cellcos

Retail Asia09/06/2017

Japan’s three major mobile operators plan to invest a combined 5 trillion yen ($45.5 billion) towards deploying 5G services nationwide, with NTT DoCoMo targeting nationwide coverage by as early as 2023. The Nikkei Asian Review reports that DoCoMo, KDDI and Softbank all plan to spend heavily on the commercialization of 5G, and are expected to […]

Retail Asia17/05/2017

Mobile operators will spend more than $21 billion on standardized 5G NR (New Radio) infrastructure by the end of 2025, according to SNS Research. Despite the lack of sufficient LTE coverage in parts of the world, mobile operators and vendors have already embarked on R&D initiatives to develop 5G. According to the GSA (Global mobile […]

Retail Asia06/04/2017

The global telecommunications services market is on track to rebound after a long period in decline, reaching $1.3 trillion by 2021, MarketLine has projected. The market has declined at a negative CAGR of 3.4% between 2012 and 2016 due to downward price pressure motivated by intensifying competition, MarketLine analyst Nicholas Wyatt said. “4G mobile internet […]

Retail Asia22/03/2017

Mobile operators will spend more than $250 million on pre-standards 5G network rollouts by the end of 2017, according to SNS Research’s latest report. Despite the lack of sufficient LTE coverage in parts of the world, mobile operators and vendors have already embarked on R&D initiatives to develop 5G, the next evolution in mobile networks. […]

Retail Asia20/10/2016

Vietnam has granted 4G licenses to three of the market’s major mobile operators – MobiFone, military-run Viettel and state-owned VNPT. The operators have been granted permission to roll out LTE services over the 1800-MHz band. Each of the three operators have been piloting LTE and LTE-Advanced services in multiple cities, with Viettel launching a trial […]

Retail Asia08/09/2016

Thailand’s telecoms regulator NBTC has warned operators that they will have their operating licenses immediately revoked if they fail to register prepaid SIMs sold from now on. The regulator has also warned that operators may be fined if phones with an unregistered SIM are sued for illegal activity. According to the NBTC, the regulator still […]

Tag: cellcos

Japan’s cellcos to invest over $45.5b in 5G

Cellcos to spend $21b on 5G NR by 2025

Global telecoms service revenues due to rebound

Cellcos to spend $250m on pre-standards 5G networks by year-end

Vietnam grants 4G licenses to three cellcos

Thai cellcos must register SIMs or lose licenses