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<description>Telecommunications market research products provide analysis of the latest trends, developments and market data for this industry.  Research information will help you make informed business decisions.</description>
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<title>Telecommunications Services Report</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[The Global Telecommunications Services Industry Report Plimsoll Publishing Ltd.  Do you know.... The top 7 best trading partners in the industry? Which company has the highest sales growth? Which companies have the highest levels of debt?  This report is an in-depth financial evaluation of the Global Telecommunications Services Industry. Using the unique Plimsoll method of analysis, each of the top 450 Global Telecommunications Service Organisations is individually assessed and ranked against each other and compared to industry averages. Using the most up-to-date financial information available, the two-page analysis provides detailed financial analysis for each Telecommunications Service Organisation, including details of;    Sales growth    Trading stability   Profitability    Employee performance   Level of debt   Gearing ratio&rsquo;s   Creditor Exposure   Performance ratio&rsquo;s   Overall financial rating  Results are shown in graphical, numeric and narrative forms, and all individual analysis are measured in both the company&rsquo;s own currency, and USD ($) for ease of use. These individual analyses highlight a company&rsquo;s success ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Telecommunications Services (Fixed-Line) Report</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[The Global Telecommunications Services (Fixed-Line) Report Plimsoll Publishing Ltd.  Do you know.... The top 7 best trading partners in the industry? Which company has the highest sales growth? Which companies have the highest levels of debt?  This report is an in-depth financial evaluation of the Global Telecommunications (Fixed-Line) Industry. Using the unique Plimsoll method of analysis, each of the top 300 Global Telecommunications Service (Fixed-Line) Organisations is individually assessed and ranked against each other and compared to industry averages. Using the most up-to-date financial information available, the two-page analysis provides detailed financial analysis for each Telecommunications Service Organisation, including details of;    Sales growth    Trading stability   Profitability    Employee performance   Level of debt   Gearing ratio&rsquo;s   Creditor Exposure   Performance ratio&rsquo;s   Overall financial rating  Results are shown in graphical, numeric and narrative forms, and all individual analysis are measured in both the company&rsquo;s own currency, and USD ($) for ease of use. These individual analyses highlight a company&rsquo;s ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>North Africa Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[North Africa is heading for a general increase in competition in the telecommunications markets. InMorocco, the third mobile licence has of course been awarded to Wana, a locally owned fixed-mobileoperator, which Zain is now a minority shareholder in, and we anticipate the launch date of Wana&rsquo;s fullymobile service. In Tunisia, the third mobile licence, along with a second licence to offer fixed-lineservices, was won by a consortium led by France T&eacute;l&eacute;com. Again, no date for service launch has beenset, but things are definitely set to be shaken up.  Also in Morocco, the industry in the region was somewhat disappointed when Telef&oacute;nica and PortugalTelecom&rsquo;s stakes in M&eacute;ditel were sold to a group of Moroccan investment companies rather than to asignificant new investor. Many have been interested, including Etisalat and Saudi Telecom. It is stillpossible that some or all of the stakes will be sold on to a foreign company, but certainly the ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Iraq Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[When BMI last updated the Iraq report, we had estimated a rather poor fourth quarter in 2008, reflectinggeneral trends in the region. However, YE2008 data from Zain, which has now also been followed byQ109 data, showed us that this was in fact not the case. Iraq has been able to withstand the pressures ofthe flailing world economy and maintain its former growth trends. The principle trend is for strong butgradually slowing growth in the mobile subscriber base. In Q408, the mobile market grew by 8.2%,which was in fact higher than the average quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) growth for 2008, which turned out tobe 6.7% based on BMI calculations.  As yet little progress has been made to dent Zain&rsquo;s dominant market position. In Q408 and Q109, Zain&rsquo;smarket share remained higher than it had been throughout the first three quarters of 2008. This is despitethe efforts of Asiacell, in upping its coverage to reach new ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Caribbean Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[Cuba remains a market to watch owing to the possible changes that a renewed relationship with the UScould bring. With considerable potential and low penetration rates it is a market that would benefit fromcompetition and closer links to other countries. Already mobile growth looks set to take off afterrestrictions were lifted on mobile ownership and the number of net additions each quarter continues toincrease, indicating a voracious appetite for mobile services in the market. Further growth can beexpected across the market. Even with upgrades to our forecasts the Cuban market has the ability to groweven faster but BMI believes that affordability remains a key issue for many Cubans, holding the marketback.  The Caribbean&rsquo;s only other monopoly market, Bahamas, looks set to finally see privatisation take placeby the end of 2009 if government plans are to go ahead. Earlier failed attempts to sell 51% of theBahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) may have put ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Cambodia and Laos Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[BMI&rsquo;s latest update on the telecoms markets in Cambodia and Laos includes new regulatory and operatordata on the size of these two countries&rsquo; mobile subscriber, fixed-line and internet access markets at theend of March 2009. Based on the available data, we have made several revisions to our five-year growthforecasts for these markets.  Based on data published by Cambodia&rsquo;s leading mobile operators, BMI calculates that the Cambodianmobile customer base grew by 15.5% in the first three months of 2009. By the end of March, Cambodiahad almost 4.6mn mobile users, equivalent to a penetration rate of around 30%. In the first few months of2009, Cambodia witnessed the launch of commercial services by three new mobile network operators.  These were Vietnam&rsquo;s Viettel, which launched commercial operations in February, Smart Mobile, whichcommenced GSM operations in March, and Sotelco, which launched services under the Beeline banner inMay. Sotelco was acquired by Russian operator VimpelCom in July 2008 ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Singapore Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[BMI has made significant changes to its broadband forecast, after including both wireline and wirelesssubscriber figures. Based on IDA data, which reported 5.126mn subscribers as of June 2009, householdpenetration rates reached 118.5%. This was up significantly from 85.6% reported in June 2008. BMI nowanticipates a total of 6.3mn broadband subscribers at the end of 2009, with the number rising to 14.2mnby the end of our forecast period in 2013.  Growth in the broadband market is being driven by wireless broadband, up by 31.3% y-o-y to reach atotal of 4.076mn subscribers as of Q209, accounting for 79.5% of the total. This has in part beenencouraged by the efforts of mobile operators SingTel, StarHub and M1, who have all invested inHSPA. More recently, in July 2009 StarHub upgraded its network to HSPA+, capable of offeringdownload speeds of 21Mbps.  Other improvements to the broadband market have arrived from M1&rsquo;s acquisition of local internet serviceprovider (ISP) ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>United Kingdom Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[In BMI&rsquo;s United Kingdom Telecommunications Report for Q409 we have slightly adjusted our mobileforecasts and the historical data for mobile market leader O2 UK. O2&rsquo;s parent company Telef&oacute;nica hasrevised its historical data for O2 UK, to align the method used for counting mobile subscribers across thegroup&rsquo;s operations. This resulted in the UK&rsquo;s mobile subscriber base being higher than we had previouslybelieved, at 126.4% at the end of 2008.  The main development in the UK telecoms market has been an end to speculation over the future of TMobileUK. In September 2009, T-Mobile&rsquo;s parent company Deutsche Telekom, and France Telecom,the parent company of Orange UK, announced that they had agreed to merge their UK mobile units. Ifgiven regulatory clearance this will create a new mobile market leader with around 37% share of themarket and pave the way for huge cost savings. The reduction of the number of mobile network operatorsfrom five to four ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Canada Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[BMI has added new sections to the Canadian Telecommunications Report including our proprietaryBusiness Environment Rankings in which we compare the Canadian market to eight other developedeconomies. Canada's low mobile penetration rate and the slow historical and forecast growth rate keep itsTelecoms Market score low and the overall ranking for Canada is just above Italy. However, Canada'sregulator scores highly for independence particularly in light of its drive to introduce new competitioninto the market following the spectrum auction that took place in 2008. Further, Canada's Country Riskscore, analysing short and long term political and economic factors remains strong and comparable withits fellow developed markets. However, Canada's vast size and relatively small population affect theability of operators to roll out services quickly and have been a clear impact on the country's growth rate.  Overall Canada was ranked eighth out of nine markets. Our market overviews also compare the Canadiantelecoms sectors with their peers, seeing ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Egypt Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[After a bit of a dip in mobile subscriber growth at the end of 2008, the first half of 2009 has seen Egyptrecover well, and the market seems to be on track for a strong growth figure for 2009. The second quarterparticularly saw excellent net additions for the main mobile operators, Mobinil and Vodafone. Overall,the first half of 2009 saw 5.897mn new subscribers added to the market. This is fewer net additions thanthe first half of 2008, but with the market penetration creeping up, growth was always inevitably going toslow. The economic slowdown may have had some influence as well, but generally we do not believe thatit has had a massive impact on the rate of mobile growth in Egypt.  The effect of slightly more difficult economic conditions than in recent years has been more noticeable inthe mobile market in terms of ARPUs and minutes of use, both of which have ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Italy Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[BMI&rsquo;s latest update on Italy&rsquo;s telecommunications market contains new subscriber data which show howthe country&rsquo;s mobile, fixed-line telephony and broadband internet markets developed in the first sixmonths of 2009. One of the most notable developments in the mobile market has been the contraction inthe number of mobile subscribers, particularly in the second quarter of 2009. The latest figures show thatItaly&rsquo;s mobile customer base contracted by 2.2% in H109, following falls of 0.4% in Q109 and 1.8% inQ2. By the end of June, Italy&rsquo;s mobile customer base was down 1.8% year-on-year (y-o-y), andpenetration had fallen to 139.4% from its peak of 142.7% in December 2008.  Italy&rsquo;s shinking mobile customer base stems from the ongoing deduction of inactive prepaid users bymobile market leaders Telecom Italia and Vodafone Italy. The deduction of inactive prepaid customersreflects the saturated nature of the market and the need for these operators to improve their subscribermixes by moving prepaid ]]></description>
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<title>Qatar Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[BMI&rsquo;s latest update on Qatar&rsquo;s telecoms market incorporates new operational and financial data for thefirst two quarters of 2009. According to the country&rsquo;s incumbent operator Qatar Telecom (Q-Tel), thenumber of mobile subscribers grew by 14.2% in the first six months of 2009 to surpass 1.9mn. This givesQatar a mobile penetration rate of just over 131%. BMI believes that the mobile market harbours asignificant number of multiple SIM card owners and inactive prepaid users. These phenomena have theeffect of raising the country&rsquo;s mobile penetration rate over and above the 100% mark.  One of the most significant developments to have occurred in Qatar&rsquo;s mobile market in recent weeks wasthe launch, in July, of full commercial operations by the country&rsquo;s second national telecoms operator,Vodafone Qatar. The new operator launched commercial mobile services with an online promotion anda promise to add a prepaid product under the &lsquo;Red&rsquo; banner to its existing range of &lsquo;Flexi&rsquo; postpaidpackages. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>United Arab Emirates Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[BMI&rsquo;s latest update on the telecoms market of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) contains new data on thesize of the country&rsquo;s mobile telephony market as of mid-2009. It also includes data on the growth of thecountry&rsquo;s fixed-line, internet and broadband subscriber markets in the first half of 2009.The most recent figures published by the UAE&rsquo;s two network operators, Emirates TelecommunicationsCorporation (Etisalat) and Emirates Integrated Telecommunication Company (du), suggest that theUAE had almost 10.17mn mobile subscribers at the end of June. However, the mobile customer basegrew by 3.8% in the first half of the year, one of the weakest performances to date. For two consecutivequarters now, mobile market leader Etisalat has reported a loss of mobile customers. BMI suspects thatthese losses relate to the deduction of inactive prepaid customers from the operator&rsquo;s reported total.  Although we previously thought that Etisalat harboured a large number of inactive prepaid customers onits network, the latest ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>South Korea Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[A number of changes have occurred in BMI&rsquo;s latest update of the South Korean telecoms market. Theserelate largely to regulatory practices, which have seen the Korea Communications Commission (KCC),the country&rsquo;s telecoms regulatory body, examine mobile tariffs. A report produced by the OECDcomparing South Korea with 15 similar developed markets showed its tariffs to be significantly higher.On account of this, the KCC announced it would consider reducing prices by 20%.  Mobile operators are also looking to promote greater content usage, and in early September 2009, SKTelecom launched the country&rsquo;s first open mobile market place for content. Previously, subscribers wereonly able to acquire content through their operator&rsquo;s web portal, significantly reducing their choice. Thegrowing availability of content has also enriched operators&rsquo; non-voice revenues, so that ARPU rates havefor the most part remained stable compared with other similarly placed markets.  For the first time, BMI has introduced a forecast for mobile blended ARPUs. Based on ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Nigeria Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[The first half of 2009 has seen a remarkable slowdown in the growth of Nigeria&rsquo;s mobile market. 2008was a year of incredible growth for the sector, with over 22.5mn new subscribers added to the marketduring the course of the year. While it is true that more than 57% of these were added during the secondhalf of the year, that still leaves H109&rsquo;s net additions of less than 4mn paling in comparison to the sameperiod a year earlier.  It is not time to panic however, or give in to a sea change in the growth rate. Q109 was the worst quarter,and Q209 was dramatically better. BMI fully expects Q309 to be better again, and so on. This being said,we have still seen it as necessary to downgrade our expectation for the mobile market at the end of 2009.  One of the reasons for the poor growth performance in the first half of 2009 ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Japan Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[Around 90% of the mobile market in Japan was made up of 3G subscribers at the end of June 2009.  Crossing over the 100mn mark for the first time during Q209 to reach 102.065mn, there were 11.233mnnet additions in the year. This compared favourably to the 4.761mn net additions reported in the overallmobile market in the same period of the previous year.  Heavy discounts and aggressive promotions, as well as the introduction of new methods of handsetrepayment in instalments, are responsible for the growth occurring across Japan&rsquo;s already mature mobilesector. This, combined with operators shutting down their 2G networks in the next few years, and theacquisition of mobile content - NTT DoCoMo acquired a 35% stake in mobile video vendorPacketVideo in July 2009 and, at the time of writing, plans to make a bid for Germany&rsquo;s Net MobileGroup, a distributor of mobile content - is propelling the robust growth being experienced in ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Oman Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[After a slightly worrying slowdown at the end of 2008, the first two quarters of 2009 saw growth inOman&rsquo;s mobile market pick up again. The number of net additions in Q109 was only slightly higher thanin Q408, but Q209 saw a bigger improvement, and growth is looking pretty healthy again.  What could have helped to stimulate this renewed growth may have been the introduction of mobilevirtual network operators (MVNOs), which began to launch from May 2009. By the end of June 2009,according to the Telecoms Regulatory Authority (TRA) the MVNOs had between them gleaned a smallbut noticeable market share. Although these can still be counted as being on Oman Mobile and Nawras&rsquo;networks, the new service providers do seem to have livened up the market with new competition, even ifthat competition is not as much of a threat as a new network operator would be. BMI still holds thatanother mobile network operator ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[The mobile sector saw a return to strong subscriber growth in the quarter ended June 2009. With a total of3.071mn net additions, this was far higher than either of the two previous quarters with Q109 reporting1.671mn net additions and Q408 with a loss of 296,000. However, it was no match for the 5.5mn netadditions reported in Q208.  Improvements in subscriber net additions have resulted from the market resuming growth following theimplementation of the government&rsquo;s re-registration programme two quarters ago. Operators remain keenon rebuilding their reduced subscriber bases, and with regard to this, they have taken a market segmentedapproach, appealing to customers through targeted, niche tariffs.  Benefiting from this approach were second-ranked operator Telenor, claiming 908,000 net additions inQ209 and a 29.6% share of the market, with market leader Mobilink on 29.2% with 897,000 netadditions. Some way behind were Zong, Warid and Ufone, with net additional shares of 13.2%, 12.2%and 12.8%, respectively.  Although encouraged ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Botswana - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-1252.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Botswana - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband report includes all BuddeComm research data and analysis on this country. Covering trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, internet, broadband, infrastructure and regulation.
Please review the Executive Summary and Table of Contents for more ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Company Financials: Telefonica, S.A.</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[ Introduction   The Company Financials offers insights into the financial performance of the company over last five years for about 1000 leading global companies. The datapack covers wealth of financial information relating to income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.    Scope   Contains five years data on income statement, balance sheet, cash flows and other financials in the reported currency and its US Dollar translation  Provides key ratios  Includes information on revenue distribution by business segments and geographies   Highlights   Telefonica is a prominent integrated operator in the telecommunication sector, providing communication, information and entertainment solutions. The company primarily operates in Spain.   Reasons to Purchase   Access important financial information and analysis on the company in a single datapack  Understand the financial evolution of the company over the last five years  Build the periodic assessment of the company's performance for five year adjusted financial data along with key ratios and market capitalization   Please note:   this is delivered as a Zip ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Company Financials: LM Ericsson Telephone Company</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[ Introduction   The Company Financials offers insights into the financial performance of the company over last five years for about 1000 leading global companies. The datapack covers wealth of financial information relating to income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.    Scope   Contains five years data on income statement, balance sheet, cash flows and other financials in the reported currency and its US Dollar translation  Provides key ratios  Includes information on revenue distribution by business segments and geographies   Highlights   LM Ericsson Telephone Company (Ericsson) is one of the leading suppliers of network equipment and related services, and multimedia solutions.   Reasons to Purchase   Access important financial information and analysis on the company in a single datapack  Understand the financial evolution of the company over the last five years  Build the periodic assessment of the company's performance for five year adjusted financial data along with key ratios and market capitalization   Please note:   this is delivered as a Zip ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Company Financials: China Telecom Corporation Limited</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R313-56435.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ Introduction   The Company Financials offers insights into the financial performance of the company over last five years for about 1000 leading global companies. The datapack covers wealth of financial information relating to income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.    Scope   Contains five years data on income statement, balance sheet, cash flows and other financials in the reported currency and its US Dollar translation  Provides key ratios  Includes information on revenue distribution by business segments and geographies   Highlights   China Telecom Corporation (China Telecom) is a full services integrated operator and a wireline telecommunications and broadband services provider. It primarily provides telecommunications and information services, including wireline voice, mobile voice, data, video and multimedia. The company primarily operates in China.   Reasons to Purchase   Access important financial information and analysis on the company in a single datapack  Understand the financial evolution of the company over the last five years  Build the periodic assessment of the company's performance for five year adjusted financial ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Germany Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-8501.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Germany has retained its position in eighth place in our Business Environment Rankings despite itsTelecoms Market score being revised down on the back of falling ARPU rates, which are being drivendown by the ensuing economic contraction and intense competition. However, this was more than offsetby positive developments on the political front as we are expecting that a centre-right CDU-FDPgovernment will emerge from the parliamentary elections due on September 29, which would give themost market-friendly outcome and bodes well for policy continuity.  The mobile market is characterised by a relatively high degree of prepaid subscriptions, which accountedfor 56.3% of the mobile market at the end of March 2009. This has left the mobile operators with anopportunity to migrate their prepaid subscribers onto postpaid contracts, which will help them boost theirARPU rates. However, as it stands they are failing to do this and the proportion of postpaid customers inthe country&rsquo;s mobile subscriber base ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Canadian Telecommunications Capex Budgets, 2008-2009</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-40337.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This IDC study updates IDC Canada's previous 2008 capex forecast of Canadian telecommunications service providers and provides our initial 2009 capex budget forecasts for Canada's major telecommunications service providers. Capital expenditures ("capex") for the Canadian telecommunications service sector posted a slight year-over-year decline of 1 per cent in 2008 but a substantial 16 per cent increase is projected in 2009 spending plans, according to IDC Canada's annual telecom provider capex budget ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Kuwait Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-8532.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[BMI&rsquo;s latest update on the Kuwaiti telecoms market contains new data on the size of the country&rsquo;smobile telephony market as of mid-2009. Along with data published by Kuwait&rsquo;s two largest mobileoperators, Zain and Wataniya, our assessment of the market includes estimates for the size of newcomerViva&rsquo;s mobile customer base at the end of June.  In the first half of 2009, Kuwait&rsquo;s mobile customer base expanded by almost 12%. Growth in the first halfof 2009 was significantly higher than at any time in the previous year. One of the biggest factors behindthe upsurge in Kuwaiti mobile customer growth has been the launch of commercial services by SaudiTelecom&rsquo;s Kuwaiti mobile business Viva. Since the launch of commercial services in December 2008Viva has proceeded to secure more than 10% of the entire mobile market. Although Viva&rsquo;s CEOpreviously stated that Viva&rsquo;s goal was to attract 300,000 subscribers within its first year of operations, theoperator already ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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