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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Views on emerging markets
Here are a couple of news from around 3GSM World Congress, regarding mobile phones and mobile services in emerging markets:
3GSM: Ignore Cheaper Phones At Your Peril, Says Motorola - noting that if manufacturers don't go in now, they might not be able to get in there later; also it indicates emerging markets is more information-intensive than established markets, which should favor service providers
Global profit hunt sends phone operators to emerging world - "The areas representing the most opportunity are Asia, Africa and the Middle East, he said.", which would indicate China and India are already starting to get saturated? I doubt that; Rather maybe they think in terms of competition between operators, considering how established e.g. China Mobile is in China
Low-Cost Not Full Story In Developing Regions - There's a need for also advanced phones and advanced services in those regions
CEOs: Emerging markets will pave the way - again points to the fact that emerging markets adopt new forms of information services more quickly than established markets; hence the phone is immediately seen as more than a voice device
WiMax likely choice for 'Net access in emerging markets - I agree: What users need is voice/SMS + wireless broadband; 3G can achieve that too, but likely for a much higher cost, and with a lot of irrelevant legacy in the backpack
3GSM: Ignore Cheaper Phones At Your Peril, Says Motorola - noting that if manufacturers don't go in now, they might not be able to get in there later; also it indicates emerging markets is more information-intensive than established markets, which should favor service providers
Global profit hunt sends phone operators to emerging world - "The areas representing the most opportunity are Asia, Africa and the Middle East, he said.", which would indicate China and India are already starting to get saturated? I doubt that; Rather maybe they think in terms of competition between operators, considering how established e.g. China Mobile is in China
Low-Cost Not Full Story In Developing Regions - There's a need for also advanced phones and advanced services in those regions
CEOs: Emerging markets will pave the way - again points to the fact that emerging markets adopt new forms of information services more quickly than established markets; hence the phone is immediately seen as more than a voice device
WiMax likely choice for 'Net access in emerging markets - I agree: What users need is voice/SMS + wireless broadband; 3G can achieve that too, but likely for a much higher cost, and with a lot of irrelevant legacy in the backpack
