Who gonna win sub-2k band Telecom market?

In India, Mobile phone garners 70Million subscribers. And a crazy sum of 3 Million new subscribers gets added every month. The current telecom growth is from rural sector rather than urban population. The sub-2k band mobile is the necessary tipping point to keep this growth rate. Nokia is a market leader with a whopping 75% market share, way ahead of motorola, samsung, sony ericsson. In sub-2k band, none are yet to emerge as clear leader. Nokia has 3 models below 3000, samsung boss and Motorola C138 are also in fray. The next 6-12 months will answer the question "Who gonna win sub-2k band telecom market". Infineon came up with <1000 Rs single chip solution for mobile phone. Nokia's mobile phone with this chip is expected to be afloat within a year. This is expected to bring down the minimum cost phone to Rs.1500-1600. Worth watching out!

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