Central & Eastern Europe

3G growth healthy in Belarus as mobile market nears saturation

Regional Trends - Central & Eastern Europe

Friday, 27 January 2012 11:37

In the first nine months of 2011, Belarus’ mobile market grew by 4.5%, with the number of mobile customers surpassing 11mn in September. By the end of 2011, it is estimated there were 11.18mn mobile subscribers in Belarus, growth of 5.9% over the year and a mobile penetration rate of almost 117%...

Mobile-only households: fixed voice will all but disappear in some Central and Eastern European countries

Regional Trends - Central & Eastern Europe

Friday, 30 September 2011 11:52

Fixed voice household penetration has proved resilient in most parts of Western Europe, but in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) the proportion of mobile-only households had increased to 41% at the end of 2010. Senior Analyst at Analysys Mason Emma Buckland explores the regional factors that have brought about fixed-line abandonment in CEE, the main reasons why CEE fixed-line operators have been largely unsuccessful in stemming it and our expectations for this trend in the next five years...

Fibre adoption in CEE leads the way in Europe

Regional Trends - Central & Eastern Europe

Friday, 12 November 2010 10:06

Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries lead the European ranks in terms of fibre to the home/building (FTTH/B) subscriber growth. The fastest adoption of these technologies can be observed in countries where local loop unbundling (LLU) has either not been implemented or not gained much popularity. In the long term, investment in FTTH/B technology will become one of the major competitive weapons for all fixed broadband operators in the ongoing battle against mobile broadband providers...

Eastern Europe’s revenue growth to overtake the West’s

Regional Trends - Central & Eastern Europe

Thursday, 28 October 2010 11:22

Eastern European revenue growth is set to outstrip Western Europe’s over the next few years, according to ABI Research’s Enterprise Mobility Market Data...

CEE market declines, but growth routes are still open

Regional Trends - Central & Eastern Europe

Thursday, 07 October 2010 10:23

Due to a rigorous market regulatory policy and the 2009 economic slowdown, the value of the telecommunications market in Central and Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania) decreased by 14 per cent...

Suspicions high as Russia plans to award LTE spectrum to government-backed start-ups

Regional Trends - Central & Eastern Europe

Friday, 27 August 2010 09:51

Two new entrants to the Russian telecoms market may be awarded LTE spectrum this week – a potentially controversial development since both Osnova Telecom and RusEnergoTelekom (RET) are backed by the Russian government...

Mobile broadband traffic in CEE threatens to overload networks

Regional Trends - Central & Eastern Europe

Thursday, 08 July 2010 23:00

EMEA PCs grow 22% in 1Q10 - IDC

Regional Trends - Central & Eastern Europe

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 12:50

In its efforts to regain momentum the portable PC market in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa has witnessed strong growth of 22% in 1Q10. The finding comes in the latest issue of IDC 's EMEA Quarterly PC Tracker...