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Sector Analysis
Italy: Broadband Initiatives and Enhancement of Service and Content Offerings Are Key to Driving Revenue Growth
The telecommunications market in Italy will generate $26.6bn (€25.3bn) in service revenue in 2016. Telecom service revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.1% during 2015-2020, driven by growth in mobile data, fixed VoIP, fixed broadband and pay-TV. Mobile data will be the fastest-growing segment, registering a CAGR of 8.1% over 2015-2020, followed by fixed broadband (7.4%). To offset the decline in traditional fixed and mobile voice and messaging services, operators are focusing on increasing broadband penetration and...
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Sector Analysis
Slovakia: LTE Service Take-Up, Broadband Rollout and Multiplay Services Will Support Revenue Growth
In 2016, telecom service revenue in Slovakia will slightly decline compared with 2015, to $1.5bn (€1.4bn), equivalent to 1.8% of the country’s nominal GDP. After several years of revenue pressure, Pyramid Research expects revenue to return to growth from 2017 onward and to reach $1.8bn (€1.5bn) at the end of 2020. This result is consistent with a broader trend and outlook across Europe as regulatory pressure diminishes and operators start to monetize their next-generation network investments in a healthier price-competitive...
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Sector Analysis
Taiwan: Declining Revenues Spur Operators Toward Converged Fixed-Mobile and Media Platforms
‘Taiwan: Declining Revenues Spur Operators Toward Converged Fixed-Mobile and Media Platforms,’ a new Country Intelligence Report by Pyramid Research, offers a precise, incisive profile of Taiwan’s mobile and fixed telecommunications and mobile markets based on comprehensive proprietary data and insights from our research in the Taiwan market. Published annually, this presentation-quality, executive-level report provides detailed analysis of the near-term opportunities, competitive dynamics and evolution of demand by service type and technology/platform across the fixed telephony, broadband and mobile sectors, as...
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Sector Analysis
Ghana: Growth in Overall Revenue Expected Despite the High Concentration of Players in the Market
The telecommunications market in Ghana generated revenue of $1.1bn in 2015. Overall services revenue will grow at a CAGR of 1.0% over the 2015-2020 period, mainly aided by the growth in the mobile data segment, which is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 14.7% over the forecast period. We expect mobile subscriptions in Ghana to grow at a CAGR of 7.0%, over 2015-2020. Going forward, operators should leverage opportunities existing in mobile broadband services, while vendors should position themselves...
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Sector Analysis
Mobile Money: Emerging Trends, Growth Drivers and Future Outlook 2016–2017
Even though organizations within telecom industry are concerned about security and privacy issues and prevention of frauds, increase in use of mobile money by companies and merchants, increasing penetration of smartphones and internet, and preference for cashless transactions will push mobile money usage over the next two years. Globally, investment on mobile money services is anticipated to increase by 23.1% during the next two years. Asia and Africa are expected to offer significant growth for mobile money over the next...
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Analyst Opinions
SDN/NFV technologies: Innovative use cases and operator strategies
The end goal for a fully software-driven and virtualized network is clear: A dynamic, on-demand global fabric where each application can order, set up and tear down services, performance and features as they are needed through automated API function calls. But the correct steps from the current state to this future end state are anything but clear. It may seem that operators based in Asia and North America have pioneered SDN/NFV, and that European operators (with notable exceptions such as...
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Sector Analysis
Low Power Wide Area Internet of Things: Market Forecasts and MNO Approaches
Low power wide area (LPWA) IoT technologies in unlicensed spectrum are growing in coverage and adoption, while standardized technologies for use in licensed spectrum are to become available later this year. The benefits of low cost, low power and broad coverage (including indoor) address a wide range of different application requirements which cellular, short range wireless and other connectivity options cannot match. Therefore growth is forecast to be very high. A number of proprietary LPWA technologies are available today, with...
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Analyst Opinions
Over-the-top communications services: Emerging monetization paths
The strategy of most, if not all, OTT messaging providers is to gain scale first and then monetize. All communications OTT apps with global aspirations are in a race to become the biggest platform in order to attract developers, which in turn should add more value to an offering. OTT players are transforming their communications apps into rich media platforms that serve as social networking hubs, offering a number of media services. Apps built on top of messaging enable users...
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Consumer Insights
Oil & Gas Industry Business Outlook and Procurement Report H1 2016
Amid growing market uncertainty, pricing pressures and falling demand, organizations within the oil & gas industry are planning to increase focus on improving operational efficiency, expanding in current market, and strengthening sustainability framework. Mergers and acquisitions are expected to increase within the oil & gas industry with emerging markets such as the Middle East, China, and India offering prominent growth opportunities. Over one-third of oil & gas industry executives indicate average expenditure of less than US$1 million for drilling outfit...
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Analyst Opinions
4G Commercial Strategies for Faster ROI in Asia-Pacific
Availability of 4G services is disparately distributed between developed and emerging countries in Asia-Pacific region. However, 4G has been rapidly gaining ground across the region with the rising demand for data services. In increasing network capacity, mobile operators face challenges such as the shortage of spectrum and high cost of network deployment. The key question for operators is how to achieve their ROI objectives and staying competitive in the marketplace. Operators in the APAC region have been using a variety...
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