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  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • Only the smartest operators in the north African telecoms market will survive, as the market becomes filled with new and less valuable subscribers, according to research consultancy Delta Partners.
  • The top 10 broadband service providers globally gained 23.3 million subscribers between Q1 2009 and Q1 2010, according to a broadband provider rankings report by Telegeography.
  • The heavyweights of European telecoms have been flexing their muscles again – Telefonica is shoring up its investment in Latin America with the acquisition of Vivo, finally, from Portugal Telecom, while France Telecom Orange’s new CEO Stephane Richard has laid out his five-year plan “Conquests 2015”.
  • Kavit Majithia looks at the development of mobile money services as France Telecom’s Orange money launches further mobile payment services across Africa
  • The grid that delivers electricity to end users – the infrastructure from high-voltage power lines and substations to house meters – is undergoing radical change and becoming intelligent.