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Thematic Analysis
Generation Hashtag - Global Thematic Research
Millennials were ‘digital’ as defined by the discrete electronic tasks they performed on laptops, iPods or mobile handsets. Generation Hashtag, by contrast, is ‘born digital’. Generation Hashtag has never seen a world without the Internet. They were born into smartphones, social media and the sharing economy. They are technology reliant, hyper-aware and extremely demanding. They are the first generation not to have to read or typed using a computer. For them, it is a world of touch screens filled with...
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Analyst Opinions
4G Commercial Strategies in Africa and the Middle East
In the MENA region, operators are increasingly developing online stores and marketing OTT services through OTT partnerships to increase 4G-compatible smartphones and increase data bundle adoption. In sub-Saharan Africa, operators largely rely on informal distribution networks to reach their addressable market and offer promotional data bundles for specific services (e.g., social network data bundles), this will support 4G uptake over the next five years. In the battle for market share, the success of an operator to acquire 4G subscriptions in...
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Analyst Opinions
Cloud Services in Asia Pacific: Global Consolidation and Evolving Provider Specialization
Global and regional cloud services will continue to evolve in terms of both technology development and ongoing progress in go-to-market strategies and business models. Cloud services are reaching a new stage, as mainstream enterprises begin to consider longer-term strategies and operationally important workloads for on-demand environments. Providers are still struggling with how to grow revenues successfully in cloud. For some, this means refocusing their efforts on specific types customers (e.g. particular verticals), and retrenching to build integrated solutions that meet...
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Analyst Opinions
Carrier digital communications: Agility in innovative use cases will maximize service provider opportunities
Telcos are focusing on Rich Communications Services (RCS) opportunity, which is charged as a premium VAS or as part of a standard mobile communications package, in order to combat the mounting mobile communications competitive pressure from OTT players. Carriers in the US, APAC and Europe are looking to align VoLTE capabilities with RCS for more advanced IP communication services. Wi-Fi calling has been launched by a large number of different industry participants including mobile incumbents, cable and fixed-players, with a...
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Analyst Opinions
OTT Services: Collaborative Regulation Can Promote Internet Neutrality
The rapid uptake of OTT services globally is a major driver of the growth in data traffic for broadband providers. Popular OTT applications have disrupted the traffic management models of ISPs by exponentially expanding the volume of content carried over the Internet. The increased data load has created challenges for ISPs, which are coming up with methods for managing congestion. Traffic management by ISPs has prompted governments to intervene to ensure Internet traffic equality. The need for government intervention to...
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Analyst Opinions
MVNOs in Emerging Asia: Choosing the Right Business Model and Partners are Key to Success
The most preferred business model in the Emerging Asia is Niche which is being adopted by 29% of the total MVNOs present in the region, catering segments including youth, immigrants, students and health enthusiasts. This is followed by the Business and Retail MVNO models which are adopted by 18% and 16% of the MVNOs respectively. M2M and Roaming Business models are least popular in the region. Pyramid Research projects growth of MVNOs will be robust in the region due to...
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Analyst Opinions
IT Industry Business Confidence Report H1 2016
The highest percentage of survey respondents with business operations in the Rest of the World foresee a favorable economic environment in the region in H1 2016 (January–June 2016) In total, 68% of IT industry executives are optimistic about their company’s growth prospects in H1 2016, compared to 62% of respondents who quoted that they are more optimistic about industry growth during the same period Overall, 69% of survey respondents who operate in North America forecast a positive change in customer...
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Sector Analysis
Nicaragua: Investment in Telecom Infrastructure Will Support the Uptake of Broadband Services in Less Penetrated Areas
The Nicaraguan telecom and pay-TV market generated an estimated $695.8m in service revenue in 2015, and we anticipate it will close 2016 at $713.3m, up 2.5% year-over-year. As we move forward, we expect the overall market to grow at a 1.4% CAGR during the 2015-2020 period.·     Nicaragua closed 2015 with an estimated 6.4m active mobile subscriptions and a penetration rate of 101.4%, below the Latin American average (118.8%) but above that of neighbouring Honduras (83.2%). We expect that Nicaragua’s mobile...
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Sector Analysis
Indonesia: Government Initiatives and Operator Investment to Drive Fixed and Mobile Data Growth
The overall telecom service revenue in Indonesia is estimated to increase by 8.2% over 2014 to reach $10.9bn in 2015. ·     From 2015 to 2020, the Indonesian telecommunications market will see service revenue grow at a 1.3% CAGR, boosted by mobile and fixed data and pay-TV segments. Mobile revenue will account for 82.9% of the total telecom market in 2020. Mobile data will remain an important driver of this trend, as it will expand at a 5% CAGR from 2015...
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Sector Analysis
Oman: Additional 4G Spectrum Coupled with Government Investment in Fiber to Drive Telecom Market Growth
Pyramid Research expects to see overall service revenue grow at a 6.5% CAGR from 2015 to 2020 owing to significant growth in the mobile data, fixed VoIP and fixed broadband segments. The fixed/mobile revenue split will continue to be dominated by the mobile segment, but revenue from fixed will grow to contribute to 26.6% of total service revenue in 2020, up from 22.8% in 2015. Government investments in fiber-optic rollouts as part of the National Broadband Strategy will drive this...
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