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  • The West Africa Cable System (WACS), under construction and lined up for launch in 2011, is gaining an extension from Portugal to the UK.
  • Satellite direct-to-home (DTH) subscription continues to grow steadily at rates of 13% to 15% per year and with the number of subscribers now standing at over 150 million globally, reports Telegeography.
  • Australia’s national broadband network (NBN) is turning out to be one of the bargaining chips likely to determine the outcome of the country’s recent election, writes John Hibbard.
  • The number of mobile VoIP users will exceed 100 million in developed markets by 2012, with over half the users residing in Europe and north America, according to a new study by Juniper Research.
  • Wholesale prices for internet bandwidth have reduced by almost 90% in Africa as the region benefits from increased access to international fibre bandwidth via submarine cables, according to research firm Buddecomm.
  • A pending 4G auction and proposed wholesale broadband access policies will spur competition in the UK telecoms market and increase revenue for all UK providers, according to Pyramid Research.
  • The Bulgarian telecoms market is to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.8% in the next five years, with broadband internet and mobile data services most primed for growth, according to Pyramid Research.
  • Revenue collected by service providers for cellular services was $675 billion in 2009, and is expected to top $829 billion by 2014, according to Infonetics Research. Between 2010 and 2014, mobile broadband revenue will more than double, says Infonetics.
  • The Asia-Pacific region has overtaken north America as the home to the largest number of 4G broadband wireless subscribers, according to figures from Telegeography’s 4G research service.
  • Judy Reed Smith sees an increasing threat to telcos as US cable companies plot their moves into the business market.