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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
Internet bandwidth prices in Mozambique continue to fall
Two decades of peace and radical reforms have transformed Mozambique into one of the fastest and most consistently growing economies in the world. It escaped the global economic crisis with barely a dent in its annual GDP growth which is … 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
A high penetration mobile market in the Maldives sees strong mobile broadband growth
With its relatively small population of less than 350,000 living on many islands across the archipelago, providing good communications for the Maldives has been paramount. The nation has addressed this challenge with considerable success. It now prides itself on having … Continue reading
Argentina’s telecom revenues flourish driven by fixed broadband and 3G mobile
While Argentina faces a number of difficulties – includinginflation, political controversies, diplomatic isolation, and declining foreign investments – the country’s economy has been expanding well above expectations.Telecom revenues were up by 21% in 2011, and they are expected to reach … Continue reading
Open systems lead to ‘economies of scope’
The concept of ‘economies of scope’ very much appeal to us at BuddeComm, since it implies that if we share knowledge in an open way we can create new, healthy economies that do not just depend on ‘scale’. As we … Continue reading
Afghanistan’s mobile operators are meeting the fundamental need of people to communicate
In what has certainly been a challenging task, Afghanistan has built some positive momentum in its effort to put national telecom infrastructure in place and to offer effective telecom service throughout the country. The process involved in achieving this, however, … Continue reading
3G mobile licences expected in 2012 for Algeria
Algeria has one of the highest teledensities in Africa. Its relatively well developed infrastructure includes a national fibre backbone and one of Africa’s first FttH deployments. The country’s oil and gas reserves have made it one of the wealthiest nations … Continue reading
Armenia’s broadband internet market is finally ‘on the move’
Demand for telecom services in Armenia plummeted as the most damaging impact of the Global Financial Crisis hit the country in 2009. Mobile subscriber growth was negligible (around 2%) for the year. Since then there has been some recovery in … Continue reading
Malawi could move from two to six mobile networks in 2012
Malawi is one of the world’s least developed countries, but its economy continues to grow at close to 4% per year. Mobile penetration is less than half the African average, which means there is excellent growth potential once the market … Continue reading
