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Airtel Africa's growth continues offsetting loses of parent companySeptember 30, 2019In late August 2019, Airtel Africa passed the 100 million subscribers mark in Africa for the first time. This milestone is impressive since its parent company, Bharti Airtel has been struggling in its core market of India. Bharti Airtel has spent billions to upgrade its LTE network and defend its market share against a hostile competitor, Reliance Jio. However, Airtel’s strategy of fending off Jio has failed as the latter has been able to gain market share by building an extensive 4G network coupled with extremely low entry level prices. For instance, in the last 2 years Bharti Airtel subscribers in India have declined from 381 million in 2017 to the current figure of 324 million. In contrast during the same 2-year period, Airtel Africa’s subsidiaries added 20 million subscribers. Indeed, Bharti Airtel is becoming increasingly dependent on the continued growth of its Africa operations.Subscribers Only
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Airtel Africa makes its fifth market consolidation move by acquiring Tigo RwandaJanuary 17, 2018Airtel Africa confirmed that they have entered an agreement with Millicom to acquire Tigo Rwanda, marking their fifth market consolidation move in Africa since 2013. Whilst the details of the acquisition and approval from Rwanda’s Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) have not been finalised, Airtel has spoken about the potential changes that will take place in the Rwandese telecoms market. Airtel Rwanda has experienced some volatility in the Rwandan market as overall subscriptions shrunk by 6% between Q4 2016 – Q3 2017 ,this acquisition will consolidate Airtel Rwanda’s position to become the leading operator in the Rwandese mobile market which now serves 8 million subscribers between three mobile networks with 68% mobile penetration. • As of Q3 2017, market share by subscriptions was split between MTN (44%), Tigo (36%) and Airtel (20%). • Millicom and Bharti Airtel both have existing plans to consolidate their assets across Africa and recently completed a merger of their respective Ghanaian mobile networks in November 2017. • If the acquisition is approved by RURA, Airtel is set to become the largest mobile operator in Rwanda with a forecasted market share of 54-56% of the market once Tigo’s subscribers are absorbed into Airtel’s network.Subscribers Only
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Kenya’s mobile market welcomes fourth mobile operator ‘Faiba4G’December 14, 2017Broadband internet provider Jamii Telecommunications (JTL), previously just an Internet service provider (ISP) has launched their 4G LTE mobile network – Faiba4G. The new network will offer Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and data services. • JLT entered the Kenyan telecoms space in 2004 providing wholesale and retail data services via Fibre To The Home (FTTH) and fixed wireless networks, satellite and WiMAX. • Faiba4G coverage currently includes areas in Nairobi, Thika, Machakos, Nakuru, Eldoret, Mombasa, Athi River and Syokimau with plans to extend across Kenya. • Faiba4G will offer subscribers free on-net calls for life, granted the subscriber has an active data bundle and 1-hour unlimited ‘Fisi’ data bundles for KSH150 (approximately US$1.50). • Kenyan’s mobile market has a mobile SIM penetration rate of 71% and is dominated by Vodacom-owned Safaricom, which leads the market with a 75% market share. • The entrance of international mobile network operators Airtel (2002), Orange (now Telkom Kenya - 2013) and Yu (2008) failed to challenge Safaricom’s dominance, which led to Orange selling off their Kenyan subsidiary and Airtel acquiring Yu in 2015.Subscribers Only
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Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs to shake the smart city marketOctober 24, 2017Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs (Sidewalk) and Waterfront Toronto announced plans for the creation of Sidewalk Toronto, an ambitious smart city development plan in Toronto’s Eastern Waterfront. Sidewalk Toronto will be a testbed for the deployment of digital technology along with innovative urban planning adapted around peoples’ needs with goals in sustainability, affordability, new mobility, and economic growth. The project will start with the creation of a testbed neighbourhood at Quayside and will eventually scale up to the rest of the Eastern Waterfront.Subscribers Only
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Tanzania’s Mobile Operators fined… AgainJuly 26, 2017Tanzania’s mobile operators have struggled to comply with wave of new regulatory oversight that has seen a rise in fines for violating regulations and scrutiny over service quality in Tanzania. Despite having previously received fines, six of the country’s seven mobile operators still failed to comply with SIM registration regulations and have been issued a new series of fines on 14 July.Subscribers Only
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Etisalat Nigeria still in talks with creditors over $1.2bn debtJune 15, 2017Etisalat Nigeria is still in a period of uncertainty, following the default on a repayment of the operators’ $1.2 billion loan to their creditors (led by Guaranty Trust Bank Nigeria, Access Bank Nigeria and Zenith Bank Nigeria) issued in 2013.Subscribers Only
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Consolidation in Ghana’s Mobile Market: Tigo and Airtel Ghana Complete Merger TalksMarch 06, 2017Millicom International Cellular (Millicom) has completed another step in the consolidation of their African assets, focused on their Ghanaian subsidiary Tigo Ghana. Bharti Airtel and Millicom announced a joint-ownership merger agreement on Friday 3 March, which will see Tigo Ghana merge with Bharti Airtel’s subsidiary – Airtel Ghana.Subscribers Only
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Millicom sells Tigo Senegal for $129m to Wari GroupFebruary 10, 2017Millicom formally announced the sale of their subsidiary Tigo Senegal to payments processor Wari Group for $129m on February 8 2017, following an expression of intent by Millicom in early 2016 to consolidate their African operations.Subscribers Only
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LTE Market Monitor Q1 2014: AT&T launches Sponsored Data & Connected CarsApril 14, 2014A quarterly report looking at the state of LTE globally in Q1 2014. Includes: 4G milestones and market developments; maps illustrating the LTE footprint by region and technologies; and an overview of spectrum auctions that took place.Subscribers Only
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Rogers big winner in 700MHz auctionFebruary 20, 2014Following the auction, Canada's largest wireless operators control the lion's share of 700MHz spectrum.Subscribers Only
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Apple Spurs Massive Growth in Smartphone Fingerprint Sensor MarketDecember 06, 2013As it has done so often before, Apple Inc. is triggering a new technology boom, with its integration of a fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 5s inspiring a wave of imitators that will drive the market for fingerprint-enabled smartphones to soar in the coming years. A total of 525 million smartphones with integrated fingerprint sensors will ship in 2017, up from 45.7 million this year. Shipments this year will surge by a factor of 10 from a volume of 4.5 million in 2012.
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Google continues to disrupt the smartphone market with competitive pricingNovember 01, 2013Google unveiled its latest smartphone from its developer-focussed Nexus line. It will launch in the US, Canada, the big 5 in Western Europe, Japan and South Korea from November 1st. The Nexus 5 features...
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Design and Sourcing update for Mobile Intelligence SubscribersAugust 15, 2013Since the acquisition of Screen Digest Limited in 2010 by IHS Global Limited we have worked to create a new and exciting team under the name IHS Electronics & Media. This team brings together a unique...
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Cellphone Gray Market Goes Legit, As Sales Continue to DeclineJuly 24, 2013The gray market for cellphones will contract for the second consecutive year in 2013, with worldwide shipments dropping by 12 percent as both makers and buyers of these handsets turn...
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Blackberry reports another loss but the pain is not yet overJune 27, 2013Canadian smartphone manufacturer Blackberry has posted its sixth consecutive quarter of loss as it struggles to reassert itself in the smartphone market. Revenue was up 14.7 per cent from the previous quarter...
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Apple's results demonstrate where it has sustainable differentiationApril 23, 2013Apple reported its results first the first calendar quarter of 2013. Operational metrics remains strong while financial performance slipped very slightly.IHS believes Apple has four assets that will deliver sustainable differentiation in the future, notab
