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Number Portability is here

Here is an idea for smaller operators like Tata, Idea and Aircel to churn high-ARPU customers away from the biggies.
Most the high-ARPU customers are with the biggies like Airtel, Vodafone etc., because these operators were early in the game and anyone who could afford a mobile phone three years ago should either be from a [...]

1 lakh Windows Mobile sets sold

Microsoft’s Windows Mobile has recorded sales of 100,000 units in 15 months of its launch in India.
Sumeet Gugnani, Director Mobile Communications Business, Microsoft India says the company is aiming to touch the 2 lakh figure by end of fiscal 2008.
This April 2007 post on MobilePundit puts the number of Windows Mobile devices sold in India [...]

Nokia says road to India villages costly for foes

Urpo Karjalainen, head of Nokia’s Asia-Pacific business, tells Reuters that barriers to entry for rivals are high in India.
“In India there are today about 93,000 retail outlets. It’s a huge amount, and our phones are being sold in every single one,” Karjalainen said on the sidelines of an industry event, adding that rivals don’t sell [...]

State of the Indian handset market

According to ORG-GFK figures, Nokia has seen a dip in its Indian market share in the last one year.
Nokia’s market share in the GSM handset market in terms of units sold has come off its highs at 78-80% in end December 2005 to around 70% at the end of December 2006.
In the same period, Motorola [...]

Handset sales to touch 9.3 crore units in 2007

ET article quotes a telecom report from Citigroup on Indian handset market in 2007.
Mobile handset sales, including new users and replacements, in India will increase by 26% to 9.3 crore (93 million) units in 2007.
Total handset unit sales in India is estimated to more than double to 7.4 crore in 2006, from 3.1 crore units [...]

Nokia unleashes Wifi handsets in India

Latest Technology Walla post is on latest handsets released by Nokia in India which have Wi-fi connectivity.
Although the longer term implications for it are many, in the short term it can impact the enterprise users of mobility.

Koreans want to catch-up

World’s No. 5 handset maker Sony Ericsson has announced that second-quarter earnings almost doubled, in large part due to continued strong sales of its popular Walkman music phones.
It said that net profit rose 91% to $182 million, up from $94.7 million in the same period in 2005. Quarterly sales grew 41% to $2.29 billion from [...]

Mini Mobile from India

A few months back Mobile Pundit had covered the story of a Swadeshi ultra low cost handset invented at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Now we have a video so that you can see how it looks.
It has just three buttons and the user can receive or make calls from the three pre-assigned numbers. What [...]

Haier’s India plans

Chinese home appliances and handset maker Haier is aiming for a sales of 5 million handsets and revenues of $300 million from the sale of mobile handsets in India over the next 18-24 months and then consider setting up a plant.
Other Chinese handset makers like Bird and TCL haven’t been able to make their mark [...]

IDC India Mobile Handsets Study 2006

According to the IDC India Mobile Handset Usage Satisfaction Study 2006, Sony Ericsson left behind all other mobile handset brands to grab the No. 1 spot in the handset user’s overall satisfaction, followed by Nokia, LG and Samsung at the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 spots respectively.
According to this year’s study, current mobile [...]

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