Mobile World Congress 2022 – a Review by John Strand, Strand Consult
I have attended the Mobile World Conference (MWC) for almost 25 years, interrupted only in the last two by Covid-19. I have attended as the mobile generations have increased from…
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Mobile World Congress 2022: A Preview by John Strand, Strand Consult
Tomorrow the Mobile World Congress (MWC) opens physically in Barcelona and online. Every year for the last 19 years, Strand Consult has published previews of the Mobile World Congress (MWC). After…
The World’s Most Perfect 3-Player Market: Norway’s Lyse to buy ICE and create convergent fixed-mobile operator
This morning Norway’s Lyse /Altibox announced it would acquire mobile operator ICE. Lyse owns Altibox and partners with 33 fiber players, most being energy companies with fiber broadband networks to…
2022 predictions and 2021 telecom review from Strand Consult
Strand Consult has followed the mobile telecom industry for more than 25 years and has published predictions for the last 21. See the collection. This research note reviews the highs…
Three New Empirical Reports from Strand Consult: Mobile Mergers, Infrastructure, and 5G
Strand Consult´s three latest reports provide empirical research on three specific important areas: mobile mergers, infrastructure (middle mile economics in wireline broadband networks), and the economic value of licensed spectrum…
Mobile World Congress 2021: A Preview by John Strand, Strand Consult
Today the Mobile World Congress (MWC) opens physically in Barcelona and online. Every year for the last 18 years, Strand Consult has published previews of the Mobile World Congress (MWC)….
Top 10 lessons from 4 to 3 mobile mergers around the world. New Report from Strand Consult
Consolidation is a key topic in the mobile industry. With successive levels of technology, players enter, exit, and evolve in the market. Strand Consult has studied this process for some…
Understanding 4 to 3 mobile mergers
This report reveals what needs to be done to consolidate the telecommunications market. Around the world, telecom operators have had difficulty to consolidate the telecommunications market, especially when reducing the…
2021 predictions for the mobile telecommunications industry from Strand Consult
Strand Consult has followed the mobile telecom industry for 25 years and has published predictions for the last 20. See the collection here. This note reviews the highs and lows…
What creates competition in the telecommunications industry? Can the number of mobile operators be compared with the number infrastructure equipment providers like Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and ZTE?
There are two critical debates in the telecom industry. One is about mobile market consolidation, a market in which Deutsche Telecom, Vodafone, Telenor, Telefonica, and Orange describe as the need…
The future MVNO market
Looking at the MVNO market from a historical perspective, there is little doubt that it is cyclical and subject to constant change. Many people believe naively that the market will…
History of the MVNO market
The MVNO market kicked off way back in 1990-91, when a number of players rented capacity on the networks of existing MNOs. The very first MVNOs copied almost everything from…
