Category Archives: Broadband

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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VDSL-from-the-central-office: the cheapest and easiest NGA option for both incumbents and unbundlers

Posted on 29/10/2011 by keithw

Stephen Wilson of Informa Telecoms & Media writes: VDSL-from-the-central-office (VDSL-FTCO) is becoming an important network strategy for both incumbents and alternative operators, with rollouts becoming commonplace (see fig. 1). Instead of rolling out fiber between the exchange and the subscriber’s … Continue reading →

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Case study: BT’s broadband/Wi-Fi bundling strategy

Posted on 23/05/2011 by keithw

Key points Since June 2010, BT Retail has bundled unlimited Wi-Fi access with its midpriced home-broadband packages at no extra charge. The UK incumbent hopes to reduce churn and increase its customer-acquisition rate and ARPU, partly by targeting bandwidth-intensive smartphone, … Continue reading →

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Simple fix for MNOs tackling mobile data growth?

Posted on 29/03/2011 by keithw

I am going to be stating the obvious when I say that mobile network operators really do need to develop a smarter approach to managing their network and charging for data usage to allow them to drive profits, manage costs … Continue reading →

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Sub-Saharan African Broadband to have 120 million users by 2015 – report

Posted on 16/03/2011 by keithw

As you do, I attented a lecture on Social Networking and its importance for the Business-to-Business sector before Christmas. Apparently there’s a lot of it about, and there’s going to be more. And with a bit of luck us business-types … Continue reading →

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Is there an African bandwidth glut on the way?

Posted on 22/02/2011 by keithw

Africa is the world’s most rapidly growing market for mobile telephony, and it’s also home to some of the fastest growing fixed-line markets in the world. A surge in demand for Internet access and broadband capabilities is accelerating a fixed-line … Continue reading →

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As broadband spreads across the plant, will operators learn from past mistakes?

Posted on 26/11/2010 by keithw

I was reading the other day that there our chums at Informa Telecoms & Media reckon there are now some 12 million Mobile Broadband subscribers in Africa right now, and that this figure will rise to a staggering 265 million … Continue reading →

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