Month: December 2012
Fiber To the Home gives Highest Speed; Cable and DSL Follow – Will FTTH / VDSL Takeoff in 2013 ?
The Government’s Policies for enhancement of Broadband are Pathetic and thus we end the year 2012 with mere 15 to 15.2 Mn Broadband Customers in India [14.81 Mn Until October-2012]. However, private companies and entrepreneurs are not deterred and are trying hard to Wire India on to the Internet. ADSL…
Uninor’s Changing Mobile Strategy in Indian Wireless Industry
Telenor the Parent company of Uninor in India recently provided a business update on its operations in India. Management remains committed to India though its ambition has been gradually reduced to 6 telecom circles in India from 2008 plans of pan India presence amidst regulatory hurdles and tough macro environment….
Moving Towards an Era of Convergence – All Things Connected to the Internet
We are moving towards an era where Electronic Device and Appliance makes the world connected and more relevant. Day-to-day objects such as a sensors, cameras, air-conditioners, security systems and even light switches and electric outlets will become intelligent. Intelligence comes from the context-awareness of devices as they connect to the…
What is the State of 3G Data 2 Years after Launch in India ?
As we bid adieu to 2012, it’s almost 2 years that 3g started rolling out in India. Despite significant price correction of nearly 70%, 3G Data rates yet hover above at an average 2.5 times of 2G GPRS Data packages. This indicates that there is room for further price cuts…
China Mobile Launches TD-LTE Network in Hong Kong – Connecting Devices Eco-System Emerging
China Mobile Hong Kong (a subsidiary of China Mobile) launched TD-LTE (4G) commercial service in Hong Kong. It may be noted that China Mobile Hong Kong is already offering FDD LTE 4G commercial service at 2600 MHz since late April of this year. At the press briefing, China Mobile Hong…
Google vs Amazon – Online Sales Performance for Holiday Season
With inputs from Online channel marketing technology and services for ~200 enterprise sellers, the 2012 holiday season comprising of Thanksgiving (TG), Black Friday (BF), and Cyber Monday (CM) reported growth of 30% y/y, 20% y/y, and 23% y/y. One thing you need to pay close attention to is the share…
Google Product Search Transition to Product Listing Ads / Google Shopping has 1 Billion Listings Globally
If their is one company that Google saw as a Threat to its revenue turf, is Amazon, eBay second in line, both big buyers of its advertisement for Product Listings. Mid 2012, Google announced that Google Product Search would be transitioned to a paid model built on Product Listing Ads…
Search Query Volume Down in Nov-12 – comScore. Is Web Moving to Mobile ?
According to comScore Data US explicit queries down 5.2% y/y in Nov-12 vs. down 2.5% in October-12. For the market leader Google, explicit search growth decelerated to down 3% y/y from down 1% y/y in October. November is the third month of negative y/y explicit search query data. Of course,…