[Assam] Cellphones in India

[Tasiruddin Ahmed]

A landline connection is required for Broadband / Dialup connect to access
the Internet. GPRS enabled mobiles are also utilised to access Internet.

Tasir

On 8/23/07, Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Are landlines passe' in India? I heard that in some areas, the phone
> copper wires have been stolen to sell as metal and repair has not been done.
> What is internet communication using? Video cables?
> Dilip
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> India overtakes U.S. as Nokia's No.2 market Reuters
> Thursday, August 23, 2007; 6:21 AM  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE),
> the world's top cellphone maker, said on Thursday India overtook the United
> States in the second quarter to become its second-biggest market by sales
> after China.
> Nokia shipped 60 million handsets from its factory near the southern
> Indian city of Chennai in the 18 months to August, and CEP and President
> Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo expects demand to remain strong as India's user base
> surges.
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>  "India has quickly become one of the largest markets," he told reporters
> in New Delhi, adding he expects demand will not be limited to low-cost
> phones.
> Globally, Nokia sold 100.8 million phones in April-June and, according to
> research firm Gartner, had a market share of 36.9 percent.
> The Finnish firm reaffirmed that Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN.UL), its
> joint venture with Siemens (SIEGn.DE), would invest $100 million in India
> over the next three years.
> Kallasvuo is on a three-day visit to India to meet government officials,
> clients and component suppliers.
> Nokia had earlier said it expected India to become its No.2 market by
> volume by 2010, if not sooner.
> Last week, it warned consumers that 46 million batteries used in its
> mobile phones could overheat, and offered to replace them for free while it
> negotiates with battery maker Matsushita (6752.T) on who would bear the
> costs.
> "We are not giving out estimates on the cost of this exercise as a whole.
> But of course we feel Matsushita as a supplier is responsible to us,"
> Kallasvuo said.
> Nokia, which makes more than a third of the world's phones, has set up a
> design studio in India, the first in a series of global satellite studios to
> develop ideas for emerging markets.
> Seven global component makers have invested $500 million in the Nokia
> Telecom Park near Chennai and are likely to employ more than 30,000 people
> when fully operational, Nokia has said.
> Nokia employs 9,000 people in India -- up from 450 in 2004 -- and would
> continue to invest in India, Kallasvuo said, adding that production can be
> enhanced as demand grows.
> "India is not a low-end market. It is a very versatile market in all price
> points, in all segments," he said.
> Nokia exports half its India production to 58 countries in the Middle
> East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.
> But competition is also rising in the world's fastest-growing cellphone
> market. India had 185 million mobile customers at end-July, with more than 6
> million new customers signing every month, lured by call rates as low as 1
> U.S. cent a minute.
> Motorola Inc<http://financial.washingtonpost.com/custom/wpost/html-qcn.asp?dispnav=business&mwpage=qcn&symb=MOT&nav=el>(
> MOT.N) and Sony Ericsson (6758.T) (ERICb.ST) have stepped up their
> presence, while Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and LG Electronics (
> 066570.KS) also compete.
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