While the overall number of internet users in Mongolia grew eight-fold from 2009 to mid-2014 – from just over 100,000 to more than 1m, according to the Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia (CRC), the nation’s telecommunications regulatory organisation – most locals spend their time online at foreign websites. As of mid-2014 Mongolian internet content was rare...
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Articles & Analysis | Efforts to support local entreprenurs in Mongolia's IT sector facilitating domestic content production from The Report: Mongolia 2015
Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Mongolia 2015
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 reported more than 4.3m registered users in total. This figure is considerably higher than the population, which means many residents own more than one SIM card. Increases in mobile penetration have facilitated rapid technological...
Given the significant foreign direct investment needed to achieve its development goals, Mongolia has strong motivation to improve its attractiveness to investors. The government is therefore adjusting its policies, while new laws are expected to gradually reinvigorate foreign investment flows.
The Philippine economy is gradually on the rise, largely driven by its business process outsourcing, industry and construction sectors. The average pace of growth in the Philippines in the first half of the decade was 6.3%, compared to 6% in Indonesia, 5.8% in Malaysia and Vietnam, and 3.6% in Thailand.
Articles & Analysis | Additional towers will bring better service to Sarawak's rural areas from The Report: Sarawak 2015
In his 2015 budget speech, Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged to invest RM2.7bn ($821.34m) over three years to build 1000 new telecoms towers nationwide and lay undersea cables between Peninsular Malaysia and the eastern states. This funding represents the second phase of the High-Speed Broadband project (HSSB), which was first announced a...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Sudarnoto Osman, CEO, SACOFA from The Report: Sarawak 2015
What steps are being taken to expand the state’s mobile telecoms network to all rural areas within the timeframe allocated by Malaysia’s Vision 2020?