Articles tagged with: Bharti and Arpu

The big challenge for the mobile industry in emerging markets

According to a new report by Ovum, reaching and profitably serving low-income users will be one of the biggest challenges for the mobile industry in emerging markets. The report outlines three critical areas operators must consider in serving this market and provides guidance on profitability strategies for operators, through an examination of best-practice strategies in operational and service areas.  more

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India's RCom - Higher than average usage fails to produce premium ARPU

Reliance Communications has recorded a record quarter, in terms of new connections, adding 5.3m to its base to take the total to 56.0m. Proportionately, it grew by 10.35% over the quarter and 54.3% over the year. These are impressive numbers, but they are also little better than average - the Indian market as a whole grew by 10.03% and 51.2% respectively, while the market leader, bharti, managed 11.7% and 58.5%.  more

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Spice Telecom - Pushing Hard to Compete

Indian regional player Spice Telecom has outperformed its competitors in the year to 31s March 2008 to register subscriber growth of 54%, exceeding the 47% growth in the overall size of the market. SpiceĆ's customer base in the states of Karnataka and Punjab grew in size from 2.73m to 4.21m in the year, leaving rolling annual net additions at 1.48m, up from the previous record of 1.35m for the calendar year 2007. These statistics imply that Q1 2008 was a stronger quarter than Q1 2007 - hardly surprising given the pace of growth in the Indian market - by a factor of 47%.  more

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FOCUS: India Bet Becomes a Sure Thing for Global Mobile Operators

LONDON (Dow Jones) -- When Vodafone Group forked out $13 billion for a majority stake in India's No. 4 mobile operator, Hutchison Essar, a year ago, many feared the British giant had overpaid for an investment that would take years to yield a return.  more

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