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Apr 10, 2025
Mobile Market Overview: Still Buoyant...
At the end of 2024, the global mobile subscription total stood at 8.8 billion, according to...
By Pete Bell
Pete Bell
Pete Bell is a Senior Analyst for TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database and also contributes to the daily CommsUpdate newsletter. He has a particular interest in wireless broadband and was responsible for TeleGeography’s 4G Research Service until it was integrated into GlobalComms.
Apr 10, 2025
At the end of 2024, the global mobile subscription total stood at 8.8 billion, according to...
By Pete Bell
Mar 6, 2025
Fiber broadband is now by far the most common means of fixed broadband connectivity worldwide,...
By Pete Bell
Jan 15, 2025
Vietnamese military-run telecom operator Viettel reports impressive uptake figures since...
By Pete Bell
Nov 5, 2024
Earlier this year, China Mobile hit one billion mobile subscriptions. In a country of more...
By Pete Bell
Sep 12, 2024
The first commercial 5G mobile networks were launched in Europe in mid-2019. Roughly one year...
By Pete Bell
Jul 10, 2024
In May 2021, TeleGeography reviewed the early stages of development of 6G mobile technology....
By Pete Bell
Apr 18, 2024
According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, the global mobile subscription total stood...
By Pete Bell
Mar 25, 2024
Nigeria is home to Africa’s biggest mobile market by some distance, with 217.5 million...
By Pete Bell
Feb 6, 2024
With an estimated 750 million active subscriptions at the end of September 2023, China has the...
By Pete Bell
Dec 27, 2023
French telco group Iliad has submitted a proposal to UK-based Vodafone Group regarding the...
By Pete Bell
Nov 15, 2023
Until recently, Ethiopia was one of the few telecom markets in the world that was still a...
By Pete Bell
Oct 25, 2023
Following the sale of its local operations on October 9, 2023, Amsterdam-based multinational...
By Pete Bell
Aug 15, 2023
United Arab Emirates (UAE) telco e&—formerly known as Etisalat Group—is slowly but surely...
By Pete Bell
Jun 28, 2023
In the last few years, Huawei, ZTE, and other Chinese equipment suppliers have come under...
By Pete Bell
May 10, 2023
A long-running telecom saga came to an end last month with the conclusion of the C$25 billion...
By Pete Bell
Mar 27, 2023
According to the latest data from TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database Service, as of March...
By Pete Bell
Jan 12, 2023
U.K.-based Vodafone Group has agreed to leave the Hungarian telecom market after more than 20...
By Pete Bell
Dec 5, 2022
South Africa’s MTN Group has announced the end of a decade-long legal battle centered on its...
By Pete Bell
Oct 19, 2022
The second most populous nation in the world, India, also boasts the world’s second-largest...
By Pete Bell
Sep 21, 2022
Africa’s mobile communications market continues to grow at a steady pace. And take up shows no...
By Pete Bell
Jul 14, 2022
China has a new player in the 5G mobile market. We’re talking about China Broadnet—but it’s...
By Pete Bell
May 16, 2022
The pan-African telecom group Africell has broken Angola’s long-standing mobile market duopoly...
By Pete Bell
Mar 30, 2022
We recently took a look at Ukrainian operators and their relative positions in the country’s...
By Pete Bell
Mar 7, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has spurred a raft of sanctions from Western...
By Pete Bell
Feb 9, 2022
French-owned telecom group Iliad has begun the next phase of its expansion in Italy, moving...
By Pete Bell
Jan 13, 2022
In December, Greece's OTE Group announced a major broadband investment plan. The group...
By Pete Bell
Aug 12, 2021
More and more wireless operators in Europe are announcing plans to switch off their 3G...
By Pete Bell
Jul 1, 2020
Sweden’s Telia Company is one step closer to concentrating operations on its core Scandinavia...
By Pete Bell
May 28, 2020
Would you be happy to have your fingerprints taken or get a facial scan to access phone...
By Pete Bell
Mar 2, 2020
Mobile data usage continues to boom worldwide. Here’s just one example. Following Super Bowl...
By Pete Bell
Jan 23, 2020
December 2019 marked the tenth anniversary of the world’s first commercial LTE network launch....
By Pete Bell
Aug 10, 2017
The second most populous nation in the world, India has the second largest mobile market...
By Pete Bell
Jul 14, 2017
The recent sale of shares by Altice USA has brought the company firmly into the spotlight,...
By Pete Bell
Nov 21, 2016
The last few weeks have seen a flurry of announcements regarding trials and proposed...
By Pete Bell
Nov 14, 2016
A planned auction of spectrum in the 694MHz-790MHz (700MHz) band in Sweden has been postponed,...
By Pete Bell
Aug 24, 2016
The popularity of 4G mobile services in China continues to take off and subscriber growth...
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