Comments on: Nokia Launches Low-cost Phones In India

By: Tana Edwards

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By: Hammad

Hammad — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:46:05 +0000

I think Pakistan’s policy is not very clear as regards the mobile fone sets. Government should draft a policy that should encourage the manufacturing of cell fones in Pakistan instead of importing cell fones. That might be really very very helpful in saving the forex, enhancing the rate of employment and ultimately strengthening the economy of the country. This may not be implemented at once but step by step like in the first phase, prohibiting the importation of assembled sets, in the second phase, encouraging to manufacture certain parts of the sets in Pakistan and then finally pull back the free hand given for the imports of cell fones by imposing duties and taxes in such scenario. I hope that the authorities would already be working on this and if not, then will consider the drafting of such policy seriously.

By: Weird Stats « Tee Emm on Pakistan Next Gen Issues

Weird Stats « Tee Emm on Pakistan Next Gen Issues — Sat, 26 May 2007 11:00:35 +0000

[...] the average joe Teefa on the street buying a new cellular phone worth $60 ~ $100, no local production of cellular terminals, PTA complaining about insufficient record keeping of SIM issuance and millions of users being [...]

By: Tee Emm on Pakistan Next Gen Issues

Tee Emm on Pakistan Next Gen Issues — Mon, 07 May 2007 06:07:25 +0000

[...] nation is expected to have 100 million mobile subscribers. The size of the market is already attracting interest of manufacturers worldwide. Ufone is offering a C123 with Rs 75 balance and the ‘Public Demand’ package for Rs [...]

By: Tee Emm

Tee Emm — Mon, 07 May 2007 05:05:33 +0000

Okay. I read it again on the road this morning. The set is C123 (http://www.motorola.com/rtte/PCS/MEdocs/RDoC_CC3-41C21_171204.pdf)

These types of phones are a fit for villages and rural areas (strategy=voice only) because their simplicity is actually a needed feature not a lack of the same.

BTW, the ufone strategy is attracting negative comments, not just from the right wing but from the average person on the street. Families are taking the obviously suggestive campaign very negatively so girls and moms are already turned off. If you talk about the kids, they’re confused probably because they are yet to see the pakistani leisure workers ufone is trying to mimic here. Finally, if they are targeting the upper class youth, probably they’ll have to introduce a different set of models.

What these companies fail to understand is that while sex sells, nothing turns off your customers than talking to them in an extra-cultural lingo.

The only exception to the above generalization could be the

By: Babar Bhatti

Babar Bhatti — Sun, 06 May 2007 14:48:23 +0000

Seems like Motorola and Nokia are competing for low-cost phone market and its helping consumers. A couple of questions for you:
1) Are these phones a good fit for users in villages and rural areas?
2) Is motofone successful in Pakistan?

Ufone is on the right track with 'public demand' - both with the package and the girls.

By: Tee Emm

Tee Emm — Sun, 06 May 2007 13:34:07 +0000

Pakistan has already been invaded with low cost GSM phone sets. Motorolla is selling (probably) the cheapest (although some of them look like (so to say) a dentist’s instrument.

And just yesterday, Ufone has launched a campaign in Karachi. The offer bundles a motorolla Csomething phone, Rs 75 balance and the ‘Public Demand’ pacakage for just Rs 1499, girls not included. (http://www.ufone.com/prepay_public.aspx)