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Telecommunications Insight provides subscribers with analysis, forecasts and company profiles on a country-by-country basis, covering the key trends impacting on global telecommunications markets. The service includes online access to the very latest analysis and data, a searchable archive, and PDF access to the monthly regional Insight reports.
Published by Business Monitor International, the global market specialists, Telecommunications Insight is broken down into five regional services: Asia, Western Europe, Emerging Europe, the Middle East & Africa and the Americas.
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Companies / Brazil
Brazilian telecoms operator Brasil Telecom has announced that it is trialling a SIP WiFi version of its fixed-mobile telephony service, Único. The operator also signed a contract with equipment supplier Ericsson to deploy an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) solution and to provide a W-CDMA/HSPA network, helping Brasil Telecom to expand its broadband services and extend the reach...
2008-05-09Companies / Argentina
Latin America's largest mobile operator, Mexico's América Móvil, has signed a deal with US electronics manufacturer Apple to be the distributor of the latter's iPhone in the...
2008-05-09Companies / Venezuela
State-owned incumbent CANTV has announced the launch of a prepay ADSL broadband plan aimed at bringing broadband services to low-income groups. Using its existing ABA brand, CANTV...
2008-05-08Companies / India
India's mobile operators reported 6.14mn net gains to the country's GSM network in the month of April, according to the Cellular Operators Association of India. The results combined the subscriber figures of India's nine GSM networks totalling 198.8mn, but did not include Reliance Communications' net additions. The operator, which mainly provides services on CDMA but has some...
2008-05-12Companies / Bhutan
B-mobile, the mobile operating arm of incumbent Bhutan Telecom, has announced the commercial launch of its 3G network together with GPRS and EDGE services over its existing GSM...
2008-05-08Companies / Thailand
As part of efforts to expand into overseas markets, Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom, is to establish a US$30mn internet data joint venture (JV) with Viettel, the Vietnamese military-led...
2008-05-08Companies / Ukraine
Comstar Ukraine, a subsidiary of Russia-based Comstar United TeleSystems (Comstar UTS), has launched its Double Play service in Odessa, providing high-speed broadband internet access and IPTV services in a single package. Six tariff plans are offered to subscribers, including unlimited internet access at rates ranging from 512Mbps to 2,048Mbps. The service is provided over Comstar...
2008-05-09Companies / Austria
Austrian newspaper Der Standard reports that the state privatisation body Österreichische Industrieholding (OIAG) is planning to break incumbent telecoms operator Telekom Austria...
2008-05-09Companies / Russia
Russia's state-owned telecommunications holding company, Svyazinvest, has put on hold plans to sell its subsidiaries' various regional cellular phone operations, according to the...
2008-05-07Companies / Kuwait
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) and its partner AA Turki Corporate Trading and Construction (Atco) of Saudi Arabia have formally launched Wi-Tribe, a new international wireless broadband provider that aims to deliver instant wireless connectivity from North Africa across the Middle East and into Asia. Qtel owns 51% of the Wi-Tribe venture.
2008-05-12Companies / Iraq
Zain, the leading provider of mobile telephony services in Iraq, has contracted Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) to increase the capacity of its nationwide GSM-based cellular network....
2008-05-12Companies / Algeria
Egypt-based telecommunications holding company, Orascom Telecom, has announced a 21% year-on-year and a 5% quarterly rise in the number of mobile subscribers it serves in Africa...
2008-05-09Companies / United Kingdom
Fixed-line incumbent BT has announced the launch of its smartphone, to be called BT ToGo. The handset will be available to BT's fixed-line broadband subscribers and will offer web surfing as well as music and video playback. The handset, produced by Taiwanese manufacturer HTC, is part of BT's wireless strategy and will function over BT's fixed-line network via WiFi in the home...
2008-05-08Companies / Norway
Norwegian incumbent telecoms operator Telenor has announced plans to accelerate the roll-out of its 3G mobile broadband offering throughout Norway. Over the course of 2008, the Turbo...
2008-05-08Industry / France
French telecoms regulator Arcep has announced that mobile subscriptions reached 55.731mn in the first quarter of 2008, bringing penetration rates to 87.6% across France and its départements...
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