Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS) A vehicle to usher in inclusive growth and bridge the digital divide January 2011 www.deloitte.com/in 2 Contents Message from Chairman‚ TRAI Message from President‚ ASSOCHAM Message from Secretary General‚ ASSOCHAM Message from Deloitte Objective & Methodology Executive Summary Introduction What is MVAS? What is Utility MVAS? Key categories in Utility MVAS A Framework for Utility MVAS Drivers for Utility MVAS Categories in focus Category 1 : M-Commerce
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Uses of Mobile Phone Every day millions of people are on their phones- talking‚ texting‚ taking pictures. Personally‚ I can’t go a day without my phone. Once I was in such a rush to get to school that I didn’t realize I had forgotten to grab my phone from my desk. Throughout the school day‚ I felt empty and incomplete. I had only forgotten my phone a handful of times in all the years I have owned a cell phone. The day seemed to go on for forever. All I kept thinking about was what things I was
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1. Abstract Currently‚ more than one third of children aged ten to thirteen own a mobile phone. It is therefore a necessity to inform today ’s youth of the effects of owning a cellular phone. By reason of request from Mr. Howard‚ Prime Minster of Australia‚ to hear the concerns of Australia‚ a conclusive survey was conducted and revealed that children and teenagers are not aware of the major issues regarding mobile phones. Consequently‚ these issues need to be recognized by youth and society in order
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pocket. Now imagine that happened to every single smartphone user. One of the most common criticisms about 21st century society is our dependence on technology‚ particularly smartphones. It’s no secret many of us rely a teensy bit too much on our mobile devices and‚ perhaps as a result‚ we’re abandoning some real world know-how in favor of convenience. Here we consider what most of us would essentially have to relearn without access to smartphones. Unlike the traditional cell phones‚ smartphones
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Samsung Electronics is a semiconductor mobile phone and mobile phone component manufacturer. It exists in the most dynamic end of the consumer product industry. It cannot succeed without continuous incremental improvement and without constantly updating its product portfolio. The product life cycle for its premium product the Samsung galaxy S3 is estimated to be only 9 months. This occurs because customers withhold purchasing a product for which they know is going to be updated and replaced imminently
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Mobile Commerce: Literature Review Dr. Sudha Singh ( Associate Professor‚ PG Department of Computer Science and Engineering‚ BCET‚ Durgapur.) The m-commerce (MC) is an evolving‚ dynamic‚ unique and rapidly changing business opportunity with its own characteristics and concept (Lindsay‚ 2000). Many industry experts believe that m-commerce is a sleeping giant whose time has yet to come (Buhan‚ 2002). E-commerce benefited many organizations by reducing supplier cost and increasing profit. E-commerce
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A mobile operating system (mobile OS) is an OS built exclusively for a mobile device‚ such as a smartphone‚ personal digital assistant (PDA)‚ tablet or other embedded mobile OS. Popular mobile operating systems are Android‚ iOS and Windows Phone. A mobile OS is responsible for identifying and defining mobile device features and functions‚ including keypads‚ application synchronization‚ email and text messaging. Android OS is owned by Google and powered by the Linux kernel‚ it debuted in 2007.
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THE REVIEW TREND RESPONSE Near Field Communication Mobile telephony: Personal Data Protection NEWS RESPONSE e-Identity at work in the Gulf Digital security around the world Being me. Watching you. Web 2.0 REFLECTION _ WINTER 2008 CONTENTS CONTENTS _ SPÉCIAL IDENTITY TREND Winter 15 issue #2008 TREND 04_Mobile _4 phones: the NFC front-runner REFLECTION Illustrating this issue of “The Review” is a selection of photos by Julie Guiches. Julie is
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Telecom‚ Media & Entertainment the way we see it The Price is Right Pricing Strategies for Mobile Broadband Services Telecom & Media Insights Innovative pricing model Contents 1 Abstract 3 2 Current Scenario and Need for New Pricing Strategies 4 3 Components of Mobile Broadband Pricing 3.1 Pricing Structures 3.2 Pricing Metrics 3.3 Payment Modes 7 8 9 9 4 Assessing the Pre-requisites for New Pricing Models 4.1 Operational Pre-requisites 4.2 Market Pre-requisites
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Fastest growth in the number of subscribers. • The world’s cheapest mobile handset (US$ 17.2). • The world’s most affordable colour phone (US$ 27.42). • Largest sale of mobile handsets Investment in this industry worth about US$ 24 billion by 2010‚ going by industry estimates owing to the growing number of mobile subscribers‚ which is estimated to increase to 60 billion by 2012‚ according to Standard Chartered Bank‚ implying a mobile in the hands of every second person in the country. TABLE 1:
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