Regulatory Update in Venezuela
March 9, 2007 - Much of the regulator’s agenda is focused on spectrum management. Facing rapid subscriber growth, mobile operators requested an additional concession of spectrum in the 1.7 and 2.2GHz bands. The new spectrum will set a new era in Venezuela’s regulatory concession policy. The concession will be awarded to operators who will provide the most beneficial social plan for communities. Purchase Subscription
Vodafone Places a US$11.1bn Wager on India's Mobile Market
March 1, 2007 - The world’s second-largest mobile operator, Vodafone, made a major investment in the fastest growing mobile market in the world by reaching a tentative agreement to acquire Hutchison’s 67% stake in Hutchison Essar for US$11.1bn on February 12, 2007. This purchase, the largest takeover in Indian history, represents a watershed event for the UK operator as it has made its largest foray into a developing Asian economy and will add over 15m proportionate subscribers, bringing its global total to well over 200m. Purchase Subscription
Mexico’s telecommunications services market
March 1, 2007 - Mexico’s telecommunications services market is one of the most significant emerging markets in the world and Latin America’s second-largest with total revenues reaching US$24.5bn in 2006. On the regulatory front, the Convergence Agreement published in October 2006 represents an important development towards convergence and competition in the Mexican market. Combined, the country’s Pay TV, mobile, and fixed communications sectors registered double-digit growth in 2005 and were on track to repeat this performance in 2006. Purchase Subscription
Hosted Solutions Can Reduce Mobile Capex by 12% in Latin America
February 23, 2007 - By our estimates, Latin American mobile operators will spend a total of US$93m on hosted services in 2007. Hosted services are expected to represent only 9% of the region’s investments in end-user service delivery solutions, including end-user services access platforms, service delivery solutions, and charging and payment solutions. Nonetheless, hosting is expected to deliver savings of 12% in Capex. Indeed, the key attraction to hosted solutions is the promise of lower Capex. Operators face a conundrum, however: hosted services increase Opex—another area where they are looking for efficiencies, and hence, to-date, investments have been limited. Purchase Subscription
Regulatory Update in Mexico
February 15, 2007 - 2006 was a dynamic year for regulatory entities in Mexico. Among the key events that marked the year were the approval of a new Telecommunications Law by the Mexican Congress in April.
Amendments to the Law of Telecommunications and the Law of Radio and Television... Purchase Subscription
India: Broadband Target Will Be Met
February 9, 2007 - With the current growth rate of mobile subscriptions, India is the clear global leader in mobile net additions, but its broadband sector still has not met market expectations. Due to poor fixed line coverage, low PC adoption, and service pricing, broadband service has not been embraced by Indians in the way mobile phones were. Purchase Subscription
Mexico: Mobile Number Portability Gets Carried Away
February 2, 2007 - Mexican mobile operators will face significant change over the next two years when mobile number portability (MNP) regulation is passed and implemented. In addition to Mexico, several markets throughout Latin America will implement MNP, including Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Peru. Mexico will be one of the first countries to implement MNP in 2007 and has already selected a technical solution to this end. Purchase Subscription
How can vendors make outsourcing more attractive?
January 26, 2007 - Operators expect their vendors to buy into their culture and do things the way they would internally.
‘‘The biggest challenge when outsourcing is to make sure that the vendor actually buys into our culture, that they really have the desire and know-how of how to provide that service. You can’t overstate the importance of the culture; and it takes up to a year to achieve complete buy-in." Purchase Subscription
Growth rates of global markets
January 19, 2007 - Due to its pent-up demand for connectivity, Mexico is a key emerging market in the global communications industry. Its expected rate of expansion contrasts positively with prospects for most developed countries; while Mexico’s sheer size makes it one of the 20 largest telecommunications markets in the world. Within the Latin American context, the Mexican telecommunications market remains one of the regional pillars of growth. Purchase Subscription
Mexico's Market: Expanding and Expanding
December 22, 2006 - The telecommunications market in Mexico has grown significantly over the past five years, and Pyramid Research expects it to generate revenues of US$24.4m in 2006 in the mobile, fixed, Internet, private circuit, and Pay TV segments. Going forward, Pyramid Research, which remains optimistic of the market, expects total revenues to reach US$26.5bn in 2007 and US$32.3bn by 2011, a CAGR of 6 percent. Purchase Subscription
Mexico Handset Market: Attractive Opportunities Remain
December 14, 2006 - Mexico presents an attractive opportunity to handset vendors as the market will grow robustly in the near future due to the expansion of the subscriber base. Our forecast of end users handset sales suggests sales will continue growing steadily in the coming years after registering sales of 21m handsets in 2005. Purchase Subscription
Vietnam: Privatization Approaches
December 7, 2006 - The route to market in the telecom industry consists of well-known participants; the difficulty is in creating an adequate mix of them. In their distribution strategies, fixed and mobile operators are facing challenges which impede profitable growth. Purchase Subscription
November 16, 2006 - IPTV is usually introduced by a DSL provider hoping to lure subscribers away from a cable operator, just as cable broadband services are usually introduced by cable providers hoping to attract subscribers away from DSL. However, the UAE’s Etisalat is in a unique situation: it is already the UAE’s sole provider of both DSL and cable services (through its fully - owned cable TV subsidiary, E-Vision). Purchase Subscription
Poland: Market Forecast
November 9, 2006 - Poland’s mobile market prepares to welcome the entry of at least two new service providers before the end of 2006. The fourth UMTS licensee, P4, has signed a domestic roaming agreement with the third operator Polkomtel and is set to launch its services before the end of the year. Purchase Subscription
Vietnam: Mobile Penetration in Regional Context
November 2, 2006 - Vietnam’s mobile market is in the initial stages of development. It has a low penetration rate relative to its Southeast Asian neighbors, ending 2004 at 6 percent. Purchase Subscription
Distribution Channels Receive Plenty of Attention
October 12, 2006 - The route to market in the telecom industry consists of well-known participants; the difficulty is in creating an adequate mix of them. In their distribution strategies, fixed and mobile operators are facing challenges which impede profitable growth. Purchase Subscription
How Africa Can Reach 100 percent Penetration
October 12, 2006 -For mobile penetration to leap from less than 1 percent to the current 10–20 percent, business models had to change. They would have to undergo another transformation if the market is to make another penetration quantum leap. Purchase Subscription
Bolivia: Mobile Subscriber Growth by Technology
September 28, 2006 - TDMA currently is the most widely used mobile technology in Bolivia and will decline rapidly in the next three years due to migrations driven by Entel Movil and Telecel.
Peru: Mobile Subscriber Growth by Technology
September 21, 2006 - Telefonica Moviles (Movistar) began the deployment of its GSM network and initiated commercial operations last February, becoming the only operator employing both GSM and CDMA One.
Telefónica: Wiring Peru
September 7, 2006 - The Peruvian market is dominated by the Telefónica Group, which is the largest operator in local, long-distance, mobile services, pay TV, data transmission, and Internet access. Purchase Subscription
Thailand: Enter IPTV
August 17, 2006 - There are many factors suggesting that IPTV in Thailand has significant uptake and revenue potential. Household Pay TV penetration is minimal compared to the rest of Asia, with Thailand’s rate in 2006 standing at well under 10 percent. Purchase Subscription
Brazil: Telecom Growth
August 10, 2006 -The mobile segment is the main driver of the Brazilian telecommunications market. On the fixed side, broadband and pay TV revenues are the only ones expected to grow in the next five years, at 28 and 7 percent, respectively. Purchase Subscription
Competition in Argentina: Leaders and Challengers
August 3, 2006 - Argentina’s telecoms market continues to show impressive growth, having bounced back strongly from its nadir in 2002. The mobile and broadband segments lead the recovery, showing very robust subscriber growth. Purchase Subscription
Chile: Mobile Maturity
July 27, 2006 - The Chilean mobile market is in a stage of maturity, presenting a mobile penetration of 73 percent at YE2005. Purchase Subscription
Phillippine Market Shows Promise
June 29, 2006 - The Philippine communications market is one of the more innovative markets in Southeast Asia, given its technological development. Worth US$5bn in 2005, it is expected to generate around US$7.4bn by 2011.
Brazil: Regulatory Update
June 29, 2006 -Brazil’s regulatory agency, Anatel, set ambitious goals for 2006. In its work plan, published in early February 2006, the agency said it intends to bring a number of key items to public consultation in 2006... Purchase Subscription
Mexico: Regulatory Changes
June 15, 2006 - The Mexican market indicates that regulatory authorities still have ample room for reforms, and outstanding enforcement issues still need to be resolved. Purchase Subscription
Nigeria Mobile Regulatory Updates
June 15, 2006 - Nigeria opened 2006 with a new licensing framework with unified licensing in the Post-Exclusivity era that will allow Private Telecom Operators (PTOs) to provide fully mobile services. Purchase Subscription
Can FMC Happen in Emerging Markets?
June 8, 2006 - While the first steps in FMC will be made in developed markets, the emerging markets of Africa and the Middle East (AME), Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia should not be written off. Purchase Subscription
CANTV and Movilnet Bet on Innovation and Integration
May 16, 2006 - CANTV experienced a turning point in 2005 in terms of innovation. On the fixed side, the operator set out to migrate its network from PSTN to NGN (Next Generation Network) to achieve cost reductions, network expansion and greater reliability from this technological platform. Purchase Subscription
Prepaid for Life in India
May 4, 2006 - In the past, operators in India have been known to do things differently than their global counterparts, offering services such as voice-based VAS portals and all-you-can-watch mobile TV priced at a flat per-session fee. Purchase Subscription
Verizon’s Sale of Regional Assets Closes the Door for a Third Regional Operator
May 4, 2006 - Continuing their expansion into Latin America and the Caribbean, America Móvil and Telmex announced the purchase of Verizon’s regional assets on April 3. Purchase Subscription
Hints of Consolidation in Africa Middle East
April 20, 2006 - Over the past few months, the African region has undergone tremendous developments, notably on the M&A front. Purchase Subscription
Senegal: Millicom’s Tigo Is Gaining Momentum:
Mar 9, 2006 - 2005 has been a phenomenal year for Senegal’s mobile market, which added a reported 610,000 subscriptions, compared to 340,000 in 2004. Purchase Subscription
Senegal: Millicom’s Tigo Is Gaining Momentum:
Mar 9, 2006 - 2005 has been a phenomenal year for Senegal’s mobile market, which added a reported 610,000 subscriptions, compared to 340,000 in 2004. Purchase Subscription
Vietnam’s Dynamic Internet Market Poised For Additional Growth:
Mar 9, 2006 - Vietnam is quickly becoming one of developing Asia’s more dynamic telecommunications markets and the lure of double-digit subscriber and revenue growth has already enticed investors from South Korea and Hong Kong into the nation’s burgeoning wireless market. Purchase Subscription
Vietnam’s Dynamic Internet Market Poised For Additional Growth:
Mar 9, 2006 - Vietnam is quickly becoming one of developing Asia’s more dynamic telecommunications markets and the lure of double-digit subscriber and revenue growth has already enticed investors from South Korea and Hong Kong into the nation’s burgeoning wireless market. Purchase Subscription
The Future of Digitel Venezuela:
Feb 9, 2006 - After a long period of negotiations, Telecom Italia agreed to sell Digitel Venezuela to Telvenco S.A. for US$425 million. Purchase Subscription
The Future of Digitel Venezuela:
Feb 9, 2006 - After a long period of negotiations, Telecom Italia agreed to sell Digitel Venezuela to Telvenco S.A. for US$425 million. Purchase Subscription
Ukraine: Ukrtelecom’s Bright Future:
Jan 26, 2006 - In the first week of February 2006, the Ukrainian government will officially begin the bidding process for the privatization of its incumbent, Ukrtelecom. Purchase Subscription
Mexico: How Axtel is Positioning Itself for Growth:
Jan 26, 2006 - In 2005, Axtel began to shift its strategic positioning in order to achieve future growth. On December 7, 2005, the company began trading publicly on the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores) and signed agreements with Intel and the Mexican Federal Commission of Electricity (CFE) to develop two new technologies:
Kenya’s Internet Boom:
Jan 26, 2006 - The liberalization of regulatory controls in Kenya and the resulting improvements in infrastructure are fueling a boom in demand for internet services in this sub-Saharan African country which boasts the region’s third largest internet user base. Purchase Subscription
Ukraine: Ukrtelecom’s Bright Future:
Jan 26, 2006 - In the first week of February 2006, the Ukrainian government will officially begin the bidding process for the privatization of its incumbent, Ukrtelecom. Purchase Subscription
Kenya’s Internet Boom:
Jan 26, 2006 - The liberalization of regulatory controls in Kenya and the resulting improvements in infrastructure are fueling a boom in demand for internet services in this sub-Saharan African country which boasts the region’s third largest internet user base. Purchase Subscription
Pyramid Research Predictions for 2006:
Jan 12, 2006 - 1. Carrier margins will decline over the course of the year, most notably on the fixed side. Purchase Subscription
Triple-play in Argentina: Clarín is a Potentially Serious Threat to Telcos:
Dec 28, 2005 - Historically, the Argentine cable industry has been more developed than that of its South American neighbors. Purchase Subscription
Iran: Promising Growth Lies Ahead:
Dec 8, 2005 - The entrance of a second player in the Iranian market has heralded the beginning of an era in the country’s mobile industry. Purchase Subscription
Portugal: PT Pay TV Dominance Under Threat:
Dec 8, 2005 - Incumbent operator Portugal Telecom casts a long shadow over the Portuguese telecommunications market, including the Pay TV segment, where the incumbent’s TV Cabo holds an overwhelming market share. Purchase Subscription
Nigeria: A Growing Weight:
Nov 23, 2005 - As of 2004, Nigeria is the largest mobile market in Africa. After competition was introduced in 2001 with MTN and VMobile (ex-Econet), and in 2003, with Globacom, the market experienced a positive boost in mobile adoption. Purchase Subscription
Emerging Markets Want Mobile Data But How Much Will They Pay?
Nov 16, 2005 - Pyramid’s recent study of mobile subscribers in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) found that consumers in developing markets overwhelming want to use mobile data services... Purchase Subscription
Ecuador: Embracing Text Messaging:
Nov 10, 2005 - The recent price increase of Ecuadorian mobile challenger Movistar’s text message packages triggered the regulators Suptel and Conatel to ponder instituting lower ceiling prices for this highly utilized service. Purchase Subscription
Regional: Telefónica Plans to Export ‘Imagenio’ to Latin America:
Nov 7, 2005 -In January 2004, Telefónica launched its “Imagenio” Video on Demand service in Madrid, Barcelona and Alicante using its ADSL offering after two years of trials. Purchase Subscription
Egypt’s Mobile Enterprise Market Fails to Enthuse:
Nov 7, 2005 - From the once infrastructure-focused business model, operators across the Middle East are evolving towards a more end-user focused approach in response to stiffening competition and maturing markets. Purchase Subscription
CEE Regional: 3G begins to take flight, but prospects look weak:
Nov 7, 2005 - Throughout Central and Eastern Europe there are very few examples of 3G services. Purchase Subscription
Peru: Enter Millicom?
Oct 27, 2005 - Luxembourg-based Millicom International Cellular (MIC) announced last week that it intends to formally bid on a fourth mobile license in Peru, offered by the country’s Communications and Transport Ministry. Purchase Subscription
India: Identifying VAS Opportunities: As Easy as ‘ABC’:
Oct 17, 2005 - Talk is cheap – literally speaking – in India. With Indians enjoying some of the lowest per-minute mobile tariffs in the world... Purchase Subscription
India: The 200m Subscriber Challenge:
Oct 17, 2005 - A recent publication from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended the course of action government agencies... Purchase Subscription
Trinidad & Tobago Braces for Intense Competition:
Oct 13, 2005 - The opening of Trinidad and Tobago’s telecommunications market represents one of the last Caribbean markets to open its sector to competition, leaving the Bahamas as the only other closed market in the region. Purchase Subscription
Mobile Gaming in India is Big and Ready for Greater Growth:
Oct 13, 2005 - 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. Purchase Subscription
Pyramid BRIC Mobile Data Adoption Study: Early Results are Surprising!
Oct 7, 2006 - We are please to announce that our first comprehensive end-user survey results are in. We collected data from mobile subscribers five countries; China, India, Russia, Brazil and the UK to examine usage patterns for existing and hypothetical data services. Purchase Subscription
Latin America Mergers & Acquisitions: Grupo Carso Holds a Lot of Sway:
Sep 29, 2005 - America Móvil continues to add to its already-extensive holdings in Latin America. Purchase Subscription
Broadband in Brazil: Speeding Up?
Sep 15, 2005 - On July 5, 2005, fixed line operator Telefônica (Telesp) announced it will invest R$50m (US$21m) to promote its broadband service, which is marketed under the Speedy brand, by expanding its product range and price choices. Purchase Subscription
Digicel Builds Presence in the Caribbean:
Aug 4, 2005 - Digicel founder and Chairman Dennis O’Brien is continuing to expand aggressively in the Caribbean. Beginning the year with operations in seven Caribbean countries, Digitel has purchased mobile licenses in Haiti and Trinidad & Tobago and more recently acquired all of Cingular Wireless’s Caribbean assets except Puerto Rico. Purchase Subscription
Brazil: Bidding for Brasil Telecom:
April 28, 2005 - On April 28, 2005, Brasil Telecom (BrT) and Telecom Italia (TI) announced a deal in which one of BrT’s major shareholders, the Brazilian investment bank Opportunity Fund (Opportunity), sold its stake to TI for US$460.3m. Purchase Subscription
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