VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SAP AG(NYSE:SAP)  has announced the findings of its third consecutive  GSMA Mobile World Congress survey , which found that the industry leaders believe improved data speed for customers (36 per cent) and offering new IP-based services (30 per cent) are the primary drivers for operators launching LTE services. The survey aims at addressing top issues facing the mobile ecosystem and reflects the sentiments of mobile operators, fixed telecommunication providers, over-the-top (OTT) players and other global mobile industry executives. The survey results predict that the new IP-based services will also be the main driver of revenue for operators in 2013. Fifty-eight per cent of the respondents believe that new offerings, including rich communication services (RCS) and 4G/LTE and increased data usage by smartphone users will drive operator’s revenue. The key sources of revenue for operators differed across regions, with aroun...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The GSMA has stated that the TRAI's recommendations on the "Auction of Spectrum" will set India back in its goal to deliver "Broadband on Demand" to the citizens of India. The proposals disregard international best practice in spectrum policy and jeopardize the investment of billions of US dollars in new mobile infrastructure in a sector that either directly, or indirectly, employs almost 10 million people and serves more than 911 million consumers.   "Efforts to squeeze money out of mobile operators for some perceived short-term gain will only reduce investment in networks, inhibit growth of mobile services and drive up consumer prices - limiting the value the public will derive from the spectrum resource in the long term," said Franco Bernabe, Chairman of the GSMA and Chairman & CEO, Telecom Italia Group. Earlier this month, the GSMA announced that India was positioned to surpass the US a...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The GSMA has announced that India will become the second largest Mobile Broadband market globally within the next four years with 367 million Mobile Broadband connections by 2016.In doing so, India will overtake the US, which will account for 337 million Mobile Broadband connections by 2016, but will still be second to China, which will have reached639 million Mobile Broadband connections in the same period. Since 3G licenses were first awarded to mobile operators in India in September 2010, Mobile Broadband connectivity has grown steadily. There are now more than10 million HSPA connections across the country, and this is expected to grow exponentially, by900 per cent, to more than 100 million connections in 2014. This will make India the largest HSPA market worldwide within the next two years, surpassing China, Japan and the US in the process. Anne Bouverot, Director General, GSMA said, "The mobile industry in India is set for immense ...