Regulation
As 3G and 4G subscriber bases continue to grow in Asia-Pacific, the limited spectrum available to operators will be an increasingly contentious issue in the region. Frost & Sullivan predicts a call for more bands, particularly in the 700-MHz band, to be made available to mobile operators. On the fixed-broadband side, national broadband plans are well underway in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia, with Indonesia becoming the most recent country to announce such a plan. Einstein believes more countries will follow suit, starting with Thailand, Vietnam, and India.
2012 trends for Asia-Pacific telcos: Frost & Sullivan
ASIA-PACIFIC - After a year of strides into 3G services, Asia-Pacific's telecommunications providers will be battling it out for mobile broadband spectrum slots and fighting for national broadband initiatives in 2012, according to a report by research firm Frost & Sullivan's industry manager Marc Einstein.
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