Consumers at bottom of the economic pyramid have been fueling the growth of mobile across Asia and elsewhere. Sharing mobile phones have been business as usual at this segment. Profitably serving the low-ARPU yet vastly expandable clientele became a challenge for the mobile industry of India. Operators became innovative and “constraint optimization” became central to their business plan. Outsourcing various segments of operations was the first step. Mutually sharing towers and other infrastructure came thereafter. Now three Indian mobile heavyweights – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular – have decided to share mutual 3G spectrum to make sense of the hefty fees they paid for the airwave. It will be the very first spectrum-sharing in our part of the world. Wall Street Journal reports.
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