A look at MNOs, MVNOs, ISPs and other SPs across the world.
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Singapore has one of the world's most advanced and competitive telecommunications markets. Despite its relatively small geographic area and population of around six million, the city-state consistently ranks among global leaders in mobile connectivity, fibre-broadband adoption and digital infrastructure. DataReportal , citing GSMA Intelligence, reported that Singapore had 9.79 million cellular…
Energy efficiency and sustainability have moved from being specialist environmental topics to strategic priorities for telecom operators. Energy typically represents around 3% to 5% of operators’ operating expenditure, and sometimes considerably more. Electricity prices can also change rapidly because of geopolitical conflict, extreme weather, grid constraints and competition for renewable energy…
At FutureNet World 2026 , Eduardo Panciera from Telecom Argentina gave a useful operator view of where autonomous networks are heading and, more importantly, what stands in the way of getting there. The presentation was titled Autonomous Networks and AI: A Perfect Match, From Automation to Level 4 Autonomy. The main message was simple but important. Operators cannot keep managing future networks…
Argentina has long been one of Latin America's more unusual mobile markets. While many countries in the region have been dominated by one or two large operators, Argentina maintained a durable three-player structure, with Personal, Claro and Movistar competing nationally across mobile coverage, network quality, pricing and increasingly converged services. According to Argentina's competition…
Telia has announced the launch of Telia Critical IoT Connectivity in Sweden, a new service that uses 5G Standalone technology to support more demanding Internet of Things applications. The announcement is interesting not just because it is another 5G SA milestone, but because it shows how operators are starting to turn the more advanced capabilities of 5G into commercial services for enterprise…
Sri Lanka’s telecoms market has moved through a difficult period since the economic crisis of 2022, when operators had to deal with currency depreciation, higher energy costs, power shortages and weaker consumer spending. The market now appears to be stabilising, but growth is no longer coming from basic mobile adoption. Instead, the story is increasingly about consolidation, mobile broadband…
BT’s latest sovereign services announcement is more than another cloud launch. It is a sign that digital sovereignty is becoming a serious operator opportunity, especially as AI adoption, national resilience and enterprise risk management begin to converge. BT Business has announced what it describes as the UK’s first full suite of sovereign services, covering sovereign connectivity, voice, cloud…
Serbia’s mobile telecommunications market has evolved significantly over the past few years. While the country spent several years preparing for next-generation connectivity through trials and infrastructure upgrades, commercial 5G services only became a reality at the end of 2025. Data from GSMA Intelligenc e indicates that Serbia had 8.45 million cellular mobile connections at the end of 2025.…
At FutureNet World 2026 in London, one of the more thought-provoking sessions came from Víctor Fernández of Vodafone Group, who explored what it really means to enable AI to act at scale through APIs. While much of the industry conversation around AI still focuses on models and data, this talk shifted attention to a more practical layer. If AI agents are to move beyond insights and into action,…
When the US-backed government collapsed in August 2021, Afghanistan’s telecom sector entered an abrupt period of uncertainty. Two decades of investment had created one of the country’s few nationwide infrastructures. The expectation in many quarters was that this would quickly deteriorate. In reality, that collapse never fully materialised. Instead, Afghanistan’s mobile sector has settled into…
