22 February 2012
LATEST NEWS:
Combating invalid IMEIs on home-grown emerging market smartphones Foreign operators hit by Indian licence cancellations Sudan’s market leader optimises routing and billing systems The Kingdom of ‘Gross National Happiness’ sees strong growth in mobile phon... Major broadband access network going live in Mexico North Korea passes 1 million user milestone Remote areas in emerging markets will yield the next billion mobile users Leading Lat Am operator takes over Brazilian cable firm Indian 2G licences revoked; operators reject ruling America Movil selects Alcatel-Lucent as a provider of LTE infrastructure fo... Broadband collaboration aims at emerging markets MTN extends managed services partnership with Ericsson in Ghana Indian Handset Market Witnesses 14.1% Growth in 2011 Network planning partnership to cover Southeast Asia Open framework boosts service delivery for Israeli operator Kosovan contract renewed for emerging markets provider Indian startup reneges on terms of infrastructure agreement Carrier grade Wi-Fi base stations enable connectivity in Ouagadougou Slow progress in Nepal, but penetration exceeds expectations First 4G-LTE network goes live in Hungary BSS transformation contract underway in Malaysia Mobile number portability set to shake up Chile’s mobile market South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco lead Tweeting in Africa Enthusiastic response to Tanzania’s first voice SMS service New platform allows fast uploading for Thai news reporters 3G growth healthy in Belarus as mobile market nears saturation Global top up service for Chinese expatriates Subscriptions on the rise in Kuwait over 2011 Free mobile access to Wikipedia for Africa & ME customers Political risk throughout North Africa may temper short-term growth RCom receives loan from Chinese banks Emergency communications terminals deployed in South Sudan Digital wallet services launching in China

Global Trends

China Overtakes United States as World's Largest Smartphone Market in Q3 2011

Industry News - Global Trends

Friday, 25 November 2011 15:01

Smartphone shipments reached a record 24 million units in China during the third quarter of 2011, surpassing the 23 million units shipped in the US...

BRICs performing well at using ICT for citizens’ benefit

Industry News - Global Trends

Thursday, 24 November 2011 10:22

The social, economic and environmental benefits of ICT are the subject of Ericsson and Arthur D. Little’s Networked Society Index, which ranks 25 of the world's largest cities according to their ability to implement ICTs to this end. Several BRIC cities are faring well, with Shanghai and Beijing ranking in the top 10...

Ericsson forecasts tenfold increase in mobile data traffic by 2016

Industry News - Global Trends

Tuesday, 08 November 2011 12:03

A new report from Swedish vendor Ericsson predicts that mobile data traffic will increase up to tenfold over the next five years, and that there will be nearly 5 billion mobile broadband subscriptions by 2016...

Preparing for the Unified Communications Boom

Industry News - Global Trends

Monday, 24 October 2011 15:29

Adoption of Unified Communications technology is reaching critical mass, corroborated by a report from In-Stat earlier this year that predicted small office spending on IP telephony would grow by 83 per cent in 2011...

World's youngest nation joins ITU

Industry News - Global Trends

Thursday, 06 October 2011 15:48

The world's newest country, South Sudan, has joined ITU to become the Union's 193rd Member State...

Google’s Motorola buy: patent spending, or emerging market land grab?

Industry News - Global Trends

Thursday, 18 August 2011 10:48

google_300x225The acquisition of Motorola by Google took the tech industry by surprise, and the deal’s ramifications will doubtless be felt going forward. Already, theories are flying round regarding the motivation behind the deal, and the steps that competitors may take to accommodate the acquisition...

New GSMA chief appointed; effective from September

Industry News - Global Trends

Tuesday, 16 August 2011 11:31

A new head has been appointed for the GSMA following the June resignation of previous CEO Rob Conway...

Bringing broadband to the world’s poorest communities

Industry News - Global Trends

Tuesday, 07 June 2011 14:16

Governments around the world need to rapidly formulate and implement national multi-sectoral broadband plans – or risk being seriously disadvantaged in today’s increasingly high-speed digital environment, according to a new report from the Broadband Commission for Digital Development...

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