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Mobile innovations in the developing world
Yesterdays article in the economist describes how mobile operators in developing countries cope with the inherently low ARPU’s of their customer base through creative cost cutting measures, achieving operating margins similar to leading Western...
Millicom should benefit from international bidding war
Interesting article coming from SeekingAlpha, an american publication where we are active contributors. As I’ve recently seen different asian readers in the blog, I thought the article might be interesting for those, like us, that look at the e...
Will dynamic discount tariffs succeed in Africa?
Reading today that Safaricom has launched a tariff that is expected to renew price wars in Kenya (something more than often and common in the industry), I would like to share our experience in value propositions definition around dynamic discount tar...
Company analysis: Qtel Group
Following the company analysis series recently published (Zain, Orascom and Etisalat, now is the turn of another telecom giant: Qtel Group. Based in Qatar, The Qtel Group is a diversified telecommunications group with three business lines including c...
Company analysis: Etisalat
Following our previous posts related to company profiles (previously published were Zain and Orascom), I wanted to share the profile of one of the telecom giants of the Middle East: Etisalat. Etisalat is a UAE-based telecommunications services provid...
Multiple SIM ownership in emerging and mature markets
I have been recently invited to attend to a short, focused conference called the Mobile Pricing Symposium, based at Cambridge University in July. The conference will be held from the 22nd of July and I will present on the rise of multiple SIM ownersh...
Emerging markets: Mobile market review: Uganda 2009
Reading at Wireless Federation that Zain, one of the leading mobile operator in Middle-East and African countries, have inked an agreement with SCB to launch its mobile money transfer service Zap in Uganda, I wanted to publish a couple of posts: one ...
Is Zain Africa worth US$12Bln?
This week, Vivendi, the French media conglomerate, has reportedly put in an offer to acquire Zain’s African mobile operations. Zain acquired the businesses in 2005 via the US$3.4 billion acquisition of Celtel. However, the firm is now reportedl...
Pricing optimization in Africa: the challenge!
I’ve just come from the middle east, visiting different markets where we’ve seen huge pricing competition battles among operators. One of my clients requested my point of view on pricing and how to fight in such a pricing war. Here it is....
MobiNil’s Q1′09 profit down despite increase in revenue: our opinion
Egyptian mobile operator Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (MobiNil) has reported net profit at EGP424 million (USD75.8 million) for the three months ended 31 March 2009, down 6.1% on the same period a year earlier. Higher interest costs and imput...
Mobile in Africa: the land of opportunity
Africa and the Middle East will lead the world in terms of the percentage of mobile broadband subscriptions through 2012. This was the title of the recent broker report that I received today. Emerging Opportunity?: Several different information sourc...
Emerging markets - Mobile market review: Kenya 2009
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...
Mobile market review - Egypt 2009
Egypt is by far the biggest telecom market in North Africa and one of the largest in the Arab region. Egypt’s telecom revenue represents an estimated 4.0% of its GDP with mobile revenue generating 56% of the total and a 44% generated by fixed s...
Mobile market review - Namibia 2008
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...
Is there an opportunity for a MVNO in Africa?
In the last 3 months, it’s been twice that I have been made this question. As written previously in the post “Want to become an MVNO?”, anyone willing to penetrate the mobile market space can become (theoretically speaking) a virtual operat...
