Telecom market has weakened: Nokia India
Mr D. Shivakumar, Vice-President and Managing Director, Nokia India is probably facing one of the toughest telecom markets ever since he took up the reins of India’s largest mobile handset brand.
The past year has seen a lot of activity in the telecom sector in terms of new players, auction of spectrum, low tariffs.” If I look at the entire telecom ecosystem, equipment providers like Nokia Siemens, Ericsson will have a good time because they will get their orders on 3G. If you look at the operators, they are in desperate trouble as the new operators have cut price to such a bare bone that it’s hurting the industry. That’s why valuations are down. This has become value destructive. In the next two years I see a lot of operators dying. You already see senior managers leaving some of the new companies. Then, in the handset segment you are seeing an influx in dual SIM market. That’s where traditional handset-makers have been caught short And the final part is the applications segment, where you buy cialis tadalafil are seeing a dramatic uptake in applications as phones are getting smarter and consumers want more.” remarked Shivakumar on the present Telecom market.
“We definitely need standards. EU, America have standards, but India does not have standards for mobile phone. Issues related to radiation, how much plastic… should be addressed. Products should have a basic safety standard. Over the last few months, a growing market like telecom has been weakened due to value destruction by substandard phones, low pricing by new operators.” He added. Regarding the number of new handset-makers that have entered the market and its effect on Nokia’s market share, he said, “ Innovation cannot be outsourced. You need strong IPR and R&D team. Innovation also has to be relevant. Yes, the window of opportunity for the new players is in the dual SIM, so they are trying to grab that opportunity and nothing more. They advertise for a bit, but some guys run cialis dosage daily out of money.”
Source: The Hindu
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