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We monitor developments across telecommunications markets as they happen, highlighting trends and explaining their impact on our forecasts.

Quarterly Reports

Market overviews for over 140 countries including 10-year forecasts, data, and analysis of subscriptions and connections, the business environment, and key companies.

Special Reports

Explore trends and growth areas with thematic special reports covering areas such as 5G, mobile financial services, and the Digital Transformation.

Data and Forecasts

Exportable database with up to 30-year historic data and 10-year forecasts for revenues and capital expenditure, mobile broadband connections, data, traffic, and subscriptions, plus Operator Database.

Competitor intelligence

Strategies, financials, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring activities, and investments for multinational and national companies across the telecommunications industry.

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Quantify opportunities and risks using our Telecommunications Risk/Reward Index, which helps you compare investment attractiveness and sales potential in individual markets.

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Technology Key Themes For 2024

Digital transformation of industries and societies is already underway, but 2024 will see a marked acceleration in this process as disruptive technologies -particularly AI - create opportunities for new services, applications and solutions.

Latest Telecommunications Indicators

From Argentina to Vietnam, our Telecommunications dataset provides key indicators for revenues and capital expenditures, mobile broadband connections, mobile data traffic, average revenues per user, dual/triple-quad-play subscriptions, and more.

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We integrate political, macroeconomic, and cross-industry expertise into our telecommunications industry analysis, allowing our customers to benefit from understanding how each factor impacts on the other in their chosen markets.

Andrew Kitson

Head of Technology Industry Research

Andrew Kitson has been with BMI for 15 years, after also working as a Senior Analyst at Juniper Research and Principal Analyst at International Telecommunications Intelligence. The latter was acquired by Fitch Solutions in 2007. Andrew has been a telecoms analyst since 1985.

As well as managing the full portfolio of BMI’s telecoms, IT and consumer electronics practice, Andrew regularly contributes to custom research projects with BMI’s clients. Most recently he worked on research for a European technology certification and testing agency, arguing the case for digital transformation project types and models in the GCC region.

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Long Reads

BMI Global Macro & Industry Key Themes 2024

In 2024, the global economy will continue to face headwinds in the form of slower growth as the lagged effects of policy tightening in 2022 and 2023 start taking effect.

Western Europe Telecommunications Insight (September 2023)

BMI analysts anticipate some degree of investor resistance with regard to future expansion plans on fibre infrastructure in the UK, as pressures keep mounting on British operators to maximise returns on their existing fixed assets. September 2023 edition.

Middle East and Africa Telecommunications Insight (July 2023)

Samsung Electronics is doubling down on its presence in Egypt with the opening of a smartphone manufacturing plant in the country.

Emerging Europe Telecommunications Insight (Jun 2023)

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a EUR1.2bn fine on Meta for breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Asia Telecommunications Insight (May 2023)

Indonesia is looking to attract significant investment in critical infrastructure as the country plans to relocate the capital city from flood-prone Jakarta to East Kalimantan. However, the new location area is underdeveloped and in need of significant deployment of infrastructure; to achieve this, the government is relying heavily on private-public partnerships (PPPs).

Middle East and Africa Telecommunications Insight (February 2023)

According to industry reports, a 15,000 km-long section of the Pakistan and East Asia Connecting Europe (PEACE) cable went live for commercial use in December 2022. The cable spans Asia, Africa and Europe, with the now-completed sections running between Pakistan-Egypt-Kenya and Egypt-France.

Global Industries Outlook 2023

Six major themes will influence the way industries operate in 2023.

Emerging Europe Telecommunications Insight (January 2023)

As interest rate hikes and cost-of-living concerns increase pressure on telecom operators, we expect the Big Tech contribution debate to be at the forefront of the European telecom industry's discussions in 2023.

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