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LIRNEasia’s Mobile Benchmarks (South Asia and Southeast Asia) and Broadband Benchmarks Report for October 2008 has been released. Click HERE for more information.




Mobile market will decline, says Nokia

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Chanuka Wattegama
on April 18, 2008
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The world’s largest mobile phone company makes roughly two out of every five mobiles sold globally. It said it expected the number of phones sold to increase by 10%, from the 1.14bn phones sold last year. But the Finnish group explained that the overall value of the market would be lower than in 2007 thanks to the weak dollar, the economic slowdown in the US, and “some economic slowdown in Europe”. Shares in the company dropped 10%.

Nokia also expects the average price of mobile phones to decrease this year because of intense competition in mature markets. Nokia’s downbeat trading outlook came as its announced first-quarter results, which missed analysts’ forecasts. Profits for the three months to March were up 25% on last year to €1.2bn…

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Nokia’s new 3G Handset 6212 optimized for Mobile Payments

by
Chanuka Wattegama
on April 16, 2008
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6212_classic_01_tn.jpgNokia is positioning its new 6212 handset as a mobile payment device, with users storing credit card information on the device and accessing accounts online directly from the handset. The phone can be set to allow payment only after the user enters a secondary passcode to authorize it. Such e-payment options may require a service subscription with a carrier or merchant, as well as the installation of a secure payment application, Nokia said.

The Nokia 6212 classic will be available in the third quarter in parts of Europe and Asia; its estimated price is 200 euro or $316.

Read the full story in Informationweek here. 

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Operators can annually make extra US$4.9bn from SMS money transfer

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Abu Saeed Khan
on August 29, 2007
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Anam Mobile, a premium SMS service provider, says that global mobile operators are losing out on as much as €3.6 (US$4.9) billion of revenue per year through lost opportunities to create value-added SMS messages.  

The €3.6 (US$4.9) billion figure is based on an assumed total of 2,400 billion text messages being sent over 2007 - 600 billion in Q1 multiplied by four. If 1.5% of mobile subscribers send one money transfer text message per month, with an additional charge of €3.50 to cover the service, operators can generate an average extra revenue of €0.0015 for every text message sent on their network. Read more.

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French put va va voom into broadband

by
Tahani Iqbal
on August 9, 2007
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Fibre-to-the-home that will provide broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps made possible in France.

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What has sparked investment in broadband is France is the low take-up of digital television, which makes it more attractive to offer TV over the internet.

Many broadband providers now throw in a set-top box with a package which gives customers television, telephone and internet down a fast broadband line for around 30 Euros (about £20) a month.

But something even faster is on its way. Beneath the streets of Paris two companies, France Telecom’s Orange and Free, are laying down fibre-optic cables to bring speeds of up to 100Mbps to homes in parts of the city.

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So far just two thousand people have signed up to the fibre service, which costs 45…

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When in debt, sell your telecoms assets: Sarkozy

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Abu Saeed Khan
on June 28, 2007
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In an effort to reduce the nation’s public debt, France’s Finance Ministry has just sold a five per cent stake in France Telecom for €2.65 billion. 

Rumours are circulating that the new administration under President Nicolas Sarkozy will sell more holdings in other state-controlled companies, such as the gas and electric utilities and aerospace industry, in an effort to cut taxes by €11 billion and encourage further economic development in
France. Read more.

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The next billion is from Asia and Africa

by
Rohan Samarajiva
on February 15, 2007
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Another story that reinforces our emphasis on the emerging Asia-Pacific and the Bottom of the Pyramid:

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Making affordable phones and targeting consumers with smaller budgets have now become priorities for the largest companies in the sector who were all present at this week’s 3GSM trade show in Barcelona.

“There are between 2.5 and 2.8 billion people who have a mobile phone: the next billion will come from the high-growth market,” said David Taylor, strategy director for Motorola.

The areas representing the most opportunity are Asia, Africa and the Middle East, he said.

According to European telecommunications institute Idate, the average spending per user is about 26.50-37.50 euros (34.8-49.2 dollars) per month in industrialised countries, but this figure falls to about 8.20 euros in the…

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