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Dangerous Debt Loads, Spectrum Tightness, More Competitors Possible in Indian Mobile Markets

May 29, 2016

There’s a possible pattern developing in the hyper-competitive Indian mobile services market: significant losses or declining net profits just as huge amounts of capital will have to be spent to [...]

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SK Telecom Building Nationwide South Korean IoT Network

May 29, 2016

SK Telecom says it is deploying the world’s first commercial Internet of Things (IoT)-dedicated nationwide LoRaWAN network, using a Samsung platform. The network will be deployed across Korea [...]

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“Do It Yourself” Trend in Access Markets Attacks Gross Revenue, Profit

May 26, 2016

The notion of traditional service provider “core competence” where it comes to  running networks has come into question as much as “natural monopoly.” And if traditional service [...]

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High Spectrum Prices Limit Affordability of Internet Access in Pakistan

May 24, 2016

Proposed minimum mobile spectrum prices are an issue in Pakistan, according to consultant Parvez Iftikhar. High prices, he argues, are a key reason that authorized mobile spectrum is not fully in [...]

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SE Asia is World’s Fastest-Growing “Internet” Market

May 24, 2016

With 260 million users now and an estimated 480 million by 2020, Southeast Asia’s is the world’s fastest growing Internet market, adding 3.8 million new users a month, according to an analysis by [...]

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Smartphone-Only Internet Access Limits Users

May 24, 2016

An Ofcom-sponsored qualitative survey of Internet users who mostly use their smartphones for access might have implications for users across South and Southeast Asia. The Ofcom study shows the [...]

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Can Anchor Tenants Drive Internet Access?

May 22, 2016

In the U.S. market, many innovators have looked to the concept of “anchor tenants” as one way to build a sustainable Internet access service. Schools, hospitals or government buildings often are [...]

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2000 MHz of India Mobile Spectrum Up for Auction in 2016

May 22, 2016

There is a stunning mobile spectrum auction about to be held in India, though delayed, perhaps by the late summer of 2016. The Indian government says 2,000 MHz of spectrum will be up for bid. [...]

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4G Device Sales in India Up 6X

May 22, 2016

New spectrum, supporting new networks, always shapes demand for consumer devices and apps. That is true in India as Long Term Evolution 4G networks are activated. Sales of 4G smartphones [...]

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Indian Regulators Ban Zero Rating; Lawful Managed Services Look a Lot Like “Zero Rating”

May 22, 2016

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has banned zero rating, the ability of an Internet access provider to offer access to some Internet apps without requiring purchase of a data plan, or [...]

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Are Spectrum Prices Headed for a Fall?

May 22, 2016

In both Indian and U.S. markets, there is a growing expectation that spectrum prices are vulnerable to a tumble, despite expectations of growing need for capacity. In some cases, the issue is [...]

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What “Cannot be Done” Only Means “I Cannot Do it”

May 16, 2016

One sometimes hears it said that something” cannot be done.” A mobile market cannot support five providers on a sustainable basis; a fixed network market cannot support three or [...]

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Republic Wireless Adds GSM Support to its “Wi-Fi First” Mobile Access Model

May 16, 2016

Republic Wireless, a U.S. mobile operator that was a pioneer in Wi-Fi-first mobile service, is adding a GSM network to its prior reliance on the Sprint network. That concept–relying on [...]

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Ofcom Wants to Add 160 MHz of New Wi-Fi Spectrum in U.K.

May 16, 2016

Ofcom has proposed adding 160 MHz (two 80-MHz channels) for Wi-Fi. Those blocks of spectrum already being used in the U.S. market. Since 2014, Ofcom has been working to increase the amount of [...]

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Cloud Workloads Will Nearly Triple, Next 5 Years

May 16, 2016

The cloud computing “wars” are “entering a new phase,” with good implications for Amazon.com and bad implications for Oracle, SAP and other traditional IT vendors, including Cisco, JP Morgan [...]

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