The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released the latest market share chart for broadband for both fixed and wireless segments. The number of broadband subscribers increased to almost 3 percent from 420 million in April 2018 to 432 million in May 2018. India has 17.94 million (–0.16 percent) wired...
India Telecom M&As Exceeded $14 billion in 2017
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...