The Nature of Telecom Capex until the End of Decade
This new free report explores the nature and development of telecom capital expenditures (Capex) in Western Europe until the end of the decade. It begins by outlining Capex’s cyclical nature,…
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5G rollout slowed while mobile operators await merger approval. Case in point: the slow rollout in UK
Mobile operators around the world would like to merge 4 mobile networks in their respective nations into 3. This would improve the business case for investment by eliminating duplicative administration,…
5G Telecom Infrastructure Investment Challenge: LATAM can learn from the building and running of networks in EU
Building telecom networks is a complex undertaking with many considerations, including the need to manage cash flow in the short and long term, the impact of competition, and regulatory requirements…
Financing Opportunities for 4G/5G Investment in Africa
This new report is made by the Advocacy Task Force of the Working Group on 21st Century Financing Models. It shows that Africa with 56 nation states and 1.5 billion…
Mobile World Congress 2024: A Preview by John Strand, Strand Consult
Strand Consult’s marks its 21st year of coverage of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) with this annual preview Research Note. Each year Strand Consult offers its growing global audience its…
Latin America’s Digital Development – This century’s strategic choice for security
This research note is also available in Spanish. The leaders of Latin America, a set of some two-dozen diverse, emerging countries with some 700 million people, face a strategic choice…
2024 Predictions and 2023 Global Mobile Telecom Industry Review from Strand Consult
Strand Consult has followed the mobile telecom industry for more than 27 years and has published predictions for the last 23. See the collection. In our annual note, we review the…
Strand Consult’s new study of Mobile RAN in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Georgia, and Kosovo shows that EU enlargement countries are ready for the EU toolbox for 5G security
Strand Consult’s new study maps mobile radio access network (RAN) equipment in 10 neighboring countries covered in the European Commission Enlargement Package. The countries Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro,…
Letter from South Korea: GSMA M360 Asia Pacific Event Offers Compelling Counterpoint to US and China
On September 7-8, 2023 GSMA M360360 APAC and Asia Pacific Policy Leaders Forum met in Seoul to highlight South Korea as the Open Digital Nation and to launch the eighth…
European Commission presents second 5G Toolbox report – What it means for EU mobile operators. Comparison of Rules to China
Strand Consult has covered the policy of telecommunication equipment including efforts to manage security risks with suppliers like Huawei and ZTE. In December 2018 Strand Consult published the research note…
Net Neutrality regulation is failing UK consumers, innovators, and investors. It’s time for broadband internet policy that improves consumer welfare, internet innovation, and network investment for the UK
Much is said and written about net neutrality (NN), but many claims are devoid of facts. European countries have had NN regulation for some years. European operators comply with the…
2023 predictions and 2022 telecom review from Strand Consult
Strand Consult has followed the mobile telecom industry for more than 26 years and has published predictions for the last 22. See the collection. This research note reviews the highs…
