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WiseGuyReports.com “ Liberia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses ” report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Liberia - Telecoms Liberia’s government extends m-payment platform for employees. After more than a decade of civil war which destroyed much of its infrastructure, Liberia became a prime example of an almost entirely wireless telecommunications market. There are two mobile operators – MTN Liberia, majority owned by MTN Group, and Orange Liberia, the local unit of Orange Group. Both have steadily invested in network infrastructure while MTN Liberia has been active in promoting its m-money services in a country where most people are un-banked. Competition between these operators has led to a reduction in pricing for voice and data services, and this prompted the regulator in late 2018 to suggest a tariff floor. Internet services are available from a number of wireless ISPs as well as the mobile operators. The high c...

WiseGuyReports.com  “Oman - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Oman - Telecoms Oman is demonstrating progress in both mobile and fixed telecoms. Oman has established a progressive mobile sector which has substantial coverage of both 3G and 4G LTE networks. While significant 5G developments are not expected until at least 2020; there have been trials already conducted. Mobile broadband subscriptions are still in a growth stage and the two major mobile operators, Omantel and Ooredoo Oman are competitive, partly in response to the rise of MVNOs. A third mobile network operator (MNO) license was up for tender throughout 2017 and four operators had expressed an interest in bidding for the license. However, in October 2017, the government announced the tender process had been cancelled. It was reported the license would be awarded to a local consortium instead. There has also been a re...

WiseGuyReports.com “ Serbia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses ” report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Serbia Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Market 2019-2025 Serbia’s telecom sector revenue returns to growth. Following an economically and politically turbulent period during the 1990s, Serbia started the first decade of the new millennium with strong GDP growth until the economic crisis of 2008. GDP growth soon recovered but more recently it has been stymied by the poor performance of Serbia’s principal trading markets, including Italy and Greece. Economic difficulties prompted the government to adopt a range of fiscal measures to raise revenue, including a short-term imposition of a 10% tax on telecom services. Similarly, the economic difficulties, compounded by a range of regulatory measures, saw a steady fall in telecom market revenue for a number of years although not all markets were affected equally. Telecom se...

WiseGuyReports.com  “Paraguay - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Paraguay - Telecoms Paraguay’s regulator to auction 700MHz at end-2017The state-owned incumbent, Corporación Paraguaya de Comunicaciones (Copaco) retains a monopoly on all fixed-line voice services, including local telephony, international long distance telephony, and VoIP. In the mobile market, however, there has been competition since 1998. The internet market is also open to competition, and there are over a dozen ISPs offering services. Copaco lost its monopoly over the international backbone for internet connectivity in early 2009. Growth in the number of mobile subscribers has been helped by the poor condition of much of the country’s fixed-line infrastructure. Underinvestment in infrastructure by Copaco has meant that lift Paraguay’s teledensity remains very low for the region. There is little expectation ...

WiseGuyReports.com  “Switzerland - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Switzerland - Telecoms Switzerland’s Federal Council passes Telecommunication Act reform. Switzerland has a sophisticated telecom sector and enjoys the highest broadband penetration rate in the OECD. Its competitive mobile market is served by three network operators and a small number of MVNOs while the broadband market is dominated by Swisscom and UPC Switzerland, though there are a large number of smaller players in the market. UPC has gained scale in recent years by acquiring a number of its partner networks and by signing deals to use third-party networks. The mobile market has undergone a number of changes in recent years, with the operator Salt (formerly Orange Switzerland) having been acquired by NJJ Capital in February 2015, and with Sunrise having been acquired by the private equity firm CVC Capital P...

WiseGuyReports.com “ Saudi Arabia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses ” report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Saudi Arabia - Telecoms Supporting digital technologies is a key component of Saudi Arabia’s future strategySaudi Arabia entered 2018 on a positive note with the government announcement of its largest financial budget ever which will support the country’s expansion and diversification plans as part of its Vision 2030 program. Generally speaking; the strategy will implement changes relating to improving the kingdom’s economy through increases in taxes and fuel prices as well as encouraging investment and diversification away from its reliance on oil. It will also support the use of digital technologies for such uses as cloud computing and e-commerce as well as encouraging ICT development, including investments in broadband infrastructure. Broadband is widely available in Saudi Arabia via ADSL, fibre, and wire...

WiseGuyReports.com  “Sri Lanka - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Sri Lanka - Telecoms Sri Lanka’s makes significant progress in its IoT ventures. In 2018 the government’s Board of Investment of Sri Lanka formally approved a significant investment for network expansion and upgrade work on 4G mobile and fixed broadband services. Fixed broadband penetration in Sri Lanka remains very low mainly due to the dominance of the mobile platform and the limited and declining number of fixed lines is restricting more widespread development of fixed broadband. However, the market has grown strongly over the past five years from a very small base. Over the next five years to 2023 strong growth is expected to continue. Sri Lanka’s mobile market has experienced strong growth over the last six years. Slow growth is predicted over the next five years to 2023. The market will be constrained fro...

WiseGuyReports.com  “Namibia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Namibia Telecoms Namibia’s telecom regulator approves government ownership of MTCAlthough Namibia was slow to introduce competition in the mobile market, with a second operator not licensed until 2006, the market has since seen penetration rates rise to well above the regional average. A new player, Paratus Telecom, has launched LTE services to compete with those offered by MTC, while in late 2017 the regulator licensed Demshi Investment and MTN to provide mobile voice and data services and MVNOs. MTC in late 2017 launched a major infrastructure program aimed at delivering national population coverage by October 2019. Fixed-line services are still a monopoly of Telecom Namibia, but as a member of the WTO the government plans to open the telecom sector to full competition. As part of this process the government...

WiseGuyReports.com  “Morocco - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Morocco - Telecoms Morocco seeing benefits from the Maroc Digital 2020 strategy. Morocco retains one of the most advanced telecommunications markets in Africa. The part-privatised incumbent telco Maroc Telecom remains the dominant player in the fixed-line sector though has effective competition in the mobile sector. A key regional player, Orange Group, entered the market through the acquisition of a major stake in the telco Médi Telecom (Méditel), which has since been rebranded as Orange Morocco. The country has some of the lowest prices for broadband internet access, despite there being relatively little competition in the fixed-line broadband sector. Competition in the provision of DSL services is slight since despite the launch of services by Inwi and Orange Morocco, and of regulatory efforts to enforce LLU and ...

WiseGuyReports.com  “Kazakhstan Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Media - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Kazakhstan Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Market 2022 Scope of the Report: 4G LTE services gain momentum in Kazakhstan the fixed broadband market in Kazakhstan remains relatively underdeveloped, due to the dominance of the mobile broadband, which is in turn driven by the dominance of the mobile sector. Growth over the past few years has been relatively flat. Moderate growth is predicted over the next five years to 2022 as mobile broadband will continue to dominate the broadband segment. The number of fixed telephone lines in Kazakhstan is slowly declining due to the dominance of the mobile segment, in particular the mobile broadband segment. In mid-2017 the Kazakh government announced it will launch its Digital Kazakhstan program between 2017 and 2021, which aims to strengthen the national digital infrastructure and d...

WiseGuyReports.com  “Jordan - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Jordan - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Market 2022 Deployment of Jordan’s NBN Positive developments are occurring for both Jordan’s fixed and mobile broadband sectors in 2016. The deployment of the national broadband network continues with the project now focusing on connecting the Northern governates via public facilities and there are plans to conduct a further tender for the second phase of the project in the near future. Funding for the NBN has been assisted by a Gulf Co-operation Council grant. Internet access has been available in Jordan since 1996. Unlike many Arab countries, the Jordanian government has a relatively liberal attitude towards Internet access. Broadband represents the majority of subscriptions and competition is predominantly infrastructure based, with DSL, WiMAX and mobile the most popular p...

WiseGuyReports.com  “North Korea - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: North Korea Sees Further Social Media Restrictions  North Korea possesses an underdeveloped yet growing market which has markedly improved in recent years as noted by growing mobile penetration. North Korea’s telecoms infrastructure developed largely through foreign investment, most significantly by Thai investors and Egyptian telecoms investment company Orascom Telecom Holdings.  Communications with the outside world is restricted as everyday citizens are only able to receive news through government-controlled channels such as TV and radio broadcasting as well as the government-controlled Intranet. Technological improvements are evident, most notably through the introduction of high definition TV (HDTV) digital broadcasting.  The North Korean mobile market has seen strong growth over the ...

WiseGuyReports.com  “Kuwait - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Government support is integral to Kuwait’s telecom industry progress. Developments over the past year or so in Kuwait has demonstrated how a supportive government can pave the way for telecoms progress. The Kuwait government is making great headway in implementing changes which will improve the overall telecoms industry. One example includes the recent establishment of an independent telecoms regulator (CITRA) and the current project underway by the Ministry of Communications (MoC) which is expanding Kuwait’s fibre broadband infrastructure. Kuwait has one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the world and while this has led to market saturation; the operators are combating this by building extensive LTE networks and developing mobile broadband content and services. The existence of this substantial mobile ...

WiseGuyReports.com  “Russia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Russia - Telecoms Russia’s mobile operators gear up for 5G services by 2019 The Russian telecom market is the largest in Europe, supported by a population of about 143.5 million. The country’s ongoing economic woes, partly resulting from difficulties associated with a range of sanctions related to the annexation of Ukraine, have impacted growth in the telecom sector. The market is dominated by the western regions where the main cities and economic centres are concentrated. All sectors have been liberalised, with competition most prevalent in Moscow and St Petersburg. The former holding company for Russia’s incumbent telecom operators, Svyazinvest, has emerged as Rostelecom, with most regional players absorbed into the operator. Rostelecom subsequently merged its mobile business with Tele2 Russia, which launched mob...

WiseGuyReports.com “ Mali – Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband – Statistics and Analyses ” report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Mali – Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Mali grants its first LTE licence. Mali has a challenging geography for the provision of telecommunication services, with large tracks of the country being sparsely populated desert. Many settlements are hard to reach, making them difficult and expensive to service with effective backhaul infrastructure. Security issues have also been a concern, leading to delays in the national backbone network being built by Huawei. Compounding these difficulties is the fact that underinvestment in fixed-line networks has meant that telecom infrastructure is barely adequate to serve consumer needs in most towns and is largely absent in many areas of the country. In addition, a combination of poverty, high illiteracy and low PC use has led to a very low take-up of fixed-line internet service...

WiseGuyReports.com  “Papua New Guinea - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Papua New Guinea - Telecoms New submarine cable to provide better services for Papua New Guinea. Over the past few years, Papua New Guinea has experienced positive GDP growth and the government is currently introducing its national strategy, Vision 2050 which is hoped will further address long-term infrastructure requirements; improve general living conditions and maintain economic stability. Papua New Guinea is also being guided by its medium-term plan, The Papua New Guinea Development Strategic Plan. Network deployment costs are high in PNG due to the relatively low subscriber base, the impervious terrain, and the high proportion of the population living in rural areas. As a result, fixed telecom infrastructure is almost non-existent outside urban centres, leaving most of the population un-serviced....