1. Karbonn to unveil tablets.
Ø Bangalore based Karbonn mobiles plans to launch its tablet PC.
Ø Priced at Rs 10,000, the tablet will be launched this October
Ø The tablet will be available in three forms – 7 inch, 9 inch and 10 inch.
Ø Under its expansion policy, Karbonn has also tied up with Disney for its expensive phone segment with Disney features.
Ø The Rs 1,500-crore Karbonn Mobiles, which has about seven per cent of the mobile phone market share in India, targets to sell one million mobile phones a month by October this year and hopes to see a growth of 30 per cent in revenues by next year.
Ø Also Karbonn is planning an IPO in next 2-3 years.
2. Supreme Court seeks details of Interconnection usage charges (IUC).
Ø The apex court has asked TRAI to explain and inform about the methods for computing charges for interconnectivity among operators for carrying calls of one network through another.
Ø The Supreme Court directed TRAI to give the figures reached by computation of IUC by including capital cost and also without it.
3. MediaTek invests $20 million in Spice Digital.
Ø Media Tek Inc, a semiconductor company for wireless communications invested $20 million into Spice Digital, a BK Modi promoted company.
Ø Spice Digital offers mVAS and has over 30 million subscribers.
Ø Mobile Internet is the way forward and presents a wealth of opportunity for Media Tek.
Ø India’s IVR and mVAS market is booming and according to Analysys Mason, mVAS is expected to be Rs 67100 Crores market.
Ø Media Tek is looking to capitalize on Spice Digital’s market potential and strong operator relationship.
Ø For Spice Digital, the investment would help to enrich its digital services offered to the customers and therefore increase its subscriber base.
4. mVAS to become a Rs 67100 Crore market.
Ø Mobile value added services (mVAS) has the potential to become a Rs 67100 Crore market by 2015, contributing over 31% of the overall wireless revenue, according to Analysys Mason.
Ø A research paper was released by the research firm Analysys Mason, in association with IAMAI, which charts the evolution of mVAS in India.
Ø The mobile platform will account for 54% of overall mVAS market by 2015.
Ø It is mentioned that with increasing pressure on margins and decreasing ARPU, the growth is stunted and it the right time to focus on mVAS for the carriers.
Ø The paper also discusses about the issues plaguing the mVAS sector.
Ø It includes the billing mechanism for Off Deck VAS providers, lack of standards for local language text SMS etc.
Ø The paper also states that the Mcommerce market is expected to touch Rs 20 Billion by 2015.
Ø The core segment for mVAS currently remains mobile information and social networking.
Ø Vodafone, Idea increase per second tariff.
Ø Following in the footsteps of Airtel and Tata Communications, Vodafone and Idea have increased their tariffs by 20% to 1.2 paise per second.
Ø It is understood that the biggies of Indian telecom operators are trying to see the market reaction before making rolling out the new prices on a pan-India basis.
Ø Vodafone has raised the prices in Delhi, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.
Ø Idea has raised the prices in Delhi and few other circles for Off-Net calls.
5. Nokia unveils Nokia 500
Ø Nokia has officially has brought out Nokia 500, the latest addition to its Symbian Anna family.
Ø It comes along with a 1GHz processor, 5 MP camera, and 3.2 inch touch display.
6. MTNL Delhi to launch “Independence Day” Recharge.
Ø MTNL has announced that it will launch two Independence Day recharge vouchers for its “Trump” prepaid service subscribers to commemorate the 64th Independence Day in Delhi telecom circle.
Ø Recharge vouchers (RCV) are priced at Rs. 64 and Rs. 1508. RCV 64 enables full talk time and RCV 1508 provides talk time of Rs 1947.
Ø The offer is valid only for 7 days from 12th to 16th August 2011.
7. Smart Browser to counter the Data Cap.
Ø With the spectrum crunch and increasing number of users using the mobile internet, there has been a spurt in congestion.
Ø Operators are planning fighting this global menace. The operators are also requesting the customers to reserve their heavy duty jobs for their home broadband.
Ø Data cap has been the latest trend in the recent times.
Ø To resolve the above issue, Opera Software has come up with its own browser named “OPERA TURBO”.
Ø Turbo is meant for the server side compression to help users browse the web by using far less bandwidth than other browsers.
8. Windows phone “Mango” given a go ahead for manufacturing.
Ø Windows teams signed off on the release to manufacturing (RTM) build of “Mango” – the latest version of Windows Phone OS and the one to power the first Nokia device.
Ø The phone comes with IE 9.0, Apps multitasking and support for new HTML 5 websites.
9. Smart phones and Tablets on the rise.
Ø The tablets market is booming with both local and international brands crowding the market.
Ø MNCs have already launched their tablets in India. Apple iPod, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Dell Streak, HTC Flyer, Motorola Xoom, Acer Iconia Huawei Mediapad etc.
Ø Not to be left behind are the Indian companies. Olive has launched Olivepad a year ago. HCL, Spice, Beetel etc are all in the race.
Ø The Smart phones segment is also on the rise with a 72% jump in 2010 as compared to 2009 – courtesy Gartner.
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