Tagged in: Mobile Broadband
Two out of three Argentineans online, but fixed broadband needs improving
Argentina’s internet market is the third largest in Latin America, after Brazil and Mexico. In terms of internet user penetration, Argentina is the regional leader, with rates that are more than twice as high as the world average (66%, versus … Continue reading
Telstra leading the global telco move towards the OTT model
It is interesting to see what has happened since Telstra took the decision to embrace structural separation, and to close down the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) in order to move to an NGN (Next-Generation Network) environment. This heralds fundamental … Continue reading
Mobile competition starts to bite in Australia
Over the last two years we have seen dramatic developments in the mobile industry. The arrival of smartphones pushed the mobile operators further into the commodity corner. They had been unable to capture the power of mobile broadband through their … Continue reading
Pyrrhic victory for AFL
The victory that the AFL scored against Optus in its battle to stop the telco from enabling users to view recorded sporting events via the mobile phone network could have a serious long-term negative effect on that sporting organisation – … Continue reading
High demand for mobile broadband
The global mobile broadband industry has become an incredible spectacle to observe, from the many competitors vying for position; the amazing apps streaming into the market; the introduction of new devices and the looming spectrum and infrastructure crunch. The explosion … Continue reading
Spectrum key to broadband utility
The explosion in mobile communications in the developing world has created social and economic changes that have exceeded all expectations and predictions – even those made as recently as five years ago. There are still countries lagging behind, but now … Continue reading
Location based technology a key to wireless innovations
The combining of Location-Based Services with GPS technology, mobile commerce applications and social networking has revived the LBS sector. There has been much hype regarding this technology since around the year 2000 and it is only recently that we have … Continue reading
Sweden’s broadband market growing with LTE smartphones
The Swedish regulator’s 2011 Broadband Survey showed that more than half of households and businesses now have access to 100Mb/s services. Much of this increase has been due to cable networks having been upgraded to DOCSIS3.0. The country’s leading cable … Continue reading
Mobile industry continues upward growth despite market conditions
Considering the enormous pressure the economic downturn has placed upon industry growth in general around the world – the mobile sector could well be the envy of other sectors when taking stock of the overall picture. Subscriber growth is still … Continue reading
Vividwireless: a big boost for Optus mobile
The move by Optus to acquire vividwireless from the Seven Group (operating the Seven TV network) is certainly a most interesting development. It is a very strategic move by Optus and will enable it to begin to recapture market momentum … Continue reading
