Comments on: My Predictions for Telecom Industry in 2009 & 2010 http://www.telecomcircle.com/2009/02/my-predictions-for-telecom-industry-in-2009-2010/ Telecom Circle analyses the latest trends and services within the Wireless and Internet space. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:03:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Neeraj Gupta http://www.telecomcircle.com/2009/02/my-predictions-for-telecom-industry-in-2009-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Neeraj Gupta Fri, 29 May 2009 13:36:44 +0000 http://www.telecomcircle.com/mohit/?p=13#comment-572 Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) to gain traction with Central Banks across the world coming out with regulations in favour of MMT considering the convenience and high penetration of mobiles: Question - What is Indian regulatory plan for the same? is it open? Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) to gain traction with Central Banks across the world coming out with regulations in favour of MMT considering the convenience and high penetration of mobiles:

Question – What is Indian regulatory plan for the same? is it open?

]]> By: Jayanth K http://www.telecomcircle.com/2009/02/my-predictions-for-telecom-industry-in-2009-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Jayanth K Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:46:18 +0000 http://www.telecomcircle.com/mohit/?p=13#comment-30 Hello Mohit, 1. I'd like to differ on your point on tariff wars; with Reliance & Tata foraying into GSM, small incumbent players like Aircel & Shyam going pan-India and new entrants rolling out networks (even with the aim of meeting obligations) and struggling to find foothold and 3G pushed out for the end of the year for all practical purposes, tariff wars would continue at least through 2009 2. Adoption of mobile advertising and serious attempts at deployment will be made in 2009-10. Carriers and third parties alike will partner with technology platform providers and other value chain players for demographic & psychographic profiling of the consumers for better targeting 3. Increased attempts at Direct-to-Consumer distribution will be made not just by VAS value chain players, but other players in the industry and across industries to bypass the operators and ease their stronghold on VAS revenue share Hello Mohit,

1. I’d like to differ on your point on tariff wars; with Reliance & Tata foraying into GSM, small incumbent players like Aircel & Shyam going pan-India and new entrants rolling out networks (even with the aim of meeting obligations) and struggling to find foothold and 3G pushed out for the end of the year for all practical purposes, tariff wars would continue at least through 2009

2. Adoption of mobile advertising and serious attempts at deployment will be made in 2009-10. Carriers and third parties alike will partner with technology platform providers and other value chain players for demographic & psychographic profiling of the consumers for better targeting

3. Increased attempts at Direct-to-Consumer distribution will be made not just by VAS value chain players, but other players in the industry and across industries to bypass the operators and ease their stronghold on VAS revenue share

]]> By: devendra http://www.telecomcircle.com/2009/02/my-predictions-for-telecom-industry-in-2009-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-27 devendra Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:16:59 +0000 http://www.telecomcircle.com/mohit/?p=13#comment-27 want to know more about femtocells want to know more about femtocells

]]> By: Rajat Harlalka http://www.telecomcircle.com/2009/02/my-predictions-for-telecom-industry-in-2009-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Rajat Harlalka Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:10:54 +0000 http://www.telecomcircle.com/mohit/?p=13#comment-25 You have covered most of them on your blog. Some other changes we might see are - 1. As more players enter the smartphone market, we might see separate price-tiers for different segments. Today, the high-tier dominates, but growth in emerging regions will mean that the mid- and entry-tiers will grab ever more share in the future. 2. There are a lot of discussions around femtocells, we should see some action on this front in the next couple of years. The drive to push smart functionality in devices down through the value chain, while simultaneously introducing flat tariff pricing plans, will assist the adoption of femtocells and a more expansive FMC approach. 3. GPS in phones will become very common driving location based services and be a key component of other services like Games, Advertising, Social networking/messaging etc. You have covered most of them on your blog. Some other changes we might see are -

1. As more players enter the smartphone market, we might see separate price-tiers for different segments. Today, the high-tier dominates, but growth in emerging regions will mean that the mid- and entry-tiers will grab ever more
share in the future.

2. There are a lot of discussions around femtocells, we should see some action on this front in the next couple of years. The drive to push smart functionality in devices down through the value chain, while simultaneously introducing flat tariff pricing plans, will assist the adoption of femtocells and a more expansive FMC approach.

3. GPS in phones will become very common driving location based services and be a key component of other services like Games, Advertising, Social networking/messaging etc.

]]> By: Aneesh http://www.telecomcircle.com/2009/02/my-predictions-for-telecom-industry-in-2009-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Aneesh Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:59:00 +0000 http://www.telecomcircle.com/mohit/?p=13#comment-20 I see a few more activities: Bringing more and more utlity services on mobile. This will hold true for Matured and well as Emerging market.<br/>Platform owners promoting opening up their APIs for agnostic developments by 3rd party developers<br/>The entire value chain players offerings remain complex for the end user (mass users) and hence they opting for the simple ones.<br/>Operator's relinquishing their control in value chain to promote others (either by will or under obligation/s). I see a few more activities: Bringing more and more utlity services on mobile. This will hold true for Matured and well as Emerging market.
Platform owners promoting opening up their APIs for agnostic developments by 3rd party developers
The entire value chain players offerings remain complex for the end user (mass users) and hence they opting for the simple ones.
Operator’s relinquishing their control in value chain to promote others (either by will or under obligation/s).

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