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Innovation and investment are key to encouraging greater adoption of telecommunications services in Africa
It was a case of Groundhog Day. Here we were gathered for another conference to hear about the “success story” that is the African telecommunications industry. The message is consistent: The growth in consumer use of mobile telephony has been rapid, there is potential for more, and increased competition has provided the backdrop for this growth. And yet, we still listened to the frequently repeated discussions about whether regulators should encourage tower sharing, the state of play of universal-service funds and complaints centered on heavy tax burdens on carriers.
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LTE chipsets face lackluster market
Semiconductor companies have made backward-compatibility a selling point for 4G chipsets as the recession stalls the rollout of Long Term Evolution networks.
At last week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show in Barcelona, Spain, only US-based operator Verizon Wireless committed to the commercial launch of a Long Term Evolution network in 2010. Verizon CTO Dick Lynch made the announcement when the company awarded Ericsson a contract to supply it with LTE RAN and packet-core equipment.
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Broadband and pricing will be the key battlegrounds in Qatar,says Nick Jotischky
When Vodafone launches its network in Qatar – which despite continued delays to its IPO it still expects to do in March – Qatar Telecom’s monopoly will come to an end. It will also mean that all GCC markets will have at least two mobile operators. So, what can the incumbent and the new entrant in Qatar learn from other markets in the region? Read the rest of this entry »
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Nick Jotischky
Nick is a Principal Analyst within Informa Telecoms & Media's Industry Research division. In this role Nick co-manages Informa Telecoms & Media's wireless regional research team. His research agenda focuses on emerging market growth, examining key market drivers and trends in some of the world's fastest growing mobile markets. Nick has become a regular speaker at Informa events and has presented recently at conferences in Cairo, Johannesburg and Dubai. He also regularly contributes to Informa’s output on global M&A trends and recently presented a webinar session on this subject. Nick has 8 years experience in the telecoms sector as an analyst. Prior to joining Informa Telecoms & Media, he spent seven years at the specialist political and economic risk research house Business Monitor International, where he headed up the telecoms research unit. In that role, he assessed key emerging market investment opportunities in the telecoms sector, and produced several market reports to an audience of operators, vendors, solutions providers and financial institutions. Nick also had a brief spell with boutique research consultancy Kable, where he wrote a thought leadership report on public sector opportunities in the ICT sector.
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