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Mobile VAS Discussion & Indian Telcos- Treading on Similar Thoughts

May 21, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: India, Industry News, Media 2.0

Referring to my earlier discussion on Future of Indian Telecom Industry, I did put my opposable thumb and said that the future lies in mobile value added services (MVAS) for ever growing Indian telecom industry to survive.
..and today read this BS article which captures similar thought. It says

…Telecom operators in India appear to be gung-ho [...]

Tags: Bharti Airtel, Business, India, MVAS, Telecom, Value Added Services, Virgin Mobile, Vodafone

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Future of Indian Telecom Industry – Crossover From Carrier To Content!

April 22, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: India, Strategy, Trend Spotting

I was reading this Business Standard article today, wherein they mentioned that last month India added the highest number of subscribers. Whoa! The numbers are delight worthy IMHO.
To put in pen & paper, here are the numbers (courtesy Trak.in article)

…added a record 15.64 million wireless subscribers. Those subscribers are both GSM and CDMA combined. Indian [...]

Tags: Apple, Apple Store, business strategy, India, IPhone, Mobile, Mobile Carrier, Mobile Content, Mobile Operators, MVAS, Smartphone

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