Bharti Airtel continues to feel the strain from India’s hectic price competition, posting a 32% fall in earnings for the second quarter.
Revenue for the Indian market leader grew 17% to $2.6 billion, and while average minutes of use grew sequentially from 468 minutes to 480 minutes, ARPU fell from 220 rupees to 215 rupees.
The iPhone 4 landed in Hong Kong and other Asia-Pac markets at midnight last night with varying degrees of flair, but the burning question is: does anyone care about Antennagate?
If they do, you wouldn’t know it from the events across the city and the queues at shop outlets prior to the midnight launch.
Undaunted by the recent antenna dramas, Asian mobile operators have eagerly rolled out the welcome mat for Apple’s latest hit product, the iPhone 4.
The device goes on sale in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday and is expected to dock shortly also in China, India and South Korea.
The rollout of femtocells across the globe is gaining momentum but as with all new technologies, price will be the key to success.
UK research firm Informa Telecoms & Media says femtocell deployments have more than doubled in the last nine months as more and more tier one operators jump on the bandwagon.
