Anonymous to protest internet censoring in 16 Indian cities, threaten to bring down government websites

With a gimmick and a threat to overwhelm government web sites, internet activist groupAnonymous is promising to make Saturday a day of protest against stateimposed restrictions on cyber space.

Alongside online activism, Anonymous will come out from behind the safety of their computer screens and 'occupy' - still anonymous and behind Guy Fawkes masks - known landmarks across 16 Indian cities. To warn against censoring the internet, the group has threatened to bring down government websites on the same day.

How big the turnout will be is still unclear, but theFacebook page where mobilisation has been taking place has 7,000 members. Guy Fawkes is famous in English history for the 1605 Gunpowder Plot that sought to blow up Westminster Palace in an act of defiance and revolution. The mask was made famous by the popular 2006 movie, V for Vendetta, and has since then been used in protests worldwide, including in Occupy Wall Street.

"We choose the government so that we have our rights and freedom but this lame government is stealing our freedom of speech and expression," an Anon, or a member of the AnonyHow big the turnout will be is still unclear, but the Facebook page where mobilisation has been taking place has 6,000 members.

Guy Fawkes is famous in English history for the 1605 Gunpowder Plot that sought to blow up Westminster Palace in an act of defiance and revolution. The mask was made famous by the popular 2006 movie, V for Vendetta, and has since then been used in protests worldwide, including in Occupy Wall Street.

"We choose the government so that we have our rights and freedom but this lame government is stealing our freedom of speech and expression," an Anon, or a member of the Anonymous, told ETover an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel, an online forum that the group uses for organising and mobilising. Government censorship is a "serious declaration of war from yourself, the Indian government, to us, Anonymous, the people", Anonymous said in an open letter on Thursday.

The peaceful protest, venues for which have been decided, will start with a pre-recorded message that lays out the contours of the movement, followed by rhythmic chanting of the group's slogan, "We are anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us!"

No Confrontation With Police

Specific instructions warn protesters to avoid confrontation with police and to not litter streets with banners, after the event is over.
Anonymous shot to fame globally a year ago when they brought down the websites of Visa, MasterCard and PayPal for their refusal to allow users to donate to WikiLeaks, an online initiative that seeks to make public, classified information protected by governments and corporations.

The group surfaced in India a few weeks ago, when the government asked internet service providers to block file-sharing sites. Anonymous responded by taking down the websites of Supreme Court and the Congress party, and others including that of India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).

Typically, this is done through a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack - where a group of users flood the target website with multiple requests simultaneously. Such attacks make the sites temporarily unavailable but do not damage any data. Anonymous considers attacks to be similar to traditional form of non-violent protests, much like a dharna or sit-in and does not think it violates any laws.

"We are not causing harm to humans. We are instead helping people by taking down intellectual property of the government," an Anonymous activist countered. Even if one of them gets caught it is not a danger to the group because members do not even know each others identity, he added. "I think they will ignore us," a member of the group said. If that happens, then they plan to escalate the attacks to actually damaging the websites. "Erasing their (government's) websites and nuking - a technical term of damaging the website completely - will be the only option." Sunil Abraham, director at the Center for Internet and Society, said that that could potentially get Anonymous into trouble with the law.

However, another senior executive closely associated with the government cyber security apparatus told ET on condition of anonymity that vigilantes like Anonymous help in putting checks and balances and to bring things to public's attention.

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Apple may block Samsung Galaxy SIII sales in US

 An Apple lawyer said the iPhoneand iPad maker may seek a legal order stopping the launch of Samsung Electronics's Galaxy S III phone in the United States later this month. 

At a hearing on Thursday in a San Jose,California federal court, Apple attorney Josh Krevitt said the company could file for a temporary restraining order against Samsung as early as Friday. 

"Once sales are made, the harm is irreparable," Krevitt said. 

However, US District Judge Lucy Koh said she has many other cases. If Apple decides to seek a restraining order, it would likely delay a July trial date over different Samsung phones, as well as the Galaxy Tab 10.1. 

"I cannot be an Apple v. Samsung judge," Koh said. 

 

Apple sued Samsung for patent infringement last year, accusing the South Korean electronics maker of "slavishly" copying the iPhone and iPad. Samsung denies the claims and countersued. 

Apple's comments on Thursday came a day after Samsung Electronics, the world's largestsmartphone vendor, expanded its CEO's role to include oversight of corporate strategy across the entire Samsung Group - a conglomerate of more than 80 companies. 

Choi Gee-sung, 61, spearheaded Samsung's ascension to smartphone and TV leadership and his elevation signals that the storied South Korean conglomerate is grooming its next leader. 

Apple filed papers this week seeking to ban Samsung's new Galaxy S III, along with the Galaxy Nexus. Samsung has already booked over 9 million preorders of the Galaxy S III, which is set to be sold by carriers in the United States on June 21, Apple said in its court filing. 

Samsung, however, argued that Apple should not be allowed to seek such a fast injunction against the Galaxy S III. 

Samsung attorney William Price also said the technology covered by Apple's patents - such as auto-correcting typed text - are not responsible for sales of Galaxy phones. 

"There is no advertising or marketing on these features at all" by Apple, Price said. 

Samsung's Galaxy products run on the Android operating system, developed by Google. In addition to Samsung's legal team, several Google attorneys attended the hearing before Koh on Thursday. 

Apple has also accused Google's Motorola Mobility unit of infringing its iPhone patents. However, a Chicago-based federal judge on Thursday tentatively scrapped a trial between those two that had been scheduled to begin next week. 

"Neither party can establish a right to relief," Judge Richard Posner wrote. 

In California, Koh did not rule from the bench on Thursday on Apple's request for an injunction on the Nexus. 

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The executive council of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) today extended Som Mittal’s term as president of the industry body till early 2014. Earlier, his term was scheduled to end in 2013. The executive council, which met today in Chennai, stated, “Som Mittal is doing an outstanding job in leading Nasscom as president. The executive council of Nasscom has unanimously agreed to extend his term till early 2014, to which Som has kindly agreed.” Som Mittal had taken charge as Nasscom president in January 2008, when the industry was faced with an extremely difficult period of growth. “The president’s position is tenure-based. He was appointed for the president’s position in 2008 for five years,” said Sangeeta Singh, vice-president, Nasscom. Though Nasscom does not have a human resources policy that mandates its president to step down at a certain age, former Nasscom president Kiran Karnik, at 60, had cited age as a reason for stepping down. Nasscom is the representative body of India’s $100-billion information technology industry.

Surface takes on iPad

In its most strategically significant push yet into the hardware business, Microsoft on Monday unveiled a tablet computer called Surface that is intended to challenge Apple’s iPad. At a press event here, the company showed off a tablet that is about the same weight and thickness as an iPad, with a 11.6-inch screen. The device has a built-in “kickstand” that allows it to be propped up for watching movies, and a thin detachable cover that will serve double duty as a keyboard. The Surface tablet runs a variation of Windows 8, a version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system that is due out in the fall. Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, said the product was part of a longstanding tradition at Microsoft to create hardware, like computer mice, that show off innovations in its software. “We want to give Windows 8 its own companion hardware innovations,” Mr. Ballmer said. Microsoft executives, however, were largely mum on how Surface would affect the company’s relationships with PC makers, the hardware companies that are the vehicles for sales of Windows software. With its new tablet, Microsoft will effectively be competing directly with its biggest customers. When asked whether Surface would damage those ties, Steven Sinofsky, the president of Microsoft’s Windows division, gently pushed a reporter in the direction of a stand of Surface tablets and said, “Go learn something.”

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Indian Company Infosys, TCS, Wipro created 2 million jobs

The resilient Indian Information and Technology industryhas shared the grave concerns expressed by Infosys' chairman emeritus N R Narayana Murthy and Wipro chairman Azim Premji on policy paralysis in the UPA government holding up reforms and growth. 

"Our concerns are no different from what Murthy and Premji have expressed. Key policy issues and executive decisions pertaining to our industry have been pending for long. They require urgent attention of the government if we have to remain competitive in a challenging environment," Som Mittal, president of the National Association of Software and Services Companies ( Nasscom), told IANS. 

Along with Information and Technology bellwethers Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro, the $200-billion Indian software and services industry contributed significantly to the Indian economic growth story, creating over two million direct jobs and accounting for 50 per cent of the country's merchandise exports, generating $70 billion in fiscal 2011-12. 

Alarmed over the failure of the federal government on many fronts and its prevarication over taking tough or quick decisions to revive growth, Murthy was quoted recently as saying that he was saddened by the state of the Indian economy and the crisis of confidence gripping the country due to lack of "big ticket" reforms since 2004. 

"There was a huge expectation on the introduction of many reforms by the (UPA) government. There was a lot of confidence that India would do whatever was necessary because the person (Mr. Manmohan Singh) who was the face of economic reforms in 1991 is our current prime minister," Murthy told global financial services firm Morgan Stanley recently. 

Echoing Murthy, Premji lamented how policy paralysis was hurting investor sentiment. "We are working without a leader as a country," Premji was quoted as saying at his company's meeting with analysts in Mumbai. 

Murthy, who co-founded the $7-billion global software major in the 1980s, observed that the government decision to apply tax laws retrospectively had sent a wrong signal to overseas firms on investing or doing business in India. 

"The government would have to take steps to do something very positive. yes this is right. India Information and Technology sector have very lessee development. It should indicate that it means business, and foreign investors are welcome. This has to happen in FDI (foreign direct investment) because portfolio investments are fickle," Morgan Stanley quoted Murthy saying in its research report. 

Endorsing the views of Murthy and Premji, Mittal said that policy paralysis and lack of reforms were hurting even the IT industry as the government had, for instance, not yet resolved the transfer price issue or introduced the safe harbour provision for past and current claims. 

"Given the widening current account deficit, we also need the government to take pro-active measures to boost exports and give incentives to promote entrepreneurship in innovative product firms. Providing basic and social infrastructure, especially in tier-two and tier-three towns is another area where the government initiative is wanting," Mittal asserted. 

As a former chief executive of HP India Ltd. and an IT services expert with Wipro earlier, Mittal expressed concern over the lack of government support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) after tax holidays were withdrawn to the industry since 2011. 

"Though Special Economic Zones (SEZs) were announced with much fanfare in place of the Software Technology Parks of India ( STPI) for the industry, Minimum Alternative Tax ( MAT) on SEZ income discourages firms from opting for the scheme," Mittal said. 

Sharing the industry's concerns, former Infosys director and Manipal Global Education Services chairman T V Mohandas Pai regretted that the UPA government had been simply watching the deterioration of economic activity during the past six months. 

"The inability of the political leadership to assume control, take responsibility for economic matters and push the development agenda forward have created an atmosphere where decision-making has almost stopped. Though the government promised to act, we are yet to see any action on the ground," Pai told IANS here. 

Noting that the budget for this fiscal (2012-13) had increased taxes by a whopping Rs.45,000 crore when industrial production was declining and under-provided for subsidies to reduce the fiscal deficit, Pai said the government had also brought in retrospective amendment in income tax laws on 28 items. 

"What's more, the government had amended the IT (Income Tax) Act from 1961 to nullify the Supreme Court decision in the Vodafone case. The retrograde measure raised the question whether the government could be trusted in policy matters when it was prone to changing the rules with retrospective effort," Pai recalled.

Nokia cuts 10,000 jobs as losses deepen

Nokia plans to cut 10,000 more jobs, bringing the total to one in three staff, as it loses market share to cellphone rivals Apple, Sony Ericson and Samsung and burns through cash, raising new fears over its future.

In a second profit warning in ten weeks, Nokia said on Thursday that its phone business would post a deeper-than-expected loss in the second quarter due to tougher competition, which it expected to continue.

Once the world's dominant cell phone provider, Nokia was wrongfooted by the rise of smartphones and is struggling to keep up with Apple, Samsung and Google. It is also losing market share in cheaper, more basic phones.

Chief Executive Stephen Elop is placing hopes of a turnaround on a new range of smartphones called Lumia, which use largely untried Microsoft Corp. But Lumia sales have so far been slow, exasperating investors who have seen its stock crash more than 70 percent since it announced the software switch in February 2011.

"The job cuts and profit warning underline the seriousness of the challenges Nokia is facing, particularly in light of the eye-watering competition from Apple and Samsung," said Ben Wood, head of research at CCS Insight.

Nokia, whose cash position is increasingly scrutinized by investors, also said restructuring-related cash outflows would be around 750 million euros in the remaining three quarters of 2012 and around 600 million in 2013.

With the cost of Nokia's debt rising, the most bearish of analysts in a Reuters poll last month said the company could even be at risk of default if it fails to slow its cash burn.

Over the past five quarters, the onetime darling of mobile telcoms has eroded its cash pile by 2.1 billion euros - a rate that would wipe out its entire 5.9 billion reserves in a couple of years.

Analysts at JP Morgan said on Thursday they expect operating losses, combined with restructuring outflows, to leave Nokia with 1.63 billion euros cash at the end of next year.

"This is not a comfort zone for a company as large as Nokia," the analysts said.

Nokia's five-year credit default swaps (CDS) were at a new all-time high of 933 basis points on Thursday according to Markit. This means it costs $953,000 annually to buy $10 million of protection against a Nokia default using a five-year CDS contract and implies a default probability of 55 percent.

Bernstein analyst Pierre Ferragu said he expects the company to have minimal net cash position at the end of its restructuring.

"We therefore see continued potential downside to the recent stock price and maintain our underperform rating," Ferragu said.

Shares in Nokia were down 18 percent to 1.87 euros, below the psychologically important 2 euros mark, not seen since 1996.

Analysts have said that even with the dramatic fall in the share price, the worsening outlook made it hard to judge how much lower the shares could go.

"I won't comment on the stock price anymore, since it's been seen over and over, that there is no definitive bottom," said Evli analyst Mikko Ervasti.

"People are worried over Lumia sales. I think expectations for the third quarter will be cut," said Nordea analyst Sami Sarkamies.

 The 10,000 job cuts, which include the closure of Nokia's only plant in its homeland Finland, bring total planned cuts at the group since Elop took over as chief executive in 2010 to more than 40,000 staff, or every third worker.

Of the latest job cuts, 3,700 will take place in Finland, where the firm will also close its plant in Salo - the last major cellphone manufacturing site in western Europe, the cradle of the global industry.

"This is a major blow. This is due to the operational mistakes made already during the previous CEOs. Maybe the signs of success are running low for Elop too," said Antti Rinne, chairman of labour union Pro.

Nokia said it expects its operating margin in the second quarter to be below the negative 3 percent level reported in the first quarter due to pressure on its smartphone business. It previously forecast it would be similar to or below that level.

On average analysts forecast the second-quarter phone unit margin to be at -4.6 percent, narrowing to -2.2 percent in the third quarter.

Nokia also said it would sell luxury phone business Vertu to venture firm EQT and revamp its management team.

suffering to survive, E-commerce reinvents itself

The experience of 99labels, a fashion E-retailing site controlled by Info Edge—the same company that owns India’s largest job search site, Naukri.com—is key to understanding big changes sweeping the e-commerce sector. Naukari dot com help for good job. According to 99labels founder and Chef Executive Officer, Ishita Swarup, marketing budgets at the company have been cut to one-fourth of what they used to be around December 2011. “We have gone completely off mass media for marketing, and focused only on social media, primarily Facebook,” said Swarup. Till December, 99labels was marketing heavily on Radio, TV, as well. Last year, a multitude of e-commerce companies were burning money, advertising heavily and throwing cash at anything that could help them scale faster. Then, the slowdown caught up with them and the fountain of investments slowed down to a trickle, leaving them gasping for survival. In the first 9 months of 2011, $829 million was pumped into the sector, but in November, according to data of research consultancy firm VCC Edge, private equity players invested only $57 million in 12 deals. In December, that number was $17 million, climbing feebly to $25 million in January.

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Even online advertising can send money down a black hole, says Murthy. The industry average cost of a click is estimated anywhere between Rs 12-Rs 15. This means, to generate 100 clicks, a company spends Rs 1,500. Again, on average, for every 100 clicks, only one person buys a product. This means to make money off the one consumer, there have to be at least 8-10 repeat buys, he says. Prashanth Prakash, of Accel Partners, which has invested about $30 million in just the ecommerce space in India till now, says the cuts were inevitable. “It has now become imperative that companies look at metrics they have till now ignored so they at least start chalking out a road to profitability,” he says. This could mean several different things. 99Labels, for example, has decided to blacklist anyone who turns away an order for no ‘justified’ reason. “The merchandise returns pile up inventory levels, which then have to be given greater discounts, thus creating problems,” says Swarup. Others have morphed their business models in order to survive. Snapdeal, which boasts of 16 million registered users and 30,000 transactions a day, is no longer a ‘deal site’. “We started products on a small scale and then they took on a life of their own. We are now looking to become the biggest e-commerce site in the country,” says Kunal Bahl, CEO, Snapdeal.

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Apple Inc wants every screen in your home to be an Apple screen. The company will be taking a giant leap toward accomplishing its goal at this year's WWDC. In just a decade, Apple Inc has become a dominant force in computers, tablets, and mobile. It has yet to make major inroads into the biggest screen of them all: the television. Oh this is great news.
Sure, there's Apple TV, but it has been a "hobby" for the company. Last year, 2.8 million units of the device were sold, and 2.7 million units have been sold so far this year. Though that's impressive, it's a far cry from the company's iPhone, iPad, Mac, and iPod sales.
"It's not a fifth leg of the stool," CEO Tim Cook said recently at the D Conference. "It's not the same size as the phone or Mac or tablet business."

That's all about to change, though. The Apple TV App Store is on its way, opening up the floodgates for developers to create killer apps for people's living rooms. The new TV app store will be part of iOS 6, I'm told, which already powers the operating systems of the iPhone, the iPad, and the iPod Touch.

The Cellular Machine to Machine software platform market to reach USDollar 3.85 Billion by 2017, displacing self-built solutions

The Cellular Machine to Machine market will Gain from about 110 million cumulative connections globally in 2011 to roughly 453 million cumulative connections by 2017, according to ABI Research Technology. Nevertheless, a key challenge for the industry remains the complexity of developing, deploying, and managing Machine to Machine applications over the cellular network. "This is a challenge both for mobile network operators that are trying to offer profitable services tailored to the Machine to Machine market, as well as for application developers and service providers that are trying to reduce costs, speed time to market, and simplify robust application deployments," says practice director Sam Lucero. Two key Machine to Machine software platform markets have emerged to address these challenges: connected device platforms (CDPs) and application enablement platforms (AEPs). CDPs enable the cost-effective deployment and management of Machine to Machine connections over cellular networks. AEPs enable quicker and less expensive application development as well as granular remote device management.

Several large MNOs have self-built their own CDPs, including AT&T, Vodafone, and Telefonica, among others. However, merchant market CDPs, such as those offered by Jasper Wireless, Ericsson, NEC, NSN, and others will increasingly become the primary option for MNOs newly entering the market, as well as a second and complementary option for MNOs that already have self-built CDPs deployed. "Core CDP functionality is going to become an increasingly commoditized aspect of the network, better left to third parties that can amortize development costs across multiple MNO customers," says Lucero. The more nascent, and smaller, AEP market will grow quickly as application developers seek to offload core functionality, such as data normalization, data modeling, and providing a rules engine, onto third-party platforms, rather than developing the application on a completely customized basis. Leading "pure-play" AEP vendors include Axeda and ILS Technology. According to Lucero, "The AEP market is set to grow from about $168.9 million in 2011 to nearly $1.72 billion in 2017." ABI Research's report, "M2M Software Platforms," covers both CDPs and AEPs. A technology overview is provided, including analysis of emerging standards and open-source tools, key market issues are addressed, the competitive landscape and value chain are analyzed, and detailed five-year forecasts are offered for both CDP and AEP revenue on a global basis.

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Touchscreen with Phone & IPad 'appearing and disappearing' buttons

USA-based start-up Tactus Technology showed off its prototype touchscreen that features buttons that can rise out of the flat surface of the screen. And disappear completely when not needed.  At SID 2012, the company demonstrated a prototype Android tablet featuring its touchscreen technology. Tactus' patented Tactile Layer component provides a next-generation haptic technology user interface with real physical buttons, guidelines, or shapes that rise out of the surface (and recede to invisibility) from any touchscreen. The Tactus Tactile Layer panel is said to be the world's first deformable tactile surface that creates dynamic physical buttons that users can actually see and feel in advance of entering data into the device. Hope this technology grope more business. The company uses microfluidic technology to create physical buttons that rise from the touchscreen to give users the experience of operating a physical keyboard. When no longer needed, the buttons recede back into the touchscreen, leaving no trace of their presence. The panel is a completely flat, transparent, dynamic surface that adds no extra thickness to the standard touchscreen display since it replaces a layer of the already existing display stack, the company said. When triggered, the thin layer deforms and buttons or shapes of a specific height, size and firmness appear on the surface of the screen. Users can feel, press down and interact with these physical buttons just like they would use keys on a keyboard. Tactus enables manufacturers to create devices with entirely new ergonomics and form factors, since the screen and the keyboard can now be combined. The technology is targeted at devices including smartphones, tablets, eBook readers, PNDs, medical devices, automotive displays, industrial controls, test equipment, gaming devices. 

India hacks national cyber security agency website

After launching multiple attacks on government websites, online hacker group 'Anonymous' that protests against Internet censorship in India, claims to have taken down the website ofComputer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) - the national nodal agency responsible for responding to cyber security threats across the country. 

CERT-In, has been operational since 2004 and acts in all areas of cyber security including, forecasting, preventing and reporting of cyber security incidents. According to the Anonymous India's facebook page, the decision to take down the Cert-In website was taken last night. 

""Cert-In website has been hacked till the deepest corner of their server.Today we will not let you eat, we will not let you sleep ,"" Anonymous India posted on its facebook page today morning. 

The group has planned on-the-ground protests in 18 major cities across India at 4 PM on Saturday. In Bangalore, protests are expected to start from the MG Road metro station. However, a few recent posts on 'The Occupy Bangalore' facebook page says the venue has been shifted to Freedom Park. 

""Anyone not comfortable with roaming metro stations there is a group of us going to be at freedom park and all are welcome to come there from 4:00 onwards,"" a post on the Occupy Bangalore page said. 

Over the past few weeks the group had attacked the websites of MTNL, Trinamool Congress, Supreme Court of India, AICC, BJP and Reliance Big Entertainment.

IT services were facing challenges of scalability.

Infosys Chairman, KV Kamath said that IT services were facing challenges of scalability. Speaking at the 31st Annual General Meeting of the company in Bangalore, Kamath said the management has met all the challenges successfully and demonstrated leadership. 

Infosys, India's second largest IT services company announced a final dividend of Rs 22/share. The company also announced a special dividend of Rs 10/share on account of the 10th year of operations of the Infosys BPO. This is good news.

Speaking at the AGM, S D Shibulal, CEO of Infosys said that transformation is complete and the company is now focussed on growth. "Infosys 3.0 will help company address challenges," said Shibulal. 

Shibulal said: "We had a choice between commoditization and re-defining the industry. We chose to redefine the industry." 

Stating that Infosys has 674 active clients, Shibulal said that clients are asking for higher value for work. He also said that recruiting high numbers of highly skilled people would be a challenge for the company. 

Shibulal announced that Infosys filed 143 unique patents last year. He also said that the company was hurt by allegations of alleged visa misuse. 

Kamath said that the previous year was hectic for the company and added that the global scenario was uncertain. 

Friday 08th June, HSBC said that Infosys management has said banking and financial services remain "laggards" in the current quarter, while telecom, manufacturing, and healthcare and life sciences remain "weak." 

HSBC announce Infosys earnings may come under pressure for the 2012-13 year, because of disadvantageous exchange rates between the USA dollar vs the Europe dollar, the Australian dollar and the British pound. On the other hand, weaker rupee vs dollar would provide upside to earnings, HSBC adding management has told them "a large part" of the benefits would be shared with employees as bonuses or invested into initiatives.

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Game over for semiconductor MNCs in China?

"Game is over for semiconductor MNCs in China," asserted RDA Microelectronics Inc.'s CEO Vincent Tai. According to him, MNCs are no longer able to compete with China's fabless chip vendors in the consumer electronics IC business. RDA Microelectronics, founded here in 2004 and listed on the Nasdaq exchange since November 2010, is a leading Chinese fabless IC vendor supplying RF and mixed-signal chips for cellular and broadcast communications used by China handset manufacturers. RDA is a major supplier to the Chinese mobile handset market. Tai, quoting IHS iSuppli estimates, claimed RDA already has the leading market share in power amplifiers, Bluetooth, FM tuners and DVB-S tuners for the domestic white label market. Still, RDA has a long way to go to compete with the likes of Broadcom in the global semiconductor market. Still being a leader in the Chinese market is a good place to be, Tai said in a recent interview with EE Times. RDA's enviable position foreshadows a growing trend here for companies like RDA to dominate global electronics markets, Tai noted. As evidence, he cited the fact that multinationals such as Analog Devices and Texas Instruments backed out of China's base band chip business. While technically not Chinese companies, MediaTek and MStar, two Taiwanese giants, grabbed that market by leveraging their Chinese ties.

Indeed, Tai boldly predicts that the days for multinational chip companies are numbered, especially in the Chinese mobile handset and set-top box markets. "It's because the supply chain in China can't allow you to have a 50 per cent gross margin," he explained. When the entire ecosystem of foundries, design houses along with packaging and system OEMs resides here, "You need to be a local to play the game," said Tai. The RDA chief described four rules for surviving in the Chinese market:

The "cycle time" for Chinese handset manufacturers is extremely short. While takes six         months (or a year in the case of Nokia) to design a new mobile handset outside China, Chinese cell phone makers are spinning out new models every three months.

Chinese handset vendors provide chip suppliers will little information about market demand. Therefore, chip suppliers need to be "in touch with the market," said Tai, so they can be ready when market demand spikes. Speed is the key. "You need to be able to live with the ups and downs on the China market," he said.

Chip makers must survive on lower gross margins. Many local chip companies can live with a 35 per cent gross margin in order to achieve a 20 per cent operating margin, said Tai. But for most multinational chip companies to achieve the same 20 per cent operating margin, they need a 50 to 55 per cent gross margin. "That's no match with the locals."

System vendors in China are less technical. Hence, they require more hand-holding. The success of Taiwan's MediaTek here can be attributed to the turnkey solutions it offers Chinese system companies.