Telecom Views --
- Telecom Trends Past and Future - COAI
Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, COAI - 2011 will witness consolidation in the country’s crowded telecoms market, with new entrants scaling down their rollout plans and shying away from reducing tariffs further. With rural teledensity at about 25% as compared to urban teledensity of 100%, the next wave of growth will come from rural areas....read more
- Indian Telecom Market in 2011 - Connecting the unconnected will be the prime focus
N K Goyal (CMAI) & Rajan S Mathews (COAI) - With rural teledensity at about 25% as compared to urban teledensity of 100%, the next wave of growth will come from rural areas. Connecting the unconnected will be the prime focus in the coming year 2011 as we look towards a great rural push by all service providers....read more
- Future lies in “smart networks for smart devices”
Rajeev Suri, CEO, Nokia Siemens Networks - “Smartphones are taking off everywhere, and Spain happens to be one of the fastest growing markets, outpacing Germany, Sweden, the UK and US,” Suri said. “Networks need to transform - now - to cope with the huge amounts of signalling and data traffic smart devices generate."....read more
- Ericsson CEO sees markets beyond traditional telecom
Hans Vestberg, President and CEO, Ericsson - "These new devices provide operators with new charging capabilities. As a consequence, we are beginning to see signs of changed operator tariffs and pricing models aligned to consumer needs, especially for mobile broadband services and data usage. It's important for us to follow this development. "....read more
- Mobility brings hope and higher living standards to billions of people
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told attendees at the International Consumer Electronics Show that the world's developing economies are places of increasing opportunity and upward mobility, where wealth is being created at an incredible rate and business opportunities abound - in part due to the spread of mobile communications....read more
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