Central & South Asia

India’s 3G auction begins - three top bidders get spectrum in 17 circles

Market Trends - Central & South Asia

17 March 2010

The Hindu, one of India’s leading newspapers, has published a report on recent progress towards the auctioning of 3G spectrum. We summarise the key intentions in what has been almost a comedy of errors as cancellations and other factors have resulted in distrust and lack of confidence.

Companies and Markets: Bangladeshi fixed-line still growing

Market Trends - Central & South Asia

04 February 2010

Sharply contrasting with her neighbours, Bangladesh’s fixed-line sector is in good health: it grew by 158,000 lines in 3Q09. The sector’s market-leader was the casualty: BTCL’s share fell eight percentage points to 54% in the year to 3Q09. Companies and Markets’ new report has all the details...

Ovum forecasts strong rebound for Indian domestic IT

Market Trends - Central & South Asia

26 January 2010

Demand from the Indian government, telecoms, industrial and utilities segments are expected to propel growth in India during 2010, according to a new forecasting model from Ovum. The market will witness the revival of larger, consolidated outsourced contracts...

India: rural density to be doubled, 3G for Goa, 3G licence soon(!)

Market Trends - Central & South Asia

05 January 2010

Commitment to doubling tele-density in India’s rural areas formed a recent keynote speech in India. Meanwhile, although 3G has reached Goa, India’s government has still to assign a date for the latest round of 3G licensing. That saga continues. Michael Schwartz summarises...

From outsourcing to innovating: Why India may teach the West a lesson

Market Trends - Central & South Asia

17 November 2009

Some telecoms commentators have commented that the skill-shortage in India will mean higher wages and consequent deployment to Eastern Europe. Tony Kalcina, Chief Product Officer, Clarity, explains how India is already overcoming these potential dangerous obstacles...

High licensing and rollout costs dampen India's 3G outlook

Market Trends - Central & South Asia

12 November 2009

As part of Developing Telecoms’ coverage of 3G in India we publish a press release from Wireless Intelligence covering problems confronting Indian 3G. Such challenges are the RoI timetable, restrictions on the 3G consumer marketplace, late roll-out and network sharing to cut costs and thereby survive...

Ovum - three out of four rural Indians are failed

Market Trends - Central & South Asia

09 November 2009

A new report from Ovum concludes that while rural India presents significant growth opportunities for mobile, the market that is currently being addressed is less than 25% of the country’s 800 million potential customers. Tackling low ARPU and high service costs is the challenge...

Dream of Indian 3G auction by December 7 recedes

Market Trends - Central & South Asia

02 November 2009

The Indian Government’s dream of an auction of 3G airspace by the start of December is now receding. Reports from New Delhi indicate that the Department of Telecom has had difficulties in getting the initial processes underway...