Blog: Will handset price drops spur 5G in the Philippines?
Some 30 months after first offering 5G services in parts of Manila, PLDT and Globe Telecom surprisingly revealed plans to slash capex in 2023, with both declining to release adoption…
Blog: Flat ARPU fails to dampen enthusiasm for 5G
Since the budding optimism back in 2020 when South Korea’s operators showed early signs 5G services were driving growth in mobile revenue and ARPU, a more nuanced picture has emerged.…
Blog: Will 5G drive additional ARPU gains in Korea?
South Korean mobile players started to feel the full benefit of 5G on their top lines seven quarters after introducing the next-generation service, with the three major players recording year-on-year…
Blog: Telstra turns to humour to battle false 5G claims
Telstra, the largest operator by subscribers in Australia, faced with a spike in misinformation around 5G safety hired a local comic to try to tame the spread of conspiracy theories…
Blog: Could Apple’s App Store row hurt its 5G entry?
Concern over tech giants’ dominance and their effect on the ability for smaller players to compete has been circulating for years and even led to some high-profile regulatory investigations. Apple,…
Blog: Are China bans fuelling Japanese vendor revival?
The 5G vendor landscape was shaping up to mirror that of LTE, with a handful of companies dominating the market, but all that changed earlier in the year with widening…