India’s mobile growth shattering records November 15, 2006
Posted by chetan in : General , trackbackUS added 4.7M new subs in the last quarter, India added 6.71M subs in October up from 6.07M in September. We had predicted this upswing in net adds earlier this year in our report India’s Wireless Market: Model for the Next Phase of Global Wireless Expansion. China numbers are not in yet but looks like for the second straight month, India’s net-adds eclipsed that of China.
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While the growth of indian subscribers are now coming from tier 2, 3 and rural markets, what needs to be seen is the growth in Data revenues for Mobile operators. While Verizon has clocked $1 billion in data revenues, it is merely $4million for Airtel. More than data revenues on volume, i guess the quality of services (good quality music and video), pricing are the key to success for indian operator. It is terrible to pay Rs 20/- for a 2 minute song which has reduced bit rate (sounds terrible) and takes a long time to download over the air.