February 8th, 2010
Coleago Consulting’s new white paper “India, a different perspective. Strategic insights into how to generate a return on investment in India” highlights the opportunities presented by India’s forthcoming auctions for 3G and broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum. It argues that, with the low rate of fixed line penetration, the potential for wireless broadband access is very significant.
Coleago Consulting – India, a different perspective
Further information on the market is available in the Internet and Mobile Association of India’s report “Mobile Internet in India”, which was referenced last month on this blog.
IAMAI – Mobile Internet in India
In a related post, LIRNEasia flags the issue of spectrum hoarding in India.
LIRNEasia – spectrum hoarding in India
Tags: India
Posted in Mobile, Tony Hay | No Comments »
February 8th, 2010
Oliver Wyman’s CMT State of the Industry 2010 report is subtitled “in Search of New Value Growth” and, amongst other issues, focusses on how IPTV operators can compete with well-established cable and DTH operators, how mobile data operators can escape the squeeze between flat rate tariffs and growing usage, and how fixed network operators can reduce costs to protect profits in a mature market. The report also analyses CMT companies by their “Shareholder Performance Index”, which Oliver Wyman argues is superior to other performance measures through adjustments for risk and volatility.
Oliver Wyman – CMT State of the Industry 2010
Posted in Forecasts, Tony Hay | No Comments »
February 1st, 2010
DotEcon have released a study that was prepared for ComReg, the Irish telecoms regulator, which considers re-licensing of spectrum in 900MHz band as existing GSM licences expire. This band has recently been liberalised by the EU to allow technologies other than GSM. The study proposes an auction process with detailed description of auction procedure, pricing and licence conditions.
DotEcon – Liberalisation of spectrum in the 900MHz and 1800MHz bands
The Technology Policy Institute’s report “Enabling Efficient Wireless Communications: The Role of Secondary Spectrum Markets ” highlights another way in which more spectrum can be released for innovative uses. After discussing how to define the secondary market for spectrum, it estimates the volume and value of this market in the USA from the FCC database of frequency allocations. The report also includes a compilation of market size estimates for the fast growing M2M (machine to machine) service.
Technology Policy Institute – Enabling Efficient Wireless Communications
Posted in Mobile, Tony Hay | No Comments »
