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Aug 1, 2017

iPhone :: A Decade of Billions

On June 29th 2007, Apple first begin selling its then iconic smartphone the “iPhone” which with multiple iterations transformed Apple into one of the richest enterprises on the planet. The leaders in the pre-iPhone era surely launched touchscreen phones that were somewhat…

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Jul 21, 2017

JioPhone: Accelerating India to Cross The 4G Chasm

The most disruptive 4G operator in India Jio, part of Reliance Industries, announced a category of 4G Feature Phone “JioPhone” which is essentially basic feature phone on steroids today on July 21 at the company’s Annual General Meeting…

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Jun 7, 2017

WWDC 2017 : Powerful New Hardware, Augmented Reality and Machine Learning

Apple’s annual WWDC 2017 kicked off today in San Jose, California. Apple’s annual WWDC 2017 conference was centred on getting its legions of developers excited developments in the Apple ecosystem. With…

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Apr 27, 2017

How will eSIMs drive the IOT revolution ?

A staggering 50 billion IoT devices are expected to be connected by 2020, making IoT one of the hottest topics at this year’s MWC. Cellular connectivity in IoT is poised to be the next big wave in this technology revolution, as evidenced by the increasing…

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Apr 21, 2017

China Mobile : 500 Million LTE Subs :: A Unique Milestone

Since the first rollout of LTE networks at the end of last decade, the global LTE subscriptions or connections over the last seven years has swelled to almost 1.8 Billion level but still contributing to just one-fourth of the…

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Mar 21, 2017

Surprise! Feature Phones to Drive the Next Wave of LTE Growth

More than half a billion LTE capable phones in a feature phone form-factor will be shipped globally over the course of five years. Local kings (mobile phone brands) in many feature phone centric markets as well as Operators…

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Jan 13, 2017

Future for Faraday Future

With CES and its string of shiny automotive announcements behind us, we are reflecting on some of the key announcements with a “reality lens”. As both an auto enthusiast and an analyst covering electric and autonomous vehicles, what most piqued my interest was the unveiling of…

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Nov 10, 2016

Tesla Set to Monetize its Supercharging Stations — What does it mean?

Tesla announced that its network of supercharging stations won’t cater new customers for free anymore. Supercharging stations were one-of-a-kind charging stations across US and some other countries that allowed…

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Oct 4, 2016

Alexa says ‘Hi’ but Google Assistant says ‘Hello’ to the future

On October 4th Google revealed an update on the developments it’s been making in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) arena, alongside a slew of new hardware products including two new smartphones — called Pixel and…

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Sep 26, 2016

Snaptacles ????

We have consistently talked about evolving business models such as “Hardware as a Distribution” model (see here) in tech space changing the competitive dynamics. We have also highlighted how the social messaging platforms are transforming into ecosystems (see here). This evolution and transformation…