In 2017, India's telecom sector recorded $14.7 billion worth M&A deals -- a more than 5-fold increase in value terms from the previous year. Wireless tariff wars, the entry of Reliance Jio, heavy investment in spectrum and network infrastructure, among others, acted as triggers for the M&A deals. Main deals...
Will Connected Healthcare Drive 5G in India?
Maryland-based Ciena, a telecom infrastructure company, and London, U.K.-based research firm Analysys Mason posit connected healthcare will be the most important driver for 5G in India. The report also suggests that telecom operators need a strong wireline phone strategy for 5G services to be productive in future. India's Bharti Airtel...
Global, Indian Companies to Boost Smartphone Adoption in India
Google and India's telecom company Bharti Airtel have partnered to launch low-cost 4G smartphones powered by Android Go, a trimmed down version of Android 8.1 Oreo, in India. Noida-based Lava International Limited and New Delhi-based Micromax, will make the first set of 4G handsets powered by Android Go. Vani Venkatesh, chief...
India's Airtel Set to Become Leader in Telecom Market Share
Bharti Airtel will acquire Tata Group's loss-making mobile telephony business, boosting its spectrum holding and raising subscriber base while saving the Tatas from the prospect of having to shut down the struggling unit. Tata will retain the non-mobile businesses, such as broadband. "Instead of closing down the consumer mobile business,...
Key Takeaways from UBS Research on India's Mobile Carriers
In February and March 2017, UBS Evidence Lab conducted an online consumer survey on the telecom usage of ~1,500 respondents in India. The survey was conducted in 8 cities in different states. Respondents were smartphone users and the decision makers/influencers in choosing mobile carriers. UBS analysts released a consumer survey...
Margins, Market Shares Rise at Indian Telcos
A research report by UBS Securities shows that there is a strong correlation between margins and revenue market share of telecom operators in India and indeed, in all of Asia. In India, the UBS research focused on the top three telecom operators in India in terms of revenue: Bharti Airtel,...