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Goldkist International announces South East Asia’s first Mobile Training Academy in Delhi
BY OUR TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT
4 August, 2005: Goldkist Group of Singapore, leading distributor of O2, Sony Ericsson, Watch Data and Lexmark, has set up South East Asia’s first Mobile Technology Academy in Delhi to provide training in the field of mobile phone technology, sales & marketing and management.
Goldkist Mobile Academy (GMA) offers a one-year honors diploma program in mobile technology and management covering technical overview of mobile technology, hardware, servicing of handsets, sales & marketing, channel development, research & development, advertising and practically many more.
The idea to set up a world-class institute to impart training in mobile technology in India was conceived by H.D. Gupta, an NRI-based in Singapore, who is the Managing Director of Goldkist International (S) Pte Ltd.
“Mobile phone industry is the industry of present and future. Our educated youth needs to have the latest training in the knowledge-based technology. For such a huge industry, there is no such institute for imparting practical and relevant training in mobile phone technology in the country presently,” Mr. H.D.Gupta, Managing Director of Goldkist International, said.
GMA Objectives
- Covers each and every area related with mobile industry.
- Employment to the youths on completion of training and education.
- To excel the name of India as a nation having a world class institute imparting training in mobile phone technology, research & development of international standard.
- Annual scholarship to financially week and needy students will be provided.
Unique offers from GMA
- Assured job after successful completion of course.
- On the job training in companies.
- Abroad on the job training for top five students
- Overseas job placement for three best performing students.
- Regular visit and lectures by MNC experts in mobile industry.
- Sharing of real life experience from industry entrepreneurs.
Indian Mobile Industry - Some Facts &
Figures
- An industry with a growth rate of 40% until 2007 with a base of 54 million consumers in India.
- India is the 2nd largest market in the world.
- India now possesses the fifth-largest telecom network in the world.
- According to a survey conducted by a leading telecom magazine, 5.4 crore people possess mobile phones in India compared to 4.4 crore who have landlines.
- There are over 30,000 mobile phone dealers all over India and on an average basis every dealer requires at least one qualified technical staff proving huge job scope.
- India is one of the lowest cellphone tariff countries in the world and this match perfectly with the socio-economic conditions here and has helped register the high growth rates.
- Over 18 lakh mobile phones are sold every month providing enormous job opportunities in sales & marketing and servicing.
- Mobile phone industry is progressing at a scorching pace in India.
The Singapore-based Goldkist Group is an established organization engaged in distribution of mobile phone and IT products. The company is distributor of O2, Sony Ericsson, Watch Data and Lexmark in many countries. Mr. H.D. Gupta, Managing Director, Goldkist Group, is well supported by the eminent and top executives of the internationally known mobile phone manufacturing companies and service providers. The Goldkist Group has a turnover of $40 million per annum with operations in four countries namely India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Singapore. The Goldkist Group has strategic alliances in countries like Sri Lanka, Maldives, Cambodia, Hong Kong and Dubai.
BY OUR TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT
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