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Affordable Internet Access for Next Billon or Two Billion is Virtually Assured

November 30, 2015

Though Internet service providers might not necessarily enjoy the trend, tt is easy enough to predict that prices for most consumer communications services will be as much as 40 percent lower by [...]

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Internet Access Capacity Will be a Huge Issue in India by 2020

November 26, 2015

India is on track to surpass half a billion mobile subscribers by the end of the year, according to a new GSMA Intelligence study. By 2020, India will account for almost half of all the [...]

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$50 Smartphones, 3G, 4G Will Drive South Asia Mobile Internet Adoption 600% Higher

November 24, 2015

Coverage levels of 3G and 4G networks in emerging markets are expected to increase to 84 percent and 65 percent of the population respectively by 2020, according to the GSMA.  Given the increased [...]

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With One Important Exception, Customers Pay for All Internet Costs

November 23, 2015

All costs in the Internet value chain ultimately are paid by users, with one notable exception. App providers can use advertising revenues to create a sustainable business model, without directly [...]

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India Mobile ISPs Will Not Welcome Lower Prices, But Consumers Will

November 21, 2015

To state the obvious, market power is good for suppliers and bad for consumers while competition is good for consumers and bad for suppliers. We are about to see an example of that in the Indian [...]

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Facebook Works on App Experience Where Networks Have Low Bandwidth

November 20, 2015

Cultural, technological and affordability issues, not to mention physical access, are issues for firms trying to stimulate use of Internet apps and services. Instead of using the term “last name” [...]

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XL Axiata Launches 4G LTE in Jakarta; Will Reach 35 Cities by End of 2015

November 19, 2015

XL Axiata has commercially launched its 4G Long Term Evolution high-speed internet service in Greater Jakarta. XL Axiata’s LTE services offer access speeds up to 150 megabits per second in the [...]

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India Needs More Spectrum to Support Internet Access

November 19, 2015

The Indian telecommunications sector has witnessed high subscriber growth and a rapidly evolving demand for new and advanced technology, but it has been stressed by low margins, limited spectrum [...]

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Vodafone Netherlands Shows Aggregation of 5-GHz Wi-Fi and LTE Spectrum and Fair Coexistence

November 19, 2015

Vodafone Netherlands, working with Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, have conducted live testing of advanced LTE Carrier Aggregation (CA) of LTE in [...]

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India Internet Users Up 49% in 1 Year

November 18, 2015

By December 2015, India will overtake the United States in terms of Internet users. The number of Internet users in India is expected to reach 402 million by December 2015, up 49 percent year [...]

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Asia Will Represent 50% of Global Smartphone Traffic in 2021

November 17, 2015

The Asia Pacific region will have the largest share of total smartphone traffic in 2021, driven by the sheer number of mobile subscriptions. In 2021, the region will represent half of all global [...]

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Growth Drives Affordability of Internet Access

November 17, 2015

Economic growth solves lots of problems, so long as the gains are distributed widely. By the same measure, economic growth helps nations achieve Internet access development goals. Adoption of [...]

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What is Spectrum Sharing, and Why Does it Matter?

November 16, 2015

Spectrum matters because communications matters, and wireless and mobile communications now dominate all communications globally. Spectrum sharing matters because communications spectrum is a [...]

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Free Basics Launches App Development Incubator

November 16, 2015

The Internet.org “Free Basics” platform, is working with the Praekelt Foundation to create the Praekelt Foundation Incubator for Free Basics, a global partnership to support developers building [...]

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AIS, True Win 4G Spectrum Auction

November 16, 2015

Thailand mobile operators Advanced Info Service and True Corp. won 4G mobile spectrum in an auction of 1.8 GHz spectrum. The licenses run for 18 years. Market leader AIS, 23 percent owned by [...]

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