Virtually Nothing
Could Tomorrow’s Mobile Operator Be Just a Brand? There are four mobile operators in the UK and, according to CCS Insight estimates, more than 100 mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs)….
Three’s Smarty: Pants or Tops, Dude?
Operator Can Draw Inspiration from a Former Disruptive MVNO This month, UK mobile network operator Three announced the launch of Smarty, its new sub-brand, adding yet another entity that…
Banking on a New Direction
The Rise of the Mobile Financial Services Provider If you’re reading this in Europe or the US, you’ll probably have a mobile services provider, a bank account and you’ll make…
Vodafone Prepares for More Housekeeping
Deal with Vodacom in Ghana Could Be a Logical Move As Vodafone consolidates its international portfolio of assets, attention is turning to the future of the company’s 70 percent equity…
Nigeria’s Reversal of Fortune
Etisalat Woes Could Take Mobile Market Back to 2001 The current travails of Etisalat Nigeria raise the very realistic prospect of the Nigerian mobile market reverting to three large national…
Indian Telecom Sector Sparks Debate
CCS Insight Answers Questions about Consolidated Market On 27 June 2017, CCS Insight published its report on the process of consolidation in the Indian telecom sector (see Halcyon Days Ahead…
An African Game Changer
New Entrant Kwese Seeks to Disrupt Broadcasting Market DirecTV, DishTV, Sky, MultiChoice: four leading providers of direct-to-home (DTH) services that have had an instrumental role in establishing the industry in…
South African Telkom Reshuffles
Announces Yet Another Corporate Restructure South Africa was the first country in the 1990s to issue GSM licences to Vodacom and MTN, and what a success story those two operators…
Intrigue in the Med
Vodafone Malta Consolidation Creates Potential Duopoly At first glance, this week’s announcement of further consolidation in Vodafone’s international portfolio appears to be fairly minor news. However, the proposed transaction does…
SoftBank’s Vision Fund Nears Its Goal
Technology Development Set to Receive a Shot in the Arm This week’s announcement by SoftBank that it has raised $93 billion of its planned $100 billion Vision Fund is…