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Complicated and continuously evolving, the local telecommunications market ended 2011 with only two mobile players in operation. The current state of the industry is the result of a number of mergers and acquisitions that culminated in 2011 with the absorption of the country’s third-largest mobile operator, Digitel’s Sun Cellular, by the Philippine...

Although economic headwinds have thrown international markets off course, the Philippine economy has managed to stay on a relatively even keel. Local authorities note that while GDP growth slowed in 2011 relative to 2010 due to weak external demand and government underspending, household 

Chapter | Telecoms and IT from The Report: The Philippines 2012

Though the Philippines lags behind in several measures of technology penetration, scoring 36 out of 100 in a World Economic Forum report on “network readiness”, internet cafes are plentiful and Filipinos have the highest Facebook usage rate in the world. This drives the market for online games, which are very popular with the Philippines’ substantial young population. Software in general is...
Underlining the rapid evolution under way in Mongolia's telecommunications sector, the state-run, land-line telecoms provider is cutting back while the main mobile players are introducing new features and announcing major international partnerships.

Along with public sector support for its technology sector, Mongolia has a population with an increasing level of disposable income and a mind to try new technologies, if the rapid take-up in the mobile telephony market is any indication. One of the biggest limiting factors for the sector in the future is the national broadband network, which is...

What opportunities exist for the Mongolian fixed-line telephony industry in the future?

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