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1 AUSTRALIAN ISP INDUSTRY: A BUSINESS PERFORMANCE REVIEW Karthik Vilapakkam Nagarajan Telecommunications Engineer School of Management University of Western Sydney Locked Bag 1797 Penrith, South DC NSW Dr. Meena Chavan Lecturer and Course Director BBA (Operations Management) School of Management University of Western Sydney Locked Bag 1797 Penrith, South DC NSW 1797 Ph Fax Mobile Johit Das Project Manager Standards Australia The National Standards Body GPO Box 5420, Sydney NSW , Sussex Street NSW 2000 Phone: Fax: Srivalli V.Nagarajan Faculty of IT, ITTI, Sydney
2 AUSTRALIAN ISP INDUSTRY: A BUSINESS PERFORMANCE REVIEW ABSTRACT: The need to understand and analyse service quality data is a essential and a continuous requirement for efficient business performance. In this paper a detailed review of the Australian ISP s (Internet Service Providers) business performance is carried out. A data mining approach is applied to analyse and understand ISP industry statistics up to date. This is the first Australian study that we know of that examines the customer satisfaction, service quality, customer loyalty and retention in establishing ISP business performance framework and makes a serious effort to understand and manage functional service quality data in the ISP sector. KeyWords: Small ISP, Functional quality, ISP peering, ISP Statistics, ISP competitive advantage. 1. INTRODUCTION TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA With the deregulation of the Australian telecommunications industry, new players have emerged in the marketplace. The major impediment for the new service providers is the significant set up cost in establishing a network. (AC Nielsen study 2003) highlighted that not only that technological choices drive future customer services, but also customers look out for customized solutions to their telecommunication needs. Gaining a competitive advantage is achieved through efficient advertising strategy, strengthened relationship with customers, telecommunication product success, reduced operating costs and provision of competitive offers in relation to current markets (July Mountain Hays 2000). The ISP serves varied customer groups who differ in terms of attitudes, lifestyle, demographics and motivations which are typical of customer characteristics. ISP s in the recent years have proliferated and saturated the internet market (July Mountain Hays 2000). The stiff competition in the current market place is suggestive of reason why some ISP s struggle to gain customers and revenue. Some of the reasons why small ISP s have failed directly point to issues such as faulty technical service and poor telephone support and anti competitive behaviour from large ISP s (Nagarajan, 2005). Small ISPs have found that value adding is the key factor to attract new customers, despite the fact that they have to increase the charges more than large ISP s (Xing feng guo 2003). Small ISP s are seen to provide user friendly services such as assistance to clients to get online, to set up their network according to their own
3 needs and requirements. However the trend suggests that upon gaining sufficient skills customers tend to consider (or) move on to larger providers who may offer cheaper prices (or) standardized services (ABS BUIT 2004). Poor customer retention for smaller ISP s is attributed to lack of resources, inadequate training and poor investment in customer service department (Nerbert and Zita 2004). For these reasons the ISP market will continue to become segmented as the more successful ISPs will find a way to provide additional value over and above what is already being provided in the telecommunication circle (Vincent 2003). 2. CURRENT TRENDS IN THE ISP INDUSTRY In this section an analysis of statistical study of current trends in Australian ISP industry is presented. Our data source is based on the reports published by Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2005). Two main questions thar are addressed are: Why has the small ISP industry changed so much in the last few years? What are the key drivers that led to this change? To answer these questions we look at the existing statistics in relation to the ISP s and establishing a link to the business performance indicators. Drawing conclusion from the existing statistics: By the end of March 2002 the total number of ISP s fell from 665 to 571. Of the 94 ISP s that went out of business 81 were smaller ISP s. In a tremendous increase is noted in: (i) download by subscribers, (ii) number of broadband subscribers (27,000 to 60,000), (iii) total number of ISP s providing broadband service (52 to 131), (iv) decrease in number of ISP s in capital cities ( ). Figures 1-6 illustrate the trends in several ISP categories. More information on how categorization of ISP s are understood is presented in Table 1. FIGURE 1: A Graph showing the trend in Very small ISP numbers in Australia : Sep 00-Mar 05 Source: (ABS 2005) FIGURE 2: A graph showing the trend in Small ISP numbers in Australia from Sep 00--Mar 05 Source: (ABS 2005)
4 FIGURE 3: A graph showing the trend in medium ISP numbers in Australia from Sep 00-- Mar 05 Source: (ABS 2005) FIGURE 5: A graph showing the trend in Very Large ISP numbers in Australia from Sep 00-- Mar 05 Source: (ABS 2005) FIGURE 4: A graph showing the trend in Large ISP numbers in Australia from Sep 00--Mar 05 Source: (ABS 2005) FIGURE 6: A graph showing the trend in Total ISP numbers in Australia from Sep 00--Mar 05 Source: (ABS 2005) TABLE 1: Subscriber base for various ISP sizes in Australia (ABS 2005) ISP Category Subscribers Very large ISP s More than 100,000 Large ISP s 10, ,000 Medium ISP s 1,001-10,000 Small ISP s 101-1,000 Very small ISP s 100 Following are the observations made from the graph during the period sep 2000-mar 2005 in the following category: (a)very Small ISP (vsisp): A Steady decrease in the number of vsisp between sep 2002-marc 2002 and no noticeable changes between mar 2002-mar 2003, a sharp increase since march (b) Small ISP(sISP): Sharp decrease between sep 2000-mar 2003 and a steady increase between sep 2003 to date. (c ) Medium ISP (misp): Alternating decrease and increase in number of ISP s between sep 2000-sep 2001, sep 2001-sep 2002, sep 2002-mar 2003, mar 2003-mar 2004, mar 2004-sep 2004 and sep 2004 mar (d) Very Large ISP(vlISP): Uniform numbers between sep 2000-sep 2002
5 and steady increase from sep 2002 to date (e) ISP: In general the number of ISP s in Australia has been decreasing between sep 2000 to sep 2001 and remained steady between sep 2001 to mar 2003, and a noticeable increase since mar 2003 (ABS 2005). 2.1 Increase in DSL Subscriber rate between March 2003 and March 2005 The total number of ISP s providing DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) services in 2001 were 52 out of 665 in 2001, 131 out of 571 in 2002 and 310 out of 554 in The number of subscribers grew from 209,000 in March 2003 to 372,000 in September quarter 2003 showing an increase of 163,000. The total number of ISP s was 667, an increase of 113 ISP s providing Internet access to 5.2 million active subscribers at the end of September Statistics shows that half of the new ISPs belong to the small and medium size category. The total number of access lines available to broadband subscribers was in excess of 681,000 lines and in excess of 626,00 for dial-up users. At the end of march 2005 DSL was the predominant access technology connecting 70% of non dial up subscribers (550 out of 689 ISP s provide DSL access accounting for 80% of the total number of ISP). DSL connected users accounted for 21% (1.3 million) in march 2005 as compared to 14% (822,000) in sep 2004 in relation to total number of subscribers (ABS 2005). One of the predominant reasons for the decrease in ISP numbers in particular in very small ISP, small ISP and medium size ISP is attributed to the large scale occurrences of mergers and takeovers (specifically medium, large and very large ISP s acquire small ISP s). Table 2 and Table 3 presents a snapshot of ISP decrease/increase in an Australian context (ABS 2005). TABLE 2: ISP Decrease rate in March quarter 2001 (ABS 2005) State Decreased by State Decreased by New South Wales 16 Western Australia 7 Victoria 4 Tasmania Constant Queensland 14 Northern Territory 2 Australian Capital Territory 3 South Australia 3 TABLE 3: ISP Decrease rate in March quarter 2002 (ABS 2005) State Decreased by State Increased by New South Wales 14 Western Australia 5 Victoria 10 Tasmania 2 Queensland 2 Northern Territory 4 Australian Capital Territory 3 South Australia 6 Eventhough the number of ISP s have decreased (ABS 2005) the competition remains high in the area of broadband technology. Thus specialized services can attract new customers and lure them away from
6 competitors. Small ISP s have started to provide new anti-spam software, outsourcing the internet connection and purchasing additional links. ISP s provide only customer service and they rely on companies they purchase links from to provide connection and hardware. Small ISP s future may be out of their reach unless they secure portals to get connected to high speed internet lines. Total internet subscribers were 5.98 million at the end of march Non- dial up subscribers represented only 30% of total subscribers at the end of mar 2005 as compared to 23% at the end of sep More volatility based on ISP size category was noticed in mar Largest growth was noticed in very small ISP category who have less than 100(or) more subscribers. There was a 5% increase in number of vsisp between September 2004-march 2005 (171 to 180) (ABS BUIT 2004). 3. ISSUES IN RELATION TO ISP SERVICES PROVIDED TO SMALL BUSINESS As of June 2004 (ABS BUIT 2004) majority of small businesses were using non-broadband connection types (58%) compared to broadband connection types (41%) for internet access. Popularity in the internet technology uptake (in %) among various business category is: Broadband: employing more than 100 people (78%), people (54%), Dial Up: 0-4 people (54%), 5-19 people (49%). DSL was the most popular connection in relation to broadband for small businesses (67%). The main reasons why many businesses were reluctant to use broadband services were because of unavailability of broadband, lack of benefits which were a problem for businesses employing 100 (or) more people. Businesses employing 0-4 persons found ongoing cost were too high, start up connection costs being too high as major problems. Other reasons include hardware incompatibility (ABS BUIT 2004). In Australia the main organisations providing telecommunications functional service guidelines are TIO(Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman), ACMA (Australian Commununications and Media Authority), ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) providing ISP services characteristics and business use of Information Technology, SPAN (Service Provider Action Network), IIA (Internet Industry Association of Australia, CTN (Consumer Telecommunications Network) and ATUG(Australian Telecommunications User Group). Figure 7 below shows internet access levels based on employment size (small business).
7 FIGURE 7: A graph showing internet access levels in 2002/03 and 2003/04 based on employment size of small business Source: (ABS BUIT 2004) 4. FACTORS THAT AFFECT BUSINESS PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK An effective business performance framework is defined as one that establishes good link between customer satisfaction, service quality, customer loyalty and retention, service guarantee/strength and learning through service failures and efficiently managing these main factors (July Mountain Hays 2000). Service quality evaluations help to understand the relationship between service quality dimensions, overall service quality, customer satisfaction and loyalty. A recent popular strategy used by ISP s involve setting up virtual communities who take part in e-communication and share similar interests. ISP s use this as a strategy to gather members who have the same interests and demand. ISP s thus have to build enhanced information systems by improving the service quality and fulfill the demand of internet subscribers (Xing Feng Kuo 2003). Technical service quality and functional service quality are the two main categories of service quality dimensions. Functional quality is evaluated while service is being performed giving particular attention to the service execution process (July Mountain Hays 2000). In telecommunications sector technical quality is seen to dominate over functional quality. (July Mountain Hays 2000) states that temporary outcome problems in Telecommunications can actually be overcome by high level of functional quality provisions by service providers. To understand the difference between what type of service dimension the customers are utilizing the providers need to understand the service encounter initiation process (consumers initiate the service encounter to obtain specific technical service (or) functional service outcome). It is very important for all ISPs to realize that both technical and functional service quality contribute to the overall judgement on satisfaction with telecommunication
8 services. In the lifetime of a customer belonging to the service provider the service itself will not be permanently tied to technical (or) functional, instead both services might be demanded by the customer based on the circumstances that surround the customer needs. Thus by attaching equal importance to both technical and functional service quality providers can eventually service individual customer needs (Flexible service provisioning based on specific customer service needs). In a situation where a customer complains about a technical dimension of a network the service provider is required to be more responsive to address the customer concern, and this requires access to sufficient resources (human resources, information systems for complaints handling). Some of the main barriers in ISP service management are regulation related barriers, organizational barriers, management related barriers, service strategy related barriers due to poorly defined service concepts and planning, ISP decision making barriers due to lack of new service vision and determination. Thus successful service quality management should aim to improve one hundred things by one percent and not one thing by one hundred percent (Christian gronroos 1994). Individual opinion surveys can be conducted and customer perception of ISP service can be analyzed [rating of importance of service and attributes]. From such survey data correlation and dependence between the various service items of importance and customer satisfaction can be identified. Customers might rate the ISP services by taking in to account all service items (or) one particular good (or) bad item. (Naoshi sato and Hiraoki katoka 1995) used two main methods to assess customer satisfaction (CS) for telecommunication services.. Firstly, Analytical Hierarchy process (AHP) is used to determine overall index of customer dissatisfaction by placing weights and integrating the CS data (Importance weight*number of dissatisfied responses). The number of dissatisfied response are assessed. The level of dissatisfaction for one service item to an other item varies. Secondly, by categorizing the service in to positive and negative comments from the market research, CS survey data can be used more effectively (service reputation assessment through customer comments, complaints and word of mouth). Probability model takes in to account the customer rating of telecommunication services and service provider solutions to complaints. We recommend that such customer service assessments be applied to Australian
9 ISP scenario to better understand the relation of customer satisfaction to the services provided by the ISP s on its business performance (Naoshi sato and Hiraoki katoka 1995). 4.1 Reasons for ISP customers switching providers: satisfaction and loyalty relationship Customer satisfaction leads to long term business profitability. ISP s capable of retaining their customers have greater profitability and are capable of running their business efficiently. Attracting new customers involves a lot of time, effort and marketing. Cost of attracting a new customer is five times more than cost of retaining an existing customer. (Banwari and Walfred 1998) states that the longer a service provider keeps their customer the greater the lifetime revenue obtained from them. Customer loyalty programs help service providers to realize the value of retaining their customers by exceeding their expectations (customer satisfaction). Because of the intangible nature of various service delivery, it becomes very difficult to understand customer disloyalty for service businesses. While customer satisfaction is important,, it cannot explain the variance of customer loyalty and its dependence on customer satisfaction. (Jyn shen, 2003). Service satisfaction refers to customers cognitive satisfaction towards various services provided by ISP s and associated individual attributes (sales, products, internet access, accounts, technical support). These form the cognitive construct (Jyn shen 2003) (Xing Feng Kuo 2003). Overall satisfaction involves customer perception of ISP transaction experience as a whole (affective constructinfluenced and resulting from the emotions). Perceived value is customer overall assessment of utility of service based on perception of what is received. Positive effect of service quality on perceived value, attribute service satisfaction enhances customer perception. Customers receiving better ISP services have positive perception which in turn improves perceived value towards their ISP. (Jyn shen 2003). Perceived trust refers to ISP system integrity against security breaches, hardware and software failure (ecommerce services). For small businesses using ISP service, trust is an important factor in their ISP service evaluation. Perceived trust thus has a strong influence on satisfaction. Small ISP customers who have been with the ISP for a very long time experience a confident, social and special attention benefits. Reduction of customer perception of risk, increase faith/trust in the ISP and being clear enough about what to expect from the ISP are seen as helpful factors for ISP business survival. Customers look for
10 maximized value from their ISP s and perceived trust creates a value by providing benefits derived through service interactions with ISP s. Thus high perceived trust creates high perceived value (See Table 4) (Jyn shen 2003) (Xing Feng Kuo 2003). TABLE 4: ISP variables involving satisfaction and loyalty. (Jyn shen, 2003) Satisfaction/loyalty Comments variables Service satisfaction Connection speed, s, online services and technical support Perceived value ISP service good value for money Perceived trust ISP is honest, ISP is responsible, ISP understands customers, ISP is very professional, ISP cares about its customers ISP expectancy More valuable ISP is coming to be established, New ISP provides better services in the near future Satisfaction Happy about decision in choosing ISP, customers feel they made a right choice by choosing this ISP, overall satisfaction with ISP Loyalty Intentions on staying with the current ISP for a long time, best choice for customers Customers have expectations on future technologies and it is important for small ISP s to be aware of such expectations and how that is likely to impact customer evaluation of their current services. Thus when modeling satisfaction and customer loyalty future technology expectations should be considered. Small ISP customers will consider current and past service experience with their provider and also future considerations of what the services might be. The small ISP s in Australia face structural, technical, commercial and functional challenges (See Figure 8). Successful ISP business and operations depend upon meeting these challenges and coming up with an optimal business model. Existing services offered by small ISP s should be compatible with future technologies. Thus service innovation is important and this will increase loyalty towards small ISP services. Small ISP s that went out of business failed to realize and acknowledge customer beliefs about a new ISP that provided better future service and technology. As a result their customers showed no loyalty and moved on to a new provider. (Jyn shen 2003) (Xing Feng Kuo 2003). 8. CONCLUSION: With an increasing usage of telecommunication services it is important to raise awareness of the various telecommunication issues. High speed Internet access is increasing and constitutes a growing component of the Internet market. The telecommunications industry has changed considerably over the last few years. Some new providers have entered the market; some have merged while others ceased to operate.
11 Thus Internet Service Providers should be prepared to support new technology based network services that influence the transformation of telecommunications industry. (christian gronroos 1994) states that the technical quality of the outcome of the service process is not critical one, but the functional quality dimension of the service process. ISP customers may feel that they get the same technical quality as before, but the manner in which functional service is provided has deteriorated. Too low service quality costs too much for ISP s than too much quality. Service guarantee can convey to customers the service level and benefits they can expect from using a service, and from an employees view convey the results they are expected to produce for their customers. It also helps providers to recognize and re-design service process for service failures. For marketing service quality and achieving it, service guarantee acts as an powerful tool (keith 2001). FIGURE 8: Competitive advantages for various ISP Sizes and Market segment and their strength, weakness, opportunities and threats (Erik Werstra, Gabrielle kulen kampff and Hans schaffers 2001).
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|Heart Like Mine (1) (910)
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|LoveGame (1103)
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Season 9In Heart Like Mine (1), Kyle brings his truck to the Degrassi car wash to get cleaned. Jenna introduces Kyle to Clare and K.C. He tells K.C. that Jenna talks about him frequently, and Jenna tells him to shut up.
Season 10
In Tears Dry On Their Own (1), Jenna and Kyle are sitting together at The Dot. He tells her she should go see a doctor, but Jenna refuses.
In Tears Dry On Their Own (2), Kyle is with Jenna at the doctor's after finding out that she is pregnant. When the doctor asks who will be helping with the baby, he says that he will and that their mom and dad are out of the picture.
In Don't Let Me Get Me, Lisa asks Jenna if her brother works, and Jenna tells her he works part-time, and that his hours had been recently cut.
In Halo (1), Jenna mentions to Sav that her brother, Kyle, can't make it to her prenatal class, so she has to go alone.
Season 11
In LoveGame, Jenna arrives at Kyle's apartment and he rants about how K.C. isn't doing his half of the parenting work. Jenna argues with him and asks him if he can stay, but he leaves for work.
In Lose Yourself (2), Jenna tells the service work that her brother moved away, and that she doesn't have anyone else.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4450?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13583057#comment-13583057 ] Jan Høydahl commented on SOLR-4450: ----------------------------------- I'm not a big fan of having to start a lot of runtime services before you can begin configuring your environment. The issue is that some people will start scripting 1) start ZK 2) start a solr node 3) call collections api 4) stop solr 5) stop ZK just to get a pre-configured setup to store in their git/svn. I think we should promote using ZK as THE config service for Solr so you get 1) Start an empty ZK 2) upload your cluster config including all collections, numshards etc to ZK and 3) start an empty Solr pointing to ZK, and it will do what it should. Such dynamic config should not be scattered around in solr.xml on all nodes. zkCli is a good start. But if we focus on polishing and documenting the ZK "schema" then we can arrive at the original goal of changing a config in ZK, and the Solr cluster will sniff this and do whatever necessary to comply. If the ZK "schema" is well documented (and versioned) then 3rd party (graphical) tools and plugins to other admin tools, other ZK mgmt tools etc will follow. > Developer Curb Appeal: Need consistent command line arguments for all nodes > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: SOLR-4450 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4450 > Project: Solr > Issue Type: Bug > Components: SolrCloud > Affects Versions: 4.1 > Reporter: Mark Bennett > Fix For: 4.2 > > > Suppose you want to create a small 4 node cluster (2x2, two shards, each replicated), each on it's own machine. > It'd be nice to use the same script in /etc/init.d to start them all, but it's hard to come up with a set of arguments that works for both the first and subsequent nodes. > When MANUALLY starting them, the arguments for the first node are different than for subsequent nodes: > Node A like this: > -DzkRun -DnumShards=2 -Dbootstrap_confdir=./solr/collection1/conf -Dcollection.configName=MyConfig -jar start.jar > Vs. the other 3 nodes, B, C, D: > -DzkHost=nodeA:9983 -jar start.jar > But if you combine them, you either still have to rely on Node A being up first, and have all nodes reference it: > -DzkRun -DzkHost=nodeA:9983 -DnumShards=2 -Dbootstrap_confdir=./solr/collection1/conf -Dcollection.configName=MyConfig > OR you can try to specify the address of all 4 machines, in all 4 startup scripts, which seems logical but doesn't work: > -DzkRun -DzkHost=nodeA:9983,nodeB:9983,nodeC:9983,nodeD:9983 -DnumShards=2 -Dbootstrap_confdir=./solr/collection1/conf -Dcollection.configName=MyConfig > This gives an error: > org.apache.solr.common.SolrException log > SEVERE: null:java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: port out of range:-1 > This thread suggests a possible change in syntax, but doesn't seem to work (at least with the embedded ZooKeeper) > Thread: > http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/solr4-0-problem-zkHost-with-multiple-hosts-throws-out-of-range-exception-td4014440.html > Syntax: > -DzkRun -DzkHost=nodeA:9983,nodeB:9983,nodeC:9983,nodeD:9983/solrroot -DnumShards=2 -Dbootstrap_confdir=./solr/collection1/conf -Dcollection.configName=MyConfig > Error: > SEVERE: Could not start Solr. Check solr/home property and the logs > Feb 12, 2013 1:36:49 PM org.apache.solr.common.SolrException log > SEVERE: null:java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "9983/solrroot" > at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65) > So: > * There needs to be some syntax that all nodes can run, even if it requires listing addresses (or multicast!) > * And then clear documentation about suggesting external ZooKeeper to be used for production (list being maintained in SOLR-4444) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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All investors registered in the Dividend Plan as on 2 March 2012 will receive the tax-free dividend of Rs2.50 per unit.
Franklin Templeton announced a tax-free dividend of Rs2.50 per unit in its fund - Franklin India Prima Plus (FIPP). The record date for the dividend has been fixed as 2 March 2012. The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of wealth creating companies that generate a return on capital higher than their cost of capital.
All investors registered in the Dividend Plan as on 2 March 2012 will receive this tax-free dividend. Pursuant to payment of dividend, the NAV of the scheme would fall to the extent of payout and statutory levy.
The record date for the dividend is 2 March 2012 and any purchases on or before this date will be eligible for the dividend. Under the dividend reinvestment plan, the dividend declared will be reinvested in the fund at the NAV of 5 March 2012 and unit holders will be allotted additional units for the dividend amount.
SKS has already drawn down the first tranche of Rs78.7 crore comprising receivables from micro women borrowers from the weaker sections
SKS Microfinance, the country's only listed micro lender, today said it has securitised Rs354 crore of receivables from 18 states, except Andhra Pradesh. The securitisation was done by a major public sector bank, SKS said in a statement, without naming the lender. Under the pool securitisation, bundling micro loans made to borrowers like micro-entrepreneurs are sold to investors such as banks to raise funds.
The microfinance company has already drawn down the first tranche of Rs78.7 crore comprising receivables from micro women borrowers from the weaker sections, as defined by the Reserve Bank of India, the statement said.
"This is the largest rated pool assignment transaction in the Indian microfinance history," the company claimed.
The pool is well diversified with the average loan amount being Rs10,717. The pool is rated as CARE A1+(SO) (Highest Safety) by CARE, it said. Instruments with a CARE A1+ (SO) rating are considered to have a strong capacity for timely payment of short-term debt obligations and carry the lowest credit risk, SKS said.
Commenting on the transaction, S Dilli Raj, chief financial officer, SKS Microfinance Limited, said, rated pool assignment is an excellent instrument of confluence which achieves the amalgamation of the funding capabilities of the banking system and the credit delivery skills of microfinance companies.
"This sort of confluence may well be the real answer for financial inclusion. Our ability to consummate the largest rated pool assignment in the Indian microfinance history clearly demonstrates that funding concerns raised post the AP MFI Act are behind SKS Microfinance," Dilli Raj said.
Earlier this month, SKS completed another securitisation for Rs243 crore. The present transaction is SKS Microfinance Limited's eighth assignment or securitisation transaction post the AP MFI Act. All the rated papers of SKS Microfinance have shown robust collection efficiency of more than 98%. Credit enhancement has not been utilised in any of these transactions, SKS claimed in the statement.
In the early afternoon, SKS Microfinance was trading at around Rs124.70 per share on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2.81% down from the previous close.
Design HQ will be launched in the existing Godrej Interio's exclusive stores in Mumbai in the first quarter of the next fiscal, and then expanded to other metro cities
Furniture major Godrej Interio said it is expecting up to 30% of its revenue to come from Design HQ three years hence.
"We expect Design HQ to contribute 20-30% of the overall revenue in three years.... Design HQ will have workshops involving in-house as well as leading industry designers to develop new contemporary designs," Godrej Interio COO Anil Mathur told PTI.
The company is expecting its overall revenue to go up by 25% to about Rs1,500 crore in FY12. "We have set a revenue target of $1 billion by FY17," he said.
Design HQ will be launched in the existing Godrej Interio's exclusive stores in Mumbai in the first quarter of the next fiscal, and then expanded to other metro cities. It will also develop customised designs suited to the customer's individual needs, Mathur said. Godrej Interio has 50 company-owned retail stores and 45 franchisees (both furnishings and kitchenette) in the country.
"We plan to focus on the franchise model and are looking at 200 stores in the next two years," he said.
Godrej Interio, a business unit of Godrej & Boyce, is eyeing 25% market share in the organised segment in next three years. "On the back of the growing demand for our products, we hope to capture 25% market share of the organised furniture segment in another three years. At present we are enjoying around 20% share," Mr Mathur said.
The total furniture market in the country is estimated at around Rs40,000 crore, of which only up to 15% is organised, he said.
"We have signed exclusive marketing agreements with Korea's Sejin for marine accommodation solutions, Japan's Itoki and the US' Knoll Inc for office furniture. Recently, we tied-up with Netherlands' LINET Group for hospital and nursing home furniture and with this, we are now present in almost all the furniture verticals," Mr Mathur said. All these marketing tie-ups will later be expanded to production agreements, depending on the market scenario, he added.


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Six. You're on fire! No,no,calm trailing. I don't connote that literally. You won't have to light source the topographic point so you can asseveration the life insurance. That's Arson!. No what I parsimonious is that you are doing exceedingly all right to this point. Only the most persistent of buyers are nonmoving bothering you and yet within is tons left in your imagination. So for amount six I want you to do more than a few earnestly vehement Indian catering. Leave all the windows unopen and do not lower than any fate air the assets earlier an examination. Double up on all ingredients next to one curiosity to voluminous use of allium sativum.
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If so you want to bring down out the big guns. Place candles sporadically in the home, as well prayer beads string and crucifixes and books something like dispossession and specified. Try to be at the scrutiny next to the causal agent and act a bittie weirdly if you can. Nothing to obvious, just alter step by step and kind troubled glances at both possibility.
Ten. Dear God. If they inert impoverishment to buy your habitation in spite of it one $100,000 done the mark and plausibly existence built on the place of an unasterisked entombment floorboards later you have a concrete danger. Best entry to do present is to pocket the bestow but do not gesticulation anything. 24 hours subsequent you are active to swing your mind and ask for more finances.
At this prickle you will not merely have missing your second prospect but too your agent will have forsaken you and you will be leftmost doing a real estate private sale.
Congratulations. You have over achieved in your pursuance not to be competent to put up for sale.
The legality is that dislike the slight exaggerations I may have ready-made by way of illustrating a point, several individuals do the most absurd material possession when commerce. The inconsistency of education is that in their casing they really think likely to deal in.
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text: weather Just How Hot Will It Get Today? By Wells Dunbar • Feb 23, 2012 Image courtesy National Weather Service We know the old adage about Texas weather: If you don't like it, just wait five minutes. But yesterday's unseasonably high February temperatures still came as a surprise to many Austinites, and more warmth is on the way today. The National Weather Service says the regional warming streak will continue. It predicts "partly sunny and unseasonably warm" weather and says "highs will be in the 80s" today. "Normal high temperatures for this time of year are generally in the 60s," the NWS notes. That said, today's heat won't last. NWS forecasts a cold front hitting the Hill Country this evening, with lows in the 40s and a cool, mild weekend. Guess there's something to that old adage after all. Below Average Year for Texas Tornadoes: Only 100 By Wells Dunbar • Feb 22, 2012 Photo by Tim Marshall, www.srh.noaa.gov One hundred tornadoes may sound like a lot. But according to the Insurance Council of Texas (ICOT), that's actually below average. ICOT says that Texas's 2011 tornado count – an even 100 – is less than the state's yearly average of 135. Still, the 2011 number was high enough to rank Texas as having the fourth most tornadoes in the U.S., trailing Alabama with 146 twisters (accompanied by 242 fatalities), Oklahoma with 118 (32 fatalities), and Tennessee with 102 (14 fatalities). ICOT's statement comes in the midst of Severe Weather Week, as decreed by Gov. Rick Perry. The Texas twisters created no fatalities, basically proving the exception to the rule in a year of violent weather. In a press release, ICOT quotes Greg Carbon with the Norman, Oklahoma office of the Storm Prediction Center as saying "More than a dozen states recorded tornado fatalities in 2011, including Massachusetts that had three people killed from a rare tornado." Drizzly Wintry Weather Expected to Warm by Valentine's Day By Wells Dunbar • Feb 13, 2012 Huma Munir/KUT News So after yesterday's sleet and snow flurries, what does Austin's weather hold? Fear not -- nothing nearly as dramatic (if you can call it that) as yesterday's cold snap is forecasted. The National Weather Service reports a continued chance of showers before noon, with a slight uptick in temperatures. That warmth will continue to build through Tuesday – Valentine's Day – with a projected high in the mid-70s. Snow and Sleet Possible Sunday Morning By Nathan Bernier • Feb 11, 2012 Image by National Weather Service You may want to consider avoiding the roads tomorrow morning. The National Weather Service says a "wintry mix" of weather is in the forecast for much of Central and South Central Texas. The NWS says "no significant accumulations of ice or snow are expected" but that "model timing and precipitation amount uncertainties remain." Austin Storm Update By Wells Dunbar & Lucia Duncan • Jan 25, 2012 Photo by Huma Munir for KUT News Storms that blew into Austin early this morning are still affecting the city. The National Weather Service is reporting a 24-hour rainfall total of 5.74 inches at Austin Bergstrom Airport. Power Outages Austin Energy had several outages to contend with this morning, including one at South Congress and Annie St. Five-hundred customers were without power at that location. Council member Mike Martinez said on Twitter that the South Congress and Annie St. area "is hardest hit right now." The outage was caused by tree limbs falling on power lines. But according to Austin Energy's outage map, power to the area has been restored. Sunday Roundup for January 1, 2012 By Ian Crawford, KUT News • Jan 1, 2012 Photo by Ian Crawford/KUT News Happy New Year! A warm start to 2012 brought crowds to Auditorium Shores for ring out the old year, it brought some warm news to Ron Paul's presidential aspirations just ahead of Iowa GOP caucuses and 2012 could bring some warmth to people living on Austin's streets. Austin Welcomes 2012 Snow Hits Parts of Texas By Nathan Bernier • Dec 23, 2011 Kids are playing in the snow in El Paso and other parts of the state, as a storm system pushes eastward into Texas. People are posting video of the snow to YouTube. Snow in El Paso isn't expected to stop until midnight, the El Paso Times reports, bringing three to six inches to the area by Saturday morning. While snow isn't expected in Austin, it could come as close as western parts of the Hill Country. A mix of light rain, snow and sleet could hit western Gillespie, Val Verde and Edwards counties, the according to the San Antonio Express-News. Lubbock Cleans Up From Dust Storm By Nathan Bernier • Oct 19, 2011 Photo by timandkris http://www.flickr.com/photos/timandkris/ Life is getting back to normal in Lubbock after a dust cloud shrouded the city on Monday. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal newspaper described it as an "end-of-the world sight", and when you check out this video, you can see why. Sunday Morning Roundup for October 9 By Ian Crawford, KUT News • Oct 9, 2011 Image courtesy National Weather Service The broken heat records, the endless months of dry weather are gone...at least for today. Flash Flood Watch for Central Texas Incoming Cold Front Prompts Wildfire Worries By Kevin Lindsay • Sep 29, 2011 Photo by Nasa Goddard Photo and Video http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5632231268/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Gusty winds, dry air and vegetation, high chance of thunderstorms and warm weather are all contributing factors to the critical fire forecast released today by the Texas Forest Service (TFS). Pretty much everything south of the Texas Panhandle is considered to be at risk. What A Few Drops Will Do By Jessica Mahoney • Sep 16, 2011 [View the story "Rain In Austin, Barely" on Storify] Gulf Coast Braces For Major Drenching A slow-moving depression strengthened into a tropical storm as it slogged toward the Gulf Coast on Friday, packing walloping rains that could drench the region with up to 20 inches. Tropical Storm Lee, the 12th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was moving northwest at just 2 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The storm's center is expected to approach the Louisiana coast over the weekend. Austin Breaks Record For Number of Triple Digit Days By Nathan Bernier • Aug 24, 2011 Image courtesy National Weather Service The sweltering heat in Texas has taken Austin past an important milestone: We have set a new record for the number of days with triple digit temperatures in a single year. At 2:00 this afternoon, thermometers at Camp Mabry registered 100 degrees, making it the 70th time this year that has happened. It breaks the previous record of 69 days set in 1925. "This is just one way to measure the absolute severity of the summer," Lower Colorado River Authority meteorologist Bob Rose told KUT News. "We've had a lot of days at 99 as well, and they've felt every bit as hot." Hot Jobs In The City By Jessie Wang • Aug 5, 2011 City Activates Heat Emergency Plan By Nathan Bernier • Aug 2, 2011 Photo by National Weather Service With a heat advisory in effect until Friday night, the City of Austin is initiating Phase 1 of its heat emergency plan. Phase 1 involves monitoring "at-risk" people for signs of heat-related illness. These are people the city defines as at-risk: This July Was The Hottest Month Ever in Austin By Nathan Bernier • Aug 1, 2011 Photo by Callie Hernandez for KUT News Crack open an ice cold drink and give yourself a pat on the back: you just survived the hottest month in Austin history. The average daily temperature for July 2011 was 89.7 degrees. The previous record for the hottest month was set in July 2009, when the average daily temperature was 89.5 degrees. Don't expect it to get cooler anytime soon. The National Weather Service forecasts highs of 104 degrees or higher all week long. Top Morning Stories August 1, 2011 By KUT Staff • Aug 1, 2011 Photo by KUT News. High Temperatures in Forecast, Hopes of Rain Triple-digit temperatures are welcoming us into August with the 48th day of highs over 100. Austin residents had hopes Tropical Storm Don would bring rain over the weekend, but no such luck. Expect the next few days to be near record levels, around 104-106 degrees. 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One of my first "alternative" albums. Still gives me goosebumps. RELEASED JUNE 9 1992 1. Texture 0:00 2. I Want To Touch You 4:19 3. Black Metallic 8:50 4.
Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic MP3
Music video by Catherine Wheel performing Black Metallic. (C) 1992 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
Black Metallic
Catherine WheelI've never seen you when you're smiling It really gets under my skin You say it's easy when it's faster I still can't guess what you're after It[...]
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Music video by Catherine Wheel performing Crank. (C) 1993 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
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Music video by Catherine Wheel performing I Want To Touch You. (C) 1992 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
I Want To Touch You
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CATHERINE WHEEL - Judy Staring at the Sun (Tanya Donelly) (Official Promotional Video - 1995) HD MP3
New HD transfer from the original promotional VHS Video. - Director: Nick Egan Producer: Mark Fetterman Director of Photography: Martin Coppen Editor: Don ...
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The Catherine Wheel - Sparks Are Gonna Fly MP3
Music video by The Catherine Wheel performing Sparks Are Gonna Fly. (C) 2000 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
Sparks Are Gonna Fly
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Official promotional video for the 1998 single 'Ma Solituda'. Taken from the album 'Adam and Eve'.
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Video from 1995.
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Catherine Wheels - http://epicfireworks.com/wheels.
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Catherine Wheel - Broken Nose.
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High quality audio.
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Your new favorite band.
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We're Black and Blue All Over:
On Thursday, we outlined the options the Detroit Lions have in for retaining free agent defensive end Cliff Avril, who is heading toward a payday after a career-high 11 sacks in 2011. One possibility we didn't discuss was Avril taking a discount to remain with the team that fostered his success, and there was a good reason for that: Players rarely agree to one.
Avril confirmed just that in an interview with SiriusXM NFL Radio, saying in essence that he wants to return to the Lions but that business is business. Avril, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press: "There's no such thing as a hometown discount in the NFL. Once you can't play anymore, they're going to let you go, so you definitely have to strike gold when you can. That said, if they and another team present the same thing, I'd definitely stay with the Lions."
It's true that players sometimes turn down a slightly higher offer from a team they don't want to play for. But usually the difference is a small percentage of the total package. In a few years, when it comes time for the Lions or whatever team Avril signs with to end his career, that team won't think twice about cutting him. Business is business.
Continuing around the NFC North:
Receiver Randy Moss would not fit in with the Lions, writes Terry Foster of the Detroit News.
The Chicago-based Indoor Football League team that has offered Moss a contract is coached by former Bears defensive lineman Steve McMichael. Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune has more.
Chicago Bears chairman George McCaskey on free agency, via Brad Biggs of the Tribune: "The bottom line, and Phil [Emery] knows this, if there is someone we want -- and it makes sense -- money is not going to be an issue."
I didn't think this was even a question, but it garnered headlines nonetheless: Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman acknowledged the team doesn't have an interest in bringing back Moss for a third tour of duty. More from the Associated Press.
The Vikings aren't expected to raise ticket prices this season, writes Judd Zulgad of 1500ESPN.com.
The Star Tribune: "A deal to build a Minnesota Vikings stadium next to the Metrodome neared completion Thursday, as stadium planners worked late to put the finishing touches on an agreement among the state, the team and Minneapolis."
The Vikings haven't changed their outlook on the future of cornerback Chris Cook, notes Jeremy Fowler of the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Oakland Raiders have signed former Green Bay Packers defensive back Brandon Underwood, notes my AFC West colleague Bill Williamson.
Doug Farrar of Yahoo! Sports explains how renowned reporter Anthony Shadid came to be an obsessive Packers fan. Shadid died on assignment in Syria, apparently because of an asthma attack.


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