BK Modi-promoted S Mobility (formerly Spice Mobiles) plans to invest $
one billion (around Rs 4,900 crore) in next three years in its bid to
become a global brand. The company will shift its headquarters to
Singapore by year-end and start a new research and development
(R& D) wing to extend its mobile portfolio to smart-phones, tablets
and other high-end android devices.
The company that began in 2004-05 has a meagre market share below two
per cent in the Indian handset market. “We are planning to take Spice
to become a global brand and challenge international players. Though
the company is same, we are creating a new culture. We will invest $ 1
billion in next three years,” BK Modi, chairman of S Mobility told
Financial Chronicle after the company’s annual general meeting (AGM).
Besides, the company is scouting for acquisitions in Middle East, Asia
and Africa to boost the back-end of mobile business such as software
and hardware solutions, manufacturing, mobile internet-based
applications as well as at the customer-facing retail end of the
business. “We have earmarked Rs 2,000 crore for acquisitions. Later, we
will also look to acquire firms in developed countries,” Modi added.
The company plans to expand to 90 countries including America and Japan
by 2015.
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IPhone 4S Pre-Orders Sell Out, Apple Orders More Phones |
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AT& T, Verizon and Sprint all sold out of iPhone 4S pre-orders, signaling a possible inability to meet consumer demand.
The availability of the 4S may ride on whether Pegatron is able to meet Apple's new orders. The manufacturer was initially only supposed to handle 15 percent of iPhone 4S production and had not planned to ship its devices until early next year. Apple's new demands on Pegatron come after the 4S set a record by receiving more than one million pre-orders on the first day of its availability. The device won't hit stores until tomorrow, but lines outside of Apple, Verizon, Sprint and AT& T's retail stores are growing as customers unable to secure a pre-order attempt to get their hands on the 4S in-store. Apple is no stranger to high demand for its products, and is reportedly prepared to ship up to 25 million devices in the fourth quarter, but this is the biggest iPhone launch the company has yet seen. Past iPhones originally launched on AT& T, came in just two storage sizes, and offered one color. The 4S will release simultaneously on AT& T, Sprint and Verizon in 16-, 32- and 64-gigabyte models, and are available in both white and black. Customers without a pre-order looking to buy an iPhone 4S will have to wait in long lines, and may be out of luck even then, but shipments are still expected to flow steadily throughout the holiday season. In the past, Apple gave priority to its own stores over carrier partners when product supplies were tight. Typically, the largest quantity of devices were sent to flagship stores like the company's locations in New York City and California, as Apple store was likely a better bet than secondary sellers like Best Buy, Radio Shack and cell carriers' retail outlets. Consumer demand for the 4S may be higher than many expected, but with a little luck, determined shoppers should be able to secure a device for themselves. It just may not be the color or storage size they wanted. | |||||||||
S-Nexian Glocal Transformation
PRESS LAUNCH S-NEXIAN
Jakarta, 10 Oktober 2011 – Nexian sebagai merek lokal sudah mendapat tempat special dihati konsumen Indonesia. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari antusiasme konsumen ponsel tanah air setiap Nexian meluncurkan produk terbarunya. Tidak hanya konsumen sebatas pengguna ponsel, perusahaan bertaraf international mulai melirik Nexian sebagai vendor ponsel dengan asset menjanjikan dibawah naungan Selular Group sebagai distributor ponsel dan aksesoris terbesar di Indonesia. Perusahaan tersebut adalah Provider asal Singapura S i2i Limited yang akhirnya menjadi mitra strategis Selular Group. Langkah yang diambil oleh S i2i Limited untuk berkolaborasi dengan Selular Group ini sejalan dengan strategi Nexian sebagai vendor lokal yang ingin mendulang sukses di kancah persaingan global brand di industri telekomunikasi khususnya ponsel.
Kaleidoskop Nexian sebagai Lokal Brand yang melejit
Nexian pertama kali hadir dan diluncurkan sebagai lokal brand di Indonesia diawali pada tahun 2006. Saat itu Nexian dinobatkan sebagai market leader dibidang penyedia perangkat telekomunikasi telepon (fixed) dan mobile (handphone). Sebagai vendor ponsel Nexian mengawali peluncuran produk dengan model flip yaitu NX350 berbasis CDMA dan bekerjasama dengan operator Esia. Melanjutkan sukses besar Nexian, pada tahun 2008 kembali meluncurkan produk flexiphone dan berhasil memasarkan flexiphone sebanyak 3 Juta unit dalam kurun waktu 8 bulan. Nexian melakukan inovasi berikutnya melalui peluncurkan produk berbasis QWERTY yang bisa mengakses facebook melalui WAP, dengan type NX900 bersama XL Axiata yang populer disebut “NexianBerry” di kalangan masyarakat. Operator sebagai penyedia jasa layanan telekomunikasi mulai melirik Nexian sebagai vendol ponsel yang selalu memberikan sentuhan terbaru dan ter-update di setiap ponsel yang diluncurkan untuk menjadi mitra bundling yang handal menarik konsumen. Tidak hanya sampai disitu, Nexian terus menggerus pasar ponsel lokal dan membidik konsumen pangsa pasar global brand. Kejeliaan Nexian membaca minat pasar dibuktikan melalui peluncuran berbagai tipe ponsel yang menarik konsumen seperti Nexian Browser dengan Telkomsel, Nexian OnLine dengan Indosat bersama Saikoji, Nexian Slank, Nexian SHE yang bertaburkan Swarovski, Nexian Music Card Player dengan band dan artis papan atas. Nexian juga terus meningkatkan kualitas produk tidak hanya dari trend teknologi yang digunakan tapi juga dari aplikasi-aplikasi yang sudah di tanamkan diponsel Nexian. Nexian yang dikenal sebagai ponsel dengan harga terjangkau (low end) mulai beranjak memproduksi ponsel pintar atau lebih dikenal Smartphone.
Berpijak pada motto yang selalu di pegang Nexian bahwa “Teknologi tidak perlu Mahal” maka Nexian meluncurkan ponsel pintar yang di lengkapi dengan operating System Android dengan harga yang masih terjangkau disebut dengan Nexian Journey. Nexian journey mendapat sambutan yang luar biasa dari pecinta gadget sehingga Nexian terus berevolusi untuk melahirkan produk-produk Smartphone lainnya tanpa meninggalkan produk dengan kelas segmentasi diharga yang lebih terjangkau. Nexian tidak hanya bicara mengenai keunggulan dari sisi teknologi dan aplikasi yang di tanamkan di ponsel, juga unggul dalam penjualan unit ponsel. Nexian memegang persentase yang paling besar di antara local brand lainnya dan menggerus pangsa pasar Global brand dengan total 10 juta pengguna Nexian di Q3 2011.
Sekilas tentang S i2i Limited
S i2i Limited merupakan perusahaan bertaraf international yang berkantor pusat di Singapura dimana memiliki bisnis inti sebagai perusahaan penyedia layanan berupa suara, data dan mobile broadband yang terdepan dengan Mobile VoIP Techonoly. Perusahaan ini sudah memiliki cabang di beberapa Negara diantaranya : Malaysia, China, Thailand, Hongkong, Jepang, South Africa dan California. Perusahaan ini beroperasi dengan 2 kelompok usaha terbesar yaitu Mobilitas dan Teknologi. Mobilitas berkembang melalui jaringan ritel yang tersebar luas di seluruh wilayah cakupan S i2i. Dimana hal ini bertujuan untuk melakukan pen-distribusian melalui kegiatan pengadaan dan penjualan ponsel dengan meng-akuisisi sejumlah merek terkemuka di wilayah Asia Tenggara. Dikelompok usaha teknologi, S i2i juga mengembangkan kerjasama dengan perusahaan penyedia layanan teknologi terkemuka untuk layanan komunikasi melalui suara dan data serta teknologi informasi dan komunikasi sebagai suatu solusi bagi perusahaan-perusahaan.
Komitmen yang di usung oleh S i2i “innovation to infinity” dengan tujuan untuk melakukan eksplorasi yang inovatif di pasar untuk kepuasan pelanggan. S i2i ingin mengembangkan komunikasi yang difokuskan pada peningkatan gaya hidup yang digital melalui ponsel yang terhubung dengan jaringan internet. Sebagai perusahaan international, S i2i terus mengembangkan sayapnya dan melebarkan langkahnya untuk menciptakan jaringan telekomunikasi di sepanjang Asia Tenggara. Untuk itulah S i2i Limited berkolaborasi dengan Nexian sebagai vendol lokal terbesar di Indonesia.
S-Nexian Glocal Transformation
Tujuan Nexian untuk berkiprah ke pasar international akhirnya dapat terlaksana. Dengan mengusung perencanaan yang matang, Nexian dan S i2i berkolaborasi membentuk perubahan yang signifikan kearah brand yang lebih luas sebagai bentuk dari upaya pencitraan Global Brand dan Local Brand yang menyatu dalam konsep “Glocal Transformation”. Perpaduan 2 kekuatan besar ini meliputi keungulan Nexian sebagai Lokal Brand yang mempunyai pangsa pasar terbesar di Indonesia saat ini dengan kualitas produk mumpuni dan aplikasi terbaik berpadu dengan kekuatan S i2i di bidang teknologi mobile internet solution. Kekuatan ini menyatukan dalam satu tujuan untuk menjadi brand baru yang di sebut “S-Nexian”.
Melalui Brand baru ini kami ingin dapat membangun reputasi brand yang kuat sehingga memiliki reputasi yang kuat untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pasar. Brand baru yang diusung ini S-Nexian mampu dan punya kesempatan untuk terus memenuhi kebutuhan konsumen akan keterjangkauan harga produk tanpa keraguan akan reputasi brand yang lebih baik. S-Nexian hadir dengan Semangat Sang Juara sampai pada era yang kami sebut sebagai “Glocal Transformation”.
Untuk informasi lebih lanjut hubungi:
Sufala Handri
Head Of Public Relation PT.Metrotech Jaya Komunika Indonesia
Telp : 021-5602111
Email: fhalah@selulargroup.com
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Spice Mobility to expand mobile internet biz to Africa
Published on Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 15:13 | Source : CNBC-TV18
Updated at Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 15:03
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In an exclusive interview to CNBC-TV18, chairman of the Spice Group, BK Modi says that they are mainly looking at Africa to expand the mobile internet business of Spice Mobility. � We have already acquired companies in Asia and now we are moving towards Africa,� he said. He adds that the large population and the underdeveloped market will be an advantage for them.
For this expansion, the company plans to issue treasury stock to meet its fund requirement of USD 100-200 million. � Plus, we have a company in Singapore where we availability of cash which can be used for acquisition to expand in these markets,� he adds.
Below is an edited transcript of his interview with Ekta Batra and Reema Tendulkar. Also watch the accompanying video.
Q: We understand that you are scouting for acquisitions in Asia and Africa. Just take us through what's happening on that front?
A: We are entering into the field of mobile internet and we have identified Ivory Coast to Indonesia as our area of business. We have acquired companies in Asia and now we are moving towards Africa.
Africa has a very large population and there is a lot of need for mobile internet. It is lagging behind the internet industry and so it will go straight to mobile internet rather than going through the PC route. That� s why Africa is something which is very interesting for us. Our team has already gone there and we are hoping to make some announcements in the next month.
Q: What is the kind of fund requirement that the company has in this fiscal year? Also, are there any plans to tap the markets by way of equity or even the debt?
A: We have funds inside the company because we have no borrowings and we have a cash reserve of more than USD 30 million. Also, we are planning to raise money from our treasury stock which will be in the region of USD 100-200 million, which will be used for the acquisition.
Plus, we have a company in Singapore where we availability of cash which can be used for acquisition to expand in these markets.
Q: When will this treasury sale of shares come in into the markets and will it be by way of private placement?
A: We have certain shares which we are trying to privately place. We feel that it may not be USD 200 million in the present market, we may be able to raise USD 80-100 million initially and these stocks we will be placing privately. We are creating a road show which will going from next week. We are using Elara Capital as our investment banker for this purpose.
Q: Spice Digital was expected to hit the markets last year, if I have not mistaken. Any plans on that?
A: We had said at that time that we were looking for a strategic investor before we hit the market. We have now got a strategic investor, MediaTek Inc. which has invested USD 20 million for a 10% share in the company.
With the established price of USD 200 million for the company, I think we take the company public depending on the market sentiment. That will happen before the end of this year or early next year.
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Well while the company is making money, as shareholders, we are not even given any token of appreciation for our investment :(
However, thank you for your positive sharing as this has given me a ray of hope to hold on and hopefully some BB will be attracted
to Spice I2I to send it flying up to 20cts??? yeappi... that would be wonderful
Will continue to read your updates...
thanks - doldoves
Microsoft Details Windows 8, Targets Mobile Devices |
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Microsoft
unveiled its new Windows 8 platform, featuring a touch-screen interface
with a traditional mouse and keyboard, betting on a platform designed
to run on PCs, tablets and smartphones.
Windows 8 is expected to be integrated with Windows Live, so users can access photos stored on SkyDrive, Facebook and Flickr as if they were stored locally. The integration will also blend instant messaging, contact information and calendars across multiple services via cloud services. Users will also be able to transfer all their settings from one machine, like a PC, to other mobile devices, just by logging into Windows Live. Windows 8 will also feature a new login option, where users make dots or lines on a photo, in addition to the traditional PIN or password method. Also, apps will be able to connect to one another using " contracts." Consumers can get apps from its exclusive Windows Store, which will reportedly stock both mobile apps as well as classic desktop programs. Microsoft has yet to release details concerning a revenue-sharing arrangement with developers. For the security conscious, Windows 8 will have an anti-virus component built into the operating system, and Microsoft's security program, Windows Defender, will defer to user-installed third-party anti-virus software. The arrival of the Windows 8 platform comes at a time when mobile devices are challenging Microsoft's traditional domination in desktop and laptop computers. The company failed to keep up with rivals like Apple and Google, taking only a sliver of the mobile market share. Windows 8 also follows news this spring of Microsoft's strategic partnership to put its Windows Phone OS on Nokia handsets, a move that may help it gain a stronger foothold in the smartphone market, but not a clear advantage. Windows 8's promise to unify both mobile and desktop computing environments may give Microsoft that missing edge. The integrated ecosystem may appeal to a wider audience if Windows 8 can deliver and reach consumers who increasingly use more than one device for entertainment and productivity. The cross-platform development may also make it easier for developers to create apps, which would further solidify the Windows platform. The company recently began talking with developers about making software for Windows 8. The Windows 8 announcements will continue, as will developer talks, helping Microsoft address any flaws in advance of the software's proposed rollout in 2012. Microsoft hasn't announced a specific date beyond that, or given details about how many versions of the operating system there will be. |
HTC Says IPhone Isn't Cool Anymore |
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HTC's president says the iPhone
isn't " cool" anymore, pointing to its adoption by older users as Apple
gears up to release the next-generation successor to the popular
handset.
" The iPhone becomes a little less cool than it was," Fichter said. " They were carrying HTCs. They were carrying Samsungs. They were even carrying some Chinese manufacturer's devices." Fichter also said he thinks the Macbook Air is still considered cool by younger crowds, but the iPhone is not because it attracts older users. His statement is supported by a recent study done by Hunch, which showed Android owners tend to be younger, ranging in age from 18 to 34, and only have a high school diploma. Reports have shown Android users tend to be younger than iPhone users, but analysts attribute the discrepancies to the differences in price. Several Android phones carry lower price tags than Apple's iPhone, which makes those devices more attractive and accessible to younger users with lower income. Apple may be headed for trouble in the future, however, if the difference in user age is about more than just price. Today's younger users will eventually become the core of the smartphone market. Apple will see its customer base shrink along with its market share if this group sticks with Android. But Fichter's statement may be that of a competitor trying to put rival Apple's iPhone in a bad light. The iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS are still the top two selling smartphones in America, and the unveiling of the iPhone 5 in the coming months will likely restart the Apple hype that stalled without its regular June iPhone refresh. Young users may tend to own Android phones, but it's still unclear whether they'll stick by the platform or transition to the iPhone once they move on to higher-paying jobs with more disposable income. | |||||||||||||||||
More Cell Phone Distributors Go Public in Indonesia
PT
Erajaya Swasembada, owner of the Erafone mobile phone retailer, will
conduct an initial public offering (IPO) this year. Erajaya will
release approximately 40 percent of its shares. (IFT/DINUL MUBAROK)
JAKARTA (IFT) – Indonesia’s stock market will have more cellular phone
distributors this year. Following PT Trikomsel Oke Tbk's (TRIO)
entrance into the market in 2009, PT Erajaya Swasembada, owner of the
Erafone mobile phone retailer, will conduct an initial public offering
(IPO) this year. Erajaya will release approximately 40 percent of its
shares.
Eddy Sugito, Director of Corporate Valuation of
the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), said that Erajaya has conducted the
mini exposure to IDX authorities in August. The company has also
applied for the permit to obtain a preliminary contract. It will
register its shares in the IDX in November this year.
Eddy said that Erafone’s IPO uses the June 2011
financial statement. The company appointed PT Buana Capital, Credit
Suisse and JP Morgan as underwriters.
The company was established in 2002 and is one of
the official retail distributors of Nokia, Samsung, iPhone and other
phone brands. According to its plan, the company's underwriters and
management will conduct road shows in several countries, including the
US.
The IFT Research Department sees that Erafone’s
IPO is the right move to obtain fresh funds to improve its performance.
The growth of mobile phone sales in Indonesia is an opportunity for the
company to increase its business revenue.
Indonesia’s cellular phone market continues to
grow based on the performance of publicly-listed vendors and
distributors such as PT Trikomsel Oke Tbk and PT Skybee Tbk (SKYB) in
the first half of the year. In the first semester, Trikomsel posted a
Rp 3.44 trillion (US$ 402.48 million) revenue, a 41 percent YOY
increase from last year’s Rp 2.42 trillion.
Sales of mobile phones was the main revenue
contributor at about 75 percent. Mobile phone sales rose 48.7 percent
to Rp 2.95 trillion. Earnings before interest expense, taxes,
depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew 49.5 percent to Rp 238.71
billion. The company’s net profit also rose 45.4 percent from Rp 83.20
billion to Rp 120.93 billion.
Meanwhile, Skybee recorded a 360 percent revenue
increase to Rp 787.7 billion from Rp 170.9 billion in the first half of
last year. This boosted the company’s profit by 259 percent to Rp 17.6
billion. It also booked a 460 percent YOY increase in net profit to Rp
16.8 billion from Rp 3 billion in the same period last year.
The IFT Research Department said that the growth
of cellular phones in Indonesia is also driven by the declining prices
of smart phones, specifically those using the Android operating system.
Last year, the International Data Corporation (IDC) reported that Indonesia’s cell phone shipments reached 25.5 million units. This is a 45.7 percent growth from the previous year. This year, IDC projects that it will reach 36 million units, growing 41 percent from the year before. (*)