value added services

At a time when a state like Bihar has banned all types of liquor, there exists state like Karnataka which has made it easier for lovers of alcohol to consume it more. In one of first such decision in a long time, anywhere in India,…

With the call rates lowest in the world and people shifting to apps like Whatsapp from messaging, the telecom sector needs to come up with innovative Value added services (VAS) for people to use and generate revenues for the company.…

Few weeks back, my father came upto me and told me that his prepaid mobile balance keeps disappearing even if does not make calls or send smses. It did not take me much time to realize that he had subscribed to some odd ringtone service,…

The Telecom subscriber growth has saturated in cities and large towns in India. If you see the latest subscriber growth reports, the numbers are actually falling in Metros and cities. At the same time, the growth of subscribers is picking…

It is clear from the lackluster Mobile subscriber growth numbers that it has hit a ceiling. Although, the rural mobile subscriber numbers are still showing decent pace of growth, urban subscriber numbers have more or less reached the limit.…

Tata DOCOMO has become the first company in the world to launch a twitter app service on its platform which will allow Tata DOCOMO Customers to recharge and activate Value Added services with use of #Hashtags on Twitter. Currently this…

Pinch! Ouch! Oh yes, the much awaited Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is finally here after a series of regulatory delays. But, reports provide that there could be a very low churn rate in terms of subscribers looking to ditch their current…

IPL 2009 has a lot of new things to its name. A pre-dominantly Indian tournament moved to South Africa, Knight Riders fiddled with the idea of multiple captains, Modi used his brilliance to come up with strategic or tactical timeout's. Then…

Think win-win : One of the 7 habits of highly effective people. Cost cutting, employee firing and land selling are the few measures we have seen companies do till now. Few companies like HCL are sharing the risks with their customers.…

Dish TV one of the pioneers of DTH services in India, has crossed 4 million subscribers. It has 4.4 million subscribers. That would be a 53% market share of 8 million total DTH subscribers. Dish TV, part of media conglomerate Zee group has…