How will churn develop on the mobile broadband market?
For mobile broadband providers, churn (customers switching provider) is a central parameter, as it gives an idea of how competing mobile providers are doing. But how will churn develop on…
Mobile Broadband
The mobile broadband market – new players, new opportunities
is there a market for the MVNOs? The mobile market has fundamentally changed since it was dominated by just a few mobile operators with their own network. The number of…
The path to success on the mobile broadband market is called partnerships
In the telecom industry we are seeing an increasing number of players that have based their business on partnerships. But launching partnerships is one thing – being successful with one’s…
five scenarios / strategies on the mobile broadband market
– which one will dominate your market…? There are many different opinions on how the mobile broadband market will develop. At Strand Consult we have described five strategies / scenarios,…
Have you considered how mobile broadband prices will develop
-and how that will affect the industry?During recent years, the fixed line broadband market (DSL, Fibre and Coax) has been experiencing downward spiralling prices – on a market with a…
Should mobile broadband providers subsidise dongles and portable PCs?
One of the major questions on the mobile broadband market is about hardware: what strategy should operators choose regarding dongles, terminals and portable PCs? At Strand Consult we believe it is…
Mobile operators that have made significant ADSL investments in recent years are facing difficult times
In Europe a number of mobile operators have in recent years spent enormous resources in purchasing, expanding and operating fixed line broadband businesses that are most often based on ADSL….
The question is not how large mobile broadband penetration will become – but how to create a healthy business case
Predicting that the mobile broadband market will be huge is not rocket science – it is something you can already see for yourself in a great number of countries including…
Services on the mobile broadband market
– another area where mobile broadband providers also should move backwards in the value chain.When you examine the broadband market there is little doubt that the market is characterised by…
Services on the mobile broadband market
– another area where mobile broadband providers also should move backwards in the value chain.When you examine the broadband market there is little doubt that the market is characterised by…
Should mobile broadband providers strive to become cost efficient bitpipes?
Through the years there have been many discussions about what the mobile operators’ core business should be and what a “real” mobile operator should look like. Somewhat simplified one could say…
The fight over which device end users will use for mobile broadband will be tough
There is no doubt that it will be a tough battle between the mobile handset manufacturers on the one side and the PC manufacturers on the other side to gain…