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Articles tagged with: 3G and Africa
Increased 3G uptake drives growth in South Africa
South Africa finished Q1 09 with a penetration rate of 112.0%, but this was not the highest rate in Africa, let alone mainland Africa. The former honour went to the Seychelles with 142.9%; the latter went to Libya with 118.8%. In real terms the South African market finished Q1 09 with 48.87m customers, having grown by 15.5% year on year. This was actually an improvement on the year-earlier figure of 14.4%. Annual net additions were up from 5.32m to 6.54m, with the increase in 3g uptake a key factor in this upturn. At the end of Q1 09, there were 4.7m W-CDMA users, up by 2.3m or 95.0% year on year. more
Related Tags: vodacom, mtn.-cell-c, base, South Africa
Emerging Markets Cautious About Telecoms CAPEX for 2009
Debt ratings agency, Fitch Ratings said today that the challenging macro-economic outlook is driving emerging market telecoms to adopt a more cautious stance on capital spending for 2009. In a new report, Fitch compares technology development and investment trends across Emerging Asia, Latin America, Russia/CIS and Africa, and examines currency risks stemming from the recent devaluation of most emerging market currencies. more
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1.45 Million BWA/WiMAX Subscribers Added in 2008
Worldwide, approximately 1.45 million BWA/WiMAX subscribers were added during 2008, while the WCDMA subscriber base increased by more than 90 million. The average quarter-over-quarter subscriber growth rate in 2008 was 21.5%, according to the 7th issue of the 4GCounts Quarterly Report from Maravedis. more
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Mobile broadband to be worth $137 billion by 2014
Users of mobile broadband services (3g and 3g+ technologies) will grow from 181 million in 2008 to over 2 billion in 2014, growth of 1024%, according to Ovum's latest research. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, sim, eu, arpu, driving, lte, ovi, ovum, iden, usb-modem, vas, mobile-broadband, opex, laptop, music, usb
EDGE Continues to Dominate New Base Station Deployments in 2009
EDGE will dominate new base station deployments in 2009 with over 40% of new base station deployments, reports In-Stat. The slowdown in the global economy is having an effect on EDGE base station deployments as operators push out deployments. There will be a slight decline in new EDGE base station deployments from 2008 to 2009, resulting in 2008 being the zenith of EDGE deployments. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, base-station, eu, edge, td-scdma, cdma, hsupa, in-stat, sharp, base-stations, gsm
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Down by 5% in Q4 '08
The global economic downturn had a significant impact on the mobile phone industry as worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 4.6 per cent decline from the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Manufacturers continued to struggle against low consumer confidence in both emerging and mature markets. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, t-mobile, nokia, smartphone, samsung, motorola, eu, ict, smartphones, gps, driving, lte, verizon-wireless, ericsson, verizon, gartner, iden, lg, blackberry, rim, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, reliance, sony, 3, oem, omnia, walkman, storm, music, motorola,
Northern Europe Tops ICT Developments Index
ITU has published an ICT Development Index (IDI), which compares developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) in 154 countries over a five-year period from 2002 to 2007. The Index combines 11 indicators into a single measure that can be used as a benchmarking tool globally, regionally and at the country level. These are related to ICT access, use and skills, such as households with a computer the number of Internet users; and literacy levels. more
Related Tags: eu, ict, itu, 3g-license, driving, mobile-broadband, benchmarking, wired, digital-divide, connect
Telecom Operators in Emerging Markets to Benefit from Technology Transfer in 2009
Over 50 telecom operators around the world are expected to benefit from new capacity-building programmes this year, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has announced. more
Related Tags: wimax, voip, ict, rural, edge, wimax,, caribbean
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