In Juniper’s recent report examining the trends and opportunities facing operators and handset vendors alike in the fast-growing low-cost handsets field, we found that one of the key hurdles in getting phones into the hands of those on very low or subsistence-level incomes was the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the phones themselves.
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Over the last fortnight number of announcements have been made that I think are worth examining in the context of Juniper’s recently-published report on low-cost handsets and how we expect operators and vendors to concentrate on this potentially massive market.
Pakistan has just reduced the mandatory SIM Activation Tax from Rs500 per connection to Rs250, while ‘regulatory [...]
Verizon Wireless is leading the charge in what may now prove to be a deciding battle in establishing which standard will become the technology of choice for delivering 4G mobile communications services. In announcing that it will launch a commercial service based on LTE technology it has effectively bloodied the nose of the US’ sole [...]
Samsung Electronics sold almost 200 million mobile handsets in 2008, a 24% improvement on the previous year. Thus, the company has become the only handset vendor, so far, to have reported y-o-y improvements in handset shipment volumes in each consecutive quarter of 2008. Indeed, this achievement is vastly superior to the overall 5-6% growth recorded by the [...]
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the mobile sector in the Middle East, led by the launch of a new operator in Kuwait and the licensing of a third player in Iran. These announcements bode well for the continued growth prospects in the region, led by activities in the Persian Gulf region.
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