Himanshu Singh 19 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 The Indian telecom customer has become wise. With telecom tariffs on a downward spiral, mobile customers are resorting to making a direct call rather then send a text message, also called SMS. Even as the average minutes of mobile phone usage is showing an upward trend, this has had a direct impact on operators’ revenues from SMSes. Latest figures released by sector regulator TRAI reveal that customers preference for texting in India has hit an all time low. From accounting for close to 8-9% of the operators’ revenues at one point, texting now provides GSM players with 4.3% of their total revenues, while for CDMA operators, it is a mere 1.8%. According to TRAI, the average number of SMSes that customers sent has fallen by 7% for GSM and 6% for CDMA operators during the last quarter. An average GSM user sent about 26 SMSes a month in the quarter ended March 08, compared to 28 SMSes a month in the previous quarter (Oct-Dec 07), 32 a month in the July-Sept quarter, 35 in the April-June quarter, 39 in the Jan-March quarter and 48 in Oct-Dec 06 quarter, TRAI said. Ditto on the CDMA front — the number of outgoing SMSes by customers using this technology platform fell to 16 per month after remaining flat at 17 per month for nearly half year prior to that, at 20 per month in Apr-June and 24 in Jan-March 07). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted July 7, 2008 ^^^ My dear friend, this topic has already been posted in the below mentioned thread. http://www.rimweb.in/forums/index.php?show...mp;#entry115121 Please search the forum before posting a new thread. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
