IndiaMobile 2009: India’s largest Mobile Usage study results to be announced shortly.
Wireless Federation will shortly be announcing the availability of the results of India’s largest primary research project undertaken to study Mobile usage in India. The project is titled IndiaMobile 2009.
The survey is one of the most representative, independent enumeration of mobile phone usage in India. Close to 285,000 urban and rural Indians, covering all states and union territories574 districts, 3,175 towns and over 2,800 villages were interviewed. With at least 30 plus sample each from 323 districts and 419 towns, and 100 plus sample each from 184 districts and 155 towns, the study could actually be the World’s largest mobile (telecom) usage study carried out in a single country. The survey was carried out by a reputed local research agency under the guidance of Wireless Federation.
With the Mobile sector in India seeing close to 20% of its market capitalisation knocked off in the last few days and increased momentum in the price war in India, the results from this survey will help the sector understand its customers better in order to re-gain some of its strength back.
Airtel, Aircel, Tata Indicom, Tata DoCoMo, Etisalat, MTS India, Loop Mobile, Reliance Mobile, Idea Cellular, Vodafone, BSNL, MTNL, Telenor, Virgin can all now compare data from each and every circle and each live operator to understand demographic spread, handset usage and analysis as well as detailed psychographic analysis of the Indian mobile consumer.
The Indian mobile industry will be able to plan better based on the results from this study, which is now planned to occur each year. A large majority of mobile operators have expressed keen interest in the results of the study.
By using the IndiaMobile 2009 results, Mobile Operators will be able to further mould the study to better suit their needs from 2010 onwards.
This study will be the de-facto benchmark for Mobile Usage in India, given the thorough nature of the research, the sheer size of the sample and the level of interest from the Mobile Eco-System in utilising the results from this study.
For More information, please write to Audrey [at] WirelessFederation.com for your free copy of the headline results.
Orange gets new finance director Oct. 10
ORANGE – After a vacancy of nearly two months, the town has hired a new director of finance.
First Selectman James Zeoli announced recently that Pamela Mangini, of Hamden, has been appointed director of finance and administration.
Mangini was hired to replace former finance director Olive Harbor, who was dismissed after almost two years on the job in August; town officials said Harbor “wasn’t the greatest fit” for the job.
Zeoli said that Mangini was selected from a pool of applicants after the town advertised for the position in local papers and on the Internet. Mangini’s 20 years of experience in financial and organizational management, said Zeoli, and her local connection – she’s from Woodbridge, and was educated in the Amity school system – earned her the job.
“(Mangini) currently works with a budget almost of comparative size to the town of Orange,” said Zeoli. “Those are the qualifications we looked at, and her years of municipal background work.”
“It was a lengthy process, and we had a pool of very well-qualified applicants,” he said.
Mangini will begin as director of finance on Oct. 10, and will work with the first selectman and the board of finance in creating the town budget, overseeing accounts, and logging expenditures. According to treasurer, and a former finance director, Al Chiarenzelli, Mangini will be making $75,000.
Mangini has a bachelor’s degree from Quinnipiac University, and is pursuing her master’s degree there, which she is expected to receive in May 2007.
As far as governmental management experience, Mangini has served as executive assistant to the mayor of Hamden, and as an administrative assistant to the chief of Hamden police.
Mangini has formerly served as the chairwoman of the Wallingford Board of Education, as a board member at Area Cooperative Education Services, and as a member of the Wintergreen Inter-district Magnet School Steering Committee.
In Orange, Mangini will work alongside Chiarenzelli, town accountants, Cheryl Serfilippi and Leda Keeney, and Assistant to the Finance Director, Audrey Greer.
Mangini could not be reached for comment, but, according to Zeoli, she lives in Hamden with her husband and daughter, Melissa.
“I’m looking forward to a good working relationship, and making her a part of a strong financial team for the best for Orange,” said Zeoli.
Source- http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17288530&BRD=1661&PAG=461&dept_id=9539&rfi=6
