Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Smartphones are here to stay

The promising future is what manufacturers are jubilant about. Apart from being an answer to the prayers of an increasing number of globe trotting managers, device manufacturers are looking to capture the vast middle-level market through price reduction. Moreover, upcoming iPhone seems to be creating hushed expectations to trigger a mass reform in the smart phone market.

The booming market seems to be good news for players like RIM, Nokia, iMate, High Tech Computer (HTC) that battle each other head on for a lead position. Meanwhile another battle that rages is that of the Operating Systems with major players being Linux & Windows.
Manufacturers are also very optimistic about Indian markets. This optimism has been caught on by Bharti Airtel which after a tie-up with Blackberry has now bagged an alliance with smart phone manufacturer High Tech Computer. IDC claims that the Indian scene sees Nokia leading the way in the battle with Blackberry following close behind with a market market share of 11.4%. Whether the leaders would maintain their position remains to be seen as the players like iMate & HTC aren’t about to sit back and accept defeat. The battle has just begun!
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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

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Monday, October 22, 2007

“It’s like going to a specialized shop or going to a large mall”

Currently, the main competitors for SREI are behemoths like ICICI, GE & Citibank. Argues Kanoria, “But the entire business model that we have (the integrated model), there is no other competitor, which is offering this entire thing in a similar fashion that we are.” While ICICI Bank, GE Capital or Citibank can provide only financing of equipments; for other services like leasing or rental, deposit of equipments, they have to come to SREI. SREI even helps them to sell equipments in the domestic, as well as the international market, via auctions. Kanoria sums it up, “It’s like going to a specialized shop or going to a large mall.”
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Monday, October 15, 2007

Ro ‘MANIA’

These days, the unconventional wisdom profess that Romania will emerge as the world’s manufacturing hotspot, competing with the likes of Chindia, Brazil and other poster economies .

Thanks to urge of joining the EU, the government has implemented & adopted economic reform that has led to multivariate growth of economy. New modernized production facilities, huge investment activities, large public projects & sound inflow of FDI are demolishing almost all hurdles from the growth racetracks.
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Thursday, October 11, 2007

‘In’tel’s India plans are out!

Killing off rumours about a new venture, Intel recently Intel’s India plans are out!announced that it has absolutely no plans to set up an assembly facility in the country. An Intel spokesperson has however said that this decision is not only for India but relevant in a global context. It was speculated that Intel would set up a fabrication unit or an assembly test facility in India in lieu of the government’s announcing the semi conductor policy early this year. Figures state that India needn’t be disappointed as Intel would in any case would have pumped in more than $1 billion in India by the end of 2007 (largest R&D site outside the US).
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Friday, October 05, 2007

The death of river Noyyal

Meanwhile, the effluents haven’t spared Tirupur city either. Since the ground and surfacewater are polluted, drinking water has become undrinkable. And it’s not only pollution, the groundwater level has plummeted to 800 feet below. One bitter example is that even the colour of the water that one gets from tender coconuts in these areas have changed. Outraged by the increasing impact of the pollution, the villagers surrounding Tirupur decided not to allow the units to take waterfrom their wells. The industrial units have to buy water from outside faraway places at a higher price. Some have gone to the extent of buying farmlands with wells to draw water and there sure are protests against it.

The fight against the pollution is going on. The court has ordered closure of textile and dyeing units until they set up treatment plant with reverse osmosis process. Now those units are setting up treatment units. As per government’s order, they have to complete it before July 2007. M.Balamurugan, Founder of an NGO named Kurinji Foundation states to B&E, “The dyeing units will construct the treatment plants and there’s no doubt about it. But will they run them considering that the running costs are so high? They will keep them as a show piece. What is required is continuous monitoring. We documented these cases in our short film Noyyal- Tho laintha thadangkal’ (Noyyal- the lost way). In the downstream region of Noyyal, many have skin diseases & other miseries.”

He adds another point, “Instead of accusing the dyeing units, in reality we have to point our fingers at the exporters. They don’t raise their payment to the dyeing units according to the rise in the cost of dyeing as treatment plants are involved. They feel their margin will decrease.’’ Well, profits are good; but at what costs?! Sure, dying never got more sinful!
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he death of river Noyyal

Meanwhile, the effluents haven’t spared Tirupur city either. Since the ground and surfacewater are polluted, drinking water has become undrinkable. And it’s not only pollution, the groundwater level has plummeted to 800 feet below. One bitter example is that even the colour of the water that one gets from tender coconuts in these areas have changed. Outraged by the increasing impact of the pollution, the villagers surrounding Tirupur decided not to allow the units to take waterfrom their wells. The industrial units have to buy water from outside faraway places at a higher price. Some have gone to the extent of buying farmlands with wells to draw water and there sure are protests against it.

The fight against the pollution is going on. The court has ordered closure of textile and dyeing units until they set up treatment plant with reverse osmosis process. Now those units are setting up treatment units. As per government’s order, they have to complete it before July 2007. M.Balamurugan, Founder of an NGO named Kurinji Foundation states to B&E, “The dyeing units will construct the treatment plants and there’s no doubt about it. But will they run them considering that the running costs are so high? They will keep them as a show piece. What is required is continuous monitoring. We documented these cases in our short film Noyyal- Tho laintha thadangkal’ (Noyyal- the lost way). In the downstream region of Noyyal, many have skin diseases & other miseries.”

He adds another point, “Instead of accusing the dyeing units, in reality we have to point our fingers at the exporters. They don’t raise their payment to the dyeing units according to the rise in the cost of dyeing as treatment plants are involved. They feel their margin will decrease.’’ Well, profits are good; but at what costs?! Sure, dying never got more sinful!
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