How Wi-Fi Will Change the Mobile Industry as We Know It
Cisco

Indian Telecom Industry- 2012 Performance Report Summary (Premium) - View Free Sample
The Indian telecommunications industry in FY12 had nothing much to cheer about having burnt its fingers with 3G and the only bright spot being 4G emerging in the scene as a wiser opportunity. It was 2011 déjà vu for the Indian telecommunications industry in FY12 and the erstwhile poster boy of Indian growth story offered us nothing more than a flashback of what happened in 2011. Same old story. The industry did not see much growth, lacked momentum, lagged in finalizing deals and the stakeholders wore a pale look throughout the year. As if the industry did nothing the entire year and was sitting idle. Yes, to a great extent it was sitting idle. The hype of 3G wave expected to sweep across the length and breadth of the country, remained only in the air. And the operators who had put all their flesh and blood during the auction to get spectrum and licenses, did not do anything significant to reach the masses and lacked substantial 3G offerings.

Telecom Towers- 2012 Industry Report (Premium) - View Free Sample
3G's failure has brought down the much promising tower segment to its knees. The unexpected failure of 3G hiteach and every stakeholder of the Indian telecommunications industry, and the telecom tower segment was no exception. Slower than expected offtake of 3G rollouts, and the delay in rolling out the BWA networks, even after a year of paying out the license fees, has forced the tower segment to display a reluctant performance. 3G rollout being limited to the top 40 cities in India and the primary focus being on upgrading and utilizing the existing infrastructure, has pulled the segment down. According to VOICE&DATA estimates, the telecom tower industry added a mere 7,213 towers in fiscal 2011-12 flat growth. The key players in the telecom tower business are Indus Towers, Bharti Infratel, Viom Networks, GTL, American Towers, BSNL, and MTNL.

The Seva Group

Your organization may already have powerful reporting and business intelligence solutions, but they are likely not of much use on a 3.5 inch screen. Fortunately, mobile specific reporting solutions have begun to reach critical mass, with some robust options available both in the native and mobile web space.

McGraw-Hill Research Foundation

Mobile technology, or cellular communication technology, has burst into business culture faster than many companies can capitalize on its benefits. From wireless networks to personal communication devices, businesses are increasingly using mobile technology in a variety of settings for a variety of reasons. This paper explores the advantages of mobile learning, or mLearning.

Wireless Infrastructure- 2012 Performance Report Summary (Premium) - View Free Sample
Slow pick up of 3G and lack of 4G ecosystem led to the downfall. The wireless infrastructure segment in FY12 was dependent on 2G and 3G as one could not see large scale deployment of 4G network. In case of 2G, it was more of capacity expansion in B and C class circles whereas in case of 3G there was a lot of hope initially which died down as network was unable to deliver due to lack of proper backbone infrastructure. In case of 4G, lack of proper ecosystem delayed things and it is expected that large scale deployment will happen only in 2013, once operators launch their networks in couple of cities in this fiscal. All the vendors be it Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, NSN, and ZTE have focused on 2G and 3G. In 2G, the focus is on value added services whereas in 3G, the focus is on improving consumer's experience. Focus is also on improving backbone and access network so that consumer can get better experience.

Can Sony be a smartphone without Ericsson (Premium) - View Free Sample
Sony Xperia S is the first product from Sony Mobile Communications after Sony bought out Ericsson's 50 per cent stake in Sony Ericsson. Can Sony be a 'smart'phone without its old partner? Over the years, Sony has built a reputation for itself as a premium brand in the consumer electronics business and enjoys a loyal customer base. However, it needs to recreate the same aura in the mobile segment which was earlier run in partnership with the Swedish handset maker, Ericsson. It needs to establish its new brand identity as a mobile player in the minds of the consumers, who till now associate Sony with consumer electronics.

Telecom Cables- 2012 Industry Report (Premium) - View Free Sample
Dealing with huge crisis for some time, telecom cable manufacturers are riding high as FY12 brings in promises of growth. Dealing with a huge crisis for the past few years the telecom cable industry has shown some signs of revival. The market was going from bad to worse with an intensive price war among the cable manufacturers and losses y-o-y. However FY12 has brought a huge smile to the manufacturers as industry shows positive growth with overall market clocking revenue of Rs.1,422 crore in FY12 from Rs.1,299 crore in FY11 showing a promising growth of 9%. Sterlite, Birla Ericsson, Finolex Cables, Vindhya Telelinks and Aksh Optifibre contributed a major chunk of the market share. Sterlite remained a leader with total revenue for telecom cables at Rs.804 crore in FY12 followed by Aksh Optifibre with Rs.171 crore.

Technology Synergies for Small-Cell Backhaul in 4G Networks
Intracom Telecom