...Clarity Case Study Reliance Case Study Unified OSS How Lean Operations and High Growth Have Worked for Reliance 2 |Reliance Case Study Rajeev Singhal Rajeev Singhal has more than 10 years experience in Operations and IT divisions in the Telecom Industry. He has traveled extensively across the globe and has worked with leading mobile operators in Europe and North America. Rajeev has been instrumental in setting up key systems and business processes for a greenfield operator. He has experience in integration across CRM, Billing, GIS and a host of network elements in voice and next generation data networks. Rajeev heads the design and development of OSS applications portfolio spanning Global, Enterprise, Broadband and 2G Wireless Services at Reliance Communications which is one of the worlds largest and fastest growing telecommunications service provider. Rajeev holds a B. Engg (Hons) in Electronics and Telecommunications from Allahabad University and an MBA from N.M.I.M.S Mumbai. Rajeev Singhal is the Head of OSS for Reliance Communications This paper is based on a case study, presented by Rajeev Singhal, OSS Head, Reliance Communications, at the Frost and Sullivan OSS BSS Asia Pacific Summit, March 2008, Singapore. 3 | Reliance Case Study Introduction “India is still basking in the glow of becoming the world's fastest-growing mobile phone market," said Kalcina. "Last year alone, the number of mobile phone subscribers in India nearly doubled from the previous...
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...perverse stances? One probable reason is the modern technology. Over the last decade, the daily experience of adolescents has been transformed by progression in electronic media, including the computer, the internet and cellphones. The average teen spends over 10 hours a day using some form of technology. Although there are many benefits, there have also been numerous disadvantages such us over reliance, lack of interaction, social isolation and finally, decreased exercise. Furthermore, most children nowadays have moved away from stimulating activities that a normal kid with a happy childhood commonly do. For instance, playing in the playground, getting their selves dirty, playing hide and seek, Chinese jump-rope, London Bridge, yoyo, scrabble, monkey bar and bicycling are oftentimes neglected for these so-called modern gadgets. Many children, even when given the opportunity to get outdoors and play, often prefer the seclusion, playing on the computer or with their videogames. Studies have shown that kids who spend more time using these high-tech gadgets tend to have worse grades than those who are active and involved in extracurricular activities. Less exposure to technology could make a child more successful with the activities in life. When our parents entered their teens, TV and radio were the main forms of electronic media. Back then, phones were just phones – they carried only voice transmission and had to be connected to a wall outlet. For many, indeed, it sounds hopelessly...
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...ways as collaborations of ideas, sharing of concepts, rules, regulations, and business processes. Every organization has data, files, business, and personal records. Organizations have become more reliant on technology. With this reliance comes a sense of dependence on technology for daily business operations, therefore it is very important that organizations protect their information because they can easily be exposed and vulnerable to cyber attacks. The flow of information plays a major role in today’s business operations. Information can simply mean anything that has value to a company. In order for information to stay relevant in an organization it must rely on technology. All of the normal business operations need some sort of IT system to process the information in order for the business to operate efficiently and professionally. Having IT systems can save the organization valuable time in retrieving information. IT systems assist organizations from analyzing information, prevention of large-scale human error and decrease in inaccurate information. IT systems have assisted in the growth of many organizations by simply organizing vital and valuable information. If an organization wants to grow and excel, then it needs to embrace its information and its technology because it will be the key factor to its success. In my experience working for an international law firm I was able to see how well the firm organized its...
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...ways as collaborations of ideas, sharing of concepts, rules, regulations, and business processes. Every organization has data, files, business, and personal records. Organizations have become more reliant on technology. With this reliance comes a sense of dependence on technology for daily business operations, therefore it is very important that organizations protect their information because they can easily be exposed and vulnerable to cyber attacks. The flow of information plays a major role in today’s business operations. Information can simply mean anything that has value to a company. In order for information to stay relevant in an organization it must rely on technology. All of the normal business operations need some sort of IT system to process the information in order for the business to operate efficiently and professionally. Having IT systems can save the organization valuable time in retrieving information. IT systems assist organizations from analyzing information, prevention of large-scale human error and decrease in inaccurate information. IT systems have assisted in the growth of many organizations by simply organizing vital and valuable information. If an organization wants to grow and excel, then it needs to embrace its information and its technology because it will be the key factor to its success. In my experience working for an international law firm I was able to see how well the firm organized its information. The firm used a document...
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...SUBPRIME MORTGAGE CRISIS The beginning of 2000s, commodity, especially “petrol” and agricultural products prices was soared unexpectedly. Economic growth of high population countries such as India and China raised demand of agricultural and merchandise products and thus, this demand caused increasing of these products prices. In 2008, not only food prices but also gold and petrol prices reached the highest level in history. On the other hand, while these prices was increasing, the value of the United States Dollar fell than almost all currency units. It was paralelled that the market of real estate particularly “housing prices” decreased a great value in the US in 2006. Hovewer, housing prices started to increase gradually early 2000s in the US because of mortgage. Due to the this increment, banks provided credits to their low income family in order to purchase a new house, but when housing prices fell into decline suddenly, a new credit market which is called subprime mortgage collapsed. In 2006, home mortgage foreclosures were at record highs. From 2006 to 2007 foreclosures fillings grew 75 percent and leaving more than 1 percent of all households in some stage of foreclosure. Foreclosures in the subprime mortgage market were leading the way. In the end of 2006, about 300,000 foreclosure proceedings were initiated, with subprime mortgages accounting for more than half. Majority of these subprime borrowers were low and moderate...
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...The real India lives in the village. Rural marketing is the new buzzword as the new marketing mantra for the survival and the growth of and the success forcing companies to go rural. These statements tell the importance of rural marketing for the survival and the growth of any marketers and is supported by the facts given below- The total FMCG market is in excess of US$16.4 billion and is set to treble from US$11.6 billion in 2003 to US$33.4 billion in 2015. It is currently growing at 14%. With 12.2% of the world population living in the villages of India, the Indian rural FMCG market is something no one can overlook. MarketingMix : Marketing mix refers to the set of tools used by a company to promote and sell its brands or product in market. “The most important decisions, and indeed the essence of the marketing manager’s task within a company, are decision about the controllable marketing variables: termed the 4Ps: product, price, place and promotion.” On contrary to the traditional 4P’smodel, some of the marketers are adopting the 4A’smodel, which is considered to be more customers oriented. As per figure 2, “The4A’s of rural marketing mix i.e. Affordability, Availability, Acceptability and the Awareness have been now universally accepted both by practiconers and the academicians, as touch stone for the success of any product/ business strategy in the rural market. What 4P’s are to main stream marketing, the 4A’s are for the rural marketing.” Marketing Mix –The...
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...America has a long way to go in order to achieve full energy independence, recent innovations have allowed America to progress significantly towards a more independent energy system. The most imperative of these innovations include a decrease in the amount of oil imported from foreign oil exporters and an increase of domestic shale oil discoveries throughout America. As technology continuously modernizes, the efficiency of American shale oil extractions increase. America is hypothesized to have the ability to supply all its own energy by 2030. If America continues to reduce their petrochemical consumption and reliance on foreign oil, this energy independent milestone will be an approaching, feasible possibility. In this presentation, I will illustrate the constant momentum toward energy independence and how achieving autonomy introduces a surplus of economical possibility that has neglected to exist in previous American history. Rationale The Unites States, along with every other country, would benefit from being as energy independent as possible from foreign oil exporters. Currently, the United States reliance on OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Counties) causes them to be highly susceptible to disturbances in these counties oil industry. Energy independence would result in economical stability and security, while diminishing the uncertainty that lies in the dependence of major oil exporters. There exist an on average increase of petroleum oil prices...
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... (2008-2010) [pic] J K BUSINESS SCHOOL SOHNA ROAD, GURGAON (HARYANA) SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: PROF.KHUSHAL KATARIA HEMANT PAL SINGH FACULTY GUIDE ROLL. NO.-JKBS083193 J K BUSINESS SCHOOL MBA PREFACE All the learning’s in our MBA course is practice oriented. However, hands-on experience in the corporate world during our course is very necessary to be able to test the ability and extent of learning of the student before fully entering the corporate world. The two months training which I underwent at Reliance, Jai Agency, Delhi(West) in was a wonderful learning experience. I was assigned with the project “SWOT analysis of reliance communication with competitor” With the guidance and suggestions provided by Mr. BHUPENDRA SINGH, my Industry Guide, I started first phase of my Project by doing a market analysis, After that I started with the second phase which involved research work pertaining to the customer analysis. In this report I have explained what I undertook based on research and my personal experience. I have also tried to understand business relations with the market developers, business strategies, and ethics and work compliance in an industry as an additional part of my study. HEMANT PAL SINGH JKBS083193 MBA II SEM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is my proud privilege...
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...AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE (Early history – 1930) THE FIVE PHASES OF U.S. ARCHITECTURE: 1) Indigenous Phase (Circa 500 B.C. to A.D. 16th century) 2) Colonial Phase (1607- 1780) 3) Post Colonial Phase (1790-1820) 4) First Eclectic Phase (1820-1860) 5) Second Eclectic Phase (1860-1930) 1. INDIGENOUS PHASE (Circa 500 B.C. to A.D. 16th cent.) 1) It is characterized by the use of materials like bricks, stone, rubble, and sand 2) Its most characteristic feature is the truncated pyramid. 3) Earliest settlement were roofed dugouts, pallisaded huts, wigwams, or garrisoned forts surrounding thatched half-timbered cottages. 2. COLONIAL PHASE (1607- 1780) -begins with the colonization of the North American continent. Settlers from various European countries brought with them the building techniques and prevailing forms of their respective homelands. Colonial architecture was subsequently adapted to the topography and climate of the chosen site, the availability of building materials, the dearth of trained builders and artisans, and the general poverty of the settlers. 1.Spanish Influence 2. English Influence(Georgian/ classical/ Palladian phase) Georgian architecture- the prevailing style of the 18thcent. In Great Britain and the north American colonies, so named after George I, II George and George III. Derived from classical, renaissance, and baroque forms...
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...A Brief Study On “TELECOM SERVICES OF RELIANCE COMMUNICATION’’ PROJECT REPORT Submitted for Partial fulfillment for The Award of the Degree of Master of Business Administration (2007-2009) INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & RESEARCH # 62B, ELECTRONIC CITY, PHASE-1, OPP. POLICE STATION, BANGALORE, PIN-560100 Submitted by: GAURAV GUPTA Enroll. No. – 5310700343 Reg. No. - 531M8075F00198 MBA (FINANCE & RETAIL) Session: - 2007-2009 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Mr. Gaurav Gupta bearing university Regd. No...
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...A Brief Study On SWOT ANALYSIS OF RELIANCE COMMUNICATION WITH COMPETITOR IN BHUJ AND SURROUNDING OFFICE OF [pic] PROJECT REPORT Submitted for Partial fulfillment for SRK INSTITUTE & MANAGEMENT EDUCATION MBA DEPARTMENT AFFILATED WITH GUJRAT TECHNOLOGY UNIVERCITY, AHMEDABAD JAY S. BARMEDA ROLL NO...2016 Session : 2009-2010 HISTORY OF RELIANCE The Milwaukee Land Company purchased land from C.C. and Anna Herron for a town site in 1905 and the town was named Herron, but changed to Reliance when it was decided that the name Herron sounded too much like Huron. To the southwest stood a town site named Dirkstown and all of the buildings from there were moved into Reliance once it was learned the railroad would not be going through Dirkstown. Town sites were set up by the railroad company at about 10-mile intervals. Businesses, of the day, were set up immediately, probably the land office being the first. That and the first bank and the newspaper to advertise the land transactions. The lots sold for $200 for corner lots, $150 for inside business lots, $150 for residential corner lots and $100 for inside residential lots. Peter B. Dirks and a Mr. Montgomery, of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank from Dirkstown, purchased the first corner lot. Dirks' Trust and Title Company also opened a hardware and general store. Lafferty and Schoessler...
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...R I s k M a n a g e M e n T: the current financial crisis, lessons learned and future implications essay on the Financial Crisis by Andrew Winkler The current crisis is catalyzing an array of responses, including searching for causes, reworking regulations, scapederstanding of the cause, the remedies may do more harm goating and a massive capital injection. Without a clear unthan good, innocents may be scapegoated, and valuable progress in financial tools may be lost. Worse, it will happen again. From a simple mathematical model of the underlying make housing prices inversely proportional to the interest rate. If interest rates are cut in half, house prices double. When those rates double, house prices are slashed in half. When interest rates are large, they are not likely to double or halve, but when interest rates are small, a small adjustment can be a big percentage change, and the danger of big swings in housing prices is appreciable, even inevitable. With no down payment, no amortization and closing economics, I first predicted this crisis in July of 2004. An economic dynamic relating very low interest rates to the this outcome foreseeable, indeed inevitable. The current full explanations; see mattersofinterestmatters.blogspot.com. costs folded into the loan, the only issue in affording a structure of the demand curve in the housing market made crisis had a mathematical cause. There isn’t space here for This much is clear to everyone—the crisis results...
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...R i s k M a n a g e m e n t: The Current Financial Crisis, Lessons Learned and Future Implications Essay on the Financial Crisis by Andrew Winkler The current crisis is catalyzing an array of responses, in- make housing prices inversely proportional to the interest goating and a massive capital injection. Without a clear un- When those rates double, house prices are slashed in half. cluding searching for causes, reworking regulations, scapederstanding of the cause, the remedies may do more harm than good, innocents may be scapegoated, and valuable progress in financial tools may be lost. Worse, it will happen again. From a simple mathematical model of the underlying rate. If interest rates are cut in half, house prices double. When interest rates are large, they are not likely to double or halve, but when interest rates are small, a small adjustment can be a big percentage change, and the danger of big swings in housing prices is appreciable, even inevitable. With no down payment, no amortization and closing economics, I first predicted this crisis in July of 2004. An costs folded into the loan, the only issue in affording a structure of the demand curve in the housing market made multiplied by the interest rate. If interest rates are cut in economic dynamic relating very low interest rates to the this outcome foreseeable, indeed inevitable. The current crisis had a mathematical cause. There isn’t space here for full explanations; see mattersofinterestmatters...
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...Adult Learners and the Issues They Face When Making a Decision to Attend College Adult learners returning to college at some point in their lives is not a new concept in today’s society. Practically since the establishment of institutions of higher education, the class of student known as the non-traditional student has existed. There is no exacting definition of what a non-traditional student is, but most can agree that one is generally over the age of 24, have not enrolled in post-secondary education immediately after high school, have dependents other than a spouse or are a single parent, work full time while enrolled, or are financially independent from their parents (Kenner & Weinerman, 2011). Adult learners fall into the category of non-traditional student, and face many issues when it comes time to make the decision to return to college. Reasons for returning to, challenges to overcome while attending and type of school attended vary almost as widely as adult learners do themselves. There are an indeterminable number of reasons for an adult to decide to obtain a higher education, and they vary as much as does the diverse group of non-traditional students. As noted on the website back2college.com, some of the more significant reasons include updating personal skills and furthering career advancement, fulfillment of lifelong dreams or potential, achievement of a better life for themselves and their family, and the changing of careers (WD Communications LLC, 2011)...
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...Alibaba in the Emerging Chinese E-commerce Industry Yuexi Li1 Claremont McKenna College November 15, 2015 Abstract: Alibaba.com is one of the leading e-Commerce companies in China. It has grown admirably from its initial beginning as an e-Market connecting small suppliers and buyers to a giant emarketplace that has several operational platforms. Currently the heavy reliance on Chinese Economy, the counterfeit goods issues, and the competition from other emarketplace remain Alibaba’s greatest challenges. In this paper I evaluate Alibaba’s business model including its mission, vision, and values, revenue model, and its R&D structure. Alibaba’s strategy led to its competitive advantages in realizing network effect of scale and understanding the Chinese market. 1 yli17@cmc.edu 1. Introduction On November 11th, 2015, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (hereinafter, Alibaba) reported a record-breaking $14.3 billion in sales over just 24 hours during the “Singles Day”2, a shopping holiday. In recent years, Singles Day sales in China have out paced Cyber Monday sales in the US: According to the Reuters.com, on November 11th, 2014, Alibaba reported a $9.3 billion sales from 24 hours, which is $7.26 billion more than sum of US retail ecommerce on Cyber Monday 2014. The statistic shows the Chinese online shopping market’s power, as well as Alibaba’s leading position as the Chinese e-commerce giant. Reaching multiple...
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