How big is the potential of the information technology (IT) services market?
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Ankur Prakash, Executive Vice-President, TCS Latam from The Report: Mexico 2014
Articles & Analysis | Access all areas: Putting IT use at the centre of business and society is a high priority from The Report: Mexico 2014
After several years of expansion, Mexico’s IT sector now makes up 6-7% of GDP, and this is expected to grow rapidly as constitutional reforms reshape the industry. The sector combines positive and negative forces. On one hand, its growth has been exponential, attracting foreign companies and allowing a domestic industry to emerge. On the other...
Chapter | ICT & Media from The Report: Mexico 2014
The telecoms industry, which includes fixed and mobile communications as well as pay TV, saw its revenues expand from $26.6bn in 2009 to $34.7bn at the end of 2013. After years of underinvestment and a market structure that has stifled service penetration, a reform to reduce the influence of dominant players in the telecoms market is set to increase competition, facilitate wider access and put...
The second-largest economy in Latin America, Mexico seems poised to enter a new growth phase as the government of Enrique Peña Nieto implements radical changes in a number of sectors across the economy. The reforms, aimed at raising the competitiveness of the Mexican economy, have the potential to establish Mexico’s position as a regional powerhouse.
Articles & Analysis | Fortuitous geography: New high-speed international bandwidth from The Report: Mongolia 2014
Mongolia’s fibre-optic infrastructure is widely regarded as among the best in the region in terms of reach, capacity and speed. As of the end of July 2013 the country’s five fibre-optic cable networks together totalled 18,343 km in length, according to data from ErdemNet, a local internet service provider (ISP). Gemnet, a private operator,...