Since it was liberalised in the early 1990s, Mongolia’s telecommunications sector has grown rapidly. As of the first half of 2014 the four major mobile operators – MobiCom, Unitel, Skytel and G-Mobile – reported more than 4.3m registered users in total, according to the country’s telecoms regulatory agency, the Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia (CRC). This...
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Articles & Analysis | Boosting telecoms usage and rural connectivity outside Mongolia's capital city a government priority from The Report: Mongolia 2015
Mongolia’s status as the single least populous country in the world – according to recent census data the nation has a population density of 1.76 people per sq km – has presented a wide variety of challenges for the development of telecommunications systems. The cost of extending a fixed-line network into the nation’s vast rural areas – many of which are covered in...
Articles & Analysis | Roll-out of new technologies in Mongolia's IT sector have continued to grow in recent years from The Report: Mongolia 2015
Over the past five years, Mongolia’s ICT industry has experienced rapid growth. As of the first half of 2013 the nation was home to more than 1m internet subscribers, up from fewer than 200,000 as of the end of 2010, for example. As in many other nascent technology markets around the world, the majority of this growth has taken place in the mobile segment. Almost 80% of...
Interviews & Viewpoints | R. Ganbold, CEO, Unitel: Interview from The Report: Mongolia 2015
How are changing trends in mobile usage impacting the profitability of the telecoms industry?
Interviews & Viewpoints | P. Margad-Erdene, Executive Director, ICN LLC, on the challenges of network extension: Viewpoint from The Report: Mongolia 2015
The deployment of the fibre-optic cable network in Mongolia requires a huge amount of investment, as the country has a vast territory and a scattered population. To that end, the government of Mongolia has undertaken several master plans, programmes and projects to develop the ICT sector. The deployment activities for the backbone of the fibre-optic network are...