CHALLENGES & FUTURE TRENDS OF VAS

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Sunanda K. Chavan
Challenges:-

 Lack of content localization

 Shortage of spectrum

 Slow adoption of GPRS mobiles (Only 6.1 millions GPRS users compared to 200 millions overall subscribers)

7.4] Future trends:-

 Location Based Services

 Mobile Music update will increase with better bandwidth

 Migration to 3G will result in increased ARPU

 Local content is on the rise - regional/rural Interactive Voice

 Response (IVR) seen as a major opportunity

 Mobile commerce does not look too promising (India is still a cash and cheque country)

 IVR will see large scale adoption, especially in rural areas.

 Mobile E-Mail will primarily be driven by enterprises
 Stocks on mobile will see an uptake
 
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