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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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Indian ISPs court games publishers to boost uptake of servicesSeptember 26, 2019Indian ISP ACT Fibernet has partnered with the free-to-play MMO developer Wargaming for the introduction of its new “Gaming Packs” – internet plans that are tailored to gamers.
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Pay TV & Online Video Report - Asia Pacific - 2019June 18, 2019The 2019 Asia Pacific Pay TV & Online Video Report provides in-depth insight into the pay TV and online subscription video markets of the Asia Pacific region. It includes comprehensive market-sizing data and detailed analysis of the key trends shaping the industry ... .Subscribers Only
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Pay TV & Online Video Report - MENA - 2019May 02, 2019The 2019 MENA Pay TV & Online Video Report provides in-depth insight into the pay TV and online subscription video markets of the Middle East & North Africa region. ...Subscribers Only
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How Reliance Jio disrupted India’s telecom marketFebruary 21, 2019Reliance Jio is the only growing Telco in India, according to the Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) who has released its monthly report as at December 2018.Subscribers Only
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Airtel closes acquisition of UninorMay 14, 2018Bharti Airtel has announced the closure of the acquisition of Telenor India formerly known as Uninor, following the announcement of the deal in February 2017. The Department of Telecom (DOT) approved the merger on 14 May 2018 which officially closed the merger deal. Bharti Airtel will gain assets including spectrum and subscribers, increasing their market share by 3 percentage points to 28%.Subscribers Only
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India online video market to reach nearly $2 billion by 2022March 26, 2018IHS Markit expects the market (including advertising and subscription) to reach 36.4 billion rupees ($558.2 million) in terms of revenue in 2018, with year-over-year growth of 50%. The online video market in India has significantly expanded since 2015, with CAGR of 58% between 2015 and 2018 in terms of revenue.Subscribers Only
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India messaging app Hike aims to reach wider audience by launching an offline version of its appJanuary 30, 2018Indian messaging company Hike now allows services on its messaging app to be available to mobile phone users without the access to mobile data. The service, “Total, built by Hike”, provides offline services including messaging, recharge, P2P money transfer, as well as checking cricket scores and train status. Hike Total requires a special version of the Android OS to function. To enable this, Hike has partnered with local smartphone makers Karbonn and Intex to launch smartphones that have pre-installed Hike Total. The first batch of smartphones is expected to be available in the market on March 2018 with prices starting from IDR 3,000 (USD 45).
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Reliance Communications sells mobile assets to Reliance JioJanuary 03, 2018Reliance Communications (RCOM) has effectively finalised an exit from the mobile communications market with the sale of assets including spectrum, 43,000 towers, 178,000 route kilometres of fibre and 248 Media Convergence Nodes to Reliance Jio.Subscribers Only
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European Broadband Cable Yearbook - 2017December 01, 2017The European Broadband Cable Yearbook, produced in association with trade body Cable Europe, is widely recognised as the definitive guide to the European Cable Industry. Published continuously for over a decade, this annual report contains detailed data on the size and value of the cable industry in all European Union countries as well as other European Economic Area markets. With company-level information and market wide analysis it shows trends in cable uptake, digital progression, revenue and ARPU, broadband cable and cable telephony. Also includes a written summary of the cable industry developments within each country over the last year.Subscribers Only
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Reliance Communications planned merger with Aircel collapsesOctober 03, 2017Reliance Communications has announced that plans to merge with Aircel have lapsed by mutual consent after legal and regulatory issues impacted on financing for the deal
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Financial stresses show as Ericsson files insolvency proceedings against Reliance CommunicationsSeptember 18, 2017Ericsson has filed to recover INR 4.9 billion ($77 million) from Reliance Communications, INR 5.3 billion from subsidiary Reliance Infratel and INR 1.3 billion from Reliance Telecom Ltd.
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Merger of Vodafone and Idea progresses as Jio’s latest ‘Free’ offer is revealed as a feature phoneJuly 26, 2017The merger of Vodafone and Idea Cellular has been unconditionally approved by The Competition Commission of India (CCI) with phase one approval pushing the deal closer to completing by the target deadline in 2018.
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Hike launches messaging payments in India ahead of WhatsAppJuly 06, 2017Indian messaging app provider Hike launched Hike 5.0 in June 2017, claiming it to be the biggest update on the messaging platform that is compatible with Android 4.0 and above. New features include: • Personalised theme • Magic selfie • Timeline • Custom stickers • Hike Wallet • Blue packet – digital gift money At launch, Hike partnered with Yes Bank and joined the Indian government’s UPI (Unified Payments Interface) programme to allow users to make P2P and bank-to-bank transactions, as well as send Blue Packet (digital gift money) to other Hike users.Subscribers Only
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Roaming costs across the EU and EFTA set to tumble as EU ‘roam like at home’ regulations launchJune 14, 2017The EU launched ‘Roam Like at Home’ on 15th June, introducing elements of the ‘Digital Single Market’ to the statute book. This bans international roaming charges within the 28 countries of the EU plus the three markets of the EEA, impacting on some 672 million mobile subscriptions.Subscribers Only
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Indonesian incumbent telco lifts Netflix banApril 14, 2017PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) and Netflix have entered into an agreement which will unblock the Netflix service on the state-controlled incumbent telecommunications operators network. Deal requires Netflix to fulfill Indonesian regulation whereby its content will go through censorship and the company must form a partnership with a local operator or create a local unit in the country.
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Vodafone India and Idea Cellular agree merger termsMarch 20, 2017Discussions between Vodafone and Idea Cellular have concluded with a deal agreed to merge the two businesses. While Vodafone will take a greater stake in the combined business, mechanisms are in place to equalise shareholdings over the next four to nine years.Subscribers Only
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India M&A continues as Telenor sells operations to Bharti AirtelFebruary 23, 2017In the latest in the run of Indian M&A activity in the mobile sector, Telenor has announced that India’s largest operator Bharti Airtel with 269 million subscriptions is to take ownership of Telenor India which counts some 44 million subscriptions across six of the 22 telecoms circles (license areas).Subscribers Only
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India; Vodafone confirms merger talks with Idea CellularJanuary 30, 2017Vodafone has issued a statement confirming that it is in discussions for an all share merger of their Indian unit with Idea CellularSubscribers Only
