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The mobile market in Nepal continues to grow at a moderately strong rate in a relatively mature market, although growth began to taper off by 2015, according to R&M.
The mobile market in Nepal continues to grow at a moderately strong rate in a relatively mature market, although growth began to taper off by 2015, according to R&M.
Emerging market consumers do not need “the next Facebook” or “the next Snapchat”, according to new research from mobile commerce accelerator Upstream.
Shipments of smartphones saw a 6% annual increase during Q3 2016, constituting the quickest industry growth over the past year.
India is expected to see a significant uptake in mobile subscriptions, broadband and connectivity by 2020.
Kuwait's telecom sector is characterised by a highly developed mobile sector with many multiple subscriptions.
After stalling following deregulation, Pakistan’s telecom market now shows major growth opportunities, according to Research & Markets.
While the market currently lacks even some more standard telecoms infrastructure, South Sudan has huge potential for growth, according to Research & Markets.

The Solomon Islands has demonstrated some impressive figures when it comes to mobile uptake, according to new research.
India has overtaken the United States to become the world's second largest Internet market, with 333 million users, trailing China's 721 million.
Canalys’ latest market forecast shows worldwide smartphone shipments will reach just over 1.4 billion units in 2016.
Singapore-based operator Singtel is looking for startups working on solutions in the Internet of Things (IoT), big data analytics, content delivery, cybersecurity and customer experience spaces to take part in its Go Ignite innovation alliance.

Unlike Europe, where revenue in the telecom sector has been gradually declining over the last few years, Latin America’s telecom sector is one of the world’s fastest-growing markets.
Record numbers of people are now using the internet, but more than half of the world’s 7.1 billion are yet to be connected.
A new GSMA report has identified barriers for mobile broadband adoption in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Smartphone shipments increased by 23% in India last year, while neighbouring Pakistan gained 16 million new 3G/4G users in 2015.
India’s next spectrum auctions are set for a dramatic increase in the amount of available spectrum compared to last year’s round of bidding.
The second-hand smartphone market will hit a value of US$17 billion worldwide, while one quarter of smartphone users will no longer make a traditional phone call in a given week, according to Deloitte.

Cloud traffic in the Middle East and Africa will quadruple by 2019, according to the Cisco Cloud Index. Personal cloud storage, public cloud services, denser private cloud workloads and the Internet of Everything (IoE) are among the key drivers of growth.
Over the past 50 years, Internet technology has rapidly and profoundly changed the way people work, live, play and learn.
Pakistan’s telecoms sector has undergone a sharp downturn over the past year, with revenue from mobile falling by 1.8% and a dramatic drop in direct foreign investment.
The MVNO market is booming around the globe, and with good reason: it’s becoming increasingly easier for both mobile network operators (MNOs) and entrepreneurial companies to enter the market.
The conferencing services market across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) is seeing a significant shift to packaged services apparent in demand and vendor offerings.
International internet capacity growth in Africa is outpacing growth in all other regions, with an compound annual growth over the past five years of 51%.
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