[Assam] Cellphones in India

Sat Aug 25 00:31:55 PDT 2007

Cellphones in India are mostly a tool to bleed oneself/parents--and make some distant recipient roaringly rich--like  the 5000Crores  -reported to be the reason for his brother fatally shooting Pramod Mahajan- the man who allowed big foreign parties to get licences--FOR FEES.
India is only a BUYER  of technology,license,capital,gadgets and slavish copier of lifestyle.Today  it is India's strongest Sex tool.

Nowhere parallel to China's . 
China:

Supplies almost80% of all components for all Mobile handsets for the world--and their batteries do not burst!.
Has own Patented Code Multiplex system and own Satellites/Transponders to cover whole of China+much Asia
>From what I saw -90% carry Handsets . Use rarely.
As you land at Beijing and go on to collect baggage- you have girls selling/renting All- China-SIM s, MobileSets
ADSL is routine in all Hotel Rooms--so too landline phones-- they bill with checkout.
mm

Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:30:13 -0600From: assamrs at gmail.comTo: dasmk2k at gmail.comSubject: Re: [Assam] Cellphones in IndiaCC: mikemahant at hotmail.com; dilipdeka at yahoo.com; assam at assamnet.org
If cell phones are 'replacing' land lines, what would that tell us about the quality of land lines and telecom infrastructure.  I have also come across a number of people who have 2 or 3 cell connections - one for local, one for long-distance, and another for regional and so forth. 
And the reason for multiple connections is that one company may be good for local, while another for long distance.

Basically, India shouldn't find company as in some countries in Africa, where people depend largely on cell phones as land line communications are a total mess.

If cells (in India) are being bought in such huge quantities, hopefully the reasons are not the above, but for reasons like convenience, better rates, purchasing power, and ease of connectivity.

My 2 cents.

--Ram 
On 8/24/07, Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com> wrote: 
As of 31 July India had 233m telephone connections; of these 193m wireless and 40m wired. The growth during the period Apr-Jul'07 was 27.87m (wireless) and -0.86m (wired).

On 8/23/07, mc mahant < mikemahant at hotmail.com> wrote:

All {voice+multimedia+Video+Internet Traffic}  from Satellite Transponder Hubs to Switching hubs--i.e.Telephone Exchanges ,are carried by 2,  one- way,  Optical Fibres  like in most of the world. There are Internet HOT SPOTS available  only in some Private Campuses/Colonies. SANjit Biswas's Meraki Network will soon popularize that Globally--in Assam too. 
Cheap, easy Internet access

Credit: Sanjit Biswas 

Multimedia

• 
See images of Meraki's routers and its network administration tools. 

Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:08:46 -0700From: dilipdeka at yahoo.comTo: assam at assamnet.orgSubject: [Assam] Cellphones in India 

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
============================================================== 
India overtakes U.S. as Nokia's No.2 market

ReutersThursday, 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. 

"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 (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.

Call friends with PC-to-PC calling -- FREE Try it now!_______________________________________________ assam mailing listassam at assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org_______________________________________________assam mailing listassam at assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org 
_________________________________________________________________
Download the latest version of Windows Live Messenger NOW!
http://get.live.com/en-ie/messenger/overview
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.assamnet.org/pipermail/assam-assamnet.org/attachments/20070825/9da90313/attachment.htm>