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December 2007
Mobile value-added services market set to grow at 50%
Shivani Shinde, Business Standard / Mumbai December 27, 2007

The mobile value-added services (MVAS) market is expected to have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 50 per cent.

Thus, the revenues from MVAS (excluding person-to-person SMS) are expected to be around $348.8 million (around Rs 1,395 crore) by 2009, says a report by Boston Analytics� a knowledge process outsourcing firm.

While the MVAS market is growing, there might be a few challenges including the revenues sharing model.
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�The biggest way to succeed is to have a knowledge advantage�
INTERVIEW : PARTHA S GHOSH, Financial Express / December 20, 2007

Partha S Ghosh, chairman of Boston Analytics, believes that Companies must arm themselves with the power of knowledge and analysis if they are to succeed in a dynamic and ever-changing marketplace. Whether it is M&A or the act of carrying on a business, knowledge about the sector, convergence and competition is critical. The Boston Analytics subscription model seeks to arm clients with current, accurate and actionable research and analytics.
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Study says mobile content ready to explode in India
Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld / December 11, 2007

Boston Analytics, a market research firm, all but said to U.S. mobile application developers and other content providers, "Pack your bags and move east," but to India, not to the east coast.

The reason, according to the report released on Tuesday called "A Study of the MVAS (mobile value added services) Market in India," is that India has 100 million cell phone subscribers plus a growth rate pegged at 50 percent a year, and a highly favorable regulatory climate that makes the country potentially a huge market for mobile content.

In addition to favorable legislation and a decline in tariffs, the commoditization of mobile phones has grown along with a growing middle class that has discretionary income to spend.
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October 2007
New Report from Boston Analytics Forecasts Tremendous Growth in India�s Pharmaceutical Industry
Confluence of Increasing Domestic Demand and Booming Investment from Foreign Countries to Fuel Double-Digit Growth through This Decade

Customized knowledge services company Boston Analytics today released its new report examining the vast economic opportunities in the pharmaceutical market in India. Titled �An Introduction to the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry,� the report examines the elements that will lead to a 13.5 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in domestic production and sales of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and generic drugs by 2010 as well as the booming Indian pharmaceutical outsourcing market that is expected to see a 37.5 percent CAGR in that same time span.
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September 2007
Boston Analytics Bolsters Executive Leadership
Kimberlee Luce, Sam Thomas and Charles Cooney to further Develop Pharmaceutical, Healthcare and Financial Services Practices

Customized knowledge services company Boston Analytics announced today the hiring of two new management team members, Vice President Kimberlee Luce and Director Dr. Sam Thomas, and the appointment of MIT Professor Dr. Charles Cooney to its Advisory Board. Luce will co-head the firm’s new biopharmaceutical and healthcare practice under Cooney’s guidance, while Thomas will enhance the firm’s world-class financial services offerings.
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May 1, 2006
Boston Analytics moves into its newly renovated offices in Mumbai, India
Boston Analytics has moved into its new offices in Vikhroli in the heart of Mumbai. The new facilities will enable Boston Analytics to better serve its U.S. and European clients with a dedicated high-speed broadband connectivity, 24/7 security, a climate controlled environment and state of the art IT infrastructure and support.

April 2006
Partha Ghosh Joins Boston Analytics to Help Organizations Secure Knowledge Advantage
Boston Analytics is excited to announce that Partha Ghosh, renowned strategist and innovator of business and economic models, has agreed to join its leadership team and serve its rapidly expanding client base with state-of-the-art analytics. Partha will serve Boston Analytics as the Chairman of the Board and also assume the role of the Chief Mentoring Officer.

Earlier, Partha was a partner at McKinsey & Company and Founder/Managing Director of Strategy/Policy advisory firm Partha S Ghosh & Associates. In his twenty-eight years as a global citizen and a professional consultant to leaderships of prestigious organizations, corporations and governments, he has been involved in a broad spectrum of engagements, primarily focusing on strategic and policy issues in technology based industries. He has also served heads of state in more than half a dozen countries on strategic and policy issues related to deregulation of industries, privatization, globalization, and socio-economic advancement.

November 1, 2005
Boston Analytics moves into its new offices in Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Analytics has expanded and moved into its new offices at Federal Street, Boston. This new location is more centrally located and given its unique flexible space will enable Boston Analytics to scale more easily and quickly as demand for its services grows.

March 1, 2005
Dr. Arthur Schleifer joins Boston Analytics’ Advisory Board
Boston Analytics is pleased to announce that Dr. Arthur Schleifer has joined the Boston Analytics’ advisory board. Dr. Schleifer, the James J. Hill Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, has led a distinguished career in academia with teaching positions at Amos Tuck School (Dartmouth College), Harvard Business School, NYU, the Insitituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empressa and SDA Bocconi. He is the author of numerous publications in statistics, data analysis, and decision making. He has also served as a consultant to and provided expert testimony for numerous Fortune 100 companies.

Boston Analytics believes his advice, expertise, and network of professional contacts will significantly fuel the growth of our client base, as well as, strengthen our product offering. We look forward to a long lasting and mutually beneficial relationship with Dr. Schleifer.

January 1, 2005
Ted Thorbjornsen joins Boston Analytics full-time as a Principal
Boston Analytics is pleased to announce that Ted Thorbjornsen has joined Boston Analytics as a principal and head of all technology research and analytical services. Ted has spent his career conducting research, analyzing opportunities and developing new business for technology companies. Prior to co-founding Boston Analytics, Ted was a business manager at Keithley Instruments, a manufacturer of highly accurate instruments for R&D and high-volume production testing. In this position, Ted successfully grew his business unit by over 45% in the face of an economic downturn. He had P&L responsibility for several precision instruments, three of which have won national awards for innovation including the prestigious R&D 100 award.

From 1990 to 1998, Ted worked first as a research scientist for Telenor, the leading telecommunications company in Norway, in the fields of opto-electronics and semiconductor materials and components. He was later promoted to senior advisor with Telenor coordinating their research efforts across Europe. As a result of these experiences, Ted has developed deep expertise in sizing markets, identifying trends and conducting competitive analyses for technology products.

Ted received his Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and his MBA from Case Western Reserve University. He has published over 20 articles and reports, many by The European Commission, as well as, written a high school technology textbook. He has been a guest speaker at Case Western University’s Weatherhead School of Management, as well as at several technology conferences. Ted has also given numerous international seminars on measurement technologies.