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WiseGuyReports.com  “ Peru - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Peru - Telecoms Peru’s investment agency tenders for major cable infrastructure project. Peru’s fixed-line teledensity is among the lowest in South America, the result of a number of obstacles to growth including widespread poverty, fixed-to-mobile substitution, expensive telephone services, and geographical inaccessibility in rugged mountainous and lowland jungle areas. The Telecommunications Investment Fund provides subsidies for telecom services in such areas where there is little economic return for private providers. The government continues to address these shortcomings via ambitious projects Most of the work will be complete by the end of 2017, when eight regional fibre-based networks will be connected to the National Fibre-Optic Backbone. Broadband penetration is also considerably lower than the regional, desp...

WiseGuyReports.com  “Suriname - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Suriname - Telecoms Suriname’s economy showing return to growth. The smallest nation on the South American continent, with just over 500,000 inhabitants, Suriname is also the only Dutch-speaking nation in South America, and it has closer affinities with the Caribbean than with its continental neighbours, and indeed is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In the wake of various social and political problems, the country’s economy dived after 2013 and did not show positive growth until 2018. The state-owned incumbent telco Telesur is the exclusive provider of fixed-line and broadband services in Suriname. However, in the mobile sector the company faces effective competition from Digicel, which in 2016 acquired the only other operator in the sector, Uniqa. Suriname’s fixed-line infrastructure is reasonably ...

WiseGuyReports.com  “ Senegal - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Senegal - Telecoms Senegal approves LLU to stimulate DSL market competition. Senegal’s economic growth has improved steadily in recent years, with GDP having grown at about 7% in 2017 and 2018. This has translated into consistent growth in the telecom market, with the number of mobile subscribers having increased 4.5% in the year to June 2018. Orange Group’s local subsidiary Orange Senegal (Sonatel) is the dominant player in both the fixed-line and mobile sectors, though there is effective competition in the mobile sector from Tigo Senegal (now owned by Saga Africa Holdings) and Sudatel’s local unit Expresso, which have a 24% and 22% market share, respectively. Competition in the fixed-line sector was introduced when Expresso launched services as the second national operator (SNO) in 2009. The new entrant in...

WiseGuyReports.com  “ Middle East - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Middle East - Telecoms Encouraging signs for fixed broadband development in the Middle East While the Middle East has relatively low levels of fixed broadband penetration when compared at a global level; there are still some very progressive developments occurring in this diverse region. Mobile is the predominant broadband platform in many Middle Eastern countries - but there are also many examples of countries investing and encouraging the build-out of fixed broadband networks and National Broadband Networks (NBNs). Israel and Saudi Arabia are two examples of countries in the Middle East which have a higher level of fixed broadband penetration when compared to other markets in the region, although the majority of these subscriptions are based on DSL. In Saudi Arabi however there is evidence that DSL subscripti...

WiseGuyReports.com  “ Burkina Faso - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Burkina Faso - Telecoms Burkina Faso makes further efforts to end mobile roaming charges. The telecom sector in Burkina Faso continues to be stymied by slow regulatory procedures and insufficient mobile spectrum, compounded by the poor condition of fixed-line networks which has held back the development of fixed-line internet services and rendered such services among the most expensive globally. The fixed-line incumbent Onatel is now 61%-owned by Maroc Telecom. It operates the country’s fixed-line network as well as one of the three mobile networks, Telmob. Mobile telephony has experienced strong growth since competition was introduced in 2000. There has been some fluidity in ownership, with Zain having been acquired by Bharti Airtel before being sold on to Orange Group in 2016. Although market penetr...

WiseGuyReports.com  “ Australia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Australia - Telecoms Australia’s mobile network market is set for a major shakeup. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the major fixed broadband service providers in Australia: Telstra, Optus, Vocus, TPG, Macquarie Telecom and Vodafone Australia. Telstra is Australia’s largest telecommunications provider offering a full range of telecom services throughout Australia. Telstra’s mobile network is well-positioned to offer superior services to those offered by the NBN company. Furthermore, through its national Wi-Fi and fibre backbone networks it can rapidly offload any heavy broadband traffic from its mobile network onto its fibre backbone. Optus is Australia’s second-largest telecommunications carrier and second-largest mobile operator.  The market position of Optus has not changed all th...

WiseGuyReports.com  “ Liberia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses”  report has been added to its Research Database. Scope of the Report: Liberia’s international gateway system under scrutinyAfter 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. Four mobile operators compete for customers – LoneStar (majority owned by MTN), Comium (Novafone), Cellcom and LiberCell. Internet services are available from a number of wireless ISPs as well as the mobile operators. The high cost and limited bandwidth of connections means that internet access is expensive and data rates are very low. Although additional bandwidth is available from an international submarine cable, considerable investment is still needed in domestic fixed-line infrastructure before end-users can make full use of the cable. In the mobile sector, competition has resulted in relat...