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Category Archives: India and Asia Pacific
Ovum warns of emerging maturity for MNOs
Revenues from emerging markets to slow by 2017
Industry watcher, Ovum, has warned MNOs [Mobile Network operators] that emerging markets are good but its forecast for 2017 warns of ‘emerging maturity’. The company predicts that a concentration on BRIC [Brazil. Russia, India & China] whilst previously trendy might not be such a brilliant idea as emerging market growth slows. After all, low ARPU across emerging markets means that these markets generate less revenue and profit relative to their subscriber base. Steven Hartley, a telco strategy analyst, with Ovum warns Vodafone that it should worry about speeding up its palliative care for its European operations while it still has the Verizon Wireless cash cow. Continue reading
Confusion surrounds Google Hangouts & SMS support
Perhaps our Indian & Israeli readers can help us out
Well Google certainly knows how to confuse the Hell out of this particular GoMo News hack. And in the case of its recent release of Google Hangouts, the company has really got us scratching our heads. Initially we were just trying to ascertain whether Hangouts already supported SMS as an alternative communications’ medium. No we’re trying to ascertain where Hangouts fits into the scheme of things. We can definitely say we’ve got Hangouts working but we also need the help of our Indian and Israeli readers to investigate if SMS/text is genuinely supported. Continue reading
Guest Post: Important points to keep in mind while you hire an iPhone apps developer
by Diyana Lobo, a blogger writing with ClickWorkForce
With Apple’s latest iOS, iPhone app development has achieved new heights in the mobile application development industry. Most tech savvy organisations and businesses are trying to associate themselves with iPhone apps development as the demand for these has gone much higher. It is the extreme popularity of this smart multimedia phone that allows iPhone application development companies to make a huge profit.
But if the website fails to be compatible with the OS and the platform of the iPhone, it will not be able to display properly on the screen. Continue reading
BlackBerry Q5 could take BB10 into emerging markets like India
Ovum predicts Q5 is suitable successor to Curve
According to Adam Leach, principal device and platforms analyst at Ovum,”BlackBerry is clearly aiming to replicate the success of the Blackberry Curve in emerging markets, doing so will help the company establish the Blackberry 10 platform in the market.” Despite low average incomes,emerging markets accounted for roughly 17 per cent of the nearly 450 million smartphone shipments globally in 2011. In markets such as India. Smartphones are establishing themselves as the prime means of Internet access. Continue reading
Sony’s smartphone growth in India looks promising for 2013
Planning a big push behind the Firefox OS, too
Over the last few years, we have witnessed the rise of many handset vendors not foreseen even by leading industry analysts. Plus, there are still a few stragglers who have yet to make a dent in the market and consolidate a decent share, and Sony is amongst them. Ever since it has broken its alliance with Ericsson (by buying the company out of Sony Ericsson), it has been trying hard to gain a significant foothold in the mobile market. Continue reading
7 Indian mobile OEMs sign with Opera for Android
Opera Mini to be pre-installed on Android phones, phablets and tablets
Seven Indian mobile OEMs have signed with Opera to preinstall the Opera Mini mobile web browser on upcoming Android handsets, phablets and tablets. The Mini browser will appear on all Android devices by Celkon, Karbonn, Lava and Intex plus it will also be preinstalled on select Android devices by Fly and Zen along with HCL ME tablets. India is, of course, one of the fastest growing countries for adoption of mobile Internet. It also continues to be home to the largest number of Opera Mini users in the world. Continue reading
Dhiraagu selects MACH revenue protection to minimise revenue leakage
MACH’s Fraud Management and Revenue Assurance solutions support unique functionality that significantly speeds up leakage detection
Press release
April 30th 2013 MACH, the leading provider of cloud-based managed communication services, has announced that Dhiraagu, the leading telecom service provider in Maldives, has selected its Revenue Protection platform to minimize revenue leakage, caused by fraud and billing inaccuracies, across its mobile and fixed line networks. MACH’s Revenue Protection platform comprises its FAME Fraud Management and CASHBACK Revenue Assurance systems. Continue reading
Vodafone/Mahindra claim first truly connected car
Rating: Vodafone provides M2M for India’s revolutionary e2o car
Talk about radio controlled cars. This isn’t a model – it is the real thing thanks to Vodafone’s M2M (machine-to-machine) communication service. The UK based operator is providing this capability to recently launched e2o electric vehicle. The e2o is built by Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles, part of the$15.9 billion Mahindra Group. “The e2o is the first and only Indian car, and among the few worldwide, to have telematics based features that enable ‘anytime, anywhere connectivity’ between our customers and their cars,” observed Chetan Maini, founder of Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles. Continue reading
GoMo to list more mobile social networking sites
Rating: Seem very popular with our Indian readers
Here at GoMo News Towers we are always striving to provide our readers with what they want. One opportunity we’ve spotted is to provide an updated list of those mobile social networking sites which cater in particular for those living in India and Asia Pacific. So far, we had quite a few suggestions for additions to our listings page here. We’ve marked Indian orientated sites with an ‘IN’ abbreviation. The list is below. Continue reading
Guest Post: Why Micromax’s strategy is working in India
by Asif Iqbal Shaik, a consumer electronics expert with MySmartPrice
Micromax, probably the most famous local smartphone brand in India, is turning quite a few heads these days. According to the latest figurers, it has surpassed all other smartphone brands except Samsung and is hovering in second place according to IDC. We’re talking about smartphones here, not mobile phones. Micromax currently sells only Android based smartphones in India and nearby countries in the Indian sub continent. A brand, which no one knew about three to four years ago, growing to such a strong market share is hard to believe. Let’s have a look at three good reasons why Micromax is successful in India. Continue reading
3 out of 4 BRIC countries will account for 60% of global revenue growth
Rating: China top, followed by India then Brazil – Russia out of it
There is still a growth in the mobile sector, and assessing market perspectives and quantifying growth opportunities will be critical to grabbing a piece of the revenue growth over the next five years, says Pablo Iacopino, Analyst, Analysys Mason. He reckons that India, China and Brazil will present the greatest growth opportunities. So Russia has dropped out from the BRIC nations, then? Anyway, Analysys Mason has a forecast report for the entire telecoms market worldwide for 2013–2017. However, Iacopino reckons that emerging markets and mobile data will help to drive global telecoms revenue up to $1.7 trillion by 2017. Continue reading
GoMo partners with Tech Trailblazers awards
Rating: Indian & Chinese mobile startups really should enter
Here at GoMo News Towers we’re pretty excited to announce that GoMo News has become an official media partner for the second annual Tech Trailblazers Awards. Totally independent, the Tech Trailblazers Awards identify and reward technological innovation. They helping startups grow their businesses with a prize fund for all eligible entrants worth an estimated value of $1 million in products and services. GoMo News has stepped in to bolster the search for mobile startups. Especially amongst the BRIC nations such as India and China (where we have a large and loyal following). Continue reading
Guest Post: Top 10 handsets of 2012
by Saffy Kaurdashian, a blogger with 91mobiles
GoMo News asked me to pick my favourite handsets from last year. 2012 witnessed all kinds of smartphone technology. Some were so quirky it was hard to see them as phones. Many manufacturers have tried to use an ‘exaggeration element’ to try and win publicity, curiosity and ultimately sales. The smartphones that faired the best are however the ones that managed to include performance, style, and something decidedly attractive in each device. That makes them desirable at a time where money spending has been curbed due to the slumping economy. With most of the popular phones being all touchscreen, there is an argument which says that the QWERTY hardware era has ended. Let’s take a look at the phones that settled at the Top Ten slots below. Continue reading
Samsung & Nokia stronger brands than Apple in India
Rating: Upstreams data mines its report for GoMo News
With a large percentage of GoMo News‘ readers being based in India, we asked marketing technology company Upstream to mine the data in its recent report - The 2013 Emerging Markets Mobile Attitudes Report, purely to reflect the Indian market. The results show that whilst Nokia has lost popularity in the West (it was never that popular in the USA), the same doesn’t apply to India. More Indians aspire to owning a Nokia than those who would prefer to have an Apple smartphone. Continue reading
Apple losing its bite as Samsung and Nokia named most coveted handset brands in emerging markets
New report finds Mobile Network Operators will be ‘King Makers’ as leading handset manufacturers turn to emerging markets for next billion customers
Press release
March 15th 2013. With eyes set on how the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 and new handsets from Nokia will impact Apple’s Western dominance, a new report points to mobile network operators as the new ‘king makers’ in emerging markets, as smartphone giants adapt their strategies and handset functionality to acquire their next billion customers from these regions. The 2013 Emerging Markets Mobile Attitudes Report from marketing technology company Upstream, which commissioned YouGov and Vanson Bourne to poll the views of a representative sample of 3,670 adults in Brazil, India, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. Continue reading
