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Pakistan's telecommunications market is one of the most underdeveloped in Asia Pacific. The regulator has yet to auction 3G licences, leaving mobile operators dependent on basic 2G voice and SMS, as well as organic subscriber growth for revenue generation. This leaves Pakistan with significant room for growth, although the potential could materialise only in the medium- to long term.

All four of the leading mobile operators in Brazil have reported a positive response to the launch of 4G LTE services since H113, boosting subscriber growth to 1.310mn by the end of the year. This has come at the right time for the mobile market, which has seen growth slow down considerably, as it reaches a saturation point. Opportunities for revenue growth will come from the value-added services such as M2M and m-commerce as the market matures beyond a prepaid centric environment of subscription acquisition maximisation. In the broadband market, Anatel has been active in trying to enhance competition, reducing licence fees for operators wishing to provide multiple services and the potential entrance of VTR (Liberty Global) is reportedly due in Q214. Investments in broadband are beginning to be focused on fibre optic cables but it will be a number of years before this technology really takes hold.

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Finding good cell phone number lookup support might be difficult, particularly, considering the expansion of cell phone numbers available to limitless porting and recycling (assigning again the same number to other customers). And since there is no central listing of all different sorts of telephone numbers, people have to depend on personal directories such as cell Revealer.

Euromonitor International's Industrial reports provide a 360 degree view of an industry. The Industrial market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the Telecommunications market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, packaging innovations, economic/lifestyle influences, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change.

In the Q2 2014 update, BMI has added Myanmar to its Cambodia and Laos quarterly report, as we look to expand our coverage of the recently liberalised market. Myanmar is set to be one of our key markets to watch in 2014, as one of the remaining frontier markets, it provides huge opportunities to mobile operators, handset developers, tower companies, mobile money services and infrastructure providers in order to rapidly cater to a 60mn strong population. The task will require huge amounts of investment from the existing companies MPT and YPT, and more importantly from winning bidders Ooredoo and Telenor. This is in contrast to Cambodia and Laos, where opportunities are limited due to a developed mobile sector but low purchasing power. This has created a situation where penetration has surpassed 100% and yet moves to higher-value 3G/4G technology or even postpaid subscriptions remain difficult as ARPU levels are among the lowest in the region and the world. Vimpelcom has already chosen to exit Cambodia with Laos anticipated to follow, while Thaicom's Cambodian unit filed for insolvency. The outlook for the wireline sector is not much improved as too many competitors and lack of investment create further unfavourable positions. The contrast between the opportunities in Myanmar against the stagnation in Laos and Cambodia is one which will be a common theme throughout our forecast period to 2018.

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According to the Congressional Budget Office, employees, over the coming years, will willingly choose to cut their work hours to ensure they remain eligible for government subsidies on health insurance. "As a result of this voluntary reduction in work hours by employees, employers may find they are unable to man their phones or staff their offices during busy periods or throughout the year. With the help of an auto dialer or other dialing system, this becomes less of an issue," Matthew of T-Max Dialer & Communications points out.

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Leading industry seller in business phone systems , Telco Depot, released a new blog post comparing the best features of each of their best-selling Avaya Digital Phones and the best use for every one of them.

Fixed Line Telecoms in Europe industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2008-12, and forecast to 2017). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Europe fixed line telecoms market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Fixed Line Telecoms in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2008-12, and forecast to 2017). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United Kingdom fixed line telecoms market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

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The launch of Free Mobile in Q112 has had a major impact on competitive dynamics in France, adding to pressure on revenues from regulatory measures such as MTR cuts. These developments have put pressure on operator financial performance and resulted in a revision of strategies by the existing operators. Compounding the pressure on revenues from competition and regulatory changes is the shift in consumer behaviour as they increasingly adopt IP alternatives, leading to declines in the volume of voice and SMS services being consumed - which is not yet being offset by rising usage of non-voice services. In the wireline market more players are entering the converged services market; the rise of triple- and quadplay packages makes it difficult for established players to continue growing. Instead, they are focusing on extracting more value from those customers they retain.

Bulgaria's telecom service market generated an estimated US$1.7bn in revenue in 2013; Pyramid Research expects it to grow at a CAGR of 1.7% from 2013 to 2018. In both the fixed and mobile segments, growth will be driven by data services, which we expect to increase at a CAGR of 6.3% from 2013 to 2018. Cumulative service revenue over the period will come to $4.2bn. We expect fixed broadband to grow faster, helped by a national broadband plan aiming to expand access to rural areas. By 2018, fixed broadband service will contribute almost as much to overall telecom revenue as mobile data service.

Historically, fiber broadband in Latin America has had low penetration rates, but the region is at an inflection point: we expect FTTx accounts to grow at a 40% CAGR in 2013-2018. This report examines the status and growth opportunity of fiber broadband in Latin America, especially the key supply-push factors (regulation, competition, innovation) and demand-pull factors (consumer and enterprise demand, urbanization) driving FTTx. Three case studies focus on Iusacell in Mexico, TIM in Brazil and, for perspective, Orange and Vodafone in Spain. The Insider concludes with some recommendations.

Argentina's telecoms market continues to offer potential although the threats from increasing government intervention offer considerable downside to the long-term picture. Nevertheless, there are several bright spots including growing interest in pay-TV as operators increase the availability of multiplay options. Merging operations to offer converged services also supports this trend, and enables operators to lower their costs supporting the market's long term growth potential. New entrants in the mobile sector in the form of MVNOs will boost growth, even as the penetration rate passes 150%. Operators have bucked the trend of falling ARPU, leading BMI to revise forecasts upwards over the 2014-2018 period seeing a slow continued increase.

Conference Bridges now offers collaboration technologies including audio and web conferencing systems, Conference Call Phones, Video Conferencing and Hosted Conference Call Services. Conferencing offers a fast and inexpensive alternative to travel from weekly sales meetings, help desk support, and distance learning, to customer end user. They believe teleconferencing is no longer a luxury; it is a strategic requirement to manage information effectively and remain reasonable.

Due to saturation in the mobile market opportunities for operators are primarily in encouraging subscribers to upgrade their handsets or move to higher capacity data services to generate additional revenues. There is also additional pressure on traditional services as smartphone users substitute voice and messaging usage to IP alternatives. Meanwhile, wireline operators face similar challenges, for instance staving off the trend of fixed-to-mobile substitution and competition from VoIP. However there is a significant opportunity for wireline service providers in migrating subscriptions to higher speed services such as cable over DOCSIS3.0 and FTTx, thereby raising ARPU. The medium term outlook is therefore mixed, with operators that position their product to capture growth from customers upgrading services likely to outperform.

Euromonitor International's Industrial reports provide a 360 degree view of an industry. The Industrial market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the Mobile Phones, Radio Transmitters and Television Cameras market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, packaging innovations, economic/lifestyle influences, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change.

MarketLine's Company Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Partnerships & Alliances and Investments reports offer a comprehensive breakdown of the organic and inorganic growth activity undertaken by an organization to sustain its competitive advantage.

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Wireless Telecommunication Services in the United States industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2008-12, and forecast to 2017). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United States wireless telecommunication services market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Fixed Line Telecoms in Australia industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2008-12, and forecast to 2017). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Australia fixed line telecoms market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Hong Kong has many positive characteristics including a comparatively high purchasing power, a business-friendly environment and was the first to launch a commercial LTE network in Asia. Mobile subscriber numbers have long passed the 200% penetration mark and the latest data from operators and the regulator show continued growth, and data suggests this rate is slowing down further, prompting a downgrade in our forecast. 3G and 4G however, are the key drivers of growth, outperforming our expectations for the year. Fixed lines continue to post declines at a more rapid pace, although IP lines are a bright spot for the industry.