ITI's telecommunications market reports focus on individual countries or regions. Market intelligence reports provide an invaluable mix of vital market data and background information and are currently available for more than 60 telecommunications markets.
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Argentina
In the early-2000s, Argentina's telecommunications market was battling against a severely weakened domestic economy. This report provides a complete review of Argentina's telecommunications market. |
Jul-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Australia
Australia operated a duopoly in the provision of telecommunications services until July 1997 until the market was open to full competition and, by June 2006, there were 209 licensed carriers. This report provides a complete review of Australia's telecommunications market. |
Mar-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Austria
Austria's telecommunications market has been progressively liberalised since the early-1990s and is now completely open to competition. This report provides a complete review of Austria's telecommunications market. |
Jun-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Bahrain
Bahrain's telecommunications market was fully opened to competition at the beginning of July 2004, when the new independent regulator - the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) - made available the first alternative national and international fixed-line services licences. This report provides a review of Bahrain's telecommunications market. |
May-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Belarus
The telecommunications market in Belarus remains relatively closed to competition and is almost entirely under the control of the state. This report provides a review of Belarus' telecommunications market. |
Feb-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Belgium
Belgium's incumbent operator is Belgacom, in which the ADSB consortium comprising Ameritech (later SBC Communications, now AT&T Corporation), Tele Danmark (now Tele Danmark Communications (TDC)), and Singapore Telecom (SingTel) took a 50% stake in December 1995. This report provides a complete review of Belgium's telecommunications market. |
Apr-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Brazil
Brazil's telecommunications industry has undergone a complete transformation since early-1998 and since January 2002, the Brazilian telecommunications market has been opened to full competition. This report provides a complete review of Brazil's telecommunications market. |
Jul-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Bulgaria
The adoption of the new Telecommunications Act 2003 in early-October 2003 provided a more workable foundation for the liberalisation of Bulgaria's telecommunications sector. This report provides a complete review of Bulgaria's telecommunications market. |
Aug-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Canada
As in the United States and the larger European markets, Canada's telecommunications sector has been rocked by the volatile economic and business climate of the past few years and is only now beginning to see signs of recovery. This report provides a complete review of Canada's telecommunications market. |
Oct-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Chile
Chile's telecommunications market has been fully-liberalised since 1994, and competition is now allowed in every area of telecommunications service provision. This report provides a complete review of Chile's telecommunications market. |
Nov-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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China
China's telecommunications market is one of the largest in the world and remains almost completely under the thrall of the state; therefore foreign-owned companies have little or no chance of directly operating networks or providing services in mainland China, except in co-operation with state-owned or approved entities. This report provides a complete review of China's telecommunications market. |
Oct-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Croatia
Croatia's telecommunications market is being progressively liberalised in line with the country's commitments to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This report provides a review of Croatia's telecommunications market. |
Nov-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Czech Republic
A new phase of liberalisation in the telecommunications market of the Czech Republic began in May 2005, when the long-awaited Act on Electronic Communications finally entered into force. This report provides a complete review of the Czech Republic's telecommunications market. |
Jul-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Denmark
Denmark's telecommunications sector generated total revenues of DKr39,460 million in 2005; this represented a year-on-year increase of 3.6% from DKr38,074 million in 2004. This report provides a complete review of Denmark's telecommunications market. |
Jan-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Egypt
Egypt's telecommunications sector is one of the fastest-developing markets in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, despite the fact that the fixed-line market is effectively monopolised by the state-owned incumbent operator, Telecom Egypt. This report provides a concise review of Egypt's telecommunications market. |
Feb-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Finland
Consolidation within the telecommunications market of Finland continues apace into 2007. This report provides a complete review of Finland's telecommunications market. |
Jun-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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France
France's telecommunications services market was worth approximately €41,037 million in 2006, representing a year-on-year increase of 0.7%. Over the same period, investment in networks and equipment grew by 10.5% to €7,010 million. This report provides a complete review of France's telecommunications market. |
Aug-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Germany
Germany's telecommunications services market generated revenues of €66,800 million in 2004, a figure that increased to around €68,300 million in 2005. Of the 2005 figure, €25,100 million was derived from the fixed-line services market (includes network operators, Internet service providers, and resellers), up from €24,700 million in 2004. This report provides a complete review of Germany's telecommunications market. |
Sep-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Greece
There were 14.082 million cellular and UMTS customers in Greece at the end of 2006, up from 12.448 million in 2005. This report provides a complete review of Greece's telecommunications market. |
Apr-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong's telecommunications market has been progressively liberalised and is now one of the most sophisticated and successful in the world, reflecting the country's status as a leading business and financial centre. This report provides a complete review of Hong Kong's telecommunications market. |
Nov-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Hungary
Although nearly 15 years have passed since Magyar Telekom lost its monopoly on local services, it still holds a dominant share of the market - approximately 77% of all fixed lines were controlled by Magyar Telekom and its subsidiaries as of June 2006 (latest data). This report provides a complete review of Hungary's telecommunications market. |
Apr-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Iceland
The incumbent operator in Iceland, Iceland Telecom (Landssimi Islands hf), took its current form in January 1998 when the postal and telecommunications operations of Post and Telecom Iceland (PTI) were separated. This report provides a complete review of Iceland's telecommunications market. |
Oct-05 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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India
India's telecommunications market began to be liberalised in 1992 and is now fully-open to competition. This report provides a complete review of India's telecommunications market. |
Sep-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Indonesia
At the time of writing, telecommunications services in Indonesia are primarily provided by PT Telkom (domestic services, and increasingly international) and PT Indosat (international services, and increasingly long-distance and local) and their associated companies. This report provides a complete review of Indonesia's telecommunications market. |
Jul-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Ireland
Ireland's telecommunications market was completely liberalised on December 1, 1998, exposing incumbent fixed-line operator, eircom, to a host of would-be rivals. This report provides a complete review of Ireland's telecommunications market. |
Dec-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Israel
Consolidation had significantly streamlined the playing field in Israel's telecommunications market by the end of 2006, with incumbent fixed-line operator Bezeq facing much tougher competition in the domestic and international telephony, Internet/broadband, and video markets. This report provides a complete review of Israel's telecommunications market. |
Aug-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Italy
Worth an estimated €37,682 million in 2005, Italy's telecommunications services market continues to be dominated by incumbent fixed-line services provider, Telecom Italia, and a handful of long-term alternative operators whose market presence is gradually increasing as a result of intensified competition and a spate of mergers and acquisitions. This report provides a complete review of Italy's telecommunications market. |
Feb-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Japan
Japan's telecommunications market is continuing to consolidate as the larger alternative fixed-line, broadband, and wireless operators and service providers seek to usurp the market dominance of NTT and KDDI. This report provides a review of Japan's telecommunications market. |
Aug-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Jordan
Jordan's telecommunications market was completely liberalised at the beginning of 2005, ending the fixed-line basic services monopoly of state-controlled incumbent Jordan Telecommunications Company. This report provides a complete review of Jordan's telecommunications market. |
Jun-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Kazakhstan
Although the government of Kazakhstan has instituted a programme aimed at developing its telecommunications market through the phased liberalisation of basic and advanced services, little headway has been made so far in breaking the de facto monopoly on the fixed-line market held by incumbent state-controlled operator, Kazakhtelecom. This report provides a complete review of Kazakhstan's telecommunications market. |
Jan-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Latvia
Lattelekom is the incumbent operator in Latvia, in which the TILTS Communications consortium of Cable & Wireless (C&W) and Sonera Corporation acquired a 49% stake in January 1994. TILTS is now wholly-owned by TeliaSonera AB. This report provides a complete review of Latvia's telecommunications market. |
Jul-05 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Lithuania
Lithuania's telecommunications services market was liberalised on January 1, 2003, which spelled the end of the exclusive rights granted to incumbent operator Lietuvos Telekomas to provide local, domestic long-distance, and international basic voice services. This report provides a complete review of Lithuania's telecommunications market. |
Sep-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Malaysia
Malaysia's communications and multimedia industry was worth approximately M$26,800 million in 2005, up by 9.4% from M$24,500 million in 2004. This report provides a complete review of Malaysia's telecommunications market. |
Jan-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Mexico
Mexico's telecommunications market was fully-liberalised in January 1997 and, despite the arrival of a host of would-be competitors into the local and long-distance markets, privatised incumbent operator Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) remains the dominant operator as network buildout by some new entrants has been slow (or non-existent) and interconnection with those alternative carriers that have established themselves (most notably Avantel and Alestra) has been a tortuous process, punctuated by protracted bouts of litigation. This report provides a complete review of Mexico's telecommunications market. |
May-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Moldova
Moldova's telecommunications sector is dominated by state-owned fixed-line operator, Moldtelecom, which served 880,680 telephone subscribers at the end of September 2005. This report provides a complete review of Moldova's telecommunications market. |
Nov-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Morocco
Morocco's telecommunications market has effectively been completely liberalised. This report provides a complete review of Morocco's telecommunications market. |
Nov-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Netherlands
Interim legislation passed in July 1996 enabled the opening of the Netherlands' telecommunications market to full competition from July 1, 1997, ahead of the European Union (EU) deadline of January 1998. However, the Dutch government failed to implement a definitive new telecommunications law by this time, and it was not until December 1998 that the new Telecommunications Law (Telecomwet) came into force. This report provides a complete review of the Dutch telecommunications market. |
Jul-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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New Zealand
The New Zealand telecommunications market is arguably the most liberalised in the world, with no regulatory body to monitor the industry and no statutory or legal barriers to entry. This report provides a complete review of New Zealand's telecommunications market. |
Mar-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Norway
According to the Norwegian postal and telecommunications regulator (PT), total turnover in Norway's telecommunications market amounted to NKr30,708 million in 2005, up by a little over 2.0% from NKr30,099 million in 2004. This report provides a complete review of Norway's telecommunications market. |
Jan-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Oman
The telecommunications market in Oman is dominated by state-controlled incumbent operator, Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel). This report provides a complete review of Oman's telecommunications market. |
Jun-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Opportunities for Telecommunications Equipment & Services in the BRIC Economies - 2006
This new report evaluates the real status, opportunities and threats for telecoms companies in Brazil, Russia, India and China. In addition to highly detailed chapters on each market, the report provides a thought-provoking and comparative examination of the BRIC economies, putting opportunities into their current and future context. |
Nov-06 |
£795/US$1495/€1295 |
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Opportunities for Telecommunications Equipment & Services in the Middle East - 2007
This new report evaluates the real status, opportunities and threats for telecoms companies in the Middle East. It identifies the main trends and developments characterising the Middle East region and includes mini-profiles on 15 of the main markets in the region. |
Mar-07 |
£795/US$1495/€1295 |
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Pakistan
During 2004, Pakistan's fixed-line telecommunications services market was comprehensively liberalised, with 12 companies issued with licences to operate long-distance and international (LDI) services, 36 companies issued with local loop (LL) licences, and 18 companies issued with wireless local loop (WLL) licences. This report provides a complete review of Pakistan's telecommunications market. |
Jun-05 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Peru
Peru's telecommunications market continues to be dominated by the incumbent wireline operator Telefónica del Perú (TdP), itself 97.15%-owned by Telefónica SA of Spain. This report provides a complete review of Peru's telecommunications market. |
Jun-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Philippines
The dominant telecommunications operator in the Philippines continues to be Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). PLDT was the only full-service operator until new legislation passed in 1993 opened all markets to competition. This report provides a complete review of Philippine's telecommunications market. |
Aug-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Poland
In September 2004, Poland's authorities passed a new Telecommunications Act, which superseded the existing legislation from 2000 and implemented all of the recent European Commission (EC) directives regarding the regulation of the broader electronic communications market. This report provides a complete review of Poland's telecommunications market. |
Mar-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Portugal
By September 2007, there were 13 active fixed telecommunications service providers, 33 active Internet service providers, 12 active Internet service providers offering ADSL service, eight active Internet service providers offering cable modem access, and 15 active Internet service providers offering broadband service via other means in Portugal. This report provides a complete review of Portugal's telecommunications market. |
Sep-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Qatar
Qatar's telecommunications market is currently monopolised by a single state-controlled company, Qatar Telecom (Q-Tel), that operates all information and communications networks in the country. This report provides a complete review of Qatar's telecommunications market. |
Jun-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Romania
According to data published by the National Regulatory Authority for Communications (ANRC), Romania's electronic communications services market generated approximately €2,997 million in 2005, up from €2,423 million in 2004. This report provides a complete review of Romania's telecommunications market. |
Dec-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Russia
In general, Russia's telecommunications market may be described as being under rapid development, with the long-awaited consolidation in the state-owned operating utilities sector now well-advanced, providers of value-added and advanced communications services proliferating and profiting in the major population and business centres, and mobile operators and service providers extending their reach nationwide. This report provides a complete review of Russia's telecommunications market. |
May-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's telecommunications market is regulated by the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC). This report provides a complete review of Saudi Arabia's telecommunications market. |
Nov-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Singapore
Singapore's info-communications industry generated total revenue of S$37,890 million in 2005, up from S$34,770 million in 2004. Over the two years to the end of 2007, the industry should see revenues grow by a further 10.4%, to S$41,849 million. This report provides a complete review of Sinagpore's telecommunications market. |
Jan-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Slovakia
There were 235 operators licensed to install and operate telecommunications networks in Slovakia as of April 2007, up from 176 a year earlier. This report provides a complete review of Slovakia's telecommunications market. |
Apr-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Slovenia
Slovenia's telecommunications market was fully-liberalised at the beginning of January 2001, with the markets for fixed-line local, long-distance, and international telecommunications services joining the mobile communications, data communications/Internet access, and value-added services markets in being opened to participation from alternative operators and service providers. This report provides a complete review of Slovenia's telecommunications market. |
Jun-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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South Africa
The South African government published a new Convergence Bill, 2005, in February 2005, to provide a licensing and regulatory framework for a converged telecommunications, broadcasting and information technology industry. However, it was not until mid-April 2006 that the Electronic Communications Act (ECA) was actually signed into law and a Presidential Proclamation must still be published indicating the effective date for the Act. Furthermore, key secondary legisalation, such as that governing mobile number portability, has yet to be activated. This report provides a complete review of South Africa's telecommunications market. |
May-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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South Korea
South Korea's telecommunications market continues to be dominated by the former state-controlled incumbent operator, KT Corporation. KT claimed to have accounted for 92.2% of South Korea's local telephone subscribers at the end of 2006; approximately 21 million customers in all. This report provides a complete review of Korea's telecommunications market. |
Apr-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Spain
Spain's telecommunications market is dominated by the national incumbent operator, Telefónica de España, which has operated since 1924. The government reduced its stake in Telefónica to 20.94% in October 1995. This report provides a complete review of Spain's telecommunications market. |
Feb-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Sweden
In March 2007, the Swedish government requested approval from the Riksdag to reduce ownership in six state-owned companies, including TeliaSonera. In May 2007, the government launched the sale of an 8% stake in TeliaSonera, as the first phase of the sell-off.This report provides a complete review of Sweden's telecommunications market. |
Oct-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Switzerland
Although Switzerland is not a member of the European Union (EU) and is therefore not subject to EU legislation relating to telecommunications, liberalisation of the Swiss telecommunications market has moved in parallel with deregulation in the EU. This report provides a complete review of Switzerland's telecommunications market. |
Dec-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Taiwan
Taiwan's incumbent telecommunications operator, Chunghwa Telecom, took over the operational activities of the Directorate General of Telecommunication (DGT) from July 1, 1996, when it was confirmed that the company would be partially privatised within the following five years. However, plans for its privatisation as early as 1998 were postponed. Subsequent attempts by the government to reduce its holding also met with disastrous response from investors. A series of poorly-received auctions, an IPO in October 2000 and an abandoned American depository receipts (ADR) offering scheduled for the first quarter of 2001, merely reduced the government's holding to 95% by late-2002. This report provides a complete review of Taiwan's telecommunications market. |
May-06 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Thailand
Progress remains slow with regards to the development of the regulatory regime for Thailand’s telecommunications sector. Liberalisation of the sector, the creation of a new independent regulatory authority, and the privatisation of incumbent operators TOT Corporation (domestic services) and Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT, international, telex, and telegraph services) have all been subject to delay. This report provides a complete review of Thailand's telecommunications market. |
Oct-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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The Western Europe Telecommunications Market Factbook 2005
This report is packed with hard-to-find data sourced from operators, regulators, service providers, and key industry associations and observers. |
Jan-05 |
£495/$995/€890 |
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Turkey
In Turkey, Türk Telekomünikasyon AS (Türk Telekom) is the incumbent fixed-line operator with a de facto monopoly over the provision of public voice services. The government had been trying to privatise Türk Telekom since 1993, but political instability and disagreements concerning the proportion of the divestiture continually delayed the issue. This report provides a complete review of Turkey's telecommunications market. |
Sep-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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UK
The overall turnover of the United Kingdom's telecommunications services industry (which excludes radio and broadcasting, and telecommunications equipment) grew by 1.5% to UK£47,100 million in 2006. Over UK£38,600 million was attributable to end-user (retail) spending - the remainder being wholesale services. Growth was concentrated in mobile services, which grew by UK£900 million, offsetting the decline in fixed voice market revenues of UK£400 million.This report provides a complete review of the UK's telecommunications market. |
Sep-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Ukraine
The telecommunications market in Ukraine is currently in a state of flux and uncertainty. This is despite the fact that the Law on Telecommunications Regulation, which was adopted in late-2003, greatly simplified, extended, and clarified the rules governing the licensing and operation of telecommunications networks and services as well as updated the laws governing the allocation and use of radio frequencies. This report provides a complete review of Ukraine's telecommunications market. |
Jun-05 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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United Arab Emirates
Until 2006, the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) telecommunications market had been effectively monopolised by a single state-controlled company, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat), that operated all information and communications networks in the country, served all communications service users, and acted as the de-facto regulatory body for telecommunications. This report provides a complete review of UAE's telecommunications market. |
Jun-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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USA
In the United States, recent years have seen a significant degree of consolidation amongst operators. Three former regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs) now survive from the original seven that were created in 1984 following the break-up of AT&T. This report provides a complete review of the United States' telecommunications market. |
May-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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Venezuela
Venezuela's telecommunications market was opened to full competition in November 2000, although very few companies have since been licensed to compete with the incumbent fixed-line operator, Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela (CANTV). This report provides a complete review of Venezuela's telecommunications market. |
Oct-07 |
£395/$795/€710 |
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