assets as well. We raised some Key Questions with the managements of both the companies which have went un-answered. 1. Quantum of towers which will come up for monetization over next 2 years- We are of the … Read more
MTNL Mumbai – Triband VDSL Speed Reaches 10 Mbps
State Owned, Loss Making Telco serving the metros of Mumbai and Delhi has launched Triband – VDSL Broadband with download speed reaching 10 Mbps and upload speed capped at 5 Mbps. However, Triband VDSL is available for customers who are in the 2 Km vicinity of the Exchange or the DSLAM Equipment. As the Customers … Read more