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- Slide 1: Future of Mobile VAS in India December 2007 Mohit S. Gundecha Prof. Tom Kosnik Kunal Bajaj Research Associate Fenwick & West Consulting Professor Director – India Stanford University STVP, Stanford University BDA © 2007 Stanford University & BDA
- Slide 2: BDA Team: • Girish Trivedi – Principal Manager • Deepshikha Garg • Rahul Gupta • Smita Sharma Our special thanks to: • Eric Allen – Wireless Advisor • Veerchand Bothra – Author, MobilePundit • Nitin Brahmankar – Director, IDT © 2007 Stanford University & BDA
- Slide 3: Executive Summary (1/3) India’s telecom market and VAS background • India’s telecom market is experiencing explosive growth – Crossed 217 mn subs by Oct 07 with net adds of nearly 8 mn subs / month over last 4 months – Despite continued record growth over last 12 months, only 23% of 1.1 bn population owns a phone – There are 6-7 telcos operating in each of 23 license areas. Airtel, Reliance, Vodafone & BSNL, who are “the Big 4” have 74% market share – Growth is expected to continue and even accelerate, reaching a projected 496 mn mobile subs by 2010 • Near term outlook shows a continuing focus on acquiring new low end customers – Improved regulatory structure has lead to increased competition, and operators aggressively tailoring strategies to acquire customers across all segments by making mobile services more affordable and increasing coverage – Prepaid users comprise over 85% of total subs and over 95% of net new additions, further adding to the impact of tariffs on falling ARPU – Almost half of Indian mobile subs use low cost handsets and this is expected to increase further with new additions – Further innovation in entry-level handsets and call tariffs will continue to drive growth – Operators will need to look at alternative revenue streams like VAS as they mature • Traditional VAS has been primarily SMS-based, with Bollywood and Cricket the largest content drivers – VAS services contribute approx 7% of total wireless telecom revenues for Indian operators – Total market size of VAS was USD 678 mn in 2006, projected to touch USD 926 mn at the end of 2007 – Most VAS services are provided over SMS, IVR and WAP. Revenue growth has been driven by SMS (including P2P, A2P, P2A), contributing over 55% of total VAS revenues in 2006 – Bollywood & cricket remain the killer content, whether for SMS alerts, ringtones / CRBT, games, wallpapers, etc. – Rural applications initiatives have launched in pilots, and are likely to grow quickly in less developed geographies because of the willingness to spend on services which enhance livelihood 3
- Slide 4: Executive Summary (2/3) Hurdles to growth of VAS & future direction Current Challenges to Growth Overcoming These Challenges • Revenue share between telcos & content providers / • Advertisements can be a major new revenue avenue for VAS aggregators is 70:30, substantially more skewed in favor of players compensating for low rev share from operators telco than in other countries Revenue • Lack of payment mechanisms increases reliance on telcos, Challenge t

