Posts Tagged ‘India’

US: The peace maker!

March 17th, 2010

world peace

world peace

In a not so surprising report, by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), US was named as the biggest exporter of weapons in the entire world. Guess who was the biggest importer? No prizes…it is China followed by India. US exports 30% of the entire world export.
The volume of imports by India and Pakistan is increasing steadily and is expected to rise for another five to ten years until they agree an a permanent solutions.
The SIPRI said combat aircraft accounted for 27 per cent of the volume of international arms transfers during 2005-2009. Orders and deliveries of these potentially destabilizing weapon systems have led to arms race concerns in the following regions of tension: the Middle East, North Africa, South America, South Asia and South East Asia. » Read more: US: The peace maker!

Turbulence in automobile industry..

March 9th, 2010
turbulence

turbulence

After the season of recalls, it is now time for the major players to reshuffle their stakes. The reason may be the unpredicted growth in automobile sales all over the world in the month of February. The recovery of JLR sales have increased the SPI of TATA Motors which in turn triggered Daimler to sell its 5.34% stake. Daimler, also plans to enter India by investing more than Rs.4000 crores for which it had collaborated with Hero Honda. However, the deal was called off. Now, after raising cash from stake sale at TATA, Daimler might strategically enter India and other developing nations.
In another move, » Read more: Turbulence in automobile industry..

The rise of Advertisement industry

March 6th, 2010
brand ambassador

brand ambassador

The advertisement industry experienced drastic fall in revenues during the economic downturn last year. WPP, the world’s largest advertising company saw a fall in profits by 11% in 2009. Organizations in all major sectors in order to cut short their losses reduced the advertisement budgets handsomely. It is said that the health of the economy can be judged by the amount of advertisements. If its low then something is wrong and vice verse.
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Impact of price war in telecom sector

March 5th, 2010

victim of price war

victim of price war


Apart from decline in profits for telecom companies, this price war has also affected the cash rich BPO industry of India. It is seen that because of the declining profits, telcos are reorganizing their contracts with BPOs to get better price points. The cutting edge competition between the telcos have forced them cut their operating expenditures drastically.
Moreover, the volume and revenue per user has reduced against predictions because of people opting for multiple SIMs to make use of the best schemes by various service providers. As a result BPO organizations like Hinduja Global Solutions, Firstsource and others have seen significant dip in their bottom lines in the last quarter. The only party enjoying his war is the consumer. They are just enjoying!
The question is how long will this price war last? Is it time for consolidation as seen in the airline sector a year ago?

Rogues

Fashion of recalls!

February 24th, 2010

maruti a-star
The automobile companies have made it a habit to recall their vehicles or is it the season of recalls. This time it is neither Toyota nor Ford but it is India’s largest seller of passenger cars Maruti. Last year it launched its A-Star in Europe to cater to the entry segment cars. The Indian version of this car already has a big pie in the small car segment. However, the 100,000 A-Stars exported is said to have some problem with oil seals (o-rings) which failed in a number of instances.
Why so many recalls?
I think that the quality checks performed before launch of the cars are not being followed religiously or there is a loophole which is being exploited liberally or the recession has made the companies to cut cost at the cost of quality. In-spite of knowing the fact that such recalls may tarnish the brand image of the company, the companies give green flags to new models to reap the benefits of first mover advantage in respective segments. Let us hope that these organizations at least continue to own responsibilities for such debacles.

Rogues

US Securities are no more safe!

February 19th, 2010

US federal
India and China, the largest developing economies of the world have decided to reduce their investments in the US government securities. The increasing level of fiscal deficit and unaccepted policies implemented in US have been some of the few reasons for its declining popularity. Once upon a time China was the single largest investor in US government securities.
‘Change is the only thing constant’ and is it beginning of the shift from Westernization to Easternization?

Rogues

World’s Cheapest mobile phone by Vodafone

February 17th, 2010

vodafone-logo
Vodafone recently launched the world’s cheapest mobile phone ‘Vodafone 150′ which is available at less than $15! This low cost mobile has basic features including voice, SMS and has built-in support system for mobile banking. This revolutionary product is again targeted at the “Bottom of the Pyramid” just like the many nano products being launched by the TATAs. Initially this mobile will be launched in India, Turkey and eight African countries. An advanced version is also launched simultaneously for $20 with color screen and an FM.
This strategy of Vodafone will help them play with volumes rather than margins. This product has the capability to help mobile phones penetrate to the remotest of places and hence contribute in their development.

Rogues

How to send free SMS to mobile in India

January 2nd, 2010

Girl_Messaging_GolmuriThis year has seen a huge increase in people sending free SMS to mobile phones over the net instead of using the conventional SMS. It could be due to the recession and people trying to save money, people getting smarter and finding ways to get a service for free, or making the mobile connection providers something to think about. But whatever could be the reason, companies providing the free SMS facility aren’t complaining.

These companies claim that more than 45 Lakh SMS were sent on New Year’s eve. Keywords like free sms ,way2sms hit peaks in Google and were most searched during the last few days.

The free sms over a computer to a mobile is a good concept and is sure to be a hit and would especially be used by people who are online most of the time .

Here is a list » Read more: How to send free SMS to mobile in India

Zino Desktops by Dell India

January 1st, 2010
inspiron-zino-golmuriDell India has recently launched the new InspironTM Zino HD mini desktop computer. Small on the outset, yet it is packed with all the ammunition you need. Here is a review of the Dell Zino.
Performance:Can be upgraded till 8GB of RAM and 640 GB of hard disk space . So you can run all the applications you want.
Style: The user has an option to choose from 10 different » Read more: Zino Desktops by Dell India

Rising Nations and their growth drivers

December 2nd, 2009

The world economic scenario was in a turmoil for the last two years. U.S., U.K. and other developed countries like Japan were struggling to find the root cause. There is a wise saying, whenever something goes wrong look at the basics. What are the basics of economic prosperity? It is not a rocket science to divide the economic engines into Agriculture, Industrial and Services sector. Everything else come under these three pillars of economy. Finding the right balance is long term and playing with anyone is short term. It is evident that finding the right balance always takes more time than disturbing the right balance. A little push or pull in any one of the » Read more: Rising Nations and their growth drivers