Comments on: Mobile India – Future of the mobile industry in India

By: Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek Sharma — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:13:52 +0000

Hi Pranav
Its an interesting article but FYI the first figure shown by you is absolutely out of context. You wrote, “Because as the graph below shows, even though we are well on way to become the worldâ€™s second largest mobile market, our average ARPU remains one of the lowest in the world.”
On the other hand the data in the diagram talks about data as a percentage of ARPU…
In plain English- Data usage (GPRS, SMS, etc.) in a ratio to total ARPU (inc voice).

Hope u rectify…

By: pranav

pranav — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:47:56 +0000

@nilesh – true…in fact, in india, telco operators are talking in terms of Average Margin Per User (AMPU) and not ARPU.

However, you need a uniform metric while comparing this data at a global level. And even though ARPU may not be the best suited metric, it is still the most frequently used metric for reporting this data.

By: Nilesh Trivedi

Nilesh Trivedi — Sun, 04 May 2008 04:55:35 +0000

Comparing countries by absolute ARPU does not make sense. What matters for the industry is what percentage of the disposable income are consumers spending on telecommunication services.

In other words, give us a plot of ARPU/Disposable Income. That would be a relevant industry parameter and not ARPU alone because the Telecom industry industry alone hardly has any influence on the Average disposable income of a country,

cheers
nilesh

By: pranav

pranav — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:51:35 +0000

amardeep,

check out the TRAI website http://www.trai.gov.in and the section on performance indicators. there you will find several reports on the data you are looking for.

tx,
-p

By: Amardeep SIdana

Amardeep SIdana — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:20:35 +0000

Excellent article, can u possibly send me more figures from the MObile industry? Like total Market, with market share among service providers. Future technologies etc