Country Overview (Telecom) industry includes a large number of companies that are majorly operating in large scale businesses providing telecom services, such as device manufacturing, broadband, network spectrum and data services. The companies are majorly operating in developing and developed countries and their operations are spread across a wide range of processes, models, and services. The global telecom market refers to the provision of services such as broadband internet, mobile internet, wired telephone, and mobile phone as well as standard, cable, and satellite television.

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The global telecom industry at some demographics growing, at some it is stagnant and at some its growth is limited and restricted. The latest and modern digital technologies have been some of the most influential and helpful drivers for such a great pace of growth that the industry has taken. Its thriving force for such growth are certain factors that have been extremely beneficial, and factors such as cost effectiveness of tariffs, improved cellular and broadband network, increased and stronger network spectrum, next generation technologies such as 3G, 4G and LTE and portable devices that allow broadband facility in any region with network spectrum. The latest technologies are advantageously crowding out the old and obsolete technologies and simultaneously getting more mature with time and reception.

The global telecom players are increasingly finding new ways to improve their operations in ways that are highly innovative and effective. The efficiency with which the latest developments in the telecom sector are performing, be it the mobile internet or broadband internet, and even the measures to improve the broadband services, such as utilization of fiber cable and USB dongle sticks to facilitate the customers' increased use of the internet. Until few years ago, text messages were the biggest source of revenue as they come under the Value Added Services category which means that the message sending costs a certain amount of money, but of late with instant messaging services such as BBM, Whatsapp or iMessenger, the telecom industry has had to incorporate changes in demand as well as cater to the large number of customers that are using such services.

2 . Global Telecom Trends

The country specific telecom industries are at large booming and thriving with success over the last few years, especially in the last decade when the telecom has introduced its global customers the newest ways of communicating and with much more efficiency and ease. The US telecom industry for instance is in an excellent state of growth with its services spread across many platforms and many varieties, be it in broadband or mobile. The US telecom industry is currently thriving at $750 billion and with 3.9% yearly growth until 2020, the industry is expected to record a massive $1.2 trillion revenue generation. The US telecom industry is seeing the growth as the major beneficial factor to stay ahead of its contenders with addition of at least $40 billion revenue every year until 2020. Another region to see such massive outburst of revenue is Canada, in which its major players such as SaskTel has collaborated with SaskPower and Cameco to provide fiber networks and power facilities to north-eastern Saskatchewan and this Northern Fiber Expansion project is expected to costing $29.6 million, and it is expected to deliver telecoms services based on FttH. In addition, the Canadian telecom players are gaining big on M&As, where Bell has acquired Quebec’s Astral Media for $3.38 billion (Canadian Dollars). . The explosion in mobile communications in the developing world has created social and economic changes that have exceeded all expectations and predictions – even those made as recently as five years ago. There are still countries lagging behind, but now is the time to move on to the next stage – and that means broadband. Already the developed world is showing an enormous appetite for mobile broadband, so the demand is most certainly there.

African demographic is another region which is seeing a great potential and prospective growth as its main players seem to be gaining well with current times and delivery. With many international players setting up their shops in African countries and creating employment as well as network spectrum, the demographic in African region and its companies is seeing a good acceptance. There are only few players that are dominating the market and with competition heating up, their top four mobile subscribers are playing a pivotal role in network expansion and to bring its industry to a sustainable growth till 2016. And regionally, in the Middle East LTE has been launched in rapid succession by Gulf Region operators. Bandwidth demand is also driving investment in back-haul and Internet connectivity. Whereas in Australia, the latest technological improvements such as 4G networks are being rolled out by the operators to increase the usability of the congested 3G networks. In a good and positive way, the global mobile broadband industry has become an incredible spectacle to observe, from the many competitors vying for top position- the amazing apps streaming into the market and the introduction of new devices and the looming spectrum and infrastructure crunch are all just the tip of the iceberg and there will come many more that will change the game completely for all the players and then there will have to be many new inventions.

3 . Global Telecom Companies