Apple has sold its flagship product iPhone traditionally through Wireless Operators. However, with just 5% of Indians opting for Post-Paid mobile connections, Apple’s strategy won’t work in this Geography. Apple is now also selling through distribution channel partners like Ingram Micro / Redington. To make them affordable, iPhones are offered on interest-free installments (6-12 months) [...]

Pure Wireless Operator Idea Cellular reported that it has added 1Mn 3G Subscribers in Q1-2013. Total data subs grew by 4.5 mn to 26.2 mn. Some more metrics on Wireless Data Usage of Idea Cellular as below, Average Data Usage by Subscriber – 163MB [Down from 167 MB last Quarter] Data ARPU for the Company [...]

Youku Tudou, a leading online video operator in China, has revealed several milestones around its video services. At the end of March, Youku Tudou reached 100m daily unique visitors (UV) including 20m monthly UV on Mobile. This means 20% of its Traffic is from 3G enabled Mobile Networks. Daily video clips viewed hit 150m, implying [...]