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Industry / United States
Approximately 37mn iPhones were sold by US consumer electronics vendor Apple in q411, more than double the volume sold in q311, and also doubling sales year-on-year (y-o-y). With 93.105mn iPhones sold in 2011, Apple has consolidated its hold on the global market for smartphones and, indirectly, the market for associated products such as applications and cloud-based software-as-a-service...
2012-01-25Industry
Brazil returned to first place in our Q212 RRRs, following disappointing operating results for Chile. Brazil's overall rating fell, but by a much smaller margin than the losses experienced...
2012-01-24Industry / Peru
Telefonica del Peru has agreed to pay US$49.7mn in back taxes to the country's securities market regulator SUNAT. While this repayment suggests Telefonica is beginning to concede...
2012-01-10Industry / Cambodia
Although BMI has long called for the much-needed consolidation of the Cambodian mobile market, the overcrowded competitive landscape looks set to deteriorate after local media reported in January that Xinwei Telecom Enterprise Group had started testing some of its telecoms infrastructure with a view to launching telecoms services in the country. The government's liberal approach...
2012-01-26Industry / Bangladesh
The Bangladeshi government has announced another broadband project, which aims to connect the country's vast rural regions by December 2013, as part of its master plan to bridge the...
2012-01-25Industry / Australia
A AUD20.6mn (US$21.7mn) telecare pilot programme, which leverages on Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN), is scheduled to commence in July in order to deliver healthcare services...
2012-01-25Industry / Croatia
On January 20 2012 Croatia's parliament voted to reinstate the 6% 'special tax' on revenue generated by mobile operators' services. The 6% tax on mobile services had previously been in place from late 2009 but was abolished from January 1 2012, after parliament approved the government's proposal to abolish the tax on October 28 2011. Despite parliament approving the reinstatement...
2012-01-25Industry / Russia
Russia's largest mobile operator MTS' push into the wireline segment has received a boost from the Russian Federal Anti Monopoly Service (FAS)' decision to allow it to acquire 100%...
2012-01-24Industry / Czech Republic
National regulator the Czech Telecommunications Office (CTU) has stated that the preparation of frequency auctions, particularly for high-speed 4G LTE mobile broadband, will be one...
2012-01-19Companies / Iraq
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) appears set to increase its ownership of Iraq-based Asiacell, ahead of a planned sale of the venture's shares on the local bourse. Asiacell is a key revenue generator for Qtel and is essential to its plans to expand internationally, so its decision to increase its stake in the business is a sound, long-term investment. However, we caution that the fledgling...
2012-01-20Industry / Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's largest consumer electronics retailer, United Electronics Company (eXtra), has reported a 34.7% increase in net profit for 2011. The company's Q411 sales increased 36.3%...
2012-01-18Industry
As telecoms markets in the Middle East approach saturation, fixed and mobile operators are seeking new ways to generate revenue and boost profits amid fewer subscriber growth opportunities...
2012-01-10Industry
Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has given search giant Google the largest enterprise deal in the company's history. BBVA staff will move email, documents, video conferencing and calendars to Google's suit off applications (apps). With banks widely expected to be among the last to move to cloud services, BBVA is a pioneer. However, BMI believes the bank's decision...
2012-01-13Industry / United Kingdom
Ofcom, the UK's communications regulatory authority, has made some significant amendments to its plans to auction spectrum for fourth-generation (4G) services. In doing so, it has abandoned...
2012-01-13Industry
Deutsche Telekom (DT) has signed a partnership with Groupon that will allow its European customers access to Groupon's services without the need to download an extra application. While...
2012-01-11
