Central & South Asia

Indian Handset Market Witnesses 14.1% Growth in 2011

Regional Trends - Central & South Asia

Monday, 06 February 2012 12:14

The Indian mobile handset market closed 2011 with an annual growth rate of 14.1%, achieving a total volume of 182 million handsets...

Slow progress in Nepal, but penetration exceeds expectations

Regional Trends - Central & South Asia

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 10:25

A number of factors had been slowing the development of Nepal's telecom network. The country's topography has made it extremely difficult to develop its telecommunications infrastructure. Furthermore, Nepal had been struggling under an adverse economic situation caused largely by political instability. Over the years, acts of terrorism and the activity of the Maoist rebels operating throughout the country had also taken their toll on the telecom network...

3G on the way in Pakistan as penetration rate creeps up

Regional Trends - Central & South Asia

Thursday, 12 January 2012 10:31

Growth has been steady in Pakistan although there have been setbacks to the country’s 3G licensing process which is due to take place this year...

Internet growth shining in Sri Lanka as mobile slows

Regional Trends - Central & South Asia

Thursday, 15 December 2011 11:04

In light of new data published by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, the island nation’s mobile subscriber growth over the next five years will likely be lower than expected...

Broadband on the rise in Kazakhstan, but Turkmenistan lags behind

Regional Trends - Central & South Asia

Wednesday, 30 November 2011 11:09

With many markets in Central Asia acting as test-beds of sorts for new technologies, BMI has catalogued the more recent developments in the mobile and internet sectors of the region...

Mobile penetration on the rise in Bangladesh as internet stalls

Regional Trends - Central & South Asia

Monday, 21 November 2011 10:27

Although fixed-line is declining, Bangladesh’s burgeoning mobile market has witnessed healthy growth...

Weak leadership and violence could stall Pakistan’s growth

Regional Trends - Central & South Asia

Friday, 30 September 2011 09:34

The Pakistani mobile market has emerged from two years of low growth between 2009 and 2010, which averaged at 1.7%, to mark a quarterly increase of 3.6% y-o-y in terms of subscribers...