The wait may be over for Lebanon’s M1 Group, which had offered at least six months ago to buy Telenor’s Myanmar unit but had been forced to hang on while the government searched for a local buyer.
Lebanon’s state operator Ogero has confirmed it has enough diesel fuel to ensure the continuity of its internet and voice offerings until June.
Effective regulatory reform has made Botswana’s telecom market one of the most liberalised in the region. There is a service-neutral licensing regime adapted to the convergence of technologies and services, and several operators now compete in all telecom sectors.
Brazil has one of the largest mobile markets in Latin America due to the sheer size of its population. Healthy competition in the mobile market has helped reduce the price of mobile services in Brazil in recent years and mobile service providers have had much success in converting their customers from prepaid to contract plans.
Uruguay has an advanced telecom market, with excellent infrastructure and one of the highest broadband penetration rates in Latin America. Fixed-line teledensity is also particularly high for the region, while mobile penetration is the second highest after Panama.
