Jan 21, 2026
TeleGeography at PTC 2026
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Oct 22, 2025
Global Connectivity Update: a European...
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Sep 16, 2025
Telecom Mythbusters - TeleGeography at...
The Telecom Mythbusters are back. Download the SubOptic conference presentation slides from...
Jan 2, 2026
Middle East Connectivity Update
Download Paul Brodsky's presentation slides about global and Middle Eastern connectivity.
Jan 20, 2026
TeleGeography at Capacity LATAM 2025
Senior Research Analyst Juan Velandia recently ventured to Capacity LATAM 2025 to highlight the state of...
May 2, 2025
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TeleGeography's State of the Network is a free annual report highlighting what you need to know about...
Jan 30, 2026
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Retail | TeleGeography’s resource center is your hub for telecom intelligence and analysis from the...
Blog
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
Blog
Mar 26, 2025
Exit Strategy: Telefonica’s Latin...
Back in early 2019, after months of speculation linking Telefonica to a sale of its Central...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Mar 6, 2025
The Rise of Fiber
Fiber broadband is now by far the most common means of fixed broadband connectivity worldwide,...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Jan 15, 2025
5G Comes to Vietnam
Vietnamese military-run telecom operator Viettel reports impressive uptake figures since...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Nov 12, 2024
Reach for the Stars: How Starlink...
Starlink, the satellite broadband provider operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX unit, is making...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Nov 5, 2024
Mobile Monsters: The World’s Biggest...
Earlier this year, China Mobile hit one billion mobile subscriptions. In a country of more...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Oct 24, 2024
What to Know About Direct-to-Device...
For our next episode of TeleGeography Explains the Internet, we look to the sky. Our guest is...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Sep 12, 2024
5G Potential in Europe
The first commercial 5G mobile networks were launched in Europe in mid-2019. Roughly one year...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Jul 23, 2024
The Altnets Spearheading the UK’s...
British telecom regulator Ofcom recently published its Connected Nations report for 2023. The...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Jul 10, 2024
6G in Six Years?
In May 2021, TeleGeography reviewed the early stages of development of 6G mobile technology....
By Pete Bell
Blog
Apr 18, 2024
Mobile and Fixed Broadband Sectors...
According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, the global mobile subscription total stood...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Apr 11, 2024
How an Unlikely Spanish Merger...
Last month saw the conclusion of the long-running mega-merger between Orange España and Grupo...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Mar 25, 2024
Nigeria: Africa’s Mobile Giant
Nigeria is home to Africa’s biggest mobile market by some distance, with 217.5 million...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Feb 6, 2024
China: The World’s Biggest 5G Market
With an estimated 750 million active subscriptions at the end of September 2023, China has the...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Dec 27, 2023
Iliad and Vodafone: More Consolidation...
French telco group Iliad has submitted a proposal to UK-based Vodafone Group regarding the...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Nov 21, 2023
Head in the Cloud, Toes at the Edge
I'm back with a new episode of TeleGeography Explains the Internet. In the hot seat this time:...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Nov 15, 2023
All Change in Ethiopia
Until recently, Ethiopia was one of the few telecom markets in the world that was still a...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Oct 25, 2023
Do Svidaniya: VEON Exits Russia
Following the sale of its local operations on October 9, 2023, Amsterdam-based multinational...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Aug 22, 2023
Fiber Fever: Meet the ISPs Driving FTTH...
Earlier this month, South African ISP Vumatel announced that its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH)...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Aug 15, 2023
Target Acquired: e& Sets Its Sights on...
United Arab Emirates (UAE) telco e&—formerly known as Etisalat Group—is slowly but surely...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Jul 26, 2023
Deal or No Deal? Meet the Regional ISPs...
Earlier this month, Brazilian regional ISPs Vero Internet and AmericaNet agreed to merge their...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Jul 13, 2023
How Telefonica Embraced Strategic...
Earlier this month, international telecom group Telefonica entered into its fourth Latin...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Jun 28, 2023
Chinese Checkers: Will the EU Block...
In the last few years, Huawei, ZTE, and other Chinese equipment suppliers have come under...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Jun 20, 2023
5G Frequency Frenzy: A Guide to Latin...
In sharp contrast to other regions, only a handful of Latin American telecom markets have seen...
By Tom Leins
Blog
May 10, 2023
Shaw Thing: Canadian Merger Finally a...
A long-running telecom saga came to an end last month with the conclusion of the C$25 billion...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Apr 13, 2023
The Rise and Fall of a Caribbean...
Earlier this year, it was revealed that Denis O’Brien—the Irish businessman who founded...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Apr 11, 2023
Staying a Step Ahead of Mobile...
I think this is a milestone. This might be the first episode of TeleGeography Explains the...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Mar 27, 2023
Tracking 5G Deployments in the Middle...
According to the latest data from TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database Service, as of March...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Jan 23, 2023
The Panama Paper Trail: Tracking Five...
Back in 2018, the Panamanian government rubber-stamped long-gestating plans to reduce the...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Jan 12, 2023
Shake-up in Hungary as Vodafone Exits
U.K.-based Vodafone Group has agreed to leave the Hungarian telecom market after more than 20...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Dec 5, 2022
Turkcell Unsuccessful With Iran Lawsuit
South Africa’s MTN Group has announced the end of a decade-long legal battle centered on its...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Oct 19, 2022
A Passage to India: 5G Finally Arrives
The second most populous nation in the world, India, also boasts the world’s second-largest...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Sep 21, 2022
Africa’s Mobile Sector: Still Room for...
Africa’s mobile communications market continues to grow at a steady pace. And take up shows no...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Sep 7, 2022
How MTN Hung Up on the Middle East
Last month, it was revealed that South Africa’s MTN Group received a $31 million offer from an...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Jul 14, 2022
China’s New Arrival: Say Hello to...
China has a new player in the 5G mobile market. We’re talking about China Broadnet—but it’s...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Jul 5, 2022
A Spanish Sub-Brand Squeeze Out
The last year has seen a number of well-known sub-brands withdraw from the Spanish mobile...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Jun 8, 2022
Meet the Cellcos Serving Rural America:...
Welcome to Part 2 of our analysis of the regional cellular scene in the United States! In this...
By Tom Leins
Blog
May 16, 2022
Africell off to a Strong Start in Angola
The pan-African telecom group Africell has broken Angola’s long-standing mobile market duopoly...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Apr 13, 2022
Meet the Cellcos Serving Rural America:...
The U.S. mobile market is notoriously ultra-competitive, and household names like Sprint...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Mar 30, 2022
Ukrainian Telcos: Communicating Through...
We recently took a look at Ukrainian operators and their relative positions in the country’s...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Mar 29, 2022
Mobile Merger Season: Examining M&A...
Recent months have seen an unprecedented level of M&A activity across Asia’s mobile markets,...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Mar 7, 2022
Sanctions Start to Hit Russia’s Tech...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has spurred a raft of sanctions from Western...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Feb 23, 2022
Scandinavian Skirmishes & Baltic...
Last year, we investigated how major Scandinavian telecom groups Telenor, Telia, and Tele2...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Feb 9, 2022
Iliad Takes the Fight to Italy's...
French-owned telecom group Iliad has begun the next phase of its expansion in Italy, moving...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Jan 26, 2022
Meet the Acquisition-Hungry ICT Firm...
The telecom landscape in Eastern Europe has changed dramatically over the last decade, with...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Jan 13, 2022
Greece Lightning: Greek Plans for...
In December, Greece's OTE Group announced a major broadband investment plan. The group...
By Pete Bell
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Blog
Oct 25, 2021
Out of this World: The International...
Starlink—the satellite broadband venture established by Elon Musk’s SpaceX business—has...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Aug 12, 2021
3G’s Sun is Setting in Europe
More and more wireless operators in Europe are announcing plans to switch off their 3G...
By Pete Bell
Blog
May 27, 2021
Behind the Madagascan Company in the...
Last month Luxembourg-based Millicom International Cellular sealed a pair of deals that will...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Apr 26, 2021
Tracking TracFone: Meet the Prepaid...
In September 2020, U.S. telecom giant Verizon announced the surprise takeover of prepaid MVNO...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Mar 24, 2021
Deal-Making Down Under: Oceania's Wave...
Earlier this month, Australian telecom group Vocus accepted a $2.7 billion (AUD3.5 billion)...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Jan 26, 2021
Tower Talk: Meet the Companies Buying...
Latin America has been a hotbed of M&A activity in recent years. And it isn’t just telecom...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Sep 15, 2020
Carriers Are Restructuring Across Latin...
Market patterns aren’t the only forces impacting carriers. Shifts in strategy, corporate...
By Peter Wood
Blog
Jul 1, 2020
Telia and Turkcell Part Company
Sweden’s Telia Company is one step closer to concentrating operations on its core Scandinavia...
By Pete Bell
Blog
May 28, 2020
Liberty vs Security: The Battle Over...
Would you be happy to have your fingerprints taken or get a facial scan to access phone...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Mar 2, 2020
Finns Lead the Way in Mobile Data Usage
Mobile data usage continues to boom worldwide. Here’s just one example. Following Super Bowl...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Jan 23, 2020
Tracking the 4G Decade
December 2019 marked the tenth anniversary of the world’s first commercial LTE network launch....
By Pete Bell
Blog
Jul 3, 2019
How Telefonica Hung Up on Central...
After months of speculation linking Spanish telecom giant Telefonica to a sale of its Central...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Mar 26, 2019
How Nextel Disappeared from Latin...
Mexican telecom giant America Movil (AM) recently struck an agreement to acquire 100 percent...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Jan 14, 2019
A Guide to 5G Spectrum Auctions in the...
As the telecom world prepares to enter the 5G era, our GlobalComms team has been tracking...
By Tom Leins
Blog
Aug 10, 2017
The Jio Effect: How the Newcomer Made...
The second most populous nation in the world, India has the second largest mobile market...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Jul 14, 2017
A Timeline: How Europe's Altice Made...
The recent sale of shares by Altice USA has brought the company firmly into the spotlight,...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Nov 21, 2016
Rise of the Machines: Narrowband...
The last few weeks have seen a flurry of announcements regarding trials and proposed...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Nov 14, 2016
To Buy or Not to Buy: That is the...
A planned auction of spectrum in the 694MHz-790MHz (700MHz) band in Sweden has been postponed,...
By Pete Bell
Blog
Aug 24, 2016
4G Breaks Through That Great Chinese...
The popularity of 4G mobile services in China continues to take off and subscriber growth...
By Pete Bell
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