Category Archives: Mobile Markets

African nations to top US by mobile net additions 2011 – 2016: Portio Research

Posted on 17/05/2013 by admin

The ‘Portio Mobile Factbook 2013′ – a comprehensive market overview available as a free download – provides some interesting insights to the global mobile market. In a table showing the world’s Top 10 largest mobile markets by net additions in … Continue reading →

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43% of mobile phone sold on eBay have complete contact details

Posted on 16/05/2013 by keithw

TelecomsMarketResearch.com. the industry’s ‘one-stop shop’ for telco data, has found that a remarkable 43 per cent of the mobile phones sold on eBay, the Internet auction site, are being sold with their contacts folder populated, and with well-filled ‘inboxes’ and … Continue reading →

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UK active mobile users hit record 82.67 million in 4Q 2012

Posted on 08/05/2013 by keithw

Do UK mobile operators provide indifferent customer service despite record high user numbers? TelecomsMarketResearch sets out to find out. Continue reading →

Posted in British Telecom, EE4G, Fixed Markets, Mobile Markets, Mobile Operators, O2 UK, Orange UK, T-Mobile UK, Vodafone UK | Leave a comment

Kenya sees international Internet bandwidth rise more than eleven-fold

Posted on 24/02/2012 by keithw

24 February 2012 Kenya’s telecommunications and broadband market is undergoing a revolution following the arrival of three fibre optic international submarine cables (Seacom, TEAMS and EASSy), ending its dependency on limited and expensive satellite bandwidth. The country’s international bandwidth increased … Continue reading →

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Mobile wars in Africa: is Airtel winning?

Posted on 10/02/2012 by keithw

Competition in African markets is fierce. It really is a war zone. And, as with any conflict, the outcome hinges on decisions regarding strategy – and the available weaponry. Bharti Airtel has a history of making first moves and emerging … Continue reading →

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The acid test for Glo in Ghana – Roy Johnson writes

Posted on 02/02/2012 by keithw

While the expansion of mobile markets in many countries across Africa is an undeniable opportunity, both private and public sectors are still looking for the magic formula to make it work for the benefit of all parties. Ghana is a … Continue reading →

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Independent retailers are now challenging the mobile operators in the handset market

Posted on 23/12/2011 by keithw

Julio Puschel of Informa Telecoms & Media writes: > Although mobile operators still dominate the telecom retail market, they are facing increasing competition from independent specialist and mass-market retailers. > Tablets and smartphones are opening a series of opportunities to … Continue reading →

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M-Commerce: Outlook for mobile payments, banking and NFC services

Posted on 22/12/2011 by keithw

The advantages of D2B systems as a way to charge for mobile content The market for mobile remote payments can be segmented in the following categories: – Remote payments for mobile digital content: The purchase of digital content delivered to, … Continue reading →

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Tag reading is the richest NFC communication mode in terms of potential uses says Informa

Posted on 22/09/2011 by keithw

21 September 2011 Guillermo Escofet of Informa Telecoms & Media has been looking at Mobile ‘Near-field Communications’ services. This is one of those real opportunities that sees mobile extending the possibilities of what can be done with near-field-communication technology, not … Continue reading →

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Mobile apps user base to reach 438.9 million in 2015

Posted on 18/08/2011 by keithw

When you and I talk about ‘disruptive social media’ we would normally be talking about the affects of the medium on mobile network operator revenue flows, but for Christopher Schofield and Warren Calvert when they appeared in a UK court … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulk Messaging Services, Mobile Applications, Mobile Markets, Mobile Payments, Mobile Video Streaming, Mobile VoIP, Smartphones, Social Networking | Tagged , | Leave a comment