Tag Archives: mobile markets

Informa study highlights sales potential for basic mobile phones

Posted on 14/06/2013 by keithw

Everyone has a smartphone. Well, not quiet! But nonetheless, there appear to be some strong regional variations in terms of which devices are popular where, with no one device being truely uinversally popular. BlackBerry offers more than just a phone, … Continue reading →

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Virgin Mobile RSA blames the market…but where’s the entrepreneurial flare?

Posted on 12/06/2013 by keithw

This weekend in the South African ‘Sunday Times’ newspaper Virgin Mobile South Africa CEO Jonathan Marchbank blamed Vodacom and MTN for his firm’s lack of success, saying their ‘unregulated, anti-competitive behaviour’ was making it difficult for smaller players to enter … Continue reading →

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Why Vodafone should not pay UK Corporation Tax; or how the Government wins either way

Posted on 11/06/2013 by keithw

Should Vodafone pay UK Corporation Tax? Or is it one of the good guys that is doing its bit to help the British economy? Let’s first consider the case against them. The telecoms.com site yesterday wrote: “UK operator Vodafone has not … Continue reading →

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1.67 billion mobile handsets shipped in 2012; global industry to be worth USD 241 billion by 2016

Posted on 21/05/2013 by keithw

Wherever there’s a SIM card, there’ll be a mobile handset not far away. Once upon a time there would have been a handset for each SIM card, but variable service levels and even greater variation in tariffs means that there … Continue reading →

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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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8.479 billion mobile phones in the world by end-2016: free download

Posted on 17/05/2013 by keithw

Our good friends at Portio Research have updated their very useful ‘Portio Research Mobile Factbook 2013′ (claim your free copy now!). It still seems amazing that the global number of mobile phones at the end of 2012 will be 6.5 billion – … 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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Kenyan mobile users show greater loyalty than UK: not just about service

Posted on 13/05/2013 by keithw

Tecnotree – a vendor normally associated with the global provision of telecom IT solutions for the management of products, customers and revenue – has sponsored a series of market surveys, the second of which was published last week using research … Continue reading →

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UK mobile phone security: a cost-effective lesson from Nigeria

Posted on 10/05/2013 by keithw

This week the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has fined GSM operators MTN Nigeria; Airtel; Globacom and Etisalat for permitting the sale of pre-registered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards contrary to the Regulator’s directive. The fine imposed on MTN, Globacom, Airtel … 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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