Towards the broadband utopia

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Contents

Broadband has gained fame not only as the savior of fixed line telcos that needed to add another string to their bow - with mobile and internet services encroaching on their market - but also as the golden hope for socioeconomic development in emerging nations: the key to improving education and government, among many other areas. Indeed, when people talk about internet service, today it almost goes without saying that they mean broadband - yet the figures remain remarkably low in this region. In this report BNamericas studies the current nature of the market and the way it is developing.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Why all the hype?

Government projects

On the part of the operators

Mobile broadband

Conclusion

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