The smartphones has been the fastest growing category within the mobile phone space for the last couple of years. In 2009, a total of 172 million smartphones were sold which was a growth of 24% over 2008 (source: Gartner) whereas the mobile phone category was more or less flat in 2009 in the backdrop of severe recession. Analysts expect over 240 million Smartphones to...

The April Fools’ Day ushered in a new era for the Indian Education sector and the entire nation as a whole. Something that should have been initiated 60 years back is finally happening and it can only be ‘better late than never’. The Right to Education (RTE) Act came into force  today and it has made education a fundamental right for all children between the age...

With Barack Obama inking the Health Care reforms bill last month, the question is who, apart from the 32 million uninsured, would get a piece out of this trillion dollar pie coming straight out of tax-payers’ pockets? With India featuring among the 14 destinations that can offer cheaper drugs as named by the Congress, it is but certain that Indian pharma companies would...

Just a month ago I was in a sports bar watching this high profile match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona in Madrid, Spain. The bar tender was very friendly and he opened up the tap, couple of hours even before the match could start. You see, soccer and beer are two things that go hand in hand. Then, be it a Champions League night or a La Liga or a Serie A –...

A business plan is a comprehensive, written description of the business and its allied activities of an enterprise. It is a detailed report on a company’s product(s) or service(s), production techniques, markets and clients, marketing strategy, human resources, organizational model, requirements in respect of infrastructure and supply chain, funding requirements and...

I have always been fascinated with the way businesses are held these days and the impact they create in the society. Business people all over the world are discovering extraordinary opportunities generated by protecting the nature and more so trying to meet the triple bottom line. In this economic downturn, when every action of the crisis affects every individual and...

Today, the mobile phone can be used for doing many more things than just the voice calls. SMS, internet, games, content download and many other things are possible on the mobile phone which gives marketers the opportunity to connect with consumers beyond traditional and digital media. Mobile advertising is in its infancy but is still catching the imagination of the marketers....

I had always believed that BFSI was the biggest consumer of IT and they are the biggest spenders but my recent research on telecom proved it otherwise. Communication Service Providers (including hardware) is apparently the biggest single consumer of the IT and forms almost the 50% of the total IT spend worldwide. Quite a surprise. Yes I thought so. I would have loved...

Poor project communication will cause many projects to end unsuccessfully. In today’s world, however, projects need to be undertaken in partnership with the business, and this partnership absolutely requires solid communication. In fact, many of the problems that surface on a project are actually the results of poor communication. Poor communication can lead to...

New analysis from Wireless Intelligence reveals that the top 20 mobile operators and operator groups ranked by total connections represented over 58 percent of global mobile connections in 1Q09. Aggregated top 20 operators and operator groups*, Q1 2009 The largest operator is China Mobile with just 11% market share. Vodafone is a distant second with 5% market share....