With mobile phone penetration rates reaching saturation point in the Philippines, there is room for expansion through the promotion of new services and internet usage, according to a recent report issued by the World Bank.
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Economic update | Indonesia: Telecoms changes
8 Aug 2012
With an increased emphasis on delivering connection quality and boosting the use of value-added services (VAS), Indonesia’s intensely competitive telecoms sector is in transition. This entails substantial investments in infrastructure and greater efforts by operators to improve service quality. Over the coming years, the structure of the sector may also change, as players collaborate more closely or even consolidate.
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to John Mangos, CEO, Digicel (PNG) from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2012
How you would assess the latest developments and investments taking place in the telecoms sector?
Articles & Analysis | On it grows: Little sign of a slowdown as providers diversify products and services in line with market demand from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2012
After a half century of state monopoly control, the telecoms market in Papua New Guinea underwent liberalisation in 2007, resulting in a rapid increase in the sector’s value and contributing an estimated 2.5% to annual GDP growth in 2010.
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Jim Miringtoro, Minister for Communication and Information Technology from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2012
What key information and communications technology (ICT) reforms are currently under way?
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Charles Punaha, CEO, National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2012
In which ways have NICTA’s market liberalisation policies affected the telecommunications sector?