I am excited about attending the biggest global mobile tech industry show, the MWC 2022. The pandemic forced GSMA to cancel the MWC 2020, and curtail the MWC 2021 event. At a time when the world appreciates what ubiquitous connectivity entails, this first major in-person event in the post-pandemic world is one that we are …
Over the past many months, metaverse has captured the zeitgeist. It is increasingly finding mentions from top CxOs as well as on investor calls. Wherever one looks, it is tough to escape a conversation that involves the metaverse. There is some hype, and a whole lot of speculation around what Metaverse entails. At its most …
The quarterly results of tech companies are in. While bigshots like Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft kept the markets buoyant, Meta lost $230Bn in value in one day. Additionally, relatively smaller companies like PayPal and Spotify had to take a bath after a double-digit percentage drop in the market value. Apple’s privacy policy has had …
For Indian consumers, the smartphone is an extension of their lifestyle. Indian consumers are value conscious, aspirational and demanding. They seek the best-in-class specs, and are, for the most part, brand agnostic, especially in the entry-level premium segment. For a smartphone brand to be considered premium, it would need to deliver on the hardware as …
Each progression of cellular technology, be it from 2G to 3G, and then, from 3G to 4G/LTE, has focused on two key aspects – how to make existing features better and more scalable and adding new features that can unleash new use cases, new experiences, and business models. Rajen Vagadia is VP and President of …
Samsung’s third generation foldable phones are truly at the threshold of mainstreaming foldable adoption. Since they first made their debut in 2019, Samsung has been able to rapidly scale-up the new foldable technologies, with features such as enhanced durability and water resistance to make them much more attractive to a wider audience in 2021. All …
Throughout the course of the pandemic, connectivity has been at the core of enabling human lives. Whether it be working from home, learning from home, or unwinding at home, connectivity enabled Indians to lead lives from within the confines of their homes. The ubiquitous mobile phones helped us connect, collaborate, create and consume digitally. In …
Indian consumers are increasingly adopting 5G smartphones even before rollout of the next-gen mobile broadband technology in the country. Research firm, International Data Corporation (IDC), has estimated the share of 5G-enabled phones, out of total smartphone sales, will touch 20-25% this year. As Chinese smartphone brands, Oppo and Realme aggressively push their 5G portfolio in …
As a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic swept across the globe, it heralded a period of accelerated transformational change everywhere. Amidst all the uncertainty and ambiguity, in an everything-from-home context with ever-increasing blurry lines between work, learn and unwind, audio has found its moment. It is not all about listening to music only. Across my tech savvy social …
As India grapples with the second Covid wave amid seismic shift in the way people work and learn, this year and beyond will be a major inflection point for the user-generated content on smartphones in the country, a new report said on Monday. From the growth of 5G-capable devices to evolving consumer trends around OTT, …