Whats next in game for Nokia-2

As mentioned in my post below, Nokia seem to be real serious about MVNO biz
Nokia To Launch Luxury Brand Vertu MVNO In Japan

http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-nokia-to-launch-luxury-vertu-brand-mvno-in-japan/

Whats next in game for Nokia

I would not be surprised if Nokia is planning an MVNO in India. They clearly meet criteria for MVNO biz.. strong brand name, leader in handset market in fastest groing wireless market- India, leader in equipment vendor in India with strong clients like Airtel and strong sales channel till Tier2-3 cities in India.
With TRAI having already floated recommendations on MVNO, players are busy designing their strategy including European player like Elisa

It is evident that focus in telecom will clealry shift to application rather than just network as was case in last decade. Technology evolution is not the only innovation in telecom space now. With VAS growing at expotential pace, it is quite a lucrative market for equipment vendors to avoid.
Moreover, equipment market space has already seen growth in services as a method to remain competitive. Nokia is currently in managed services deal for more than 13 circles in India with Airtel and working to gain more of such deals.

I see Nokia expanding is foot towards the application layer and positioning itself more towards end customer. The more they are able to increase mindshare with end-customer, better are their prosppects of becoming preferred alliance partner with operators in the geo. Notebook venture as per the news, seems one such attempt as an extension of thier strategy. With production units across geos, they can surly leverage economies of scale.
Moreover, Post IBM -Lenono deal, there has been a lot of change in market share game in notebook world.

Net-Net, I see Nokia expanding its presence from just being a leader in enterprise space in telecom world and expanding its foothold with end customer because, that the next field where next big games are going to player in telecom world

MVNOs and Indian telecom market

TRAI recently released its recommendations on MVNOs in Indian market.
For more - please visit www.trai.gov.in
The executive summary of the recommendations of the Authority on MVNO is as follows:
1. MVNO to be introduced as a distinct service provider with its own licensing and regulatory framework
2. MVNO free to choose its business model (Full or Intermediate or Thin)
3. Arrangement/ agreement between MNO and MVNO to be driven by market forces
4. MVNO to be issued a license under Indian Telegraph Act
5. The license service area of MVNO to be same as that of parent MNO
6. Any Indian Company with networth -10% of that of MNO for the service area and paid up capital - 10% of prescribed networth and fulfilling other licence conditions is eligible for MVNO licence.
7. Agreement with MNO to be submitted before issue of license to MVNO
8. No limit on number of MVNOs attached to a MNO
9. MNO to pay the spectrum charges for utilisation of spectrum by MVNO
10. Entry fees for MVNOs – 10% of MNOs subject to a maximum of Rs.5/3/1 crores for category A/B/C areas
11. Annual licence fees same as that of MNO of the service area
12. Allocation of Numbers, Number portability, Interconnection with other service providers and Roaming to be provided by parent MNO.
13. Subscribers to be protected on failure of agreement between MNO and MVNO or MVNO quitting service
14. No Roll out Obligations for MVNO
15. FDI limit 74% (same as MNO)
16. Bank Guarantee: FBG – equivalent to two quarters license fees;
PBG – 5% of MNO
17. Restrictions on Mergers and acquisition on similar lines as MNOs

Following these recommendations, activity on MVNO front has already started with Tata making statement that it hold exclusive rights with Virgin in India. Now, it need to be seen who is next MVNO players approaching Indian telcos

MVNOs in India

MVNOs are welcome!!!
This is what Indian govt is saying as of now for its second fastest telecom market in the world.
Question is however the feasibility and timing of MVNO entry in Indian market. With spectrum and new licenses already been given to so many player to create competition , MVNO entry will surely deplete margins and might have negative impact.
MVNOs are typically opened in market where market is close to saturation and carrier want to seek new avenues of revenue. Whereas in India, teledensity is still around 24%.
Entry of MVNO will see price decline and as well negative competition , much more churn and might not be positive for Indian markets as of now.

Time for Indian govt to think again

Amp'd goes bankcrupt

MVNO in US are in trouble. Next one to file for chapter 7 is Amp'd Mobile, an MVNO.

As per media reports, Amp'd could not keep up with its IT systems for its growing customer base and things went bad from operational point of view.

I came to know Accenture was their systems integrator, which means MNC which is known for its "tiger" could not help a small player to keep up with IT systems.???

I believe Indian vendors like Patni, Infosys etc are doing great job as partner with growing companies in US and Europe specially for convergent service providers.

I believe it is not just about making your employee "Tigers" but also far more important making your customers as "Tiger", "Lion" too..

CVNO

CVNO is a Converged virtual netowork operator.
Interesting right..Atleast I found it so.

CVNO is one step up the value chain for MVNO.These operator buy bandwidth from carrier and resell to other operators or say consumer.
The reason for operator going virtual is outsourcing ..with vendors taking charge of operating the network.

Vendors are now driving the technology now with decising what to be implemented and what not to.

this game is always going to be confusing!!ummm