What is GlobalComms?

GlobalComms is TeleGeography’s regularly updated online encyclopedia of wireline, wireless and broadband competition.
No other telecommunications market research service rivals its geographic scope and depth of coverage.

Content Highlights

• Wireline, wireless and broadband market coverage
• Continuously updated analysis of more than 160 countries, 1,200+ telecoms companies and 65+ multinational operators
• Key operator data: subscribers, market shares, revenues, EBITDA, ARPU and many more
• Country profiles: succinct market commentary, regulations and main player profiles
• All data is searchable and exportable. All country and company profiles are downloadable as PDFs.

To schedule a demonstration of GlobalComms, please contact TeleGeography Sales at +1 (202) 741-0020.

What is
covered in GlobalComms?

Country Coverage

GlobalComms provides comprehensive coverage of regulatory and market developments in more than 160 countries worldwide. Each country profile provides:

Background Data

• Population
• GDP
• Political profile
• Economic development summary

Regulatory Information

• Regulatory agencies and roles
• Dates of market liberalisation
• Key wireline, wireless and broadband legislation and regulations
• Details of VoIP, WiMAX and local loop unbundling regulation

Market Data

• Fixed line, wireless and broadband subscribers, by provider
• Fixed line, wireless and broadband networks by technology
• Wireless networks: generation, platform, frequencies, launch date and population coverage
• Broadband networks: platform, launch date, coverage
• Quarterly updates of wireless and broadband subscribers, market shares and market penetration
• 3G licences: type, price, frequencies
• Broadband tariffs by provider
• Summary profiles of all principal fixed line, wireless and broadband service providers

Countries Covered

Company Coverage

1200+ National Operator Profiles

Profiles of more than 1,200 fixed line, wireless and broadband service providers around the world. Profiles include:

• Continuously updated summary of domestic operations
• Licences held and technologies deployed
• Operational data including subscribers/customers, 3G subscribers, pre-paid/post-paid split, APRU, churn, MoU, broadband subscriptions and more
• Ownership structure and major investments
• Daily updates of major company news
• Financial data

65+ Multinational Operator Profiles

In-depth data for more than 65 multinational telecom service providers.

• Group overview
• At least four years of financial data: revenue, EBITDA, CAPEX, assets and more
• A minimum of five years of wireline/wireless/broadband subscriber data
• Subsidiaries and ownership interests
• Directory of company addresses

CommsUpdate News Service

TeleGeography's daily CommsUpdate email summarises all the key international telecom stories of the day. All of these stories are archived in GlobalComms, indexed by country and by operator, and can be accessed via full text search.

A daily feed of CommsUpdate is available free when you sign up here.

Content Samples

GlobalComms is a true database, allowing users to search for key operator and country data by year and by quarter. All data can easily be exported into Excel, for further analysis.

Company Search

Results & Export

Country Search

What questions can I answer with Global Comms?

Sample Searches

Which countries in Asia have the highest broadband penetration rate?

Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Australia.

At the end of 2006 Hong Kong ranked first with a 31.6% broadband penetration rate, up 9% on the previous year. South Korea took second place, at 28.7% (up 15%), Japan third at 20.7% (up 18.4), Taiwan fourth at 19.9% (up 18.4%) and Australia fifth at 19.2% (up 40.2%).

Which five Western European cellcos counted the highest number of 3G subscribers at the start of 2007?

H3G Italia (7.19 million), Vodafone Italia (4.57 million), Telecom Italia Mobile (4.21 million), Hutchison 3G UK (3.85 million) and Orange France (3.59 million).

With three of the country’s four operators in the top five 3G providers, Italy ranks top in terms of 3G subscription with 16.26 million 3G customers from a total wireless base of just over 80 million. The UK comes in a long way second, with 7.5 million 3G subscribers followed by France (6.28 million), Germany (4.64 million) and Spain (3.82 million).

Which Middle Eastern wireless operator has the highest subscriber growth rate?

Areeba Afghanistan.

With a 120% increase in subscribers in 2006, Areeba Afghanistan ranked highest of the region’s wireless operators. Having only launched in July 2006, Areeba counted 218,000 customers by the end of the year, a figure which had jumped to 354,000 by the end of March 2007.

Which country is experiencing the most rapid decline in fixed lines?

Czech Republic.

In 2006 the Czech Republic saw a 19.2% fall in the number of main lines in service to 2.6 million.

* All answers drawn from GlobalComms as of June 2007.

How much is GlobalComms?

Buying Options

GlobalComms is available by region or as a single global subscription.

An Single-User License for ONE region is $3,495; ALL regions is $8,995.

An Enterprise License for ONE region is $8,495; ALL regions is $19,995.