Monthly Archives: February, 2007
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India: Broadband Target Will Be Met
With the current growth rate of mobile subscriptions, India is the clear global leader in mobile net additions, but its broadband sector still has not met market expectations. Due to poor fixed line coverage, low PC adoption, and service pricing, broadband service has not been embraced by Indians in the way mobile phones were.
However, the [...]
Uganda: Banking on Infrastructure
The Ugandan government gave full power to the country’s telecoms regulator, the Ugandan Communications Commission (UCC), to liberalize the infrastructure sector in October 2006.
Earlier in the year, the Ministry published guidelines defining the opening up of services to full competition. This was a result of the end of the five-year exclusivity period of the National [...]
WiMax pricey; mesh using WiFi the solution to last mile?
With new acronyms (NGN) being introduced instead of better service (ADSL that actually gives the 2 mbps or 512 kbps we paid for), our thoughts had begun to wander to WiMax, but sadly, cold water is being poured on that hope too.
On continuing discussion of municipal wireless there is a great quote in here: [...]
Mobile phones as fashion
Now Motorola is said to be doing badly because the Razr ceased to be fashionable after I bought one!
But seriously, if people are upgrading phones in less than 24 months on average, the second-hand market must be huge. Is this the answer to solving the affordability barrier at the Bottom of the Pyramid?
Cellphone Envy [...]
Missed calls in the news
LIRNEasia has been moved to Denmark, but hey, we take whatever coverage we can get!
Missed call virus bugs telecom firms
A study by Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economies (Lirne), a Denmark-based NGO that focusses on telecom issues, shows that over half of India’s 140 million mobile subscribers make missed calls to convey [...]
Regulatory responses to infrastructure failures caused by disasters
In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the World Dialogue on Regulation carried a discussion on regulatory responses to disasters.
It appears that this discussion has continued relevance to developed countries as well, as seen in this communication from the National Regulatory Research Institute in the US:
“Severe January ice storms left over 450,000 [...]
Why no toll free numbers?
Sri Lanka completed a major change in the numbering plan in 2003. That included provision for toll free numbers. However, from the report below, it appears that the necessary implementation actions have not been taken.
LANKA BUSINESS ONLINE – LBO
Though Sri Lanka does not have a toll free number system, HSBC has arranged with [...]
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