In the past decade, Peru’s mobile sector has been dominated by two players: Telefónica under its brand Movistar and America Movil under the Claro brand. Healthy competition exists between the two, while Nextel, which was recently acquired by Chile’s ENTEL in a 100% share transfer from US firm NII Holdings for $410.6m, occupies a small but...
The telecoms sector is witnessing a rapid change in technological evolution, as the launch of 4G and long-term evolution (LTE) services gets under way. With the prevalence of smartphones and the popularity of social networking, chatting and online video games, high-speed mobile broadband is expected to see robust growth. The two major operators, the...
The Philippines has been one of the top performers in the global IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) sectors for the last few years. With the government promoting the development of high-growth industries to generate export revenues and create employment opportunities, the IT sector, and in particular the software industry, has witnessed...
The telecommunications sector continues to evolve with the emergence of new technologies, fierce competition between existing operators and the entry of new service providers. Mobile handset penetration is at a saturation point and while profit margins on voice calls and text are tapering off, the country is seeing rapid uptake of mobile data and...
With the largest population on the continent, half of which is below the age of 25, and English as the official language, Nigeria’s demographics are attractive for business process outsourcing (BPO) recruiters. Geographically, its time zone is closely aligned and well suited to servicing much of Europe, a major advantage over outsourcing...
The overwhelming success of the few large malls opened so far testifies to pent-up demand for modern, formal shopping in Nigeria. With 33% of Nigerians having regular internet access according to the World Bank, the potential for e-commerce is significant. Yet Lagos has only three malls of more than 20,000 sq metres compared to 74 in South Africa’s...
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