The Lebanese telecommunications market has suffered for many years from a lack of political will to make the changes necessary to free up the market in order for it to reach its potential...
Although overly dominant players in Angola’s telecoms sector have been keeping mobile and internet prices high, new forecasts indicate that this could be set to change as soon as this year with the introduction of new competition...
Thailand’s strong mobile market presents a complex commercial environment, with its mix of state-owned companies and private operators functioning under a wide variety of corporate and regulatory structures and interfaces...
Plans to transform Bangladesh into a digital country by 2021 are gaining traction after the Bangladeshi government announced plans in September 2010 to implement seven projects at a cost of BDT64.34bn...
Economic difficulties in Madagascar have somewhat stalled development in its telecom sector, but the market’s growth potential is vast...
Despite delays to its 3G licensing process and limited competition in certain areas, Algeria’s telecoms sector can boast high mobile penetration and a burgeoning internet telephony market...
The Indian regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has unveiled new figures suggesting that India’s penetration rate could be significantly lower than previously believed - according to the new data, around 200 million SIM cards in India are not active...
After Kazakhstan's mobile market delivered annual growth of 36% in 2008, the 2009 year saw a major slowdown in the market with net growth almost negligible...
The mobile entertainment industry in India is witnessing significant growth, with forecasts predicting that it will reach $4.9 billion in 2015 from $1.2 billion in 2009, growing at a CAGR of 26% in the period 2009-2015...
The total number of global mobile subscriptions at the end of 2010 was 5.5 billion. Of this total, the Asia-Pacific region accounted for a whopping 53% (2.9 billion)...
Two West African countries are the focus of recent market reports, and encouragingly both have healthy mobile sectors...
Tajikistan's telecommunications infrastructure was arguably the least developed of all the former Soviet republics. With a telecom network that was at near total collapse, the government has had the daunting task of bringing it up to modern standards...
Cameroon's economic growth has lagged behind other countries in the region, and this is mirrored by the development of its telecommunications sector...
One of the six GCC countries, Oman has a GDP per capita at a similar level to that of Saudi Arabia but with a much smaller population...
Fourth quarter data provided by operators in the Philippines has resulted in expectations being checked for the market’s growth...
Yemen is much the poorest country in the Middle East and economic difficulties are numerous. Around 35% of the population is below the poverty line...
New deals between America Movil and Digicel will see operations from each firm change hands. Digicel is set to acquire America Movil’s Jamaican operations, but will also sell its businesses in Honduras and El Salvador to the Lat-Am giant in a separate deal...
The Ghana Cocoa Board, The Hershey Company, and the World Cocoa Foundation have announced a first-of-its kind program to use mobile technology to deliver practical information on agricultural and social programs to rural cocoa farmers and enable the farmers to ask questions and provide feedback...
The Chinese government has proposed tracking the location of smartphones as a means of managing and ameliorating heavy traffic in Beijing...
The Honourable President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil today launched ‘Sanchar Shakti’ - the Gender Budget scheme for Mobile Connectivity & ICT related livelihood skills for Self Help Groups – an initiative by Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading cellular services provider under the aegis of Universal Service Obligation Fund of the Department of Telecommunications...
With Thailand beset by ongoing political problems on top of a sluggish economy, the country's telecom sector seems to have lost direction...
Kuwait is one of the wealthier members of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), ranking third in GDP per capita behind Qatar and the UAE, but a closer look at its telecoms sector reveals a major lack of competition in its fixed-line market...
A major sea change could be descending upon the Arab world. After the ousting of the Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali following nationwide organised protests, Egypt’s citizens have united to demand that their entrenched President, Hosni Mubarak, follow suit...
Bhutan could be deemed one of the world’s more insular countries, and the development of its telecommunications sector has been far from typical...
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