Pantaloon gets into telecom retailing

Telecom retailing is attracting the biggies. Soon after Bangalore-based MobileNXT launched its first store in Gurgaon, players like Pantaloon Retail and Essar Group are also reported to be in the fray. Leveraging its already-established presence in the retail space, Pantaloon Retail recently launched its telecom outfit Convergem Retail India Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of [...]

LoC: Love of Cellphones

ET reports that operators are keen to spread their presence in Jammu and Kashmir due to strong demand for cellphones there. The demand is driven not only by local residents, but also by defence personnel posted in the tough terrain. There are three operators in the state – BSNL, Airtel and Aircel. Hutch is keen [...]

Churn high in new mobile users?

ET does a speculative story quoting unnamed industry sources that the churn rate in the new user additions may be as high as 20-30%. It then goes on to quote other unnamed industry sources putting the rate as low as 3-4%. Thankfully, this kind of a story does not mean anything. Otherwise, a defaulters rate [...]

Missed calls = Missed revenues

We have all done and benefitted from it – giving missed calls to convey messages. But what is the impact of missed calls on the carriers. This Zee News story puts the exact share of missed calls at around 20-25%. Kobita Desai, principal telecom analyst, Gartner “There is also a situation when the other person [...]

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BSNL to leverage PCOs as retail outlets

BSNL has discovered the potential of its ubiquitous PCOs for branding and retailing. The company has decided to convert its PCOs and STD/ISD booths into branded outlets. There are over a million BSNL PCOs which contribute around 20 to 25% of its revenues. A few months ago, the company allowed the sale of recharge coupons [...]

Indian market figures

Some numbers from iSuppli Marketwatch to put things into perspective. Mobiles subscriber base in 2005 grew at an astounding rate of 47% to reach approximately 75.3 million at the end of 2005, up from 48 million at the end of 2004. India in 2005 emerged as the world’s sixth-largest market in terms of mobile-phone subscribers, [...]

ARPU declines to Rs 370

Average monthly revenue per subscriber (ARPU) has declined to Rs 370 for the quarter ended December 2005 for GSM operators. Hutch had the highest ARPU of Rs 422.22, a decline of 3.7% from Rs 438.29 in the quarter ending in September. Bharti had an ARPU of Rs 406.03 compared with Rs 410.13 in the period [...]

Event Alert: Conference on Communications Convergence

4th International Conference on “Communications Convergence: Connecting India – The Global Challenge

GSM, CDMA operators to share infrastructure

The GSM and CDMA operators have reached a deal to share infrastructure for addressing the heavy congestion in telecom networks and poor coverage in major cities. While private operators already have mutual agreements to share infrastructure, this marks the first time that state-owned telecom companies BSNL and MTNL have agreed to share their networks. The [...]

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