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Mid-East telecom, Internet to ring up sales of US$70 billion - MECOM organisers
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By Michael Schwartz   
29 Mar 2008 11:40 GMT+1
ImageAnalysis, Events, Telecoms, Middle East, MENA: Liberalising telecoms in Saudi Arabia and conflict-torn Iraq will result in major growth markets for the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector. What is more, the Arabian Gulf ICT market is one of the fastest growing in the world, with Middle East telecoms and broadband Internet expected to generate US$70 billion in annual sales revenue by 2015. These are two claims by the organisers of Middle East Communications 2008...
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Cheap mobile phones: is the breakthrough in sight?
Market Trends
By Michael Schwartz   
03 Mar 2008 14:25 GMT+1

ImageAnalysis, Digital Divide, Low-Cost Phones, Global: Mobile World Congress 2008 did indeed revive the discussion about low-cost mobile phones. While our two reports of the products announced at Mobile World Congress come with our "government health warning" urging readers to study the evidence and then make up their own minds, we are glad that the subject has not been forgotten...

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Algeria's fixed, cellular revenues are projected to grow in lead to privatization
Market Trends
By Michael Schwartz   
29 Jan 2008 20:40 GMT+1
ImageMarkets, Algeria, Privatisation, MENA: The imminent transfer of Algeria's telecoms services from state to private ownership is keenly anticipated. During the build-up to final roll-out revenues are expected to show substantial growth. The Arab Advisors Group has issued a report on this exciting issue...
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Zain creates Mid-East roam-free zone, buys Iraqna, launches in Saudi via NSN
Market Trends
By Michael Schwartz   
18 Jan 2008 15:19 GMT+1
ImageAnalysis, Telephony, Markets, Mergers, Mobile, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, MENA: Developing Telecoms reported last month that Zain was on its way to creating a roaming-free market in Africa, with a dozen countries all enjoying one single telecoms market. Since then, Zain has announced a single roaming-free market for its Middle East customers...
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Nauru: a tiny territory with large leverage
Market Trends
By Michael Schwartz   
08 Jan 2008 11:10 GMT+1
ImageAnalysis, Digital Divide, Satellite, Broadband, Nauru. Asia-Pacific: For most of the last century, Nauru relied on one source of income, phosphates. As is all too often the case with minerals, the primary resource exhausts itself, and as is all too often the case with a developing nation, there is no other source of income for its people...
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2Mb connection across the world - and for US$1 per month?
Market Trends
By Michael Schwartz   
08 Jan 2008 10:58 GMT+1
ImageAnalysis, Digital Divide, Satellite, Broadband, Nauru, Global: Eleven years ago Dr William Welty founded the Super-Wide Area Network Satellite (Swansat) System project. Swansat initially applied to the Ministry of Telecommunications of the Republic of Nauru so as to operate a group of space stations in W-Band...
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VoIP over 3G set to top 250 million in five years
Market Trends
By Michael Schwartz   
27 Nov 2007 12:10 GMT+1
ImageReport, Analysis, Markets, 3G, VoIP, Global: A major rise in VoIP over 3G (VoIPo3G) will take place in the next five years according to a report by London-based Disruptive Analysis. Growth will be driven not only by wireless carriers but also by a number of independent challengers...
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Competitive advantages and profitability in India’s liberalised market
Market Trends
By Georgia Hanias   
25 Oct 2007 07:55 GMT+1
ImageAnalysis, OSS, Telecoms, India, South Asia: India’s telecoms industry is now confronting its biggest challenges, with major investments in OSS Systems. Georgia Hanias draws on her vast experience of the Indian telecoms market to explain how new technologies can help India progress towards becoming a key telecoms player worldwide...
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