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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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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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Liberty Global goes all-in on Netflix partnership with footprint-wide carriage dealSeptember 14, 2016International pay TV provider Liberty Global announced a partnership with Netflix to bring the SVoD company’s app to Liberty Global’s advanced pay TV platforms in more than 30 markets across Europe and Latin America.Subscribers Only
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West Africa to trial free mobile roaming from October 2016August 15, 2016The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Association of West African regulators (WATRA) plan to begin the experimental phase of harmonising mobile services across its member states.Subscribers Only
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Orange Q1 revenues up 3.5%, sees recovery in SpainApril 26, 2016Orange’s first quarter revenues grew 3.5% year-on-year (y/y) on a historical basis to €10 billion ($11.3 billion), with the French operator seeing its first growth in Spain in over two years.Subscribers Only
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MWC 2016: Mobile innovations & ecosystem analysisMarch 09, 2016In this presentation IHS Technology analysts provide their views on the major announcements related to mobile payments, advertising, location and operator servces at Mobile World Congress.Subscribers Only
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Operator M&A round-up: 28 February 2016-05 March 2016March 08, 2016In the week of Sunday 28 February to Saturday 05 March 2016, we tracked the following 10 agreed and completed M&A deals by operators across the globe.Subscribers Only
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Netia targets ultrafast growth in PolandMarch 03, 2016Netia is embarking on a major ultrafast broadband upgrade in Poland.
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Orange to buy two African operations from AirtelJanuary 13, 2016Orange and Bharti Airtel have signed an agreement which will see Orange acquire Airtel’s subsidiaries in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone.Subscribers Only
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Liquid Telecom, Airtel ink fibre network dealSeptember 25, 2015Liquid Telecom has signed an agreement with Bharti Airtel to connect its terrestrial fibre network to Airtel’s mobile base stations and enterprises.Subscribers Only
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Congo Country Profile - Operator MultiplaySeptember 22, 2015In this country profile: data, charts, insight on the Congo fixed voice, fixed broadband and mobile markets.Subscribers Only
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Poland Country Profile - Operator MultiplaySeptember 22, 2015In this country profile: data, charts, insight on the Poland fixed voice, fixed broadband, mobile, pay TV and multiplay markets, plus comment on the major recent strategic and regulatory events.Subscribers Only
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East Africa set to harmonise roaming chargesSeptember 21, 2015Four Eastern African countries are scheduled to meet in Kenya this week to discuss the harmonisation of roaming services in the region.Subscribers Only
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Liquid Telecom enters partnership with MTNAugust 26, 2015MTN and Liquid Telecom have partnered to offer access to each other’s fixed and wireless network in various African countries.Subscribers Only
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Liquid Telecom unveils new retail brand HaiAugust 21, 2015Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of South Africa-based Econet Wireless Group, has announced the launch of a new brand for its retail business across Africa.Subscribers Only
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Airtel divests towers in five African countries for $1.3 billionJuly 03, 2015Bharti Airtel has completed the sale of mobile towers in five African countries with the aim of using the proceeds to cut debt.Subscribers Only
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Orange announces new strategic planMarch 17, 2015Orange has announced its new strategic plan Essentials2020, focusing on network expansion and diversification into ‘Internet of Things’ and mobile financial services.Subscribers Only
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Orange bundles smartphones and data in Africa and Middle EastMarch 02, 2015Orange will launch Orange Klif, a $40 smartphone, data, voice and SMS bundle across 13 markets of Africa and the Middle East in Q2 2015.Subscribers Only
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Netia selects Play for Polish MVNO offeringFebruary 03, 2015Polish fixed-line operator Netia has signed a new deal with Play, which will see the mobile operator become Netia’s sole mobile partner and host of its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service.Subscribers Only
