INTRODUCTION Background of the study The telecommunication industry is regarded as one of the fastest growing industries in Sri Lanka, with country's most dynamic sectors, contributing significantly both directly and indirectly to investment, employment, productivity, innovation, and overall economic growth. Companies which are in this industry offers many services in line with the latest communication technology and the available services include, fixed access telephones, as both wire and wireless connections, cellular connections, internet and email, pay phones, radio paging etc. In this industry mobile phone market belong a dominant place and it is one of the competitive markets in Sri Lanka. The highly competitive mobile market in Sri …show more content…
Mobile phone industry in Sri Lanka Communication is a field that has shown a vast development during the last few years. Earlier people had to wait for years to get a telephone connection even after paying the relevant deposit. But this has now become a tale of the past and even a manual laborer now owns a mobile phone and due to strict restrictions in the schools only students do not carry a mobile phone with them but, many of the senior students have it with them when they attend private tuition classes. This growth has resulted with many telecommunication companies compete for a market share in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka's telephone density has passed the population density. The telephone usage has risen to 13.2 telephones per 100 persons in 2013 (Economic and social statistics of Sri Lanka 2014, Central Bank of Sri Lanka) showing that fixed and mobile connections had overtaken the …show more content…
Nokia has invested heavily into R&D and regard this as its core competence. Nokia has a lead in the mobile phone markets by technologically advanced production and product design. Nokia is the largest mobile phone supplier in Sri Lanka, with a market share of 85% (situation at end of 2012).Nokia?s two production units in China and one located in South Korea primarily produce units for the Asian markets. Nokia achieved their highest sale volume in 2013 December which was 300,000 units. Samsung is currently the second largest mobile phone maker in the world, following Nokia. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications serves the global communications market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories and PC-cards. It was established as a joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in 2001. LG Electronics Korean Consumer Electronics & Home Appliance Manufacturer has started mobile appliance business since 1996. Currently LG MC Company produce CDMA, GSM, WCDMA products and recent success of design based phone concept series Black Label Series boosted its revenue since
By means of a market survey conducted it was found that a large share of mobile phone users
During the Second World War Motorola developed the Handie-Talkie SCR536 handheld radio transmitter and receiver, and icon of that conflict, and forefather of the mobile phone. In the 1970s, together with AT&T, Motorola started developing cellular networks, and in 1980 the company released the world’s first mobile phone, the DynaTAC phone. From then on the company because a household telecommunications name.
Cell phones are used mostly for playing game and achieving efficient communication through long distances, and this capability of cell phone made telephone’s purpose vain, because cell phone is much more comfortable to use. However during 20th century, people used telephone as much as cell phones are used today, because communication through long distances was a major conflict
Motorola continues to pursue mergers, acquisitions and alliances in an effort to grow and continue to be profitable and be a global leader in the industry. Some of the major mobile devices products for Motorola are mobile phones, accessories, Bluetooth devices, IDEN technology, portable energy systems and two-way radios. Major products for Motorolaaê¡?s government and enterprise mobility solutions are biometrics, integrated information management, computer-aided dispatch systems and records management systems. Other major products are Motorolaaê¡?s networks and home networking solutions. Motorola has three business units which are mobile devices, network and enterprise, and connected home solutions.
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Telecommunications gained mainstream attention in the early 90’s; however the initial key market was business men and women, who used their phones whilst being on the move and so allowing them to communicate with their companies with ease. Though in the modern era, telecommunication went through segmentation in the market trends, and now in this day and age it would be difficult to find someone who does not own some form of mobile technology. Many phone providers battle to provide the best service for their customers (Figure 1).
Mobile is the first order priority device for access because people are connecting with others, finding entertainment, and doing business—all with smart phones. The prices of mobile phones are never over $1,000 in today’s world. They are affordable and accessible. As the result of the changes the worldwide and national business environment has undergone, people own 1-2 cell phones on average. However, the mobile markets in US seems to have been saturated.
ITI produces electronic equipment pertaining to telecom sector. ITI’s wireline equipment is its major product. Being a product for usage for wireline provider, it is a complementary product for the telecom service provider. Thus its demand rises, if demand for wireline rises, and falls if demand for wireline falls. This indicates that ITI’s sales are dependent on demand in market for wireline connections (DOT).
The global demand for cell phones has increased significantly over the years-from 284 million in 1999 to 410 million units in 2000 to 510 million units in 2001.
Cell phones are among the most innovative gadgets of the 20th century. Traditionally, people relied on cumbersome methods to transmit information and data over long distance, which usually made the communication process ineffective and slow. The ability to communicate deferred from one society to another and some societies had advantage over others due to their superior methods of communication. It was problematic to send urgent messages due to the lack of reliable and fast techniques of communication. The cell phone invention solved most of these issues. It introduced a platform through which parties could communicate instantaneously regardless of their location or distance. In addition, the cell phone technology is globally accepted hence it is a uniform medium of communication, making it both fast and efficient in any given community. Moreover, cell phones opened up room for more technological in...
In 1990, Nokia Mobile Phones (NMP) was the smallest of the five business divisions of Nokia, with annual sales of $500 million and 3,051 employees. Jorma Olilla, the new president of NMP, in the same year led the division to become the world's second largest manufacturer of mobile telephones after Motorola in just a year and half later. Motorola and NEC, the close third competitor, were the dominant players with a combined 33 percent global market share, compared with NMP's share of 13 percent. During this period, the main customers of mobile phones were business users who could afford the high prices. The everyday consumers were not overly attracted by these high prices and limited functional phones. Despite these limitations, the cellular market was growing rapidly, which brought more Asian producers into the competition. To make the matter worse, there was much proprietary technology and equipment required for analog standards around the globe. The emergence of digital technology provided a hope for a uniform communication standard. As a result, NMP had to make a difficult decision regarding which technology to commit significant resources to.
Being one of the most valuable brands in the world, it has captured a major market share in the European telecom industry (Vodafone Annual Report 2013). Again, we will make a comparison among these countries to see which has the highest probability to succeed in the market and what could be the best strategy, not only to enter into the market but also to survive in severe competition with other international companies already operating there. The reason why I have chosen Bangladesh is that it is a huge market with a population estimated approximately 166.28 million as of 2014 and ranked 8th in the list of countries by population (CIA Factbook, 2014). Like other developing nations, the growth of telecom market in Bangladesh has exceeded all expectations and has made a significant impact on the country’s overall economy in terms of aggregate investment, FDI and production level (Islam, 2010). More than 124.705 million people of the total population of 166.28 million have mobile phone subscription. (BTRC 2014 & CIA Factbook
Success Factors for Growth in the Indian Telecom Market. In India’s highly competitive market, Bharti must be mindful of how to keep its core competencies ahead as well as trying to develop new ones.
Samsung, Apple and Lenovo . Samsung led the market share. They contributed 21.4% of total handsets sold as of 02 June 2015. However, this figure fell by more than 3% over the same period last year, similar to Lenovo fifth. Apple holds the second position but their phone number sold over the same period last year increased by
People in the present society have turned from the use of the old means of communication to the more advanced and technological ways of communicating. Technology has made it easier for people to communicate in a faster, efficient, and cost saving means through the introduction of the communication channels. The world has turned out to be the centre for technology with different technologies emerging daily as the people continue to develop from time to time to cope with the growing technology. The benefits of adopting the communication technology are explained in this article which shows why people do not function without technology.