Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Billionaire Changed That

Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by carlsborg on Friday September 07, 2018 @05:45AM (#17932993)

From Steve Blank's recent blog post: [today’s theory is that] “massive capital infusion owns the entire market." This is yet another example.

Question is: What strategies can competitors adopt when faced with a market participant like this?

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Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by sgr on Friday September 07, 2018 @05:49AM (#17933009)

The Indian telecom industry had another major shock back in 2009, when a new firm - DoCoMo - introduced a 'Per-second' billing.

Today, Tata DoCoMo barely exists. Some competitors introduced a similar version of billing, others just waited them out.

https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/cover-story/biggest-in...

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Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by IntelMiner on Friday September 07, 2018 @05:54AM (#17933028)

Is DoCoMo still big in Japan? They've got an interesting history with various projects there. They were originally the ones who hosted the "mobile" side for Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal in Japan.

Connecting a Gameboy Color to a cellular phone and having it make HTTP-type requests to Nintendo servers for data, way back in 1999 or so

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Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by tokyoHacker on Friday September 07, 2018 @07:26AM (#17933419)

NTT - DoCoMo is one of the major providers here in Japan. The others being AU and Softbank. Having said that there are lots of new entrants who offer cheaper rates than the incumbents. They ride on the signal of the major players. I guess its kind of win-win for all. But the rates I pay is close to $10/GB. Unlimited rate for those who are ready to pay $50 or more per month ( not sure about the current rates. Could be a bit outdated)

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