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Upcoming Report from Pyramid Researrch to Look at Sprint's $5 Billion WiMAX Gamble--TMCnet--Oct. 31, 2007
Pyramid claims it has identified at least seven revenue streams that can emerge as a result of the convenience of an “always-on” network. Read more...
Emerging Markets, Key to Mobile Growth for the Next Billion Subscribers--Vanguard--Oct. 31, 2007
Which regions will contribute the most subscribers to the next billion the mobile communications industry confidently expects to sign up? Research group Pyramid Research thinks it has the answer. Read more...
WiMAX in LA and More on Xohm--Wi|Max.com--Oct. 31, 2007
Pyramid Research will soon be releasing a research report entitled “WiMAX Business Models: Will New Networks Ever Become Profitable?” According to TMCnet, the report will provide an analysis of Sprint’s WiMAX business model, with a focus on its economic impacts: both for Sprint and others interested in deploying WiMAX. Read more...
Study: Mobile Market set to Balloon--Boston Business Journal--Oct. 30, 2007
The global mobile market will add one billion new subscribers to the current 2.8 billion base over the next three years, according to a new report by Pyramid Research . The report notes that, regarding the new markets, any vendor, carrier, or investor with global ambitions needs to understand the differences in those markets. Read more...
Mobile Market Subscriber Growth will Come from Emerging Economies--Tektrati--Oct. 30, 2007
The global mobile market will go through unprecedented changes over the next few years, as subscriber growth shifts from the world's richer economies to emerging economies and regions with low levels of urbanization, according to a study by Pyramid Research. Read more...
Africa Boosts Mobile Subscribers--ITWeb South Africa--Oct. 29, 2007
In the next four years, developing regions, most predominantly in Africa, will contribute significantly towards global mobile telecommunications subscription growth. This is according to a report released by market research company Pyramid Research. Read more...
Brazil's Anatel to rule on Telefonica--The Financial Times--Oct. 23, 2007
Fernando Faria of Pyramid Research, a telecoms consulting company, said Anatel’s decision was eagerly awaited in the industry not least because a merger of the two groups would create an entity with greatly increased bargaining power over its suppliers, even if strategic issues were kept separate. Read more...
Report: 85 Percent of Next Billion Mobile Subscriptions Will come from Emerging Markets--TMCnet--Oct. 16, 2007
If you live in the U.S. and Europe and feel as if every person you know (including yourself) owns and uses a cellphone, you’re right on. A new report out this month from Pyramid Research confirms the suspicion that the mobile phone markets in “First World” economies are pretty saturated. Read more...
Triple Play Tough Sell for Telcos--Webpronews.com--Oct. 10, 2007
Worldwide subscriptions of Internet, television and landline phone service from one provider are estimated to reach 34 million in 2007, according to Pyramid Research's "From Triple-Play to Quad-Play: Strategies, Business Models and Best Practices" report. Read more...
Triple-Play Bundles Might not Help Telcos--eMarketer--Oct. 8, 2007
Global subscriptions of Internet, television and landline phone service from a single provider are projected to pass 34 million in 2007, according to Pyramid Research’s "From Triple-Play to Quad-Play: Strategies, Business Models and Best Practices" report. Read more...
Cable has Early Revenue Edge with Triple Play--Cable 360 Net--Oct. 3, 2007
Cable operators can offer a triple play of voice, video and data services over single networks so they have a slight early advantage - revenue wise - over telcos trying to accomplish the same thing, according to a report issued by Pyramid Research. Read more...
Getting Bundled Up Isn't Heating Telecom Revenue--Destination CRM--Oct. 3, 2007
The number of global "triple-play" subscriptions -- cable, Internet, and telephone service bundled together in a combined package -- is expected to increase by 52 percent this year, to more than 34 million, according to a report released by Pyramid Research. Read more...
Triple Play with Video Bad for Telcos, Good for Cable Providers--TMCnet--Oct. 2, 2007
Triple play service bundles (those that include three different offerings, usually phone, TV and Internet) are very popular among subscribers but may not be so good for telcos, at least in the short run. That’s the conclusion Pyramid Research reached in its latest look at the triple play market. Read more...
Triple-play Uptake Growing at the Expense of Telco Margins--Cellular-News-- Oct. 2, 2007
Global triple-play subscriptions are projected to grow by a whopping 52% in 2007, to over 34 million, according to a new report from Pyramid Research. Read more...
New Players Reshape Wireless in Germany--The Wall Street Journal--Sept. 27, 2007
"I think it's going to get a bit more messy" in Germany, says Jan ten Sythoff, an analyst in London with Pyramid Research, a telecommunications consultancy. Read more...
New Report, From Triple-Play to Quad-Play: Strategies, Business models and Best Practices, Provides an in-Depth Examination of the Evolution of Multi-Play models -- Business Wire -- Sept. 24, 2007
Multi-play business models continue to gain in popularity across the telecom and media space. At the end of 2006, more than 40% of Canada’s households subscribed to a triple-play package, and nearly 40% of British households subscribe to some form of packaged bundle. Read more...
Ivory Coast Sees Mobile Growth -- IT Web -- Sept. 14, 2007
Pyramid Research states that, by year-end 2006, MTN had a subscriber base of around 1.6 million, with a forecasted 2.1 million subscribers by year-end 2007. Read more...
Study: Wireless Internet to Impact In-Car Radio TSL -- Radio Online -- Sept. 12, 2007
Mobile WiMAX customers are predicted to grow at an annual compounded rate of 64% between 2009 and 2012, according to Pyramid Research. Read more...
Triple Play WIll Not Save Declining Margins, But Telcos Still Have to Do It -- Wireless Design & Development Asia -- Aug. 31, 2007
The necessity of multi-play bundles is increasingly imposing itself on service providers, all the more because of intense competition. Multi-play appears to have become indispensable. But how much of a difference does multi-play truly make to the bottom line? Read more...
The Case For Managed Services -- Motorola eZine -- Aug. 2007
Year-over-year growth in managed services — especially in the telecommunications industry — is one of the greatest success stories in the last few years. Pyramid Research reports an 8 percent compound annual growth rate in terms of what operators are spending on outsourcing overall. Read more...
Leapfrogging Transition -- Global Politician -- Aug. 30, 2007
Pyramid Research predicts a $60 billion communications market by 2005. "Information Society", ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), "leapfrogging", and "better online than in line" are buzzwords and slogans oft-used throughout the region. A horde of NGO's - local and international - collaborate with domestic government and local authorities, with foreign governments, multinationals, and international organizations to make the dream of a digital Europe come true. Read more...
Web 2.0 Drives New Network Boom -- Gulfnews.com -- Aug. 25, 2007
In the UAE, the internet sector still represents only a small portion of overall communications services, registering revenues of $225 million in 2006, according to Pyramid Research. Read more...
Fertile Mobile Oasis for Qatari License Winner -- Telecommunications Online -- Aug. 23, 2007
The winner of Qatar’s second mobile license can expect to capture a 20 percent share of the country’s mobile market by 2011 while generating ARPU among the highest in the Middle East, according to new data released by Pyramid Research. Read more...
Rethinking MVNO and MVNE Economics -- BlogSpot.com -- Aug. 19, 2007
Pyramid Research as issued a featured report that is basically targeting Mobile Operators, MVNO, MVNEs, Financial instituions and vendors. Read more...
Iraq Awardsd Mobile Phone Licenses -- Media With Conscience -- Aug. 18, 2007
Dearbhla McHenry, a Boston-based Middle East analyst from Pyramid Research, said the mobile phone industry is one of the few sectors that actually seems to be benefiting from Iraq's instability and crumbling infrastructure. Read more...
Iraq Awards Mobile Phone Licenses -- Al-Jazeera -- Aug. 18, 2007
"Iraq's comparatively fast-growing mobile penetration rate is explained partly by the poor quality of the fixed network," McHenry said. "And partly by the very lack of security, which makes investing in Iraq so risky". Read more...
Iraq Puts Mobile Phone Licenses up for Auction -- IT Business Edge -- Aug. 16, 2007
Dearbhla McHenry, a Boston-based Middle East analyst at Pyramid Research, said Iraq’s instability and crumbling infrastructure are fueling the mobile phone market. Read more...
Iraq Launches Sale of Mobile Phone Licences -- Reuters -- Aug. 16, 2007
Mobile phone service is one of the few sectors thriving on Iraq's instability and crumbling infrastructure, said Dearbhla McHenry, a Boston-based Middle East analyst at Pyramid Research. Read more...
Mobile Virtual Networks Not Quite Dead -- eMarketer -- Aug. 14, 2007
Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) will have close to 150 million US subscribers by 2012, according to Pyramid Research's "Rethinking MVNO and MVNE Economics: the Future of Mobile Virtual Models" report. Read more...
Artificial Life, IDEA Partner -- Unstrung -- Aug. 13, 2007
According to a recent Pyramid Research survey of mobile phone users across the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries and the U.K., India ranked as the top mobile game market. Of the respondents in India that identified themselves as mobile data users, 32% said that they play mobile games monthly, exceeding the UK mark of 15%. Read more...
Vivo Seizes Lead in Brazilian Telecoms -- Financial Times -- Aug. 3, 2007
Vivo, the Brazilian mobile phone operator, Friday bought two smaller operators, marking a further step in the consolidation of the country’s hotly contested telecommunications sector. Read more...
New Spectrum Paves Way to 4G -- John Roese's Blog (CTO, Nortel) -- Aug. 2, 2007
Each U.S. wireless user chalks up more than 800 minutes of wireless voice each month (source: Pyramid Research, 1Q07), far outpacing any other country. Read more...
Pyramid Research Predicts 10 Telecom Trends in the Asia-Pacific Region -- Wireles Design & Development Asia -- Jul. 27, 2007
Leading global telecommunications intelligence firm Pyramid Research, at its second annual Asia-Pacific Telecom Summit, presented 10 key trends that will take place in the Asia-Pacific telecom sector in 2008. Read more...
Mobile Data Revenue Could Tripe in Asia-Pacific -- Destination CRM -- Jul. 26, 2007
At its Asia-Pacific Telecom Summit held in Seoul and Tokyo earlier this month, telecommunications market research firm Pyramid Research isolated 10 trends they expect to be following within that region next year. Read more...
GSMA, Microsoft explore potentials for 3G PC -- Vanguard -- Jul. 16, 2007
In embedding 3G technology to the Notebook, the GSMA has begun a research study including field trials conducted by Pyramid Research, with the aim to introducing the product to the mass market for mobile broadband. Read more...
Great in Its Own Right, IPTV Is Also an Agent of Network Transformation -- IT Business Edge -- Jul. 13, 2007
For instance, this press release from Pyramid Research says IPTV may become the preferred conduit for the video-on-demand services championed by the cable industry. Read more...
Four Markets to Represent 70-80% of NSN's LatAm Revs in 2007 -- Business News Americas -- Jun 27, 2007
Though the merger will combine the forces of the two companies, Pyramid Research analyst Sergio Cruz previously told BNamericas that Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERIC) will still lead the regional market in terms of telecoms equipment sales to carriers.
Wi-Fi Still a Winner -- ITp.net -- Jun 27, 2007
Al Muzakki cites a 2005 study from research company Pyramid Research that predicts the number of Wi-Fi users in the Middle East and Africa would grow from 1.1 million in 2006 to approximately 2.8 million in 2009. Read more...
In Argentina, Cell Phones Trump Credit Cards -- AdRANTs -- Jun 26, 2007
On the panel were Moderator, Fernando Pafumi, director of business development for Pyramid Research, Victor Kong, VP of Strategy and New Media for MTVNetworks Latin America, Jorge Oartides, CEO of LatCel and Juan Saldivar. Read more...
VOD Key for IPTV Providers -- Cable 260 Net -- Jun 25, 2007
Pyramid Research wrote in a recent report that while IPTV providers are making gains with the deployment of their video services, they're struggling with VOD. IPTV providers are finding out that content acquisition is more time consuming and expensive than first envisioned, according to a press release. Read more...
Nokia Flexes, adds 'Complementary' Enterprise Channel in U.S. -- RCR WIreless News -- Jun 25, 2007
Pyramid Research reacted to the reorganization news by noting that IT vendors such as Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. (through HTC Corp.) and Hewlett-Packard Co. have launched devices for both consumer and enterprise markets. Read more...
Focus on Neglected Markets Drives Safaricom Success -- Business Daily -- Jun 25, 2007
At the time, a consultancy firm called Pyramid Research, cautiously predicted slow growth for the mobile industry, saying it would “continue a high-growth trajectory, and achieve a penetration level of three per cent by 2005, more than one million subscribers.” Read more...
Singapore: Infocomm Sector Surges to Record $45b -- Asia Media News Daily -- Jun 20, 2007
Reacting to yesterday's announcements, senior analyst Marc Einstein, from consultancy firm Pyramid Research, said the figures showed that iN2015 is on track. Read more...
Wireless News Weekly -- Jun 15, 2007
The Philippines has become the first country in the world where mobile users spend more on data services than on voice, according to research company Pyramid Research. They aren’t the only ones- according to a ComReg report, Irish mobile users are now texting more than talking. Read more...
Report: Mobile Operators Slow Spending -- Wireless Week -- Jun 14, 2007
According to a report from research and analysis firm Pyramid Research, capital expenditures by mobile network operators will slow in 2007. Read more...
Pyramid Research Predicts a Downward Trend in Capital Expenditures of Mobile Network Operators in 2007 -- BusinessWire -- Jun 13, 2007
Pyramid Research expects a slowdown in capital expenditures (Capex) by mobile network operators (MNOs) in 2007. Even though MNO Capex volume increased at double-digit rates in 2005 and 2006, new technologies and changing business models are affecting the Capex landscape and consequently the fortunes of equipment vendors. Read more...
Pyramid Research Predicts Downturn in MNO Capex -- Tekrati Industry Reporter -- Jun 13, 2007
"We are seeing a trend toward subsiding Capex levels, even in some developing markets," said Daniel Locke, Pyramid Research analyst. Read more...
Fixed Mobile Convergence, Evolution or Revolution? -- Wind River -- Jun 11, 2007
The last couple of months have seen a flurry of reports on the subject of the future prospects for Fixed Mobile Convergence (from, for example, Pyramid Research and IDC) which has, in turn, spawned a flurry of web articles and blog comment on the same subject. Read more...
Mobility in the Philippines -- Blogspot -- Jun 7, 2007
The collaboration will begin with a global market research study including field trials, conducted by Pyramid Research, to quantify mass market PC buyer interest in mobile broadband and to identify the key drivers of broader adoption as well as the customer value proposition. Read more...
GSM Association Collaborates with Microsoft -- Cellular News -- May 30, 2007
The collaboration will begin with a global market research study including field trials, conducted by Pyramid Research, that aims to quantify mass market PC buyer interest in mobile broadband. Read more...
Oi to Sell Unblocked GSM Handsets -- Cellular News -- May 24, 2007
However, analyst Thomas Abreu at US consultancy Pyramid Research says that the impact of selling unblocked handsets is likely to be marginal. Read more...
Oi to Sell Unblocked GSM Handsets -- Business News Americas -- May 23, 2007
However, analyst Thomas Abreu at US consultancy Pyramid Research says that the impact of selling unblocked handsets is likely to be marginal.
PTOs Offer Lucrative Entry Route into Telecoms Market -- Business Day -- May 23, 2007
Pyramid’s analyst Juliano Torii, who wrote the report, explains that with PTOs, the infrastructure is already in place and it reduces the cost of entry into the telecommunications market in the country. Read more...
Telefonica Joins Battle for Share of Brazil's Bonanza -- Financial Times -- May 18, 2007
Pyramid Research says 50 per cent of handset sales are now through supermarkets and other retailers; 30 per cent through dealers and just 20 per cent through operators themselves. Read more...
Telefónica Busca Cerrarle el Paso en Latinoamérica al mexicano Slim -- El Cronista Comercial -- May 18, 2007
Sea como sea, está claro que Telefónica adoptó una postura. “El principal beneficio de la operación fue meterle el dedo en el ojo a América Móvil y Telmex. Latinoamérica es una porción importante de la facturación de Telefónica, que no está dispuesta a ceder en esto”, comentó Thomas Abreu, de la consultora Pyramid Research.
Telefonica Joins Battle for Share of Brazil's Bonanza -- MSNBC -- May 17, 2007
However the situation eventually plays out, Telefónica has taken a stand. "The main benefit [of the deal] was to stick their fingers in the eyes of América Móvil and Telmex," says Mr Abreu. Read more...
Sceptical Take on VoD Models for IPTV -- Telecom TV -- May 16, 2007
Telecoms analyst company Pyramid Research has just released a paper showing how the VoD IPTV business model fails in the medium term. It comes down to the cost of content. Read more...
Braced for Enterprise Demand for FMCI was Interested to See Pyramid Research's Latest Report -- MicroScope -- May 11, 2007
Braced for enterprise demand for FMCI was interested to see Pyramid Research's latest report, Fixed-Mobile Convergence: What Works, What Doesn't and the MNO's Path to Substitution, which states that the number of UMA and dual-mode subscribers will reach 18 million in 2011.
The Urge to Converge -- Telephony -- May 7, 2007
400,000; Estimated number of FMC users worldwide at the end of 2006. 2 Information provided by Pyramid Research. Read more...
Prevén Reducir Brecha Digital -- Palabra -- May 7, 2007
En la experiencia latinoamericana, el principal aprovechamiento de WiMax se ha dado en el crecimiento de redes urbanas en parques industriales para dotar de acceso a las Pymes, y a la población rural, dijo el gerente de investigaciones para región de la consultora, Pyramid Research, Sergio Cruz. Read more...
Phoenix Telecom Group Launches New Mexico Cellular Prepaid Cards -- PRWeb -- May 4, 2007
As detailed by Pyramid Research in a 2006 report, under this plan, the Cofetel extended the CPP (in place already for mobile to mobile traffic) to include international and domestic long-distance incoming calls to mobile phones eliminating any additional fee on the receiving mobile user. Read more...
Embarq Integrates Cellular, Landline Phones -- The Tallahassee Democrat -- Apr. 28, 2007
The inability of cellular telephones to integrate and connect seamlessly to business landline systems is an emerging problem - and a highly costly one, according to a study by Pyramid Research. The study found that up to half of business cellular minutes are expended while physically in the business itself.
Telefonica Reaches Agreement With PT to Control Vivo -- Cellular News -- Apr. 25, 2007
Nonetheless, Thomas Abreu, an analyst with Pyramid Research, is skeptical of the report that Telefónica and Portugal Telecom have already reached an agreement. Read more...
FMC Subscribers to Reach 18m in 2011, says Pyramid Research -- Wireless Design & Development Asia -- Apr. 12, 2007
"A cultural shift is forming in this generation's consumers, from owning to renting," commented Nick Holland, Senior Analyst at Pyramid and author of the report. "Consumers are becoming conditioned to accept that virtual digital content is the norm and therefore physical ownership is longer seen as necessary." Read more...
FMC Subscribers to Reach 18m in 2011, says Pyramid Research -- Business Wire -- Apr. 11, 2007
UMA and dual-mode subscribers will quadruple in number in 2007, from fewer than 400,000 in 2006, and reach 18m in 2011, forecasts Pyramid Research in its latest report: Fixed-Mobile Convergence: What Works, What Doesn’t and the MNO’s Path to Substitution. Read more...
Tailored to Your Taste -- The Hindu Business Line -- Apr. 9, 2007
Rich media is well suited to cater to the needs of the Indian subscriber - a subscriber who is an avid TV viewer and not tech-savvy or extremely fluent in English and Hindi, according to a report from Pyramid Research. Read more...
Argentina, Colombia Excluded from Nokia Siemens Network Launch on April 1 -- Cellular News -- Mar. 30, 2007
However, Pyramid Research analyst Sergio Cruz told BNamericas that the delays in Colombia and Argentina are mainly to do with administrative bureaucracy and that he is confident the merger and operations launch will be approved soon. Read more...
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