Trend Spotting... Why iStalls and iBranches will become necessities in near future |
Parameter |
Trend (as we see it) |
Inference |
Related News Articles |
Cities' Infrastructure: local commuting issues  |
Time & energy wasted and pollution faced in commuting is increasing. So are traffic jams and parking problems. :-( | Pollution, traffic jams and parking problems may be removed (very) slowly, but intra-city distances are only going to increase. | - (08/12/07) Watchdog may soon put brakes on vehicles. |
| Cities' Infrastructure: availability/affordability of commercial spaces |
Decreasing very fast. :-( | Ideal commercial spaces having business friendly attributes like visibility, accessibility etc. will soon become myths for SMBs. | - (22/11/07) Office rent in Mumbai, Delhi among world's highest. - (15/11/07) Hyderabad, Chennai & Bangalore witness high rental growth. |
| Fuel Prices |
Rising gradually but steadily. :-( | Higher fuel prices in near future (around Rs.60 a litre for petrol), will force urban Indians to take alternatives seriously. | - (12/06/08) Another fuel price hike likely, says Moody's |
Affordability of PC and Broadband  |
Getting better every quarter. :-) | At Rs.10,000 for a PC and Rs.250 per month for a broadband connection, convincing middle class Indians to own these things won't be hard. | - (04/12/07) Lenovo plans to launch its $200 PC in India soon. |
| Quality of Broadband Connections |
Getting better every quarter. :-) | Dedicated bandwidth of 2Mbps shall be common within 2-3 years. Interacting LIVE through Internet would really become efficient then. | |
| With local commuting becoming difficult, expensive & unhealthy, and physical space for business moving out-of-reach for SMBs, both the business owners and city-dwellers would readily adopt concepts like iStall and iBranch. Our prediction is strongly backed by the fact that affordability and quality of PC and Broadband is improving very fast. We envision two things in not-too-distant future: | ||
| 1. Tax benefits by government for businesses who provide their services over Internet. | ||
| 2. Businesses running successfully through Citywala.com & iBranch.in without showrooms or offices in commercial areas. | ||
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