Recent Posts Tagged With 'arpu'

• Emerging markets - Mobile market review: Kenya 2009

  Posted on Saturday May 2nd, 2009 at 04:00 in africa, Mobile, market research, kenya, consulting, orange, emerging markets, essar, arpu, penetration, safaricom, zain

  I had recently the opportunity of speaking with the CEO of one of the mobile operators in Kenya and I realized how competitive the situation is turning even in the supposed “emerging markets”. Having worked in neighbour countries such Eth...

• Is there (business) life at the Bottom of the Pyramid?

  Posted on Thursday April 16th, 2009 at 05:51 in prepaid, acquisition, segmentation, retention, arpu, bottom of the pyramid, strategic segmentation

  Some years ago, I received a call from a top officer working for the International Group of a major US operator.  The reason of the call was to know if the consulting services firm I was partner at that time, was able to help them in some of their e...

• Mobile market review - Namibia 2008

  Posted on Sunday February 22nd, 2009 at 03:44 in Emerging, emerging markets, namibia, mobile market, arpu, mtc, double sim, telecom namibia

  Namibia benefits from both a continuous positive GDP growth and a good-quality telecoms system that green-lights recurring investments in the sector. With a mobile market penetration of approximately 60% by the end of 2008, Namibia has seen a signifi...

• ARPU stimulation in times of crisis

  Posted on Monday February 2nd, 2009 at 03:52 in europe, consulting, crisis, gdp, arpu, initiatives, downturn, cvm, ebitda improvement, revenue stimulation

  2009 will not be a nice year. Fear and a severe financial crisis will squeeze companies’ profits and endanger whole industries by affecting consumers’ micro buying decisions. For mobile operators, used to buoyant markets, maintaining their st...