Vodafone-Essar, the Indian unit of Vodafone Group Plc, saw a 13.8 percent rise in revenues in the December quarter, to 767 million pounds ($1.23 billion), despite the tariff war and the highly competitive environment in the country.
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Aditya Birla Group telecom service provider Idea Cellular Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 218.38 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2009, down 23.11 per cent, from Rs 284.01 crore recorded during the same period a year ago. The GSM operator’s total income rose to Rs 2923.54 crore for the quarter under review, as against Rs 2606.45 crore recorded in the comparable quarter of previous financial year, according to a statement issued to BSE.
Bharti Airtel slashing roaming rates by 20-60 per cent under a new tariff plan might lower the company’s Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) by 3 per cent, even at a 10 per cent increased usage due to demand elasticity, according to RBS Equities (India) Ltd.
Mobile markets across regions are intensely competitive and some of them have reached saturation in terms of penetration of addressable markets. With tumbling voice tariffs contributing to declining Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) rates, mobile operators are actively pushing for growth of the non-voice value-added services (VAS) market, according to Frost & Sullivan.
As the first news of 3G spectrum auction pushed to March 2010 trickled in, we at Telecom GaZe, like most others in the industry, thought this could delay an opportunity to superior telecom services in India. However, on a deeper analysis the delay seems to make a lot of sense, at least to the industry.
The ongoing tariff war in the country is likely to pull service providers’ Average Revenue Per User (ARPUs), a metric to gauge a telecom company’s financial strength, by 10-15 per cent, according Fitch Ratings. The credit rating agency also expects competition on pricing front to have a “significant” impact on industry revenues and profitability of telecom companies. continue reading…
Synchronica, an AIM-listed mobile e-mail and synchronisation provider, has won a contract from Pakistan-based mobile operator for its Mobile Gateway. The contract is for an initial 50,000-user licence valued at $121,500, while the company has also ordered professional services worth $29,750.