ASIA MOBILE PHONES MARKET

ASIA: MARCH 2008 - Significant reduction in carbon emissions through increased use of telecoms?

Telstra commissioned Climate Risk to produce the study Towards a High-Bandwidth, Low-Carbon Future: Telecommunications-based Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

The report analyses the opportunities for Australia to reduce carbon emissions through increased usage of their telecommunications network. It estimates that the potential to reduce carbon emissions by 4.9% by 2015 exists through these means. However, the full benefits cannot be realised until the roll-out of a national fibre optic network to residential and commercial consumers.

The report's authors identify seven carbon opportunities that could deliver total per annum emission savings of 27.2 million tonnes. These opportunities are remote management of power for appliances not in use or on "stand-by"; improving business productivity with "in-person" high-definition videoconferencing; through the use of broadband based, real-time....more

FIXED LINE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET

AMERICAS: FEBRUARY 2008 - Investment programmes of Argentine telcos.

Infobae recently reported that Argentina's three largest telecommunications operators are expected to invest approximately 3.5 billion pesos in 2008 mainly in broadband and mobile network infrastructure.

Telecom Argentina plans to invest approximately 1bn pesos which is the same amount as in 2007.

Telefónica de Argentina will invest 1.7bn pesos in 2008 as part of a planned three year 6 billion pesos investment in its domestic operations which was announced by company President Eduardo Caride in December 2007; 950 million pesos is earmarked for upgrading its fixed line services. Investments for 2009 and 2010 'will depend on technological developments in Argentina...including telecom operators' possibility of offering TV services via internet,' Caride said. Telcos are prohibited from offering television services under Argentine legislation although cable TV operators are able to provide telecom services.

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET

EUROPE: Despite reporting an overall Q3 revenue increase, fixed line performs badly.

France Telecom announced Q3 results on 25 October 2007. Revenues rose 3.5% year on year on a comparable basis.

The Home Communication Services division which incorporates both fixed line telephony and ADSL reported a rise of only 0.2% in third quarter revenues.

These aggregated figures disguise a 16.4% fall in quarterly revenues from traditional phone services. France Telecom reported that this was due to a decrease in call volumes. Telephone line rental revenues decreased 3.2% despite an increase in line rental prices in July 2007.

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TELECOMS

GLOBAL ICT: Developing markets encouraged to work with Private Sector

It took 113 years from the invention of the telephone for it to achieve 10% global penetration, the comparative figure for mobile telephony is 15 years whilst internet usage achieved the 10% figure only 12 years after the invention of the WWW. These bald figures can disguise great disparity across the digital divide even within continents. The World Bank has noted that worldwide internet use quadrupled between 2000 and 2005. But while developed nations have more than 300 secure internet servers per one million people, developing nations have fewer than two. Canada has more secure servers than all the developing countries combined.

The Bank urges developing countries to work in partnership with the private sector to extend the reach and use of ICT there is also a need to break down existing monopolies in developing countries.

TELECOMS

EUROPE: Aid money supports growth of Telecoms markets in EU accession countries.

Growth in both revenue and customer numbers in the Central and Eastern Europe telecoms sector remain consistently higher than in Western Europe. The recent accession into the EU of eight of the region's countries, as well as preparations for accession of a further three, are important drivers of this growth as aid money from EU structural funds is tied to market liberalisation. In the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary this process is virtually completed while in others it is being initiated.

The majority of growth is in the mobile sector whilst growth for fixed-line operators may be restricted to satisfying the demand for high-speed data services.

TELECOMS

ASIA: Under WTO rules China must open telecoms markets by end of 2006

China remains anomalous in developing telecoms markets in that it's fixed line sector remains larger than the mobile market. It remains to be seen whether the issuance of 3G licences in 2006 will alter this scenario.

Under WTO rules China must open its telecoms markets to overseas operators by the end of 2006. China Unicom has recently announced that it is seeking a foreign investor to back its 3G development.

The European Commission's recent decision to impose controls on roaming tariffs has been seized upon by certain Asian commentators who are pressing their national regulators to ask local operators to justify their charges.

In India LG Electronics is planning to raise production of GSM phones by 300% to satisfy both domestic demand and export markets in, amongst other countries, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Kenya.

TELECOMS

AMERICAS: Has the rise of the mobile phone had any impact on the fixed line services in the Americas region?

Covering the US, Canada, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, Snapdata's Americas Overview reports on Mobile Phone Services and Fixed Line Services make very interesting reading. The reports contain figures and charts showing market shares, market size and historical and forecast growth as well as socio-economic data and sources for further research.