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In an effort to spotlight some of the best telecom companies in the world and address significant developments in the overall International telecom and wireless market in more detail, we are highlighting today one of the major wireless carriers, Telefonica. A brief overview of Telefonica: Telefonica is one of the global leaders in the telecommunications industry.  The sectors they serve include communication, information, and entertainment products.  This telco is present in 25 countries with over 290.5 million users. The Latin American branch is present in 13 countries, offering a variety of services including fixed and mobile telephony, Internet, Broadband and Pay television offerings. Telefonica is growing rapidly in Latin America with a customer base of over 186 million customers.  Telefonica [...] Read more...

A new study by Wireless Intelligence has identified the top 20 world’s largest cell phone operators, in terms of revenue generated. Mature markets such as Western Europe, USA, Japan and South Korea continue to generate the most revenue for mobile operator groups, according to a new Wireless Intelligence operator ranking study. European-based operator groups Vodafone, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom all made the top ten, as did the four nationwide US operators. China Mobile was ranked number one in the list with revenue of US$19.9 billion in Q4 2010, a rise of 6 percent from a year ago. Vodafone Group was ranked second both in terms of revenue and connections, with the UK-based group’s revenue rising by 1.6 percent [...] Read more...

As published in The Article Database, a recent study by IHS iSuppli (NYSE: IHS) research has estimated that wireless carriers will double their spending on infrastructure equipment in 2011 as compared to 2010. The redoubling of investment dollars is in direct response to the massive increase in mobile data usage that is occurring around the globe. World expenditures on wireless infrastructure will increase by 7.7 percent, topping out at $43.2 billion. Spending will see its fastest growth in 2011 with investments increasing, but tapering off annually until 2015. The new numbers all point in the direction of a full blown roll out of next generation 4G services by wireless carriers allowing users to better handle high data speed transmissions required [...] Read more...