The dual-technology operator plans to divert its mobile customers and those who use mobile internet to the GSM side of its business, and devote the CDMA business exclusively to dongles.
The move will leave substantial spectrum free for heavy surfing (as is seen in the case of dongles) and help the business grow, the operator says.
“The CDMA business is not a laggard and we aren’t phasing it out. Its technology is well suited for high-speed internet. So, in time, we plan for make CDMA exclusive for dongles, a market in which we are already the market leader,” Gurdeep Singh, president (wireless business), RCom, told Business Standard.
The operator claims to have half the market share in the dongles business.
It has said it is also looking at half the share in incremental dongle sales in the Indian telecom market.
The dongles business has companies such as Tata DOCOMO and MTS, which also hold CDMA spectrum.
RCom expects the dongles business to see healthy growth.
“We expect our sales in the dongles business to be in sync with the growth in the Indian market of PCs (personal computers), laptops and smart TVs, as also the off-take in Wi-Fi dongles, currently about 35 per cent,” RCom said.
As the number of smart gadgets in the consumer durables space grows, it will need high-speed data connections that could be shared across multiple users.
Industry analysts believe this trend will spur the growth in Wi-Fi
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